Video: Celebrity gets out the vote for celebrity
posted at 3:15 pm on August 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Another day, another shameful racist ad juxtaposing mentions of Barack Obama with an attractive young white woman. Question: Does Paltrow even qualify as a celebrity anymore? “Iron Man” did big enough business this year that she should be given the benefit of the doubt, I guess, but if not for that we’d be in “she looks familiar” territory. If you’re wondering why the Democrats would enlist a B-lister when they have so many A-listers available, it’s simple: She’s a member of the same expat community this spot’s aimed at, a fact that may or may not be known to the average viewer. If, like Jaime Sneider, you’re wondering why they’d make the ad four times longer than it needs to be while gratuitously including a celebrity in the same week that McCain’s used that meme to paint Obama as a hype-driven lightweight, that’s simple too: The Democrats’ ad teams reek. Exit quotation: Was the $1,000 VIP admission to mingle with Damon and Affleck worth it, do you think? I bet it totally was.
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Isn’t Paltrow one of these celebs that have denounced their American citizenship and have chosen to live in a foreign country? And we should really listen to her regarding our politics here in the US.
carbon_footprint on August 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Just sit there and look pretty, Gwyneth.
pseudonominus on August 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM
She looks vaguely familiar.
Haughty.
Superior…
Nose long enough to look down at all of us plebs with.
Obviously liberal.
Pulchritudinous Patriot on August 4, 2008 at 3:18 PM
And they’ll probably actually count those votes, unlike the military ballots that routinely go uncounted.
aero on August 4, 2008 at 3:19 PM
I thought Gwyneth had renounced her citizenship when Boooosh was elected. No?
d1carter on August 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
You would think with all the Democrats in Hollywood and in the film world in general, one of them would take the time out to help out the Obama ad team.
terryannonline on August 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
What’s she been in since “Escape from Witch Mountain?”
NoDonkey on August 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Desperation makes for a stinky cologne.
The fact that they even need to remind their base just proves that they are in dire straights.
RobertInAustin on August 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Ever notice how so many of these Dem ads look exactly the same? Sort of like some Apple community hugfest or something. Weird and creepy. Know what I mean?
MarkABinVA on August 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
She sucked in Iron Man. They should have got someone else for the part.
Tim Burton on August 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Isn’t she the babe whose married to that Coldplay guy?
infidel65 on August 4, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Aren’t they listing all the places of Messiah’s World Tour? Funny…I didn’t here any of them list a military installation.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 3:23 PM
I think she & I hooked up in college….
locomotivebreath1901 on August 4, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Looks like the girl I took to the prom . . .
NoDonkey on August 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Translation: If you decide to live outside of the United States, in say Europe, yet still benefit from all of the bounties that being an American rewards you, please vote Democrat so that the United States can be more like the foreign country where you live now.
Ugh!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
No American military in that ad.
Connie on August 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
I never understood the hype surrounding her. Average looking lass with small headlights. Married to a poseur Marxist jet-setting sub-culture pop icon. With a kid named “Apple”. ‘Nuff said.
robblefarian on August 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
This is to combat the “why campaign in Germany, there are no voters in Germany” stance.
Also, it’s more of the same globalism – citizen of the world crap. Liberals love anything foreign and they orgasm any time they talk about other countries.
I used to like Gwyneth Paltrow before she started stumping for Al Gore in 2000.
Grafted on August 4, 2008 at 3:25 PM
First of all, not it is not that easy. I was working in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, during the 1996 election. My good friend, Kim, and I took election day off work. It took us two taxis and a bus to get to the American Embassy in Riyadh and after extensive security checks, we made it just in time to vote. These people have no idea what voting in the entire world means. Secondly, Paltrow gave an inteview to a Spanish newspaper and stated that the English were more intelligent and better cultured that Americans. Later, when that blew up in her face, she said she had given the interview in Spanish and it was misinterpreted. Phooey on her.
Glynn on August 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM
They don’t show anyone in Iraq or Afghanistan? Hmmmm…
Brat on August 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Well, she is the mother of Moses so she has to get out the vote for “The Boss”
EJDolbow on August 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
That ad could have had the exact same message and information and fit into a 30 second slot.
JadeNYU on August 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
I believe Gwyneth became famous largely because of who she dated back in her 20s — Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt. She’s not a bad actress, although Shakespeare in Love was over-rated, I thought. She’s pretty; I don’t think she has done for Estee Lauder what Paulina Porizkova and Liz Hurley did.
BigD on August 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
“They don’t show anyone in Iraq or Afghanistan?”
Here is the address for military ballots:
Santa Claus
North Pole, 00000
Be sure all ballots are postmarked by December 25th.
