New MoveOn.org Ad Featuring John Cusack - Take The Bush/McCain Pop Quiz
By Logan Murphy Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 7:20pm
Help air this ad with John Cusack
Actor John Cusack donated his time to make a great new TV ad reminding voters how McCain is just like Bush on all the important issues.
Can you help raise $70,000 to get the ad in front of swing voters? Read on...
John Amato did a ton of successful work to help get the word out about Cusack's new movie War. Inc. because it was so relevant to the situation in Iraq. As we've seen it now is being distributed to many more cities and theaters throughout the states. The country needs to be constantly reminded about the army of private military contractor's that have expanded ten fold under Bush and Cheney. It's a window into the future exploits of the Blackwater type contractors that are now bringing in the big bucks and someday may land in a city or country next to you with freedoms that our usual law enforcement agencies do not enjoy.
John Cusack even did a live C&L chat recently to discuss his fantastic new movie and now he's made this ad for Moveon.org and its right on the money -- but, they'll need money to get this great commercial on the air and seen by as many people as possible. Visit Moveon.org now and please donate if you can and help get John's message out to the people.
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Amazing that McSame agrees with Bush 89%-95%+ of the time. "Baaaaaaaaahhhh! I support George W. Bush and all his policies."
John Cusack: great actor, great personality, smart like me :-))
the drum beat until november mcBush we can't let up
obama will continue the oil wars of his predecessors.
The message is great, the messenger not so much. Swing states hate being lectured to by Hollywood...re-cast and you've got something.
Rob @ 5:
If one considers oneself to be half-intelligent they wouldn't consider that to be lecturing.
Cheers!
Let's try a positive message instead of slamming the opposition with obviously incomplete stories ... people will know there is another side to what Cusack is saying. Let's instead talk about the bills that Sen. Obama has sponsored .....
It seem to me that people who vote for McCain are just doing so so as to not vote for a "liberal". I don't think you can change these people without drug therapy.
cusack's gonna need to run for some political office before too long...
i think the ad is good in theory but, personally, i was really surprised at how piss poor the execution was.
cusack spoke too quickly, sounded somewhat muffled, the pacing is very bad -- the whole thing leaves a "talking to the converted" taste in my mouth.
if you're "in the club" you'll recognize the signposts as they fly past but if you're not, you'll just go "huh?"
It's not a very good commercial, plus Cusack is way too easily hate-able. He will easily be coined just another Sean Penn or whatever.
Seeing some smart, Hollywood actor isn't exactly going to win over any rednecks in the flyover states. People will hate him too quick, and the money raised for this ad will be for naught.
Truth B Told @ 4:
uggh.
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I think the ad is good. A lot of people have no idea of McSame. They've just heard that he's a maverick and take it as gospel.
Back to the positive message thing .... many are voting for McCain because they believe we can get Iraq to a reasonable place by continuing the policies that (finally) seem to have improved the situation during the past year. Obama doesn't have any positive message about what will happen when we just leave - instead he's just talking about the vote against the war he would've made 5+ years ago. He needs to develop a positive story.
John Cusack is a Hollywood Star(at least to many), so I assume he has mucho
monies...and yet WE are being ask to raise $70K for "Moveon" to air this video.
Hell, he probably has that much in his pockets, so why not let him pay for his own
video instead of asking us to make a donation that is not tax deductible..
BobT @ 14:
HAHAHAHAHAHA good one!
anyone else having a problem viewing youtube videos with liberal content the last few days? keep getting video not available message :(
Thank you John (C&L), John (Cusack) and MoveOn. Keep putting the word out about McSame.
And wvguy, I've got that message a few times last week. Looks like the "king" is none too pleased with the internets...
Great ad!
I like John Cusack and his sister Joan. I would go to any movie they were in. Actually, I would rent any movie they were in. (I'm cheap.) Grosse Point Blank was my favorite so far.
The Cusacks are a very talented family. I think a brother is on c-span sometime and they are politically savvy.
But this ad sucks in that it won't draw in the people who need to understand the message about McSame. It is too fast, too hip, too stylish.
But, I love it.
Rob @ 5:
Yeah...Ronald Reagan comes to mind...one of the "great" Hollywood lecturers that all the swing states...adored?
In a commercial like this, your message has to be very simple and very strong. The idea is excellent but the commercial needs to be simpler, less wordy, etc. It would also be better if Cusack could get others to join him. Big name, respectable folks. Maybe even one of those visual transformations you can do in Photoshop: turn Bush's face into McCain's, and back again. Two quick shots, one after the other, of both of them saying exactly the same thing about a hot-button issue. Lots of question marks. John is a handsome and excellent actor, but the commercial needs more.
