George Soros’ Money Goes to Work
moveon.org, the organized creamy nougat center of the radical wing of the Democratic Party, is preparing to release a slew of anti-Bush ads. (Hat tip: zulubaby.)
Unveiled Tuesday night in New York, the 30-second videos are the work of artists including directors Rob Reiner, John Sayles and Benny Boom, musician Moby, comedians Margaret Cho and Al Franken, and actors Kevin Bacon, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
MoveOn PAC plans to have at least a few of the ads run on television in key states. The first to go on TV, “Everybody,” was written and directed by Boom. He’s best known as a director of videos for such rap and hip-hop artists as P. Diddy, Lil’ Kim and Nelly. The ad is to start airing Friday in a still-to-be-determined number of states.
“Everybody” follows a young African-American man who leads a group of his friends to a polling place. A white police officer stops them to ask, “What’s the problem?” The young man replies, “No problem, we’re here to vote.” Neither Bush nor Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is mentioned. “It’s not an attack ad, it’s an enlightenment piece,” Boom said in an interview.
But most of the other videos end with the phrase “George Bush, he’s not on our side.” They will be posted on the group’s moveonpac.org Web site at the rate of one or two a week. They’re part of a “10 Weeks: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even” push by MoveOn PAC to defeat President Bush. Which ones will also run on TV will be determined in coming weeks, says Laura Dawn, MoveOn PAC’s event and cultural director.
The most memorable of the videos could be four starring “Jimmy the Cab Driver.” Actor Donal Logue reprises a role he has played in MTV promos, as a maniacal New York City hack. Jimmy regales his passengers with his political opinions. In one, he talks about how he doesn’t earn enough to take much advantage of tax cuts signed into law by Bush. “But I appreciate the gesture,” Jimmy says of the cuts.
As John Kerry continues to charge the Bush campaign with illegal connections to the Swift Boat Veterans, and his media wing (i.e. the New York Times and Washington Post) do their damnedest to dig up every speck of dirt, please remember that the Democratic Party has been openly coordinating their plans with moveon.org for quite some time: WVC: Senate Democrats Introduce Plan to Stimulate the Economy.
The Democratic Party is partnering with moveon.org, People for the American Way, Campaign for America’s Future, and dozens of other groups representing millions of Americans to organize a massive public mobilization.