Thanks, the DNC
NoDonkey on August 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Who in the hell is Gwyneth Paltrow, and why would anybody give rats butt? Can she stop the sun from rising tomorrow. If she can’t, then she’s no different, nor better than you, or I!
byteshredder on August 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
And also her famous parents.
Brat on August 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM
This is a smart move. Don’t be a bit surprised if OBambam gets 750 million votes. Of which 700 million will be illegal absentee votes from all around the world.
Griz on August 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Isn’t she a bipolar manic-depressive too? Oh, wait…she wouldn’t be Hollywood elite unless she wasn’t bipolar.
Wyznowski on August 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Fixed it for ya.
Oh…..why the hypocrite label? She’s a member of Act Green, Environmental Media Association, etc.
Here’s a little about Gwennie’s upbringing.
Yikes!
Apple and Moses?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Gwyneth became famous because her dad’s a director (Bruce Paltrow) and her mom’s an actress (Blythe Danner). Neither one of them may have been huge names, but, they are well known and well connected in Hollywood. When she was starting out, her agency would put her into movies as part of a package deal (i.e. You can have big name star X, but you have to provide a small roll for Gwyneth Paltrow too).
JadeNYU on August 4, 2008 at 3:34 PM
What a condescending ad.
Made by superior elitists who think everyone else is stupid.
Pleez Halp me Gwinath, I don’t No howto Vote in Fwance.
fogw on August 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM
The British are a cancer in our country.
mymanpotsandpans on August 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Can mccain find a prettier celebrity to endorse him?
SaintOlaf on August 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I remember when she was lecturing everyone on the environment and energy conservation while tooling around Soho, NYC in a big motha suv.
Blake on August 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Ah yes, a dedicated greenie, and exactly how much carbon does Gwynnie spew into the atmosphere as she jets back and forth from Hollywood and NY to her home base in Londonistan?
AZCoyote on August 4, 2008 at 3:39 PM
and why would they do that , they dont count those votes .
Mojack420 on August 4, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I am awaiting the http://www.VoteFromTheGrave.org spoof. Anyone? Anyone?
matd on August 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Wow! It DOES make me believe “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!” We are SO cool!
Star20 on August 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
The Dems will try and block overseas military votes, but if you are a hipster living in a far off place…vote and vote often.
Hening on August 4, 2008 at 3:41 PM
THANK YOU. I never did understand why her looks are celebrated.
RushBaby on August 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Can’t you just taste the contempt that she has for her fellow Americans? We’re sooooooo inferior. F U hunny. Go make another crappy movie.
marklmail on August 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM
You are right, of course. I did want to give her credit for being a reasonably good actress in the roles that she did, which were admittedly not leading and/or terribly adventurous.
But she was a supporter, not a lead.
BigD on August 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Got the Bubble head Bleach Blond, She comes on at 5, She can tell you how to vote with a gleam in her eye.
Like I would listen to a second rate, or any movie star to tell me how to vote!
( Apologies to Don Henley for the artistic license. If he doesn’t like it, well he said it best: Get Over It!)
jdsmith0021 on August 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Only the leftists. There are plenty who are super people.
Connie on August 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM
more whiners… yawn
D2Boston on August 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Could they get your approval and still be able to wear makeup?
BigD on August 4, 2008 at 3:44 PM
How about a windfall profits tax on Hollywood instead?
Riposte on August 4, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Well-she does have a pretty nice body at least-as verified by the numerous nudie films in which she has appeared.
Goodale on August 4, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I asked a buddy that went to see Coldplay on their current American tour. He’s actually seen two of the shows from the tour. He likes Obama so I asked him if the Coldplay guys said anything about Obama during either concert.
Nothing. Zip. Nilch. They didn’t say squat about Obama or anything socially conscious at all IN TWO SHOWS.
Somebody didn’t read the memo.
gabriel sutherland on August 4, 2008 at 3:47 PM
One word:
FLAPJACKS
marklmail on August 4, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Celebrity endorsements, yeah that worked out really well for Jon Cary, didn’t it?
Tony737 on August 4, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Of course Paltrow is voting for the Messiah:
“I went to Spain in an exchange program at 15, and I’ve always been drawn to Europe. America is such a young country, with an adolescent swagger about it. But I feel that I have a more European sensibility, a greater respect for the multicultural nature of the globe. And it’s a strange time to be an American now. I’ve just finished reading this long article in your paper on the corrosion of the American empire (and) I totally agreed with it. I feel like we’re really in trouble. I just had a baby and thought, ‘I don’t want to live there.’ Bush’s anti-environment, pro-war policies are a disaster.”
“Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collape it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends. It’s a pretty city, you know”
This moron is a perfect representative of the Obama jock-strap.
Also notice that the video didn’t mention Americans voting from Iraq and/or Afghanistan.
Kalapana on August 4, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Thanks Gwyneth! I didn’t know it was so easy! But I don’t have an assistant to fill out and mail my ballot for me… can I borrow yours?
saltydogg14 on August 4, 2008 at 3:51 PM
“I remember when she was lecturing everyone on the environment and energy conservation while tooling around Soho, NYC in a big motha suv.”
Easy to explain, she NEEDS that SUV.
You and I, do not.
Some animals are more equal than others, you see.
NoDonkey on August 4, 2008 at 3:51 PM
I’ve heard of her, I’ve just never seen her in anything. And I plan to keep it that way. Just another pompous blow hard, who has never done anything of relevance to the world.
thekingtut on August 4, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Yes. Angie Harmon.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 3:54 PM
At least the celebrities he’s got crowding around his campaign have a semblance of a portfolio to go with their fame.
STFUAITT (… And Inflate Your Tires) — Barack Obama.
Dusty on August 4, 2008 at 3:54 PM
So next time, McCain should just borrow images from Obama’s own ads. Maybe that time the “racist” card will be a little harder to throw?
Doubt it, since they throw it with such ease, but it couldn’t hurt.
Esthier on August 4, 2008 at 3:54 PM
I’m confused now. Did she have a baby or an apple?
fogw on August 4, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Fortunately for Obama, I take all my political advice from Hollywood celebrities. Now if only I could afford to travel in private jets and limos to be an advocate for Global Warming and the poor in Africa. Hell, I don’t even have a mansion; I must be doing it wrong.
Hollowpoint on August 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM
I wonder, will she name her next child Hussein in commemeration…or will she continue with the fruit/vegetable line?
SaintOlaf on August 4, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Never heard of her…
Wade on August 4, 2008 at 3:56 PM
“I’ll be voting from London…”
Did anyone ask?
Cicero43 on August 4, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Damn, I meant STFUAIYT … That was not a gaffe, no way that was a gaffe, please don’t put it on the list and quit parsing my every acronym. — Barack Obama
Dusty on August 4, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Well is Pepper Potts says she backs Obama (praise be his holy name) then I guess that constitutes a ringing endorsement doesn’t it?
Vapid is as vapid does.
Pcoop on August 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM
If you live abroad, and don’t know that you can vote, you should lose the right.
I would venture a guess and say, most of the people who are in this video, live in states where the outcome is already decided.
TroubledMonkey on August 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM
This is taking dumb blonde jokes to another level.
volsense on August 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Will the new Napoléon give us the right to vote, too? Considering the fact that we are all just “citizens of the world” and keeping in mind that he has already decreed a renewed draft of European soldiers for his Caesarian endeavors.
GermanAtheist on August 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM
As far as the electoral college goes, which state gets the votes from those overseas? I know some have homes here, but not all.
Rose on August 4, 2008 at 4:01 PM
White Blonde chick in an Obama ad.
RAAAAAACIIIIIIIIIISTSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cntrlfrk on August 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Hey Gwyneth
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in London myself. I’ve found that people in London aren’t “smarter” than people in America. They have an accent that makes them seem smarter to Americans who aren’t smart enough to look past the accent.
Glad I could clear things up for you.
Cicero43 on August 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM
How is someone born a Democrat (or Republican for that matter)?
Oh, this baby was born New York so let’s register the him/her a Democrat. This baby is born in Texas: “Get ready to vote Republican, little one.”
terryannonline on August 4, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Apple’s mum. Dumb name to give anyone. Out of all the possibilities to select, only an imbecile would name her daughter apple. Gwyneth doesn’t even like America, anyway. She thinks that she is too good for America. So she despises Americans, and out of her clouds she has the nerve to tell us what she would have us do. THAT’S class warfare. No matter how sweetly packaged, Paltrow would be an aristocrat and have us her obedient serfs.
maverick muse on August 4, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Paltrow is an awful actress. One of the most annoying female screen presences to ever mar the silver screen.
Jockolantern on August 4, 2008 at 4:05 PM
LOL.
maverick muse on August 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM
This is like ACORN Goes To Europe.
I went through the registration screens at http://www.votefromabroad.org, and never was I required to certify that I was an American Citizen. I did not offer any ID or Social Security Number. I used a fake name and a fake address. I went through the whole process right up to the point of registering to vote, without a hitch.
There is nothing to keep a foreign citizen from doing exactly what I did. All they need to know is a single US Zip Code, and they can be voting in the next US election. They can even have their ballots faxed to them, so they don’t even need a real address abroad.
