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White House Kicks Off Health Care Star Search
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President Obama is hoping health care reform will get by with a little help from his friends. Later today, the DNC will announce a slate of celebrity judges tasked with selecting a new pro-health care reform TV ad from entries sent in by activists across the country.
The contest was first announced last week by Organizing For America and ends 10/18. The full list of celebrity judges will be announced today, but CNN already has a few:
Musician Will.I.Am, actor John Cho, actress Rosario Dawson, actor Dulé Hill, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, actor Brandon Routh, actress Kate Walsh and actress Olivia Wilde will join Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, DNC Executive Director Jen O'Malley Dillon, Rep. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe and volunteers in helping to pick the 30-second commercial that will air nationally.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
October 7, 2009 8:55 AM
Given the regularity with which I am castigated for being a kool-aid drinking shill who thinks this Administration can do no wrong, I think I have some cred when I say this is ridiculous and lame.
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holyhandgrenaid
October 7, 2009 9:01 AM
This is a grotesquely sad, sad list of 'celebrities' they've managed to round up. Not that it would be a good idea even with A-listers
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Ann Arbor
October 7, 2009 10:05 AM
How many hours will Rush and Hannity spend mocking this today?
(Sips kool-aid.)
But maybe it's really intended to distract from the Afghanistan discussions.
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neesy08
October 7, 2009 10:19 AM
they are joking, right? a celebrity endorsement? who? we have moore, we don't need anybody else. michael j. fox perhaps, as he has parkinson. this story may not even be true
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Viva!America!
October 7, 2009 11:45 AM in reply to neesy08
They are not looking for celebrity endorsements, they have celebs on the panel.
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fbacon2
October 7, 2009 12:52 PM in reply to Viva!America!
Is this a celebrity death panel? OMG!
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FreeRider
October 7, 2009 10:33 AM
Did you people even read the story? THERE IS NO CELEBRITY HCR ENDORSEMENT!!!
The celebs will judge the ads made by HCR activists and the best one will air in support of HCR. It's exactly what MoveOn has done numerous times.
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Alex39
October 7, 2009 11:05 AM
You folks are obviously not paying attention.
Your response to this announcement should be.
>>>> Rosario Dawson!!!!!
She's smart, she's funny, she has a great smile.
How you can ignore those incontestable facts is beyond me.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
October 7, 2009 11:56 AM in reply to Alex39
Well, you do have a point there. But the picture wasn't loading when I first commented so I went with my honest opinion rather than the "duuhhhh . . . wait, what?" response that the a pictured her or Shannon Elizabeth usually provokes in me.
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Unmitigated Audacity
October 7, 2009 11:05 AM
meh
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Economides
October 7, 2009 11:13 AM
If you are Tim Kaine, David Plouffe or Patrick Murphy I would think anything that gets you in the same room as Olivia Wilde or Rosario Dawson is good idea.
What was the subject again?
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converse
October 7, 2009 11:23 AM
Why don't you tell us who the pretty lady in the picture is?
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TeddyKGB
October 7, 2009 11:33 AM
I would do absolutely anything Rosario Dawson asked me to.
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Viva!America!
October 7, 2009 11:43 AM
I think the use of celebrities in the panel is to attract younger creative types to submit ads. They haven't exactly been mind blowing.
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fbacon2
October 7, 2009 12:55 PM
These days I'm fine with excessive coverage and political football over celebrity news. The kind of journalistic malpractice that has been done in the health care debate is a reminder that the bulk of the MSM can't handle a big issue like this, so it's better to keep the frenzied journos occupied with something they can understand. Gives everyone room to breathe.
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