Can Asian-Americans Swing the Vote?

Now that we're in the last few days, talk of swinging the vote is getting more notice, and it looks like the often overlooked "model minority"; the Asian-Americans, may hold the swing vote.

As an Asian-American, I can tell you that culturally, Obama doesn't seem like the likely candidate for our demographic. Why? Because most traditional Asian families don't find much comfort in "change", instead generally opting for safety and reliability. Even moreso, Asian Americans are generally passively impartial to voting in general. In fact, according to the NAAS Survey, 43% of Asians who were polled were still undecided.

But Obama's got the Asian vote.

Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain 42 to 20 percent in New York and 37 to 18 percent in New Jersey, according to a recent poll of Asian Americans.

source: Asian Journal


If McCain wants to scrape in any remaining votes, he better start going after the 43% undecided Asian-American demographic, who are generally not affiliated with any particular party. It may very well be a pivotal difference.

Now let me rant for a second: Everyone talks about slavery in the states, but who are the Chinese Railroad workers? We all know tons about the Holocaust but who here is taught about the Rape of Nanking in school? Did anyone hear about when the biggest hip-hop station in New York made a "humorous song" about tsunami victims with lyrics that include "swim, chink, swim"?

Didn't think so.
And now, Asian Americans matter all of the sudden.







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Collin Powell Flips The Script

Collin Powell annocunced today that he will be supporting Senator Barrack Obama for this upcoming election.

So does this really mean anything? Eh, not really. Collin Powell is was a long time republican serving under Reagan, George Bush Sr. and George Bush stupid. Seeing him switch parties is weird, but can you blame him for choosing the better candidate?

I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama - AP

Political commentator Pat Buchanan can. He blames Collin Powell's decision on race.


This coming from a guy who publicly expresses white dominance.

“What I would like is — I’d like the country I grew up in. It was a good country. I lived in Washington, D.C., 400,000 black folks, 400,000 white folks, in a country 89 or 90 percent white. I like that country.”- TP

A guy who stated that Martin Luther King Jr. was a "divisive figure".

Obama-Biden Tax Calculator vs. "Rhetoric vs. Record"

The day is getting closer, and both parties have launched new web 'resources' for us little people to tinker with.
This is pretty ingenious

If you earn over $200,000 a year, you get no tax cut. The lower your income, the greater the tax cut.
Check out McCain's allegeations of Obama's "Rhetoric vs. Record".

It's very straightforward and easy to understand.

I can see how McCain's "Rhetoric vs. Record" can work, but in terms of visual appeal, Obama's camp once again beats out McCain's use of media. The calculator displays tax cuts from both McCain and Obama, with Obama's tax cuts up to 10 times more than McCain's. This isn't the most 'educated' response, but after using the calculator I don't really care about what Obama can't do right now.

The biggest blow from this calculator is not shown: when you enter $20k, you get $0 dollars in tax cuts, but what's crazy is that if you do over $200k, you get a

"You will probably not get a tax cut under the Obama-Biden plan"

What you don't see is how much you get from McCain if you make over $200k. Ouch.

The biggest issue here is accountability. McCain's site attempts this by providing proof as to how Obama contradicts himself. But Obama's camp takes a bold punch by sticking this calculator here, so that even if Obama contradicts himself, he will be held accountable to the T, the tax cut that you just found out that you will get.

Free Buck$!!!

Someone thought that it would be just HILARIOUS to to stick Obama's face on(get this) a ten dollar US food stamp WITH: a rack of ribs, a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Watermelon, and The Kool Aid Guy! Actually that someone was Diane Fedele. President of a womens GOP group called the Chaffey Community Republican Women. Check out her reponse to this bs:

"I didn't see it the way that it's being taken. I never connected," she said. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else." - The Press Enterprise

So I guess she randomly selected some items and put it on a bill? So this means she's innocent. She's the victim now right? Wrong. Why would someone KNOWINGLY resort to such dirty tactics as to racial stereotyping to promote their opinions on why they think a candidate is inferior? Just more American ignorance for you.

Obama & McCain Roast The Sh*t Outta Each Other!

Not really, their writers came up with some funny jokes for the candidates to tell at Alfred E. Smith's Memorial Foundation Dinner. Nonetheless, some of the jokes were quite funny.

Obama getting at McCain.


McCain getting at Obama.

Ha Ha Ha. Good ole jokes from one of our future presidents. They sure do have some excellent joke writers. Lets not worry about the about messed up economy when you can just laugh off your worries with one of our future leaders.

Who Won The Fianl Presidential Debate of 08'?

Last night was the last presidential debate for McCain and Obama. If you missed it you can check it out here on Youtube. There were quite a few things I found interesting about last nights debate(you can check that out on my twitter) but mainly the fact that ...
McCain was getting at that ass. He was trying to get Obama cornered with quick one-liners(Senator Government?) and witty statements about the economy. The Pundits are ate it all up saying that McCain "won" last nights debate. But, really who looked more presidential? That's what really matters, especially for the undecided voters. McCain sure didn't win with all that damn blinking and heavy ass breathing. Obama looked just as calm, cool, and collected as he has ever been. Hell, I'm pretty sure if you look it up somewhere you'll see that Obama must have graduated from Cooley High, cause that guy is too cool to look like a fool. But, honestly we all know that America doesn't vote solely on soundbites. This isn't 1988, were Newspapers and TV dominated mainstream media . We have Youtube! Anybody can watch and re-watch AND watch remixed versions of how a candidate FAILS to look presidential, 24/7. We vote based on appearance(Which is sad but true). Kinda like American Idol. The vote always goes to the singer who looks good in front of the American People. McCain did not look good in last nights debate. Obama was clearly the victor in terms of visual style and apperance.

Live Blogging On Twitter!

You can catch me live blogging the debate on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/SlumPolitics_LA!