Political Report: Diddy, Jay Z, & Mary J Blige Beg Us, "3 Days Left! REGISTER TO VOTE!" Plus VP Debate Coverage

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Diddy, Jay Z, Kevin Liles & Mary J Blige beg all to register to vote 

Hip Hop heavyweights join together to urge all Americans to register to vote.  Diddy, Jay Z, Kevin Liles and Mary J Blige have come together and issued a call to all Americans to register to vote in a press release issued today.

The press release:
An Open Letter to Young America From Diddy, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Mary J. Blige and Kevin Liles

NEW YORK, NY, Oct 03, 2008 - The following is a statement from Diddy, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Mary J. Blige and Kevin Liles. WE ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY!!! YOU MUST REGISTER TO VOTE BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008!!!!! We are only 31 days from the most important election of our lifetime. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008 IS THE DEADLINE. We are at war, banks are closing, people are losing their jobs and houses every day. It is our responsibility to protect our futures. Time is running out. You must register by Monday, October 6th. Barack Obama cannot win this election on his own; he needs our help. This election is about us. This election is about our children's future. If you have not registered to vote, you are disrespecting everyone that sacrificed their lives for you to have this right. You are also disrespecting your future.
The time is NOW for us to use the voices with which God has blessed us. We need you to do all you can. Here is what we need to do:
1.      Register to vote BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 2008
2.      Get as many people as you can to register with you
3.      Go to the poll and vote on November 4th


Barack Obama said it best: "Eight is Enough." No longer will we stand by and follow leadership with no regard for us and no accountability to us.
We can be the deciding factor in this election, but you must register to vote to make your voice heard. Who are we? We are young America. This is our moment of truth. Are you registered for change? October 6th is only a few days away.
Make sure that on November 4th, we are able to say that we did everything in our power to make sure that Barack Obama becomes the next President of the United States. We owe this to our children, our parents, our grandparents and ourselves. We need you to become a part of Team Obama. This is the most important election in our lifetime. REGISTER TO VOTE BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6th and VOTE TO MAKE HISTORY ON NOVEMBER 4th!!!!

Visit www.VoteForChange.com to register to vote TODAY.
It is our duty to make our voices heard. STOP what you're doing right now and let's REGISTER TO VOTE. Time is running out!!!!!!!!!
God Bless,
Sean "Diddy" Combs
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
Mary J. Blige
Kevin Liles

Also, Diddy has released another one of his infamous video blogs begging everyone to register to vote.  He points out there's only 3 days left and 20 million Americans over the age of 18 are not registered to vote yet.

VIDEO: Diddy Blog #25: REGISTER TO VOTE!!!
if you cannot see the video player please click here

VIDEO: Diddy Blog #24: "Sarah Palin Scares Me!"
if you cannot see the video player please click here

Please REGISTER TO VOTE!

I cannot stress enough how important this election is.  America is in a crisis, we're at war abroad and we're at war right here at home!  This economic crisis is threatening our way of life.  This country is at a crossroad and what happens at this election determines where this country will go from here, we can keep declining or we can rise once again.  I know a lot of people think their vote doesn't count but that's far from the truth, collectively our votes will make a tremendous impact.  I hear people referring to the "stolen election" of 2000 and say "they're just going to steal the election again" but that only happened because not enough of us went out and voted.  It's easy to cheat when the numbers are low but when there's millions of votes they won't be able to pull that off again.  People died for our right to vote and we must honor those sacrifices by exercising the right to vote.  

The world is changing and, unfortunately, America is not the superpower we once were.  Because of this current administration, anti-American sentiments are being heard throughout the world, we have to reverse that.  We cannot continue this path to self-destruction.  We grew up in the #1 country in the world, it may not have been kind to some of us but we still enjoyed a better quality of life than many others around the world, but now that quality of life is being threatened.  If we continue this path we will leave our children and their children a very pathetic America.  The America we know will only exist in history books if we don't take action.  As Americans we're so use to being #1 in the world that we can't even fantom the idea of falling off, but the reality is that we are.  We're slowly eroding, remember every great empire throughout history has eroded from within and that seems to be the path we're headed in.  

Today's America is just a shadow of its former self.  We're not creating anything or manufacturing products here anymore.  The best jobs are getting outsourced to other countries.  "American" cars are being built in Mexico.  Our computer jobs are being outsourced to India.  American manufacturing companies have set up shop in China and Taiwan.  America's research and development is at an all time low.  The only thing left is the image of what America once was.  We're a great brand that use to create quality products but doesn't anymore, for a while consumers keep buying the product because the remember those great products of yesteryear but eventually everyone gets hip that it's not what it use to be.  America, as it stands, is not what it use to be, we're falling off.  We're living off of what we use to be, what we once were.  I hate to sound so pessimistic but it's the reality.  However, this election gives me hope.  

With this vote we can put America back on the right path.  With the right leader we can make America the world's leader and not the world's bully.  With the right leader America can once again lead the world.  Together we can reclaim America's old glory and make it even better than it ever was, a more inclusive America.  I envision an America were everyone has access to the "American Dream."  Until now that American Dream was only a possibility for some with many of us being left out, but we can change that with our vote.  All we have to do is walk into that booth, close the curtain behind us, make the right choice, and pull the lever.  It's that simple and only takes a few minutes but our future and children's future and grandchildren's future depends on it.  If we miss this opportunity we will never have an opportunity like this again.  

PLEASE REGISTER TO VOTE.

You can register here:

Last Night's VP Debate

Last night's highly anticipated Vice Presidential debate, between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, was a sleeper with nothing new to report accept that Palin managed not to screw up and that's no small feat but I guess all the tutoring they've been giving her has finally paid off.  Palin managed to not answer many of the questions and talk about whatever she felt like talking about (or whatever she knows a little about).  Biden, on the other hand, kept his composure and in my opinion had better answers to the questions presented to him.  Overall there was nothing new, Palin tried to act like a regular middle-class American with their concerns at heart, but that's hard to do when your running-mate is worth over $100 million and doesn't even remember how many houses he owns, while Biden was the politician and talked and acted like a politician.  


According to a post-debate poll Joe Biden won last night's debate. They polled 500 uncommitted voters who watched the vice presidential debate and found that Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden did the best job by a margin of more than two to one, according to the CBS News/Knowledge Networks poll taken immediately following the debate.  Forty-six percent of these uncommitted viewers said Biden won the debate Thursday night, while 21 percent said Palin won. Thirty-three percent thought it was a tie.  Even a quarter of Republican uncommitted voters thought Biden won the debate.   


Another CBS News poll shows Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads GOP rival John McCain 49 percent to 40 percent among registered voters. The nine-point lead is a jump of four percentage points in Obama's lead from a CBS News/New York Times survey taken last week. Obama also leads by nine points among likely voters, 50 percent to 41 percent. 


VIDEO: 2008 Vice Presidential Debate (1:32 mins)

if you cannot see the video player click here


U411 Note: Diddy she scares me too!

Posted by DJ NITTI at 10/3/2008 8:08 AM
Categories: Diddy Blog, Politics

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