Tom Hanks for Barack Obama

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is publicly endorsing presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

“I’m Tom Hanks and I want Barack Obama to be the next president of our country,” he said in his short video titled, “Beware: Celebrity Endorsement.”

Continuing, Hanks said, “I want Barack Obama to be president of this country, a country that once said that people of his skin color were only 3/5 of a human being. My support for Obama isn’t just about breaking boundaries, it’s because of his character and vision.”

“As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you,” the 51-year-old actor quipped.

Watch the video below!


Tom Hanks endorses Barack Obama

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CLOCK_STOPPER_RYDER @ 05/06/2008 at 3:14 pm

@ #24,

Obama-Wright administration?

This is what’s wrong with this country. Too many lies and too many liars to tell them.

Stop the spinning and act like smart already. That Wright nonsense
is just ridiculous!!

But since it’s guilt by association, wasn’t Bill Clinton his Protege at one point??

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CLOCK_STOPPER_RYDER @ 05/06/2008 at 3:16 pm

OBAMA 2008!!

Obama’s “Change” means nothing. It is a psychological spin by his campaign team. They know people wants change after Bush screwed up the country. BUT, Obama is not the right president at our country’s climate.

Bush and Republicans just screwed us.
Actually, only the Clintons has done some real change or has try to initiate real change.

Hilary Clinton should be the President of this country IF we really want CHANGE. She is a doer . . . does not try to win Presidency on being HIP. Obama is HIP that is why celebs endorse him.

BEWARE voters! Bush got reelected based on “fear” campaign.
Now Obama is trying the “Change” campaign, which is really WHAT??? He got nothing to say really. He has done nothing really.

Look hard at where our country is at . . . the trouble and serious issues we are facing. CHANGE is not enough. Don’t be fooled by psychological campaigning. Be realistic.

Hillary is the right President for our country’s current situation. She got both CHANGE in mind as well as experience.

I love how you people lambast Obama for lack of experience, not being a realist, etc. Yet you people allowed a C average, neo-conservative, war mongering, rich daddy’s boy into office. Hypocrites!

Love your work, Tom, but don’t choose your future scripts like you choose your presidential candidates or you will be dressing like a girl again on television.

I will not cast a vote to any one running for the presidential race because a Celebrity endorses a certain party or person. That sounded so smug when he says ” As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you” as if, Pfft.

Obama hasn’t brought change or hope to much of his life….look at his pastor Wright (very bitter)….his wife Michelle (super bitter)….Rezko Obama’s corrupt supporter who helped him purchase his Chicago mansion (will probably be in jail by the Democratic convention)…..Bill Ayers (unrepented terrorist who still would like to bomb this country and who launched Obama’s campaign for state senator in 1995 in his living room).

Obama is surrounded by people who either outright hate this country or think it’s a mean country or are involved in dirty politics.

Now add that he doesn’t have much of a resume and what Tom Hanks is promoting is essentially an affirmative action presidential candidate.

Obama’s press conferenceon Wright the other day was terrible and the reporters didn’t even really question him that hard. A few weeks back he couldn’t even answer more than a few questions about Rezko without withering under the pressure….he had to stop the questioning.

Obama may be a nice guy and his supporters think it’s cool to vote for him but Obama is definitely a very weak man.

McCain, heck even Hillary would be much better at defending this country and standing up for the USA.

CLOCK_STOPPER_RYDER @ 05/06/2008 at 5:10 pm

Obama weak? Right!! He has more spine than Hillary & McCain!

Obama 2008!!

Yes Obama weak. He hasn’t shown any spine. First he says his, to Wright that he may have to distance himself from him at the launch of his presidential campain. Then he says his church isn’t controversial. Then he says he’s like a crazy uncle. Then he say’s he could no more disown Wright. Then he disowns Wright….puh lease…this is the very signs of a weak willed man.

He has flip flopped so much!! He hasn’t been commanding on this or Ayers or Rezko……he acts like a typical politician….nothing special. He hasn’t shown America any real leadership qualities.

And if he is so weak and indecisive to handle Rev. Wright or Ayers or Rezko (small matters compared to the world stage), he isn’t going to be able to handle Al Qaeda or Iran or making good decisions about the economy (his capital gains answer in the last debate was awful and he looked weak trying to defend it).

well now I think Tom Hanks sucks too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I respect Tom Hanks even more now.

As a NON American, can I just say that the world thinks so very little of the American government currently because of Bush obviously, but also the fact that you might elect McCain, who is Bush 2.0 or Hilary ‘Fake, Alarmist, Kitchen-Sink Politics’ Clinton is sad and scary. Especially since Hillary claims she will ‘obliterate’ Iran if they attack Israel and pull out your troops within 60 days ( that’ll be the day) is either incredibly foolish or is an incredible lie.

postwatcher @ 05/07/2008 at 1:08 am

Halli @ 05/06/2008 at 10:01 pm As a NON American, can I just say that the world thinks so very little of the American government currently because of Bush obviously, but also the fact that you might elect McCain, who is Bush 2.0 or Hilary ‘Fake, Alarmist, Kitchen-Sink Politics’ Clinton is sad and scary. Especially since Hillary claims she will ‘obliterate’ Iran if they attack Israel and pull out your troops within 60 days ( that’ll be the day) is either incredibly foolish or is an incredible lie.

