Monday, June 29, 2020

Trump Is Going, Going .....


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Trump Is Going, Going .......

     NY Times reports that Trump is losing all 6 battleground states.  See below:


     On the same day, an Washington Post article entitled     

    "A massive shift away from Trump in six key states indicates serious trouble for his reelection bid" 
reported the same poll results.  Recall the following from 80-20?

Q2: How to dump Trump?
A:  Most of the states are either blue or red.  Unless there is an earth-shaking event, they'll stay that way.   The battleground states  are where we need to campaign in. If Dems. can win of the following 6 battleground states: AZ (electoral College Vote is 11),  FL (29),  MI(16),  NC (15),  PA (20),  and WI (10), then you and I don't need to worry about Trump causing us trouble any more. 

        4 more months to go, so we can't relax about our "Dump Trump" campaign yet AsAms, particularly Chinese Ams, will save themselves a lot of trouble with Trump gone.  Mark our words!

          ACA-5 will Go To a Referendum Vote. Please listen:

    A Gallup poll of 2016 revealed that

  • 7 in 10 Americans say merit should be the only basis for college admissions 
  • 65% disagree with a Supreme Court decision allowing race to be a factor 
  • By 50% to 44%, blacks favor merit not race

So friends, the REAL BATTLE has begun. To protect Prop 209 on Nov. 3, we need to help every Californian realize that

merit versus race in college admissions is the ONLY real issue
in that referendum.  Even blacks support merit over race!


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S. B. Woo

President and a volunteer for the past 20 years
80-20 AsAm Empowerment PAC

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)


PS: We gratefully acknowledge all donors of the past week, including Shu Liang, Austin, TX for a second $250 per year for 5 years.

Monday, June 22, 2020

ACA5; Punishing Officials Who Deserted You.



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     A Shocking DEFEAT for Equal Opportunity
    
    It's INCREDIBLE that ACA-5 passed CA's Assembly.   Only 6 years ago, under 80-20's leadership, SCA-5 was defeated even after it has already passed the CA  Senate.   Will History repeat?  Will ACA 5 be defeated after its approval by the Assembly?  Hope so, but not likely.  The place to defeat it was where there are 14 AsAm Assembly-persons!  80-20 pointed to that huge battlefield advantage for us 3 months ago via its e-newsletter:  CA assembly to deny AsAm equal op. in ed (03/16/2020) .  We stated:


   " .... (a) To defeat ACA5 outright

        Only 26 opposition votes are required to defeat ACA-5.  There are 14 AsAm Assembly-persons.  Hence defeating ACA-5  seems very feasible." (Emphasis added)

              
                             Why Didn't 80-20 Lead the ACA5 Fight?

     The primary reason is that we have been busy executing "Dump Trump & Flip the Senate."  We feel strongly that Trump is a racist.  Remember his "Chinese Virus"?  Last Friday, he used "Kung Flu" in Oklahoma.   In addition, Trump wants conflict domestically & internationally.  AsAms will likely suffer grievously from collateral damage resulting from any US-China conflict.  

      The minor reason is that a few CA orgs., including Silicon Valley Chinese Association SVCA, complained that 80-20 hogged credits for defeating SCA5. We didn't think so.  Were we to blame if media sought us out?  However, assessing that ACA-5 was easy to defeat, we decided that CA orgs. would not need 80-20 this time.  Consequently, when news that ACA-5 passed the Assembly reached us, it was such a shock.  We had such favorable battlefield 
conditions.

      Oh, well.  Let's hope that Prop 209 will survive the referendum, because most Americans including all minorities think MERIT is more important than race when it comes to college admissions.  Hopefully, the pro-Prop. 209 CA leaders will make college admissions the central issue in the coming referendum fight.       

                          ACCOUNTABILITY Will Make Us Stronger

     Insisting on accountability is the essence of a strong & vibrant democracy. 1 day after SCA-5 was defeated, 80-20 announced to drive CA Senator Leland Yee and Assemblyman Paul Fong out of politics for deserting AsAm interests. Click here to verify.  See 3. Q (2).  Within a year, both were out of politics.  

      We heard that some in the AsAm community are clamoring to recall some AsAm elected officials who deserted us in the ACA-5 vote. Don't do that! We will be doubling our work but getting only half the effectiveness.

      Here is the effective way to do it.  Find a strong candidate to be the primary opponent for that deserter.  In addition, find a strong candidate in the other party for that deserter.  Help both of your recruits with with early seed money and good media publicity.  Even supposing that the deserter got so lucky as to survive both the primary and general elections, he/she will NOT desert you again from that time on. The deserter will have so many sleepless nights when running through the 2 gauntlets that you set up for the deserter.   

      Democracy works better, if you learn how to reward and punish politicians.  80-20 EMPOWERS YOU.   Together, we shall overcome.

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S. B. Woo



President and a volunteer for the past 21 years
80-20 AsAm Empowerment PAC
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)

Monday, June 15, 2020

2 Pictures Are Worth 1,000 Words



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Two Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words


The pictures are from Larry Mooney
   
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Why did "80-20 Empowerment PAC" decide on a "Dump Trump & Flip the Senate" campaign?  To find out, click on any one or more of the preceding e-newsletters:

"Defeat Trump," sent May 11, 2020; or
"Scary Observations," May 16; or
"Trump Pursues War?" May 25; or
"Dirty Political Tricks, " June 1; or


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S. B. Woo
President and a volunteer for the past 20 years
80-20 AsAm Empowerment PAC
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)


PS:  We gratefully acknowledge your donations to the 80-20 AsAm Empowerment 
PAC, including two recent generous donations of $1,000 each from Peter W. 
Chen, Demarest, NJ  and I-Wei Chen, Swarthmore, PA.