Forrest Gump Supports Wapner, Obama

Tom Hanks wants Barack Obama to be Prez, and it could be one of the most effective celeb endorsements so far.


Hanks, who put his homemade video up on his MySpace page, begins by saying, "I'm Tom Hanks and I want Barack Obama to be the next President of our country. As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you."

Hanks then gets serious, acknowledging both candidates have screwed up and associated with the wrong people, including relatives. Could Tommy boy really be saying that about Bill?

Watch, then cast your vote!

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31. TMZ--uh, it as Dustin Hoffman in Rainman that was the Wapner fan...NOT forrest gump. DUMMIES

Posted at 1:13PM on May 4th 2008 by nope

32. TIME FOR A SAFTY MEETING, EVERY ONE HUDDLE UP TO THE CIRCLE OF LIFE SO AS EVERY ONE CAN GET THEIR HEADS ON STRAIGHT!!

Posted at 1:20PM on May 4th 2008 by Heathen Robert

33. hitler was a left wing idiot like hanks

Posted at 1:20PM on May 4th 2008 by the barbarian

34. Tom Hanks epitomizes thoughtfulness and grace~

Posted at 1:22PM on May 4th 2008 by Sassy

35. I don't like him. He's a great actor but he has a HUGE ego.

Posted at 1:32PM on May 4th 2008 by Alexa

36. # 28

Please. before you write anything else that is as stupid as your last comment and shows your complete ignorance. . .Just trying learning your history first . . .Hitler was not left by any means ; quiet the contrary Hitler was a reactionary right wing pycho. . . No wonder our country has been so screwed by the right wing so badly for eight years they count on ~ "dumb, uneducated and completely uniformed stupid people"

Posted at 1:33PM on May 4th 2008 by URVERYDUMB#28

37. hitler was left wing...who do you think he took power from?

Posted at 1:38PM on May 4th 2008 by the barbarian

38. Obama is an idiot and so is Hanks. It's a shame people are voting for this man for reasons that have NOTHING to do be politics. He is the devil and this country will come crashing down if that moron becomes pres. which he won't. Not everyone is that stupid.

Posted at 1:40PM on May 4th 2008 by Tom Hanks you lost another fan you idiot.

39. please this is not a political forum

that said: did bush really say democrats were nation builders? HELLO we are now building a nation from the ground up cuz we are the ones that tore it down

bush and chenney need to be tried for war crimes! maybe even Colin Powell for his part in this mess

Posted at 1:39PM on May 4th 2008 by Shoot me with a shotgun in the face please Dick!

40. What's with Celebs who only are known for READING LINES know? I'm sick and tired of them being anymore special than the rest of the population. Tom Hanks..divorced his wife after having an affair and is only known for RECITING LINES tells us how the world should be run. WHAT HAS HE DONE IN REAL LIFE FOLKS?????? DUHHHH MADE MOVIES??? Have another Chardonnay and smile for the cameras..LOL I am so sick of the paranoid, skitzo actors .... GO TO IRAQ AND SHOW US WHAT YOU ARE MADE OF, MR. HANKIE MAN

Posted at 1:45PM on May 4th 2008 by tiredofcelebs

41. This Nation is seriously in trouble, If we depend on celebrities to help us choose our next Commander-In-Chief; I think we have
intelligence to make our own Decision. I personally am Republican and vote for the western guy MCCain (AZ)

Posted at 1:59PM on May 4th 2008 by Rosie

42. love your work tom, but the bottom line is that you're a working ACTOR. I'm a working WRITER. Your endorsement means NOTHING to my decision and it's a horrible country if someone says "well, tom hanks says I should vote for Obama." We all, as Americans, have needs we have to have met and the country needs to be fixed. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY to find out who WE want to vote for...NOT who the celebs want in the white house. MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND PEOPLE!

Posted at 2:00PM on May 4th 2008 by writergal

43. For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.

Posted at 2:01PM on May 4th 2008 by Heaven help us all

44. Tom Hanks is fabulously wealthy and that is okay. I would like to be fabulously wealthy too. However, until he is in the position that I am in, that is, trying to pay my mortgage and utilities, buy my groceries and GAS on what I earn working two jobs and still sometimes running out of money before the end of the month, his opinion means nothing to me. And it is wonderful that we finally have a person of color running for President, but his I do not care what color he is. I want a president who can go to Washington and be strong enough and smart enough to deal with congress and get things done for this country. Strong enough to fight for the best interests of the regular everyday people trying to live a moderately decent life and be able to afford to educate their children so that the next generation will be smart enough and patriotic enough to realize what a great country this is and try to keep it strong. Saying he wants change is not enough. What kind of change and how he plans to accomplish it is what I want to know about I don't hate Obama. He is probably a decent person and I have tried to understand where he is coming from, but his choice of Reverend Wright, and the message that he has been teaching for years. as his pastor makes it very hard, in fact impossible, for me to vote for him. When I heard that preacher, who had a fine childhood and a great education, some of it at the expense of this government, and is very wealthy, stand in the in the pulpit and curse the United States of America and blame us for all sorts of thing which were not true, it made me cringe. And then, I remembered: Obama was his parishoner and surely sat in those pews and heard all that and more out of his mouth every time he attended that church and did not separate himself from it, I found it unbelievable. Not only that, he allowed his children to attend the church and become indoctrinated with the message of hate and disdain for this country. I only know what I would have done in the same circumstances. I would have got up and left the church and never returned again. I would have found a church that did not preach hatred for my country. God knows this country is not perfect and we all have flaws and need to always strive to do better and be better, but with all our flaws, this is the only place in the whole world that I want to live. I do not want Obama for president. I do not think he would be a good president and it scares me to death to see us headed in that direction.

Posted at 2:04PM on May 4th 2008 by smitty

45. Who care's he is friends with that sleazy hbo exec.

Posted at 2:23PM on May 4th 2008 by anonymous

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