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Tom Hanks endorses Barack Obama
L A Times ^ | 5/4/08 | L A Times

Posted on 05/04/2008 8:14:55 AM PDT by melt

In an obvious attempt to be ignored for a while, Tom Hanks with no fanfare, news release or hoopla, late tonight put up a video on his MySpace page endorsing Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for president.

Had it come on, say, a Monday morning, the endorsement by the popular and widely-respected Hanks would have caused seismic shifts on those rock shelves that underlie Hollywood and promise to slide the place into the ocean someday.

Thanks to The Times' dauntless Tina Daunt, The Ticket, however, is right on top of this major international political story. "BEWARE," says the headline on Hanks' video, "Celebrity Endorsement."

"I'm Tom Hanks," Tom Hanks says directly into the camera in what looks like someone's den, "And I want Barack Obama to be the next president of our country. As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you."

He continues in a straightfaced, tongue-in-cheek manner to seriously endorse the freshman senator. Hanks acknowledges all the candidates -- and some of their relatives, associates and supporters -- have made gaffes in recent weeks.

But he says he reads history sometimes and cites the groundbreaking peaceful turnover of power in 1797 from George Washington to John Adams as a major turning point in history. And says the same sort of corner can be turned by the election of the country's first African American president, a member of a race once officially considered only three-fifths of a person here.

He especially praises Obama's character and vision, integrity and ability...

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008endorsements; endorsement; hanks; hollywood; hollywoodvote; obama; tomhanks
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To: melt

Wow, that does it! Now that I know Tom Hanks is endorsing him, I’m changing my vote to Barack Obama!


41 posted on 05/04/2008 9:30:31 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: melt

Endorsing barack mcgovern is the most patriotic thing Tom Hanks has done since making Private Ryan. It may actually help mcgovern to get more money which could help him get the rat nomination. Now that is patriotism!


42 posted on 05/04/2008 9:32:50 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatives live in the truth. Liberals live in lies.)
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To: TeleStraightShooter
That flick was hardly anti-Christian; I can understand why a Catholic perspective would take issue with it.

Okay, in fairness, I've never seen the movie, and I've never read the book [nor will I ever see the movie nor will I ever read the book], but my layman's impression [from watching the controversy on the sidelines] was that the book/movie alleged that Jesus was "Ridin' Dirty" [to use a little Jeremiah Wright lingo] with Mary Magdalene, resulting in a race of superhuman creatures which had walked the earth in secrecy for 2000 years [until now].

And if my understanding of the basic plot is correct, and if you think that that doesn't amount to "anti-Christian propaganda", then you and I have reached a semantic impasse.

43 posted on 05/04/2008 9:33:36 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: melt
Whew, I'm relieved. I've been waiting for Hanks' endorsement of a candidate - it means so much. I can sleep in peace now. Image and video hosting by TinyPic
44 posted on 05/04/2008 9:43:02 AM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: melt
a race once officially considered only three-fifths of a person here.

Horiffically ignorant of Tom to say this. He has no idea of how the 3/5 rule was designed to limit the power of racist democRATs in congress, and to support the blacks who were under the evil thumb of the rat war machine... the KKK.

Tom.... watch this and get a clue!

Setting The Record Straight
An Unrevised History of Blacks in America 1 of 2

45 posted on 05/04/2008 9:44:22 AM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: tobyhill
What's wrong with Toy Story? It's a hugely successful franchise.

, he followed up with a bomb, Charlie Wilson's War.

Charlie Wilson's War wasn't a bomb. Not an overwhelming success, but still quite profitable. It cost $75 million and grossed $113 million -- a tidy 150% return on investment.

. One hit in 8 years I consider a has-been.

One hit in 8 years? Huh? In the last eight years, in addition to Da Vinci Code, Hanks has made Catch Me if You Can ($350 mil), Polar Express ($300 mil), Terminal ($200 mil), Cast Away (total flop @ $429 mil), and Road to Perdition ($180 mil). The guy's not making very many movies, but it's not because he's bombed at the box office.

46 posted on 05/04/2008 9:47:47 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: spokeshave

LOL! I’m going to have to remember that one.


47 posted on 05/04/2008 9:57:33 AM PDT by red state girl (never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
And if my understanding of the basic plot is correct,

Your understanding is incorrect.
The proposition is that they were indeed married, (your offensive description to the contrary notwithstanding); for if they were not married, a royal bloodline could not be established as the historical/theatrical script proposed. I, as most citizens of our self-reliant Republic, could care less for royal bloodlines; but 2000 years ago those claims mattered.

As for "a race of superhuman creatures", that sounds odd since what made Christ exceptional was not his physical attributes that we all pass onto our own offspring, but his level of spiritual superiority which was unique to him.

48 posted on 05/04/2008 1:20:03 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Every day that Rev Wright keeps quite increases the probability the "denunciation" was a inside job)
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To: tobyhill

1 hit in 8 years? I may not like his politics, but that’s ridiculous.

This is just US grosses:

Cast Away: 233 million

Road to Perdition: 104 million

Catch Me If You Can: 164 million

Polar Express: 179 million

Da Vinci: 217 million

That’s a bulletproof recent track record.


49 posted on 05/04/2008 2:29:59 PM PDT by skipper18
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To: melt

My first thought was “Stupid is as stupid does”


50 posted on 05/04/2008 3:26:07 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Holy State or Holy King - Or Holy People's Will - Have no truck with the senseless thing.)
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To: melt

Why do movie stars think we care who they vote for?


51 posted on 05/04/2008 3:48:15 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: melt; al baby; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; Feiny; Finger Monkey; Fintan; ...
My Space video

Commentary at Hot Air

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket TaЯd ping!

"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread!

List of Ping Lists

52 posted on 05/05/2008 3:43:24 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: melt
Sure, why wouldn't a white guy like Tom feel comfortable with the anti-white race obsessed life of Obama and his Pastor?

It's just WORDS, right?

53 posted on 05/05/2008 3:46:32 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: melt

Stupid is as stupid does.


54 posted on 05/05/2008 3:49:52 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: melt
Maybe they're partners in the "Obama-Gump Shrimp Company"?

I googled "Obama Gump" and got this:

Run! Obubba! Run!

55 posted on 05/05/2008 3:53:24 PM PDT by x
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To: melt
And says the same sort of corner can be turned by the election of the country's first African American president, a member of a race once officially considered only three-fifths of a person here.

IIRC, the three-fifths rule applied to slaves, but not to blacks specifically.

56 posted on 05/05/2008 5:16:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (To the liberal, there's no sacrifice too big for somebody else to make. --FReeper popdonnelly)
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