You can help keep these local ads going by going to the links in this article about how Truth and Hope from the Dean campaign in 2004...combined with two others to do local ads. This was a dream in 2004.
More about Local Voices for ObamaUntil Oct. 31 to get another on air. $44.00
http://blog.localvoicesforobama.com/When I got on the plane to Ohio I was really nervous. People had donated the equivalents of trips to Europe in frequent flyer miles. I asked myself -- who am I going to find, and are we going to do something that will be worth all this effort and contribution? I was reassured by Lee Hirsch’s words. He had told me – two weeks ago we had nothing – now we have the Secret Society of Democrats in Joplin! And things ended up coming together quickly. I spent an entire day talking to 75 people – emailing and on the phone, telling them what I was doing. People connected me to more people. My brothers arrived for the weekend and we shot five different local voices and sometimes their families in the Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio areas. Michael did camera and donated his equipment, and Jesse did sound and donated his equipment. They both added great questions. And Jesse really pushed for us to interview a small business owner. The whole Joe the Plumber thing happened in Ohio.
Barclay Hastings, who’s featured in one of the videos we shot, is amazing! Somebody recommended that I speak with him. I first talked to his wife Molly on the phone. She said “Oh absolutely he’s out cutting wood right now, but when he comes back I’ll have him call you”. Thirty minutes later, Barclay called me and asked what he could help us with. I explained what we were doing, and he agreed, saying “well, I would do that.” I asked him on the phone, just so that I would have a sense -- I asked why are you voting for Obama? I knew he was a veteran, that he was a marine. He started to speak about Obama, his thoughts about where we are right now, what this country needs. I got chills listening to him. I knew he was someone who had thought about these issues quite deeply. I could also hear this wonderful combination of wisdom, humility and humor. When we went to his house, he and his wife had blueberry pie waiting for us! And he joked to us that he didn’t want to become a Hollywood movie star.
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