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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, cabinet members are not elected by the voters. All the PP arguing that Muslims are doing well in Europe can say is that Sarkozy appointed three individuals of foreign origin -- common in the US .  Knowing  Sarkozy, it was probably tokenism.[/quote]

talking about splitting hairs. Sarkozy appointed three Muslim cabinet members almost ten years ago. as of today, no Muslim cabinet member in the US, not even as a token.[/quote]

The original question was about the people electing someone, not a cabinet nomination.  Since Muslims are a tiny group in the US, while they are the main immigrant group in France, The appropriate comparison about openness in the US political system would be to consider a similarly larger minority or immigrant group -- for example, Latinos, of which there are a number of *elected * governors and numerous elected officials at the , cabinet members, and a Supreme Court Justice.  It would be absurd to say that, since Sarkozy didn't nominate a Latino, then the situation of Latinos is worse in France than in the US. One needs to compare what's comparable.

By the way, a quick Google search shows numerous Muslims elected by the popular vote (not just nominated out of tokenism) at the federal and state level.

So, given the rising level of Xenophobia and Islamophobia, why don't you answer the question: do you think the French are ready to take the seemingly trivial step of electing someone with a Muslim name as president?  Yes or no. It's a simple question.[/quote]

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