"Matt Damon!"
Posted on 03/13/2008 9:55:51 AM PDT by bahblahbah
Contest Profiles Real People's Creativity and Enthusiasm for Barack Obama
Winner Will Run On National Television
WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MoveOn.org joined forces today with Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Oliver Stone, multiple Grammy-winner John Legend and author Naomi Wolf to announce a new ad contest, "Obama in 30 Seconds." The contest provides a platform for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about the Senator's candidacy. MoveOn will buy time to run the winning ad on national television.
"After eight years of President Bush campaigning on fear and war, people are feeling hopeful again. They're eager to talk about what inspires them about our country -- and Senator Obama leading it," said Eli Pariser, Executive Director of MoveOn. "Since creative and grassroots energy has helped power Barack Obama's campaign from the start, this contest is a great way to deliver that message of hope to voters in Pennsylvania and across the nation."
Joining MoveOn today in announcing the contest:
Ben Affleck, Academy Award-winning writer/actor/director:
"MoveOn's 'Obama in 30 seconds' ad contest is a chance for everyone, from aspiring filmmakers to armchair pundits, to raise their voices to put Obama over the top and help make history."
John Legend, Grammy-winning Musician:
"Part of the joy of this campaign is the tremendous amount of positive creativity it has inspired. I think this contest is a powerful way for ordinary citizens to be involved in an extraordinary moment in our history. I'm thrilled to be a part of it."
The ads, which will be submitted at the "Obama in 30 Seconds" website http://www.obamain30seconds.org/, will be judged by a celebrity judging panel that includes Academy Award-winning writer/actor/director Ben Affleck; Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor/director Steve Buscemi; Academy Award-winning writer/actor Matt Damon; progressive hero & future Congresswoman Donna Edwards; musician/activist Michael Franti; actor/musician/director Adrian Grenier; Academy Award-nominated producer Ted Hope; author & civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson; award-winning documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy; Grammy-winning recording artist John Legend; Stanford Law professor & founder of the Center for Internet and Society Lawrence Lessig; recording artist & Bush in 30 Seconds co-founder Moby; Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas; President of Lionsgate Entertainment Tom Ortenberg; Native American activist and documentary filmmaker Heather Rae; President of Focus Features James Schamus; producer, author, and entrepreneur Russell Simmons; author, lecturer, & experimental hip hop musician DJ Spooky; Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Ricki Stern; Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone; Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Annie Sundberg; Grammy & Golden Globe award-winning songwriter and musician Eddie Vedder; and New York Times best-selling author Naomi Wolf.
Contestants will be allowed to submit their ads between March 27th and April 1st. Beginning April 4th, 3.2 million MoveOn members and the public will have a chance to vote on which ads advance to the finals. On April 10th, the finalists will be announced and the panel of judges will begin judging the final ads. The winning ad, and ad-maker, will be announced on April 17th--just before Pennsylvania's April 22nd primary.
MoveOn Political Action will purchase air time on national television to air the winning ad, and the winning ad-maker will receive a gift certificate for $20,000 in video equipment.
For a complete description of the contest, please visit: http://www.obamain30seconds.org/.
"Matt Damon!"
“The contest provides a platform for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about the Senator’s candidacy......”
How many times can you say “hope and change” in 30 seconds?
MATT DAMON MATT DAMON MATT DAMON! LOL!
Emphasize: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Oliver Stone, John Legend and Naomi Wolf
OMG LOL, gator.
anti-semetic, anti American MoveOn?
All that will come to mind in the ad will be the worldwide “Matt Damon Game.”
Poor Hillary, the whole Move On movement was started when Bubba got into the Monica mess and this moonbat org said can’t we just Move On and let Bubba get back to work. They are largely funded by Hillary backer Chief Moonbat George Soros and now Dr. Sorosteins monster has turned on the bride of Clinton
Clinton is a looser. If Obama isn’t put up as the Democratic front runner.........the black community will riot. It doesn’t make any difference what is right or wrong....it all boils down to if you want a riot or not.
Or to the fact that if Obama had been white, he'd have been laughed off the stage as a newbie hack months ago.
I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school,
He was terrible in that film.