I think you're all underestimating how effective this commercial would be. The human ear is capable of processing information very fast, and the information in this ad is general enough that viewers could absorb it pretty easily. It doesn't mention specific laws, but instead, generalized issues like Iraq and health care.
Having more people or flashy transitions or additional images or whatnot would detract from the effect, not add to it. Viewers would be kept busy absorbing the additional stimulus and would have less bandwidth, so to speak, to listen to what was being said.
As an independent, I will be voting for McCain this fall. This notion that McCain is merely Bush's doppleganger is patently absurd. He's clearly the best of the two men left in the race.
(Barack Obama is simply way too inexperienced for this job. His economic policies would be disastrous for this country and would take the bad situation left by Bush and make it even worse.)
As for this ad, there's not much to say. I've always marveled at the notion that a "celebrity" endorsement should be able to change one's mind about a candidate. But I suppose the specious reasoning behind such ad efforts are only mirrored in the specious reasoning employed by the ad itself.
(McCain as not caring about military families? Will Moveon.org *really* waste their money on trying to make that case? Yeesh.)
Tom @ 24:
Independent? I doubt it, you're not informed about anything about anyone, you're a republican admit it. No one would support McCain who is independent. DO you even know what Independent MEANS? I doubt it, because you don't show it.
Jesus Hussein Christ @ 11:
Jesus Hussein Christ @ 12:
bull$#!+. cusack's got to do his part, just like everyone else, and here he does a nice, concise job of it. what have you done?
I liked it. Short and to the point. PS thats no lecture. And I don't care your profession or status as a human on this earth. Every one of us has to be vocal in our opposition, and the more people you reach, the better. go Cusack!
I happen to like Sean Penn. And John Cusack, too. At least they refuse to remain silent while the country they love is destroyed.
Tom @ 24:
Hell yeah!
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270&type=category&category=66&go.x=18&go.y=15
BobT @ 7:
Sadly 'positive only' campaigns never happen and mccain has proven to be very negative...look how he jumped on Obama's preacher (while he accepted a worse one at the time). We must talk about mccain's bad points and Obama must prove them to be the liars they are. We are not in Oz, mccain has no heart, no brain and no bravery. He lies, flip flops, and is immoral in his personal life too. So Mr. Lobbiest lover mccain the hypocrit must be smeared in truth, no matter how bad his truth is!
Ah, so to prove myself truly independent, I must think exactly as you do.
I see.
At any rate, it's a bad commercial, but don't let me dissuade you.
Cusack is an american who cares. The difference between him and Reagan is Cusack is not acting, while Reagan never stopped.
Rob @ 5:
fuck swing states and fuck the redstates
they go to movies and rent more than the coasts...go check the numbers
and if i was a woman, i would want to bear cusack's children
calgarylady @ 28:
i like cusack better than penn
sometimes penn comes off as a blithering idiot
or maybe thats just cuz i cant get the spicolli pic out of my head
Tom @ 24:
and please explain to me one thing
as mccain's economic plan differs little, if at all, from what bush has been doing...as mccain has surrounded his campaign with every k streeter and lobbiest...as he has no apprarent clue that the state of the economy is closely tied into our continued occupation of iraq
how exactly will he be better for the economy than anything that obama has put forward
why cant you admit that you are a frickin wingnut
I think it's a great ad, and I love Cusack, BUT . . . I think that the connection to MoveOn.org will drive away many of those who should get its message. Sad that that's true, but I fear it is.
Courtesy demands I reply, but I don't wish to hijack this thread from the topic of the commercial. In brief, McCain will do infinitely better reigning in spending than our current president (this is one key way he stands apart from Bush on the economic front). Obama's proposals will necessitate raising taxes which will slow our economy's recovery even further. I appreciate that you'll disagree with me, no doubt, on both these points, but there it is.
As for the commercial, I agree with the previous posters: lose the actor. Obama is already fighting the elitist label. It's as plain as day: this won't help him.
