I'm very pleased to share our new Local Voices ad, shot in Joplin, Missouri which is on the air as of today:
Local Voices is being filmed in small communities in battleground states such as Missouri, Nevada, and Ohio, where local voters who support Obama are asked to speak candidly to camera about the issues in this election they find most pertinent to their daily lives, and why Obama is their candidate. Central to the success of Local Voices is recognition—in these short real people ads, Americans in communities that are often overlooked will see their own towns and neighbors conceptualizing their support of Obama through the lens of that particular region’s struggles and identity.
Joplin, Missouri is republican territory that could just go blue, if more people had a sense of "permission" and affirmation to vote Obama. In this ad you meet Dana Snodgrass, a local businessman who owns the most respected auto body shop in a 50 mile radius, a place where it doesn’t matter if you are red or blue you’ve gotten work done or an estimate from Dana. He expresses eloquently the values and concerns of small town America.
Dana risks his own reputation to break through social fears and stand for Obama. He is only one of many courageous community leaders speaking up for change in a depressed and ultra-conservative area that has lost thousands of jobs.
Click here to read more about the Local Voices project & to help us air these ads in their target markets through election day!
This is the first of a series of ads in Missouri, Nevada, Ohio & Colorado we will be releasing over the next 10 days. Please be on the lookout for my emails which will sent when we have new ads to share. Your help is funding their airing & sharing them with others is so crucial as we are in the home stretch of this campaign.
We have also partnered with the wonderful group Mamas for Obama. We are lending our PAC to their work in order to get their targeted spots on the air, some of which you can view on our website now. I will send an update on this project tomorrow with the featured ads, plus some details on where we are going to air them.
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Please visit TruthandHope.org to see all of our projects & help us get them on the air!
Thank you for all that you do,
Eugene Hedlund
Founder/Chair
TruthandHope.Org PAC