"Bush in 30 Seconds"

[TOAD6147]

Dear friend of Bush in 30 Seconds,
The winning ads in our Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest will be announced tonight, live from the awards show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The awards show is going to be hosted by Jeanine Garofalo and will feature performances and presentations by Margaret Cho, Chuck D, Al Franken, Moby, Michael Moore, John Sayles, Julia Stiles, and Rufus Wainwright. It should be a really fun night -- music, comedy, and lots of incredible 30-second ads.

If you'd like to tune in, the event will be webcast live, beginning at 8p EST/5p PST. We'll be announcing the winners around 10:45pm EST. To tune in to the webcast and view the winning ads after they're announced, just go to:
http://www.bushin30seconds.org/

Already, the Bush in 30 Seconds contest has brought tens of thousands of new people into MoveOn, generated millions of dollars' worth of free publicity, and put us in touch with some tremendously talented people. Please join us for the grand finale tonight on the Bush in 30 Seconds website.

Sincerely,
--Adam, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn.org Team
January 12th, 2003

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.

P.P.S. Here are excerpts from two great articles on the contest -- one from the L.A. Times and one from the Associated Press -- that were published in the last few days:

TV AD CONTEST TARGETS PRESIDENT
By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer
http://www.moveon.org/r?478

"Fourteen in all, the TV spots aim to depict the anger and frustration many Democrats harbor toward the Bush administration. But they're not the work of any slick political ad firms — they're finalists in a nationwide contest sponsored by MoveOn.org, a popular Internet-based political action group. . .

The MoveOn.org contest spotlights the aggressive and uncharted role special interest groups not linked to either party are expected to play in the 2004 presidential campaign. Some say it also shows how such Internet-based groups could contribute to the spread of unfiltered messages in American politics."

(It's MoveOn.org Voter Fund, not MoveOn.org, by the way, which sponsored the contest -- we've asked the Times for a correction.)

MOVEON.ORG BECOMES ANTI-BUSH ONLINE POWERHOUSE
by Beth Fouhy, Associated Press
http://www.moveon.org/r?479

"Chances are, Democratic Party consultants won't take credit for the hardest-hitting anti-Bush ad to air on network TV this month. That honor will likely go MoveOn.org, an online group that has become too potent for establishment politicians to ignore.

Years before Howard Dean's use of the Internet dazzled analysts and propelled him to the front of the 2004 Democratic presidential field, MoveOn paved the way, evolving in six short years from something of a cybergeek forum to arguably the largest and most forceful voice in digital-era politics.

MoveOn's latest campaign, which invited people to create their own anti-Bush ads, generated more than 1,500 entries. Hundreds of thousands of wired MoveOn members voted on the most effective, and the 15 most popular will be judged Monday night at a gala event in New York City by celebrities including Michael Moore, Janeane Garofalo and the rap group Public Enemy, and the winner will air the same week President Bush gives his State of the Union address."

[Creatures]

my favorite

i was surprised how good liooking it was

Creatures

[Optimus Prime]

Hilarious site!

[TOAD6147]

Did anybody else watch the awards last night? Very interesting concept (web cast) but I kept loosing the connection. I was delighted that "Bring It On" got an award in the youth category. Also, Eli Pariser suggested that one of the commercials might be aired during the Super Bowl. If so it will be the first political commercial to ever have this distinction.

[TOAD6147]

And the winner is...

[vass0922]

stupid quicktime

I'll just wait till I get home to watch it

[TOAD6147]

stupid quicktime

Yes, it is a hog, isn't it?

[wallie_x]

Have any of you anti-Bush zealots thought that this might backfire...and infuriate the public who is sick of sleaze politics?

[whitebeard21]

"Have any of you anti-Bush zealots thought that this might backfire...and infuriate the public who is sick of sleaze politics?"

If they had bush would still be in Texas on his Pig Farm.

[wallie_x]

Just the sort of intelligent response from I'd expect from another 'Move On' constituent.