Tom @ 37:
McCain would slash taxes by 3.7 trillion, costing 4.5 trillion over the next ten years. Obama would slash taxes by 2.7 trillion, costing 3.5 trillion over the nest ten years. Those making over 2.9 million would see their tax bill increase by 700,000K under Obama, while those same people would see their tax bill decrease by $270,000.00 under McCain. Those making 37K-66K would see their tax bills cut by 1000.00 by Obama, but only 300.00 by McCain. (PBS Nightly Business Report 6/11/08)
I really think we are doing ourselves a disservice by letting these people frame the terms of the debate by referring to them by their euphemism of choice: "Military contractors"
These people are MERCENARIES. Plain and simple, definitively and demonstrably. They should always, ALWAYS be referred to as such. Don't let them get away with hiding behind such a neutral-sounding facade.
Sure John Cusack is a good "hollywood" actor, but when it comes to political statements he's no Chuck Norris. LOL.
And we should all thank our collective God's for that.
Another brilliant MoveOn ad, smacking down repubes with their own words.
Tom @ 24:
And you think McCain, a man who admitted he knows little about economics, will better than Obama when it comes to our economy? McCain's disastrous policies include:
* Prolonging 2 wars on deficit spending while trying to start a third war in Iran is bad for the economy.
* Making Bush tax cuts permanent and giving hundreds of billions worth of subsidies on corporate welfare is bad for the economy.
* Increased privitazation and deregulation is bad for the economy as there are more loopholes and less working class protection. ie current Housing Crises and Bear Sterns hand out.
If McCain is so darn good with economics, then why is Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker endorsing Obama?
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I suggest you get straight facts about the straight talk express.
John Cusack doesn't have a spare 70 grand in his sock drawer? I got shit to do today....By the way, loved his movie.
BobT @ 14:
And what color is the sky in your little world Bobby?
Tom @ 37:
Give me a break. Funding two wars of aggression for 100 years, 3 if he can manage to start one with Iran like he wants to, and spending even more on tax cuts for the wealthy than Bush already has. And you're claiming with a straight face that McCain is better on spending than **Bush** (let alone Obama)?
This trickle-down-econ falsehood was debunked years ago. Insisting the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share of taxes doesn't slow things down; it does precisely the opposite. Furthermore, stopping the wars of aggression Bush started, as Obama intends to but McCain doesn't, would save a huge amount of money which can be used on those proposals you're so snide toward.
There's an old saying: You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. Your support for McCain is based on blatant falsehoods. You can continue to support him if you please, but the reason we don't agree with you is because we aren't gullible enough to do so.
And this is the final nail in the coffin. Loosely Twisted was right, you are no independent. You follow the GOP propaganda lines of trickle-down-econ and "elitism" to a fault. If you could see past the end of your nose, you would see how little those two ideas have to do with the real world. Most Americans have more important things to worry about than some elitist accusing a self-made man like Obama of elitism.
They need 70,000- G's? Doesn't Cusack make that in a day on royalties from movies? It just seems odd he would donat time, money to make it, and not the money to get it on the air? Doesnt make logical sense to me
I love John and I'd love to see War, Inc. but he should know that the link to his myspace website has problems. When you get to his site, the comments are running on top of the site content so it is very hard to read. Perhaps Myspace is part of the military industrial complex as well.
Please keep posting a link where we can see if War, Inc is coming to our city!
Shade Tail @ 44:
I don't have the time to debate a left-wing fundamentalist. But I do need to point out that I never called Obama elite. (Don't be afraid of reading for comprehension.) I noted that he is already fighting this *label*; consequently, an add featuring a liberal actor would not help him in this regard.
Saw the movie last weekend....in Western Canada. Bravo.
Well done Mr. Cusack and Company.
America is grabbing the wheel and diverting from the chasm ahead. The old guy doesn't get the keys to drive and the liberals can get out of the backseat.
But, can someone please let the Enviromentalists out of the trunk?
Kit C. @ 46:
Newsflash: MySpace is owned by Rupert Murdock. ... Yes, way.
Saw War, Inc. opening weekend. Two thumbs up. Must see. Joan Cusack is amazing in it.
War, Inc @ MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=360860543
Doggiebobo @ 15:
If a doctor donated his time to a free clinic, for which he ordinarily would get paid $400.00 - $500.00 per hour, would you then also expect him to pay for the clinic's medical supplies or would you expect that someone else should pitch in?
Mr. Cusack donated his time, for which he probably ordinarily would have earned about $50,000.00 (forgive me if this figure is way off) and now you want him to pay to have the commercial released, as well.
Just as in sports, one man can't save the world. It takes teamwork.You probably have $25.00 in your pocket. If you believe in this commercial and the message it conveys, why wouldn't you do your part and donate that $25.00? If everyone who believes in this commercial donated what they could afford to part with, the commercial would already be on the air.
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