A Great Straight Line

In baseball, they refer to it as a gopher ball. A pitch that is only going to end its journey when it lands on the the other side of the outfield fence. In comedy they refer to it as the straight line. The "serious" comment that is the set-up for the punch line. In email parlance it comes with a subject line of "The Democratic Convention wants you."

The message reads

DNC Announces "Create Your Own Ad" Contest; Winning Ad to be Shown at Democratic Convention

Dear Steve Macklin,

If you've ever wanted your voice to be heard in a presidential election, now's your chance. The Democratic Party is holding a "Create Your Own Ad" contest, and the winning ad will be shown at the 2004 Democratic Convention.

We're asking you to create an ad because some of the best ideas we've heard have come from our online activists. Here's how the contest will work:

You make an ad up to 60 seconds long on why you are supporting John Kerry or why American needs a change in leadership. You choose which topic you want.

Then enter the contest by uploading the finished ad (either video or flash animation) at www.democrats.org/amc.

It's that simple. But hurry -- the deadline for submitting ads is July 12, 2004.

Paul Begala, Democratic strategist and co-host of CNN's Crossfire, will narrow the submissions down to 10 finalists. We'll showcase these 10 ads on Democrats.org, and tens of thousands of activists across the country (including you!) will pick the winning ad.

This is your chance to show your work to a live audience of thousands and to possibly millions more watching on television and over the Internet.

More important, it's a chance for you to tell America why this country needs a change in leadership and why John Kerry is the right man for the job -- in your own way.

To learn more, go to our An American Made Convention contest page. Get started today: all entries must be submitted by July 12!

This one is just too good to let go by and over the next week or two I will be developing my submission. When it is done, I will share it here as well.

And just so you know that I am not breaking the rules by telling you this

Tell a Friend

Do you know someone who would make a great video for the Democratic Convention? Let them know about our An American Made Convention!

So follow the link, read the rules and start creating. Just be prepared to run afoul of rule three

In determining finalists and winning entries, the DNC reserves the right to disqualify and remove from consideration any entry which, in the DNC's sole discretion and judgment, is inappropriate, offensive, defamatory or demeaning to the DNC's reputation or goodwill or is otherwise not in the best interests of the DNC or the Democratic Party of the United States.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:17 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment