Politicians ranging from an Illinois state senator to a US Congresswoman are calling upon Indian Americans to vote out the Bush administration, which they say has been unjust to immigrants and minorities. Congresswoman Janice D. Schakowsky, who has visited India twice and is a member of the India Caucus, has urged Indian Americans to turn out in large numbers and not take the election results for granted. "This election is all about turnout," she said. "The dismaying things that President George Bush's administration has inflicted on this country has made us think about what the US could have been," she said. "Bush has spent $200 billion on the war in Iraq. We could have spent that money to alleviate all the hunger in the world, make a serious assault on AIDS, or address the critical issue of water shortage (around the world)," she said at the annual dinner of the Indo-American Democratic Organisation (IADO). " [more
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