The winner of the moveon bushin30seconds ad contest is: Child's Pay

[Wonk]

by Charlie Fisher of Denver, CO

Runner up: What are we teaching our children?
by Fred Surr, Ted Page, Janet Tashjian of Needham, MA

http://www.bushin30seconds.org/

[htuttle]

1. Thanks!

I haven't been able to get re-connected to the stream, so I was wondering how it came out.

Personally, my favorite among the runner's up was 'In My Country'.

Child's Pay was good too, but I just liked the other one better.

[w13rd0]

3. In My Country...

...was my #2 after Child's Pay. But it may have been a bit "much" for the venue it will be played in. I'd love to see it get some airtime as well though...

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[hang a left]

43. Actually I thought that was the most

powerful of all the ads. I felt that one. Maybe there is only one friend.

[piece sine]

44. the ad doesn't work

in fact, if aired, it would backfire! It has nothing to do with my expansive and dazzling social life. It has to do "reaching" an undecided voter. While it pleases many here at DU, I presume most DUers have made up their mind about Bush. Now show it to non-political voters, any many will be glad to government is keeping an eye on angry, obviously MIddle-Eastern/Central Asian males who are mad at America. The ad sucks; don't take it personally.

[Sterling]

50. Ok now that I addressed your immature and racist posts

Most Americans I know cherish their civil rights. They feel it is part of their patriotic duty. Maybe that kind of thing does not resonate with you but that is not a total shock after reading your previous post. Most people don't give a second thought to people who express racists opinions either so don't take it personally.›

[thebigidea]

33. is that a joke?

oh wait, racial slurs aren't funny.

[Sterling]

48. Paki is a slur.

Grown ups don't need to call others names to make a point.@

[Sterling]

49. Paki=Nigger

Please get rid of this post as it contains a racial slur. Unless of course that is what DU is looking for these days. If so plz let me know so I can never come here again.

[Nancy Waterman]

4. This is a really good one

People in this country have to be reminded that the deeds of the present will create the future. This is a very clear, concise message of what is happening and what it will lead to.

[Lorien]

31. Problem is, if people gave a damn about their

children's future, they would insist on well funded schools and stop destroying the environment. I don't think "Child's play" will have that much of an impact on the average American voter; they'll think "hey, as long as it's not MY dime, who gives a sh*t"-at least that seems to be the prevailing attitude these days.

There were a fair number that gave several exampes in a single ad of Bush's* terrible impact on so many facets of our lives. I hope they'll find a way to air a few more of them.

[Lorien]

12. "In my country", "What are we teaching our children"

and "Imagine" were all FAR more compelling than "Child's pay" (yawn).

Too bad. :-(

[mopinko]

2. this must be the twilight zone

the header on this post clearly says- child's play. i'm gonna be a smart aleck, and point out that it is pay, not play. when the reply window opens, plain as day, the header says-pay. oohoohoooooh.

[Wonk]

10. My bad. I noticed my tpyo and edited it right away.

Thanks for pointing that out, though, I guess...

[brainshrub]

5. Do you think we can get the RNC to host the bandwidth for it?

Maybe we could put a little picture of Bush/Hitler in the lower right-hand corner of the screen?

[mouse7]

6. I like What are We Teaching better personally

But Child's Play is the one that will work best for the most people.

[newsjunkie]

42. I thought What are we teaching our children was better

I liked that one best,no doubt..it was funny and made a great point.. but the one that won was pretty good too. Which ones won in the funniest category? I liked 'Yeeha' for animation and 'Bring it on' for the youth ad.

[jpgray]

7. Yay! That ad was my favorite! But all of them were solid. (nt)

[young_at_heart]

8. We voted for "What are we teaching our children?".........very powerful

Sends a huge message, if only people would watch and listen!

[NashVegas]

26. "If Our Parents Were Like Bush"

Was my favorite, but it was relegated to one of the side categories.

I'm a little tired of the 'it's for the children' arguments.

[joshcryer]

9. Hell yeah!

That was my favorite, too!

[tridim]

11. They should air the runner-up during the Super Bowl

'What are we teaching our children?' I think it would have a much better impact with the target audience.

[aquart]

28. I'd like that or Army of One for the SuperBowl.

The most popular ad in the room was Desktop but it didn't win. Too specifically geeky, I think.

[Catherine Vincent]

13. That was my second choice.

I thought the "Bring em on" video was best. But the "Child's Play" was a good message too.

[Gman]

14. Excellent choice

They finalists were all very good. But the Child's Pay was especially striking.

[Jeebo]

15. My favorite is "What are we teaching our children?"...

... but "Child's Pay" is one of my favorites too. I do so hope that Move On is going to run more of these ads than just the one that won the contest. There are SO many good ones there that just cry out to be introduced into the collective consciousness of the American electorate. I'm hoping that soon we'll start seeing several of these ads -- the top five, let's say -- on TV all the time. Not just the winner. And keep up the good work, MoveOn.org.

Ron

[proud patriot]

16. Congrats to all the nominees

and the winners :bounce:

[Champion Jack]

17. I would love to see a DVD of ALL the finalists

...something that could be copied and passed around.
They were all very powerfull.

[aquart]

29. They had VHS tapes of the finalists for the Press.

It was really tough not to palm one.

But I was good. Very, very good.

