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Mon Sep 23, 2024, 05:37 PM Sep 2024

Sam Elliott's Cussing In Folksy Campaign Ad May Make You Giddyup To Vote For Harris [View all]

Source: Yahoo! News/Huff Post

Mon, September 23, 2024 at 1:37 PM EDT


Sam Elliott swears by Kamala Harris in a new campaign ad. (Watch it below.) The 80-year-old actor, known for his down-home delivery in Westerns and other movies and TV shows, implored voters to embrace the “courage” of the Democratic nominee and avoid the “lies and hate” of Donald Trump.

“Are we really going back down that same fucking broken road?” Elliott says in the video put out by the Lincoln Project on Monday.

The imagery is often the stock stuff you might find in other campaign commercials ― wilderness, farms and the American flag ― but Elliott’s words penetrate as if they flew out of a crackling campfire. “It’s time to be a man and vote for a woman,” Elliott says.

We hear ya, pardner.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/sam-elliotts-cussing-folksy-campaign-173710888.html



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What a voice. Thanks Sam! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #1
F - yeh! Time to be a man!!! ArizonaLib Sep 2024 #2
That ad (minus the "F" word) would be GREAT on network TV groundloop Sep 2024 #3
They could *beep* it out... Atreus Sep 2024 #12
Or they can edit it for network television use meow2u3 Sep 2024 #17
Sure would be great! Hopefully he did two narrations for that reason. Talitha Sep 2024 #13
I figured Sam would be right winger. How can she lose with him on her team. nt doc03 Sep 2024 #4
He might be in the same way that the Lincoln Project is rpannier Sep 2024 #11
I always thought he was. . . maybe it's just the role he plays that made me think that ET Awful Sep 2024 #15
I choose Sam's wife. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #5
This is fan-f**king-tastic! nikatnyte Sep 2024 #6
Sam Elliott & James Earl Jones... Enter stage left Sep 2024 #7
The perfect statement, delivered by the perfect spokesman. Paladin Sep 2024 #8
With or Without Sam, I'm an Old, Bald, Fat, White Guy Giddyupping to Vote for Harris. NNadir Sep 2024 #9
Did not think I could love Sam more, I was mistaken. TNNurse Sep 2024 #10
Maybe keep the F word Shoonra Sep 2024 #14
I think Sam's voice is very powerful tavernier Sep 2024 #16
I agree. A wider appeal is better at this point, Qutzupalotl Sep 2024 #19
Sam Elliot: The Man, The Myth, the Legend Bayard Sep 2024 #18
Love Sam Elliot 💙 great job 👍 TommieMommy Sep 2024 #20
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