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Article: Barack around the bloc; Greek Americans turn out in force to support Obama presidential bid at fund-raiser hosted by Giannoulias
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 11, 2007
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The ancient Greeks invented democracy, so it seems only fitting
that presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is making a play for
the Greek vote.
At a fund-raiser Wednesday night, state Treasurer Alexi
Giannoulias hosted nearly 200 prominent Greek Americans and other
supporters who paid $1,000 to $2,300 a person to attend a cocktail
party at Costas restaurant, 340 S. Halsted.
"I just came back from Greece, and everybody knows Obama," says
the treasurer's mom, Anna Giannoulias. "They adore him. If he was to
run there, he'd have 90 percent of the vote." Her son befriended
Obama more than a decade ago. As a University of Chicago student, he
played basketball with Obama, who was a law ...
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