[thebigidea]

34. strange figures whisper about that very thing being likely

[Endangered Specie]

19. They should air them all

They are all good. People will get tired of the same advert.

[JMac]

20. Bring Em On

Bring Em On was pulled due to possible copyright violations according to Michael Moore.

[truthspeaker]

39. sucks; that was my fave by a long shot

[Sterling]

51. What was the problem?

Someone said it was a rip of of Dennis Leary? Maybe that was it. I don't know.À

[lucky777]

21. Bush Knew was my fav

I thought that Bush Knew was the most info in the shortest time frame, it also had a contemporary feel. Second was What Are we Teaching our Children. I think that Child's Pay might be seen as cutesy and not really critical, though I liked it too.

[Sterling]

52. Thx much.

I really liked a lot of the ads that were finalists. I thought our ad was good but the winners were amazing. We will have the ad and a promo for our movie up very very soon. I will post a link in GD when it is up.

[pinto]

22. USA Today coverage: (story link)

Ad showing kids laboring to pay off deficit wins MoveOn contest

By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Images of children toiling on a grocery line and in a tire factory coupled with a simple line of text — "Guess who's going to pay off President Bush's $1 trillion deficit?" — paid off for 38-year old Charlie Fisher of Denver, Colorado.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-01-13-moveon-winner_x.htm

[He loved Big Brother]

23. Hmmm, picture doesn't seem to be working for me

Hope the ads were good. I can hear them, at least! :)

[Tuttle]

38. you may need to update you quicktime

I think you need version 5 minimum -- 6 or better if you're going to go through process...

http://www.apple.com

Tut-tut

[atre]

24. This was the right choice, folks

It has a very simple message and it irrefutably combats the impression a great majority of Americans entertain: that the Republicans are fiscally conservative. This impression is- as we all know- completely false, but I think it is a great barrier to a good deal of Americans pulling that D lever.

The rest of them were great ads, but I think they were more targetted towards persons already firmly committed to ousting Bush, rather than the swing voters. And some of them tried to cram in too much information in too short a span (Let's not forget the average American attention span is scarcely above that of a housefly).

[newyawker99]

45. Hi atre!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Voltaire99]

25. Not a good choice

It's OK, but not the hardest hitting, funniest, or even the most memorable of the bunch. Somehow, I don't think this election is going to be won by half-measures...

The major problem is it's just not motivating; it's kind of a boo-hoo ad, laced with resignation. And there is an intrinsic problem with identification, too. Those are shots of kids doing the jobs that gazillions of Americans do every day, and which their kids will be doing in just a few years' time, anyway. So there's a kind of built-in "chip off the old block/ain't that cute" riff that the ad has to overcome just to get its point across. The juxtaposition of kids in crappy adult jobs isn't really that jarring, either, given that kids are working in McDonalds from the age of 13 or 14 -- not to mention the widely-disseminated images of the overseas child labor that Americans contentedly depend upon for their cheap-o Wal-Mart goods.

Admittedly, many of my favorites in the contest were preaching to the choir. But if the cute kid approach was going to win, I'd have chosen the school kids at the microphone: more zing, more wit.

[Lorien]

32. Amen n/t

[Guaranteed]

35. Yup

"What Are We Teaching Our Children?" was the best one. There is no doubt in my mind. I hope they show that one eventually.

"Child's Pay" was good too, but...I have to say that this is kind of disappointing.

[Mackay]

46. Agreed, this was the least powerful of the bunch...

Let's face it... swing voters and neo-republicans vote for themselves... they really do not care about children. It is too easy for them to remain detached and also to intellectualize a response. For example, yes the kids will pay... but they will be slogging as adults... not children when the time comes. Also, repub-lites are likely to believe that some magical turnaround can change the deficit. And most of them think, "So much the better, after all it won't be MY kids..." Anything which doesn't touch them directly is inconsequential.

Any ad made that addresses their own pocketbooks is going to touch home the easiest. "Gone in 30 seconds" was not the funniest, nor the most beautiful.... but I sure thought it was the one that touched these people's mentality.

Granted "Child's play" was really, really well made. I liked it... but it is way too subtle for your average voter to care... you could almost miss it if you weren't paying attention.

I wish they could air them all... dig deep Soros!

Poor choice, I thought.

[Bozita]

27. Winner and Eli to be on ABC's GMA

from the Move-on.org email:

P.S. In case you'd like to tune in, ABC's Good Morning America will also be doing a live interview with the winner and me, Eli Pariser, tomorrow morning between 7am and 9am.

[duhneece]

36. So, will we get to see more of the ads?

I think the world of MoveOn...and you. Thank you, bless you for all you do in Peace.

[onehandle]

37. Those were my top two picks...

Coming from an advertising background, they were the clearest and most emotionally connected.

Also, you can't go wrong with kids.

Army of One hit the spot as well.

Let's see them played nationally!

[Native]

40. I thought Army of One hit the right spot too...

death & dying in the face of Bush laughing interminably...

[Native]

41. One Trillion Dollar Deficit?

Think they're going to update the ad before they run it?

[Sterling]

47. SGTV was nominated for best youth ad but we lost.

We lost but it was cool to be chosen and the event was a lot of fun. I met Al Franken and some other celebs and got really wasted.

I was very impressed with most of the ads. The top two were great I thought. I was also very impressed with the way the winner handled himself. He was very humble. Seemed like a very nice and classy guy.l