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BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 01:31 PM Mar 2016

X-Post: Hillary Clinton gets big celebrity boost with new Shonda Rhimes ad

Per special request from Number23, I am cross-posting this here.

Leading ladies such as Viola Davis offer heartfelt endorsements in a video that compares the Democratic frontrunner to the characters from Rhimes’ hit shows

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton-shonda-rhimes-kerry-washington-viola-davis-endorsement

Shonda Rhimes, the high-profile TV executive behind Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, has given a big celebrity boost to Hillary Clinton with a new endorsement ad featuring the three leading ladies from her mega-hit shows.

Rhimes – along with Kerry Washington from Scandal, Ellen Pompeo from Grey’s Anatomy and Viola Davis from How to Get Away With Murder – all offer heartfelt endorsements for Clinton in a dramatic video that compares the Democratic frontrunner to the strong female characters Rhimes has created on her shows.

“I make television filled with the kind of characters I imagine we all can be,” Rhimes says in the new ad.

“Our characters are on television,” Washington says.

“But the real world has Hillary Clinton,” Rhimes says.


Make more room UTB for some great females - in and out of their TV roles!
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Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. I just read a very disturbing poll on Democratic Underground.
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 01:33 PM
Mar 2016

An alarming number of the residents here at Democratic Underground say they will not, under any circumstances, vote for Hillary in November.

This level of selfishness and shortsightedness makes me very angry.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
3. They're the same crew that has been screaming about evil Obama
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 01:36 PM
Mar 2016

for as long as I've been on here. Most are libertarians & independents that like to scream & holler about the evil democratic party from wayyyy left, if at all.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
4. I wonder if they or their family members were going to be deported or punched
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 01:41 PM
Mar 2016

or made fun of for their identity, or prevented from housing or employment because of their name or color or religion, I wonder if then they would be able to get themselves to vote for her?

Maybe then.

pandr32

(11,447 posts)
6. Hopefully this attitude of defiance and sabotage will dissipate soon
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 02:15 PM
Mar 2016

Hopefully when the dust begins to settle we will unite against the Republicans.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
8. Anybody that gets the endorsement of the stunning, massively talented and ethereal Viola Davis
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 04:08 PM
Mar 2016

Is somebody to take notice of.

Hillary just went up a few notches in my opinion. And all because of Ms. Viola.

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
10. You mean that those who say
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 06:04 PM
Mar 2016

that endorsements don't matter might be wrong?

All of those women are magnificent and incredibly talented, IMO. Viola Davis is especially so.

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