Source: The Tampa Tribune
http://www.tampatrib.com/FloridaMetro/MGAPE00UUOD.html
On December 31, 2003 The Tampa Tribune reported that "four-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, a long- shot White House candidate, is campaigning aggressively for the Muslim vote on a platform built around immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Kucinich brought his message to Tampa on Tuesday in a tour of the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area and a speech to about 100 local Muslims, many of whom said they liked his civil liberties pitch... Kucinich also is using his condemnation of the 2001 Patriot Act to win support from groups such as Muslims who feel the post-Sept. 11 law is a serious infringement on civil liberties. He said he would make repeal of the act, and attempts to expand it, among his top priorities."