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I am so SICK of hearing NON-AMERICAN’S complaining about the

United States which is a country made of immigrants from ALL THE

OTHER COUNTRIES. NONE OF YOU can live without the SUPPORT

of the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT and the UNITED STATES

citizens who SEND THEIR MONEY to their RELATIVES over seas

because there are not JOBS available for in other countries. I can’t tell

you how many countries I have visited in which the 20somethings are

just sitting around drinking COFFEE or TEA ALL DAY LONG.

Why don’t you people get JOBS!!!

postwatcher @ 05/07/2008 at 1:13 am

FURTHERMORE,

ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY!!!!!

NO COUNTRY SHOULD LAUNCH A NUCLEAR ATTACK AGAINST ANOTHER COUNTRY.

HILLARY IS RIGHT!

We have to support countries that our DEMOCRACIES. Not these insane 3rd World countries who believe it is okay for a man to cut off his wifes ears, nose and bash her teeth in! We have to protect OUR WAY OF LIFE. NOT THE BARBARISM OF THE MIDDLE EAST , ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHO BRUTALIZE THEIR OWN PEOPLE.

A VOTE AGAINST ISRAEL IS A VOTE FOR TYRRANY!!!!

READ THE NEWS, FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

Tired of Racists @ 05/07/2008 at 3:03 am

Some people on here have their heads up their asses. There, I said the word “asses”. Anyways, Tom Hanks was joking about his endorsement making up your minds. Not only that, the very same ones who can’t stand him now probably liked him as a person and would agree with his views if he chose a white candidate to support. That’s sad for America. And a lot of you, just like I told the media and even they had to shut their mouths, keep saying you don’t know what Obama means when he speaks about “Change”. This man has held over 20 debates and had to give specifics about his plans to make America a better place. You people who keep saying you don’t know what he means about “Change” are the people who gets hypnotized by Obama’s skin color the way a person with a low IQ gets hypnotized by shiny metal objects.

And, you act as if Rev Wright and every other black political person will be joining Obama in his presidency and that is the most racist bullshit I’ve ever heard of. Considering none of those black politicians or Rev Wright have even spoken about being a running mate with Obama. Obama hasn’t even spoken of it either and is not considering them. Racist people like to lump blacks together. One counts for all. Thats the racist way to think. If that’s the case then Rev Wright was correct about his speech. You don’t see me lumping whites together with the KKK. Rev Wright can’t even compare to the KKK. He hasn’t gone to people homes and burned them down. And while Rev Wright fought for America in the military, he, like other blacks, had to fight racisim within the military on bases and fight the American war. That’s a lot of crap to put any human through. A human being having to fight for his country and then fight the racist ******** on base so he can represent his country properly. Rev Wright wasn’t the only black man to suffer than as a soldier. And no one can compare him to Timothy McVeigh. Rev Wright hasn’t blown up a damn building. Nor has he committed terrorist acts.

And you want to talk about you have a right to protect your country from Obama? Hell! Protect your country from Bush! Protect your country from another man who supports Bush policies like McCain! Protect it from Hillary who can’t keep her campaign books balanced or turn in her financial reports on time. What is she going to do when she gets in office? She can’t even come up with a good longterm plan on gas. She has quick fixes that will only earn you pennies in savings. WTF? She tried to talk about Obama’s plans and she says she wasnt going to raise taxes yet she will plan on raising money for Social Secuirty the way the Regan’s administration did. Obama had to tell her that’s exactly what the Regan’s administration did was raise taxes. Duh! This woman, Hillary, doesnt have an ounce of originality to come up with a good plan. Obama is trying to bring our troops home for a war that was personal. And don’t talk about Rev Jesse Jackson. ****! That man went over to Iraq to bring home three white soldiers being held captive! Don’t talk about he only does things for blacks.

So, you can talk about what Rev Wright said. And that’s all he did was said. However, he hasn’t committed nor has plan to commit terrorism the way racist whites have or terrorists groups from the Middle East. TuPac was definitely right in his song “Change” everything he rapped in that song still holds true today. The only way things would change and not replay itself over and over again is if Obama is elected to be the next president. Then perhaps we will not have to suffer TuPac’s replay of his song “Change” because that song spoke about the war and poverty and racism and injustice that has happened over and over again in the past and even right now.

Halli is the product of the Oprahfied world were it’s more important to have everyone like you than it is to do the right thing.

