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Organizing for America Tuesday announced the winner of the Health Reform Video Challenge contest the Democratic Party conducted to choose an ad that will focus attention on the health care debate before Congress. The president's message arm plans to air the winning selection nationally in the next few weeks to show voters "that our supporters' creativity and passion is more than a match for the slick ads and partisan spin doctors on the other side." After screening nearly 1,000 submissions and winnowing to the best of 20 finalists, the judges at barackobama.com have chosen a short film titled "I Deserve Health Care." The Charlottesville Daily Progress recently reported that the ad's casting director, Erica Arvold, and Charlottesville, Va., filmmaker and director Eric Hurt entered two submissions. The winning TV commercial's pointed and poignant message is that America's uninsured children are not simply a statistic but 8 million individual boys and girls, whose families do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance -- many of whom will become catastrophically sick in the near future to tragic results. The powerful and direct video includes a little girl telling the camera, "Two years from now, I'll be diagnosed with leukemia and I'll die because my family couldn't afford health insurance." Click play below to watch the winning video:
The OFA has not released Hurt's other entry to the public but I'm guessing it was not the humorous but slightly outré short film titled "So Stoned" that the winning filmmaker has featured on his Vimeo account. As of this writing the 7 minute and 23 second video remains posted but I wouldn't be surprised if political consultant David Plouffe, whose e-mail announced Hurt's selection to the mybarackobama listserv, persuaded the lucky contestant to remove the link featuring 5 chemically affected buddies passing a bong while sharing increasingly more disgusting stories demonstrating questionable judgment during high times in their past.
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W.Slide
12:44AM Nov 18th 2009
Winning video title for Obamacare: "I Deserve Health Care"
Behind the scenes story....................
"I'm a career welfare recipient with eight childrens; some of them fictititious. But, I deserves Health Care money too. The government (taxpayers) owe me."
"I'm a lifelong drug user who has been unable to go to school, or hold a job. People view me as self-destructive, and a burden on society. I've used drugs, both prescription and unlawful; but with Health Care I can legitimately get into doctors' offices and get clean needles and prescription drugs (maybe even medical marijuana) to help me clean up, and you'll pay for it."
"I'm an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT who has moved into your community, and there's nothing you can do to get rid of me. My girlfriend has six (6) children; four (4) of them born here. They're citizens, and you paid for their births. When me or my girlfriend or children need medical care, we just go to the nearest Emergency Room and you get the bill. I don't really need your Health Care Bill, but if you give it to me, I'll just add more of my relatives to the card."
"I'm a foreigner who can't get adequate medical care for my birth defects and pre-existing conditions, so I'm coming to the U. S. to use your National Health Care Plan and bump an American off the waiting list for an organ donor. You Americans can die for all I care. I want the treatment."
Behind the scenes story....................
"I'm a career welfare recipient with eight childrens; some of them fictititious. But, I deserves Health Care money too. The government (taxpayers) owe me."
"I'm a lifelong drug user who has been unable to go to school, or hold a job. People view me as self-destructive, and a burden on society. I've used drugs, both prescription and unlawful; but with Health Care I can legitimately get into doctors' offices and get clean needles and prescription drugs (maybe even medical marijuana) to help me clean up, and you'll pay for it."
"I'm an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT who has moved into your community, and there's nothing you can do to get rid of me. My girlfriend has six (6) children; four (4) of them born here. They're citizens, and you paid for their births. When me or my girlfriend or children need medical care, we just go to the nearest Emergency Room and you get the bill. I don't really need your Health Care Bill, but if you give it to me, I'll just add more of my relatives to the card."
"I'm a foreigner who can't get adequate medical care for my birth defects and pre-existing conditions, so I'm coming to the U. S. to use your National Health Care Plan and bump an American off the waiting list for an organ donor. You Americans can die for all I care. I want the treatment."
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Stella
7:40AM Nov 18th 2009
Ah yes, the politics of fear and shame are alive and well in this debate. Never mind that it will destroy our country economically--and of course, ruin our health care in the process.
On a final note, more people OPPOSE this legislation than support it. Therefore, all of these lovely commercials have been ineffective. This health care "reform" will not pass if it has a public option.
On a final note, more people OPPOSE this legislation than support it. Therefore, all of these lovely commercials have been ineffective. This health care "reform" will not pass if it has a public option.
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(2) RoddRepub
1:18PM Nov 20th 2009
Man that is to funny. Great job.
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(2) john poldrugo
4:20AM Nov 18th 2009
obama and his demo-rats cant seem to get off this health care crap ,we need jobs and get rid of fair trade agreements they are killing us ,and obama please do something about afghanistan
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(4) garry402
8:37AM Nov 18th 2009
A tastless ad by the shameless dems by using kids to spread their lies. Isn't this the same trashy contest showing the american flag being desecrated by grafetti?
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(3) gvpal52
10:34AM Nov 18th 2009
Obama's opinion of anyone that disagrees with him in his own words, he means we the people here. "more than a match for the slick ads and partisan spin doctors on the other side." We are the ones he means when he says on the other side. Government against the people with high powered advertising designed to sell the lie. I'm not buying it no matter how good his commercials are. Stick it commie!
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