This commercial is an open invitation to vote fraud. We all teased Obama because he was out hustling votes from people who could not vote in Berlin, and next thing you know the Democrats are promoting a web site to help these German citizens vote in a US election.
It stinks. If the democrats had an ounce of integrity, they would denounce this effort and demand that it stop immdediately.
Hey, I said if…
P.S. You can click a button to get the voter registration screens en Espanol, as well…
gridlock2 on August 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM
How about Patricia Heaton?
Or Julie Bowen?
Or Sarah Michelle Gellar?
Or Heather Locklear?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Wow. I watched that at work with the sound off, since I was in the middle of a long and meandering teleconference.
So I can’t comment on what I assume was vapid dialog. But the camera work alone was awful. The visual “design” and videography was sub-par by the standards of your average high-school AV club, let alone Hollywood. Someone should have told the cameraman and editor to stay off the zoom control.
Another thing — in all the people featured I noted two, or perhaps three, non-white faces. Are liberal ex-pats overwhelmingly white? I would have expected more of a “united colors of Benetton” ad from Team Hopenchange.
Anton on August 4, 2008 at 4:08 PM
How about Patricia Heaton?
Or Julie Bowen?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Or Sarah Michelle Gellar?
Or Heather Locklear?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Oops! Sorry for the split and double post. My bad.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Not so much, with that mouth, she looks like a duck
redrock on August 4, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Hey, yeah, she DOES look like a duck!
She was AWFUL in “Iron Man”. At least Kim Basinger screamed a little in “Batman (1989)”.
Spanglemaker on August 4, 2008 at 4:12 PM
She was blahblahblah in Shakespeare in love.
I have to agree; whatever “sharp” MSM/Hollywood talent Obama has, they’re campaign is going, going, going, gone down the tubes. They have their own obedient population. But for the rest of America, we’re sick of their re-run sequel tripe menu. Whatever fancy packaging techniques used only make the public realization all the more disappointing and long lasting. Yeah, BITTER tastes bad, Barack. Quit passing off your crap as crepes.
maverick muse on August 4, 2008 at 4:13 PM
I don’t think Obama’s campaign made this particular video. Although, their official campaign ads are that great either.
terryannonline on August 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM
LMAO…or it could of been any number of vacuous blonde morons, after all if my college experiences are any indication it was sure difficult for me to remember anything after a rip-roarin ‘animal house’ college bender…ah those were the days…if I could only remember them!
Liberty or Death on August 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Yes, but can obama get the coveted Paris Hilton endorsement?
I saw her in a Mccain ad the other day..
SaintOlaf on August 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM
I take it she and Melanie Phillips don’t move in the same circles…
emailnuevo on August 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Paltrow was not in “Escape to Witch Mountain”. That was Kim Richards.
Amazing trivia, Kim Richards is aunt to Paris Hilton.
How’s that for small world.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001668/
MarkTheGreat on August 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Heather Locklear?
Really?
Never would’ve guessed that, and that’s how it should be, they should ALL keep their politics to themselves.
Tony737 on August 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Can mccain find a prettier celebrity to endorse him?
SaintOlaf on August 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Michelle? ??
max1 on August 4, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Aside from Patricia Heaton, I don’t think any of them have endorsed McCain. Am I missing something?
Esthier on August 4, 2008 at 4:23 PM
I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting on that endorsement.
Esthier on August 4, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I like how the ad is almost trying to point out to illegal Aliens that they are allowed to vote. I’m sure Barack had the idea the “people who shouldn’t be voting” vote would put him over the top.
Rbastid on August 4, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Why would McCain want a celebrity endorsement right now when basically made fun of celebrities in that one ad? I think he is doing just fine without some celeb endorsement.
terryannonline on August 4, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Good to see Ms. Paltrow wearing black and white stripes.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on August 4, 2008 at 4:27 PM
That’s hot.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 4, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Glad to see Marcel Marceau cares about the United States, nonetheless…
emailnuevo on August 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM
She is a non-big celebrity. She was to “Iron Man” as Maggie Gyllenhall was to “The Dark Night” worthless.
She has not had a hit movie in a long time and went in hiding in England because of her opposition to Bush. Now I have to listen to her to tell me who to vote for?
These celebrities, particularly the liberal ones, are nonsensical, and can not give you a concrete explanation as to why Obama is qualified to be president. All they can do is support another celebrity, Obama: A socialist.
These are the same liberal celebrities that went to the Oscars wearing orange ribbons in support of the terrorists in Guantanamo Bay.
jencab on August 4, 2008 at 4:47 PM
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