Guest guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 >> > Read the following extract from Bush's interaction > with Sri Sri > > RaviShankar, the relevant part of which is > cut-paste below. > > > > http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/may/17aziz.htm > > > > Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is the first Indian spiritual > leader to be > > received in the Oval Office by a president of the > United States. > > Not quite. Parmahansa Yogananda had a White House visit with "Silent Cal" Coolidge in 1927. Note that Bush met Ravi Shankar in 2004..the election year..call me cynical, but it seems like election-year politics to appear to be reaching out to heathen non-believers, beat John Kerry to the punch and pick up a few South Asian votes. Keval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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