In a rare instance of character from the McCain campaign, Daniel Zubairi showed a lot of guts and stepped up at a McCain/Palin event to make clear that John McCain does not share the view of anti-Muslim racists.
APN caught the incident on video, which showed some McCain supporters handing out bumper stickers with Obama’s name and his Change slogan, but Change was accented to the Islamic crescent, and the Russian sickle. To drive the point home, they shouted out anti-Mohammed messages and claimed that Barack Obama has ties with Islamic fundamentalist.
When questions by the video journalist about what proof he had to support his claims, the racist had no real reply. At one point a Muslim women let it be known that she is a McCain supporter and that she found the man’s rhetoric disrespectful.
This is when Daniel Zubairi stepped in and became a voice of intelligence and reason for John McCain. He informed the video journalist, the muslim supporter, the racist and everyone else, that he is with the campaign, and that the racist were not. He further stated that John McCain does not endorse this type of racist behavior, and even suggested that the offenders need to read up on the U.S. constitution.
Zubairi also mentioned that he is a Muslim, and John McCain supported his Congressional run!
Within a few seconds of screen time from Zubairi, I was back to liking John McCain (not Sarah Palin) as a person. It’s hard to think a man anti-Muslim, when he supported one for Congress.
I did a little checking in Zubairi and found the website from his Congressional run at chosedan.com His Issues page are a little vague, so I don’t know if I would support Daniel for Congress, but I can say that from the little I saw of him, he seemed like the kind of campaigner McCain should want.
So how does the McCain act when a man of intelligence and reason is asked to speak with CNN about the McCain campaign? He is stifled. There could be other reasons, but I have to say that deep down it feels almost like McCain is so far down the Obama = Muslim road, it’s hard to push the idea of letting a Muslim speak for him campaign.
Daniel Zubairi seems to understand that all it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. John McCain may want to make a note of that. I don’t think John McCain is evil, but he is doing nothing when he sees it.
I would strongly suggest that the people of Maryland take a second look at Zubairi when congressional elections come around again.
Daniel Zubairi did the right thing. It’s a shame John McCain doesn’t commend that sort of courage and strength anymore. Dan, you’re on the wrong side. 🙂
For the record… Dan Zubairi endorsed McCain, and tried to make it look like McCain endorsed him. He’s a major liar… you should also be aware he lost his primary in 2006 to Jeff Stein. Zubairi has friends who are antisemitic too, but that’s a whole other story (and I doubt any of them would publicly admit to it, either). In short, don’t believe anything he tells you because he lacks substance. He thinks that running for Congress made him a good person and that being a Republican is the greatest good one can achieve. I’ll be polite and not say anything else beyond this.
Let’s see, Mr. SmarterGaithersburg: You’ve (anonymously) called this courageous young man a liar, an antisemite, and a lightweight, then decided to refrain out of politeness. Based on what we’ve seen out of him and out of you, who do you think most of us would be more impressed with?