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"It was the first time in a long while where I felt proud to be an American." The Almighty Margaret Cho blogs her night as a judge of MoveOn's Bush in 30 Seconds competition. Blogs fellow judge Moby: "michael moore and al franken and chuck d and janeane garofalo and rufus wainwright and margaret cho and many many more all contributed to making it a wonderful night."

Now that a winner's been chosen, the marvelously understated Child's Pay by Charlie Fisher, the .org is aiming to air it during the Super Bowl if the funds can be raised. In Salon, Michelle Goldberg calls it...

...a subtle, elegiac and nearly wordless indictment of the burden Bush is shunting onto future generations with his deficits. It was made by Charlie Fisher, a 38-year-old advertising executive and father of two from Denver, a fiscal conservative who was a registered Republican until 1992.

That's important. 30 seconds of fire-breathing and preaching to the choir wouldn't get anybody anywhere. As Seth Stevenson writes in Slate, "this one might actually change some minds."

Julian Brookes offers background on all this at Mother Jones.

Update: Michelle Goldberg explains fully and fairly why CBS has declined to air the ad. Rats.

Posted by dwhudson at January 15, 2004 2:41 PM