Plus if so many non Americans hate our government why are so many non American citizens of other countries electing leaders that are pro-American…France, Germany, Italy, etc?

And let me clue you in to a fact, you want to know why many in the Middle East hate the American government….its because we leave them to live with dictators, who then leverage that hate against their own people to keep them down and to stay in power.

You can hate Bush all you like but it won’t change the fact that with his policy in Iraq, he has done more to change that dreadful American/Middle East policy than any other president.

Obama wants to go back to failed policies of the past. His inexperience will be very bad for the Middle East and the war on Islamist terrorism that is infecting many parts of the world.

He isn’t the right leader for this time. Maybe later but not now, he’s too green and inexperienced to be the POTUS.

sleeping Giant @ 05/07/2008 at 4:33 am

OBAMA ALL THE WAY……..
ALL THE WAY to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Baby…

OBAMA 08
VOTE HOPE

wow calm down postwatcher, enraging like that is not too good for your heart. seriously. you can communicate in a decent way maybe more effectively? just saying…

however, it’s true. non-americans, lol, who the heck invented that word, let’s just say Europeans/Asians/Australians, wherever you may be from, non-americans sounds like american is the way to go, if you are not, you are only a non-american?

see that is one of the points why we are sick of what’s going on in your country. your patriotism is just plain ridiculous. for decades you were thinking that america is “the best country in the world”, you played the world police, americanisations have been happening around the globe. and it worked for a long time, but, times have changed. people nowadays do not think that highly of you anymore.
first of all let me tell you that Im not judging the globally liberal, interesting whats going on outside of the U.S. kinda people. no argument there.

so I can understand you if you feel cornered by the way “non-americans” feel nowadays, their attitude towards you changed completely.
of course the US is still THE important economical partner for many countries, we just cant live without each other. there are treaties. import, export. the USA having a financial crisis is effecting many parts of the world in not a good way. well, besides that the EURO became stronger, or let us say, the Dollar became weaker.
having said that;

I do agree with you on Hillary Clinton. hopefully she can win this, yet us Europeans do not think that America is ready for eather a woman or a black man. I hope we are wrong with that assumption.

about the 3rd world countries… this subject is too complex to summ it up the way you did. of course there are horrible things happening and we should be grateful to live in democracies… but Im afraid things wont change in the near future. their traditions are kinda stuck, they dont wanna change it, if they did, it would be easier to make sure that they did the right things with our development aid.

if women had the same rights as men in LDC s(least developed countries), there would be so much more power, it could help them out of their misery. and by voting Hillary Clinton, the world could look at America positively again for making a REAL CHANGE!

POSTWATCHER @ 05/07/2008 at 4:00 pm

ggg…

Thanks for your reasonable response. However, how do you explain centuries of European immigration to the United States? Yes, Western Europe is more economically stable, but they are still coming from the East. But answer me? If the US is so bad, why have all you Europeans decided to come here?

Jaysus Postwatcher. Don’t **** yourself. You don’t even realize what being patriotic is. Its not about only glorifying your country to the point where you no longer sound coherent or level-headed. It is more about being a friend to your country in the sense that you ask questions, you analyze, and you criticize if need be. I was airing my opinions and it stands. But clearly, the American Middle-East policy, whatever that may be, has been lead by a bunch of ignorant old men who haven’t a clue about the dynamics of the culture and the types of people that inhabit Iraq. Had they at least had some type of understanding at all about what they could get themselves into, America would not be in the quagmire it is in today. Even Bush admitted to mistakes in their execution. Whatever.

” If the US is so bad, why have all you Europeans decided to come here? ”

This question might be more relevant if you has asked this 50 years ago! Get a clue.

Sheryl, I don’t watch Oprah and by the way you sound, I think my words would just fly right over your head. Get some perspective on the world.

Back to mindless gossip…

Halli,

Your words (nor your bad grammer) can go over my head. Or anyone else that has even a modicum of education.

Also how funny you are that you tell others to get perspective on the world and all you do is call people names and spout off crass euphemisms about the candidates.

Your intellectual laziness is unbecoming and no “non-American” I know would be proud to have you speak for them.

I fail to understand how some of these comments about people from Europe coming to the US are the first immigrants. North America’s original peoples were the american indians. Everyone else came here from elsewhere, everyone.

I am not american,I am from middle east…and this election has no relation to me ….I can not vote for this,that is not my country.But I know the USA wants to play a role in the world so this country shoud have a president with an international view.A person who does not just think about his own or his countri’s profits .I know that is the most important job for a president to think about his countri’s profits but this is not the only job!we are all human… when you go to other countries(iraq and…) and you start a war and when you want to give them freedom as you claim…I mean if it is for humanity and if you have some great ideas for peace you should think internationally and I think obama has this kind of view and he is suitable for being the president …
I always loved Tom Hanks and now after watching this video I admire him and admire myself that I loved him always….He has a deep view ….

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