Columns Making It in the USA Call To Action: Send a Protest Fax to Senator Obama (Now Updated With Copies of Faxed Letters)
| Call To Action: Send a Protest Fax to Senator Obama (Now Updated With Copies of Faxed Letters) |
All prominent Democratic presidential candidates, including Senators Clinton and Edwards, have replied to 80-20's questionnaire with all YESES, except one, Senator Obama.
When a presidential candidate replies to each of the 80-20's questions with one-single word: YES, it means that she/he is giving Asian Americans an iron-clad commitment. That is, as the President she/he will help us achieve equal opportunity in workplaces and a fair representation in the Federal judiciary. Equal opportunity is America's core value. BUT Senator Obama dares not stand up for that.
Mr. Obama talks about change. But Senator Obama is for the status quo, which is to keep a very-low glass ceiling for Asian Americans (See footnote 1).
Mr. Obama talks about wisdom. But he is afraid to stand up for America's core values. (See footnote 2) Wisdom without the courage to act is just imagination.
Mr. Obama and his staff are fond of saying to Asian Americans that when he becomes the President, Asian Americans have a better chance to become a US President. If he is even afraid to stand up for our equal opportunity in workplaces, what is the use talking about equal opportunity to be an American President? Senator Obama utters sweet words that defy logic.
Is Senator Obama's political inexperience showing? He imagines an ideal world but is afraid to stand up for America's core value of equal opportunity in the real world.
Fax a strong message to Senator Obama via (312) 819-2088/9 ! Copy me in via , if you like. Use your own ?words. Please include the following central message:
Dear Senator Obama:
Please answer 80-20's questionnaire with all yeses.
Otherwise, I'll ask all my friends and relatives to defeat
your candidacy in Iowa, New Hampshire and the California
Democratic Primary.
Name: ?
Address: ?
Title (optional, specify "for ID purposes only").
We are counting on you. Please to do your share to gain equal opportunity for our community. Fax it now.
Best regards,
S. B. Woo
Executive Committee member and Founding President, 80-20 PAC, Inc. ?
Lt. Governor of Delaware (1985-89)
Footnote 1: Based on publicly available government statistics, Asian Americans have the least. opportunity to enter management when compared with Blacks, Hispanics and women; the slowest rate of progress toward equal employment opportunity in spite of having the highest-educational attainment. See a full-page color ad in Washington Post on this matter which contains the complete documentation:
http://www.8020educationalfoundation.org./projects/equalopp_washingtonpost.asp .
Footnote 2: Senator Obama's campaign maintains that "Obama is more vulnerable to attack in standing up for equal opportunity because he is Black," although his Democratic opponents, Senators Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, and Gravel have already replied all YESES. Is Obama the kind of person we want to be our President?
NOTE: 80-20 is highly political but truly NON-partisan. It is equally tough on both Democrats and Republicans when they fail to share our concern about achieving equal opportunity.
Barack Husseien Obama is not going to win, anyway. This country will NEVER elect an African-American president, with a Muslim name. In this country, the White Man rules and will rule forever. I don't think they'll ever give up that power.
Jesse Jose
They are Wilma Chan, former Calif. Assemblywoman, and Sam Yoon, a Korean-American Boston City Councilman. If Senator Obama ignores their requests,
it's another sign that Obama doesn't care about our community. Will they be with Senator Obama much longer?
Obama's poll drops fast.
Clinton's poll rose 12 points above Obama in New Hampshire again. When 80-20 expressed dis-satisfaction with Senator Clinton, her poll dropped. Now it is Obama's poll dropping fast.
Is Senator Obama too inexperienced to know that equal opportunity is America's core value? Does he know that he cannot build his presidency on the back of sacrificing the equal opportunity of a small minority? Has he thought things through?
Faxes from Asian Americans to Senator Obama -- twice as many as those sent to Senator Clinton; almost all included "Otherwise I'll ask all friends/relatives to vote against your candidacy."
1) I was out there when you visited Oakland and Ogawa Plaza… I've never voted for President in my life, but because you are a minority, like me, I decided to vote for the first time. Since then, I've registered as a Democrat and am ready to cast my vote for you but then I got this email from 80-20…. Otherwise
Andrew Park, Oakland, CA 94606 Pastor
2) …I understand that you haven’t yet answered and returned our request for yeses to all six questions. May I ask why?
Linden Nishinaga, Los Angeles, CA
3) A supporter's message to me:
"Sent fax today. Have contributed to his campaign so included that in message.
Harriet Fukushima, Oakland, CA"
4) My name is Kim Song, who has been your supporter for last decade. I have been an Illinois resident for 25 years….Otherwise
Kim H. Song, Ed. D., St. Louis, mo
5) …Otherwise… Yi Li, Iowa City, Iowa
6) We are glad that your presidential campaigns are going well…. At this particular time, we would like to urge you to answer 80-20's questionnaire
with all “YES”……
Liang Lin and Daming Zhu, Iowa City, Iowa
7) I am a Hawkeye, and had lived in Iowa City and Muscatine in the 80s. I have been a Californian for last 18 years… I had been consistently voted
for Democrat candidate for the last 25 years. However the time has changed….Otherwise…
Fan Jiao, Krzich Place, Cupertino, CA
8) …I just switched from Republican to “declined to state” , so that I can participate in and influence on the Democratic Party’s primaries…. please respond to our Questionnaire with all 6 “Yes”.
David T. Chai, Ph. D., Foster City, CA
9) I am a first-generation Asian American living in Illinois. You are my favorite candidate. I consider volunteering to campaign for you for votes and money contributions…. I am deeply disappointed.…otherwise
Kam L. Liu, Realtor, Chicago IL 60608
10) Dear Mr. Woo, (An email I received 2 days ago.)
I am a faculty at Dartmouth College and I have witnessed various events highly discriminatory against Asian Americans and Asian people in
general…. academia does not seem to be meritocratic when it comes to hire Asian American, and this should be exposed to the largest audience because it is affecting meritocracy and democracy in America.
Roberto Onofrio, PA (Note: This is from a neutral observer! SB)
Check with the Obama campaign to ask if it has received these faxes except for 10) and many times more! Continue to send your view to Senator Obama via (312) 819-2088/9 ! Fax it NOW.
Copy me in, if you like . THANK YOU.
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