Diddy Says Bush Has To Go, Q-Tip Educates Young Voters

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants voters to turn out in full force this year and remove current president George W. Bush from the oval office. Combs, who accepted the Patrick Lippert Award at this year’s 11th Annual Rock the Vote Awards, said that Bush was not the man to lead the United States. "[We gotta] […]

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants voters to

turn out in full force this year and remove current president George

W. Bush from the oval office.

Combs, who accepted the Patrick Lippert Award

at this year’s 11th Annual Rock the Vote Awards, said that Bush was not the

man to lead the United States.

"[We gotta] get Bush’s ass up out that office,"

Combs said. "If you don’t agree with me, you got your right to go

to the polls and represent him."

Combs said that the next president, Republican

or Democrat, must care about the needs of young people.

"I honestly feel like the president we have

in office today, he doesn’t care about young people," Combs continued.

"He doesn’t care about minorities, and he does not, I don’t know

if he feels it everyday, if he feels the pain, that the mothers and the fathers

are feeling of all of those lost soldiers that are being reported everyday."

Combs said he would vote for a candidate that

was a "good person, that has a good heart and that doesn’t turn his back

on the people."

Combs also said if change was to be made, people

would have to do more than just be registered to vote.

"We gonna have a party at the polls. On

serious note, I don’t like the way its going down right now, and I have

a chance to change it, just like all of you do."

In related news, rapper Q-Tip is also getting

involved with Rock the Vote’s efforts to educate people on the importance of

voting.

On Monday, February 23, 2004, Q-Tip, U.S. Representative

and Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, US Representative

Sheila Jackson Lee, State Senator Rodney Ellis, State Representative Garnet

Coleman and Jehmu Greene, President of Rock the Vote will host a town hall meeting

on the campus of Prairie View A&M University in Texas.

More than 500 students are expected to join

them to discuss the importance of student civic participation and the challenges

facing minority student voting.

The event will kick off at 6:00 PM.