I was really glad that Barack Obama was endorsed by Tom Hanks, because he starred in my absolute favorite movie of all time, The Polar Express. I think that he also produced it.
In the movie, Tom Hanks plays the conductor on the train that goes to the North Pole and he punches the tickets really fast with words like “HOPE” and “CHANGE” and… best of all… “BELIEVE.”
The little boy who gets on the train and isn’t really sure that he believes in Santa Claus, but then he is selected to receive the first-gift-of-Christmas and he gets this sleigh bell that you can only hear if you really believe in Santa. So, of course, none of the adults can hear it.
That bell is like the perfect symbol for Barack Obama. None of the young people can understand why all the old people can’t hear the bell. It’s because they don’t BELIEVE because they are TOO OLD!
Tom Hanks also starred in Forrest Gump, so I know that he can identify with poor white people who are not too educated. Forrest is barely one step above retarded and even though he has no education, he turns out to be one of the most successful people in America. I realize that sounds more like a Republican story than a Democrat one, but even so, he didn’t endorse John McCain. He endorsed Barack Obama.
He also starred in a movie called “The Money Pit” about a guy who spends way too much money fixing up his house, so he definitely understands the mortgage crisis. I think that if Barack chose Tom Hanks as a running mate, it would be a DREAM TICKET. This guy has played an astronaut, an Army Colonel, a Cowboy hero in Toy Story… he has even played ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
With all that experience, he kind of overshadows Obama though.
