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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 08:44 PM
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Diyas brighten White House (Rove Alert)
Diyas brighten White House

CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK< SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2003 12:05:04 AM >

WASHINGTON: The sonorous strains of the Sanskrit prayer " Asato ma sadh gamaya; Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya " and the fragrance of incense and lamps wafted through the White House on Thursday evening as the US Administration officially celebrated for the first time, Deepavali, the Indian festival of lights, in recognition of the growing presence of the Indian community in the United States.

With President Bush away in Hawaii on his way back from a six-day trip to Asia, Bush's chief political strategist Karl Rove presided over the celebration, held in the "Indian Treaty Room," although the venue had little to do with Asian Indians, as the community is officially known.

After lighting an oversized brass lamp, Rove conveyed greetings from Bush and said that it was appropriate that the universal values of Deepavali was being observed in the "Indian Treaty Room" which was where the Bretton Woods pact - establishing the International Monetary Fund (IMF)- and the United Nations Charter were signed.

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Prominent Indian-Americans in the Bush Administration, including Neil Patel, who works in Vice President Dick Cheney's office, and Gopal Khanna, CIO of Peace Corps, also participated in the celebrations.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=250600&Curpg=1

Pandering to Eastern Indian presence, have to wonder when Rove is going to run for pResident...:wtf: He already has that position...what was I thinking....?
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 08:50 PM
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1. We'll soon be performing our charming local customs...
Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 08:52 PM by DemsUnite
for the Indian government.

"How quaint... Ranjiv. What a charming chap! See if you can get him a position in the American Express call-center."

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wabeewoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 08:54 PM
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2. Why is Rove doing this?
I mean besides the obvious. Can you see Carville preciding over the same and the ridicule that would have come from the press? Why is a political consultant involved in this manner? Just seems WRONG to me and not part of their job.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 08:58 PM
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3. jesus ,what will the fundies
think about the whitehouse hosting pagan rituals????
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 09:06 PM
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4. Damn good think Georgie wasn't there or we would probably have...
another picture of him picking his nose or some other rude, ignorant gesture he has a habit of doing when involved in anything that might educate him to other cultures.
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pocoloco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 09:19 PM
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5. Alright!! Lets Piss off a few more Muslims.
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