'Obamacan' Wins MoveOn.Org's Ad Contest
A straightforward advertisement featuring a lifelong Republican and military veteran who is supporting Barack Obama has won MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds" ad contest and will begin airing on cable and network stations in key battleground states Ohio, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
The ad, called "Obamacan" and created by Californians David Gaw and Lance Mungia, was chosen from 1,100 entries by a "celebrity panel" that included director Oliver Stone as well as 5.5 million people who voted at the MoveOn website.
In the 30-second spot, U.S. Air Force vet John Weiler says he's a lifelong Republican who served under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush but will vote for Obama because he can unite the "left, right, Democrats, and Republicans."
MoveOn, which announced the winner this morning, has pledged to spend $200,000 to air the ad, and is using the ad as a fundraising tool—asking supporters to give so it can run in other markets.
Mungia, an Obama supporter, said he was inspired by an Obama meeting in California attended by an "independent, a Democrat, and a Republican sitting side by side" and "passionate about the same issues."
—Liz Halloran
Reader Comments
Police officers needs to seek support from other officers.
Please research ABC's 20/20 special report on our nation's police forces as it pertains to an unfortunate condition known as 'The Code of Silence.' They have a difficult and unfortunate row to hoe. Unfortunately, you have to have courage from the top down to overcome this condition and it simply isn't there, and never will be.
Like soldiers sent to war, police officers are put in situations they must simply endure. We are all responsible for the moral and ethical situations they must face each time they go on patrol. A lot can be done to ease their burdens, but as I stated, there is no leadership from the top down. Believe me; these officers suffer moral dilemmas every day. They all know a fellow officer guilty of a crime and can't tell without suffering retribution from a fellow cop. Remember New York City’s Detective Scorpio?
It’s just as much a reality today as it was then. Put yourself in their place, you will crumble too. I guarantee, you are no Scorpio. Few, very few are!
Police, war, the Patriot Act
Why do so many cops want to perpetuate the war in the middle east, even though it makes no sense whatsoever? Can it be the same reason they enjoy testing tazers on each other? Or kicking and beating a handcuffed man who is lying on the street? Or coming up a private driveway to ticket a teenage boy for moving his parents' car on their property with their permission? This is the Patriot Act mentality. This is what we will get if John McCain is elected.
democracy - full participation sport
for the people, by the people is only possible because people participate.
Interesting to notice the level of intelligence and coherence in the comments written on behalf of bringing the country together vs. tearing it apart.
Thank you Senator Obama for inspiring this wave of democratic particpation and thoughtful civic action. We are the people we have been waiting for and have (finally) left the couch.
Now we just need to make our vote so loud - it cannot be denied.
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