Letters to the Editor
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I'm a Cuban and I'm voting for Obama
That's the spot they should be running in South Florida. We are republicans normally, and don't let no-one tell you otherwise, racist as hell. I personally know a few old (50+) hardcore anti commi, super duper Castro must die - born on the island Cuban republicans, and they are voting for Obama.
Not only is he Not a republican, he's black. My how times have changed!
Thank you Obama, for raising us above ourselves.
O-08
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Meh - It's not bad but...
I thought there were plenty of better ads on there. Some didn't even make it to the finals but were very well done.
They clearly made a decision about which one would play the best against McCain instead of choosing the one that really was the best overall. I guess that makes sense though.
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Not a great ad...
but honestly, most of the Move On ads in this contest were underwhelming. I watched the 15 finalists and wouldn't donate money to put any of them on the air. At least this one has a clear message, and I like that it plays like an ad for John McCain until the end.
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Winners and winners
I watched all 15 of the Obmacan selections and wondered what it must have been like to choose only one. They were all great. The moveon.org contest brought out some great talen. I am inspired and hopeful that Obama prevails in November and that his leadership allows every single one of we Americans to notice and tap into our own individual power to make a difference not just in the narrow world of our daily lives but in the world at large that we live in. Just imagine, we all embrace peace as the agenda, move the desire out of our heads and mouths and into our lives. For real. How amazing that would be.
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whoop...ee...
Their political ads are real winners.
For the GOP that is.
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Whoops -- great ad for McCain.
I've spent a lot of years in marketing, and I gotta tell you: This ad is going to help McCain.
Obama is never even mentioned till the last 2 seconds. Do you know how few people bother to watch 10 seconds of an ad, even a political one, never mind 22 seconds?
Please reconsider, MoveOn. The bulk of your audience is going to hear no more than, "I liked Bush. I was in the army. I'm a lifelong Republican."
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Very good
Wow I'm surprsied a decent AD from MoveOn. That' the kind of Ad we need going forward.
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But isn't Obama Lord God of the Intertubes already?
C'mon people you can do better.
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October Surprise
This story line about a terrorist "October Surprise" to "help" Barak Obama has two purposes:
1. To further attach the "Obama is a terrorist stooge/agent" story line.
2. To take any sting out of what is likel.y to be a string of bad news in the Fall as US troop levels drop in Iraq and the Civil war heats up again.
What is most frustrating is the fact that our spineless media reporters will pick up on this story line from the Radical Right and give it the imprint of truth by repeating it constantly, now through the November elections. Then in 2009 they will start reporting how they "were fooled, again".
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Absolutely right, furtail.
So many of the 15 finalists were too heavy on the "positive" message - i.e., they were like watching Obama girl jill off for the camera or something. YUCK. I gave this one very high marks. It is meant to appeal to the unconverted. Obama is already doing a great job getting out the vote among the cool young people who made the worshipful ads. And the ads made him look like an idiot, or went waaaaaay over the top about the power of Obama to bring the world together. Literally, in one of the ads with great production values, Obama appears and puts the world back together. I voted for him, but I had to turn away from my keyboard in fear that I might vomit on it. For me, the point of the ad was to convince people who weren't already convinced. Most of the other ads were actually - unintentionally, of course - going to shut people out instead.
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Worked for me
30 second ads are not geared for substance or complexity.
Though I agree the MoveOn brand is probably not a great one for the target audience.
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A letdown.
Given that there were some far more original and uplifting entries than "Obamacan," I'm a little disappointed that it came out on top. I much preferred "Playground Politics," "Vote hope" and (my favorite) "An America that believes again."
That said, it's probably better to put out something more traditional in order to get those hardworking, non-college educated voters interested in Obama. Sigh.
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@ melthough
Thanks, melthough.
Yep, I agree with your analysis about the MoveOn.org ads. A LOT of Eastcoasters and many, many Westcoasters, don't have a clue, unfortunately, how people in OH, IN, KY, and WV actually think, feel, and, not surprisingly, vote.
I live in the heart of the Bible Belt. I know my Gospels, can quote Jesus, been to churches full of Fire and Brimstone, and was raised in a small, hick, Midwestern town, where people's idea of fun is playing baseball with the grandkids, attending the church picnic, going drag-racing along the back country roads, and, for bored horny teenagers, fucking in the cornfields. There are more teenage pregnancies here than in some of the nearby bigger cities two hours away. It's so boring around here, apparently there isn't anything for horny kids to do but fuck.
People in the hills in these areas wouldn't even comprehend the ads posted by MoveOn.org. It would be like watching an alien landing. It's not that anyone would think these ads are distasteful or offensive, or condescending, but they would say "What the hell was that all about?"
Really, the only one I thought that was actually pretty good, was the white dude pick-up driver telling the camera about all the wasted money in Iraq. Now, here in the hills, that's something that people actually ARE talking about. Iraq is on people's minds, because when you live in a county with no jobs, a lot of young men join the military, and a few have come back in body bags. And one in particular, just down the road an hour and half, came back all bones, because he'd been missing since 2004 (Matt Maupin). We've had our share of funerals of young men here. THAT is something that hits home: war.
MoveOn, Clinton, Dean, Obama, Edwards, and the whole gang in the Dem party would do well to link McCain to the war, and surely, as steady and incisive as a laser beam, link the economy to the trillions that will be paid for this assinine war. They would sure make inroads in the hills. Because people around here would love to see some of that money invested in the good 'ol USA (flag-waving cheers).