I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part,
He’s way better than Ben Affleck.
And now all I can think about is your smile,
And that sh-—y movie too,
Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
Yup...the same outfit that benefits directly from McCain-Feingold.
30 seconds may be too long to try and cover all of Obamas achievements
How about 30 seconds of his pastor jumping up and down yelling “God DAMN America!”
“...The contest provides a platform for Obama supporters to show in 30-second spots what inspires them about the Senator’s candidacy..”
It should go something like this-
“Uhm, he’s like soooooo inspiring to me and my family. He like CARES so much about my problems and stuff. He’s like sooooo HOPEFUL about the future and gives me HOPE and inspiration. He is going to CHANGE this country cause we need CHANGE. I’m so HOPEFUL now that he is going to be our next president and stuff. I feel so INSPIRED after hearing him speak his message of HOPE AND CHANGE.”
There won’t be a REAL contest winner because NOBODY who supports him can really articulate why! They’ll pick a token winner and then REVISE whatever ridiculous script the winner wrote.
LOL, gator! :-)
Too bad.
I was looking forward to the next "Bourne" whatever.
Obama-rama-jama in 30 seconds. Gosh, I can hardly wait to see the result of all that brilliance.
Once again, the “I’m Famous, Therefore, I Am Smart” alert is sounded!
There is an article on CNN today about HIllary apologizing.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/13/clinton-apologizes-to-black-voters/#comments
There were NO comments posted when I first read the article and I furiously typed a comment which stated the same thing you said here, plus pointing out that folks need to stop tippy-toeing around the “elephant in the living room” which is the fact that blacks are voting for Obama becuase he is black...period.
anyway, my comments DIDN’T get posted by the decision makers at CNN. Wonder why.
Project Racebait.
Instant gratification is going to last about 30 seconds for those who are voting for the Democrats ‘change’.
After eight years of President Bush campaigning on fear and war, people are feeling hopeful again. They’re eager to talk about what inspires them about our country....
Translation: Bush won’t sit down with terrorists but Obama sure as hell will!
Isn’t Matt Damon better known for the melodic whistling sounds his head makes when the wind blows?
Listen to the racist preacher..And Obama says he is no longer his minister..well Obama did you tell everyone why..Could it be he retired Feb 10,2008..could it be because your people ask him to step down until you got crowned first Muslim of America..someone should have ask him to leave this country many hears ago...
People do not listen to these so called actors they will lead you to hell with them..and they know noting about politics..My dog know more than they do from hanging around me..
You mean "inspiring" like this?
"America is a just downright mean"
"God Damn America!!!"
You’ll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of a Hollywood actor.
I liked “I’m F-ing Matt Damon”. It was funny. I’m not sure I’m gonna like “Matt Damon is F-ing me”.
He looks a little like Bob Barr in that picture!
Obama’s preacher is a joke! He has a lot of hatred of whites!
Obama already has this loon on one of his advisory committees!
Phew!
Here’s Obama in less than that:
Murder - of the unborn
Treason - appeasement and surrender to America’s foreign and domestic enemies
Socialism - theft at government gunpoint.
But hey - that’s any Democrat. And some Republicans. They only differ in how to get there.
Do liberal whites just ignore this preacher in Obama’s life or what?
“Do liberal whites just ignore this preacher in Obama’s life or what?”
Liberals have the ability to ignore anything that interferes with what they want. Facts, laws, reality... libs create their own.
If it weren’t for liberal whites, who would celebrate Kwanzaa?
Say it ain’t so, Steve Buscemi. I took you for your better.
Check the source for this "news:" PR Newswire, the ultimate media whoring outfit. They'll publish anything for you if you have the bucks.
In other words, since this is not legitimate "news," moveon.org had to resort to paying to spread their propaganda.
If it's from PR Newswire, it may be an idle curiosity, but it is most certainly not "news."
It's kinda of interesting... I've noticed most of the stuff put out by PR Newswire comes from the RATS. Maybe PR Newswire is a front for the DNC or Soros.
Maaaaat DAAAAAmon!
Did you hear about Matt Damon and Sarah Silverman? Shocking!
Now the thing about Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck really didn’t surprise me.
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