Hmmm Kerry not getting any campaign fundings yet from terrorist yet (that we know of)but did get a public endoresment yesterday.
Appears he was right about foreign leaders supporting him.
"Thursday, March 18, 2004
WASHINGTON ? He may have not been one of the foreign leaders with whom John Kerry (search) spoke about his presidential candidacy, but former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (search) endorsed Kerry anyway on Thursday.
The former prime minister, who made headlines in October for saying at an Islamic Summit Conference that "the Muslims will forever be oppressed and dominated by the Europeans and the Jews," said Kerry would keep the world safer than President Bush.
"I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world," Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told The Associated Press in an interview.
"But in the U.S., the Jewish lobby is very strong, and any American who wants to become president cannot change the policy toward Palestine radically," he said.
Kerry said last week that he has talked with several foreign leaders who said they want him to win the presidential election in November in order to introduce "new policies."
Kerry would not name any of the leaders with whom he spoke, but his campaign made clear Thursday that none of them was Mahathir, whom a Kerry spokesman described as not the kind of leader Kerry wants backing him.
Kerry "rejects any association" with Mahathir, "an avowed anti-Semite (search) whose views are totally deplorable," said Kerry foreign policy adviser Rand Beers in a statement.
?This election will be decided by the American people, and the American people alone. It is simply not appropriate for any foreign leader to endorse a candidate in America?s presidential election. John Kerry does not seek, and will not accept, any such endorsements,? Beers said.
Kerry has already received another endorsement from a less controversial, yet still foreign leader
Jose-Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (search), the newly elected president of Spain, said in an interview with Spanish radio on Wednesday that American voters should change their leadership and support Kerry.
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Quite an interesting alliance----I have a question concerning newly elected Spain leader. They have captured several involved and will have more in furure-- now when the majority are imprisoned --what if the other terrorists threaten more violence and killings if he does not release them? Does he give in to their threats once again, the terrorist have already branded him an easy mark without question.
