Tom For Obama!
Posted on Tue May 13th, 2008 7:00am PDT By X17 Staff
Chalk up another celebrity endorsement for Barack Obama - this time, it's Tom Hanks!
The AP is reporting that the two-time Oscar winner sent out a video message through MySpace last week entitled "Beware: Celebrity Endorsement" outlining his reasons for supporting Obama's candidacy.
"He has the integrity and the inspiration to unify us, as did FDR and Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy and even Ronald Reagan when they ran for the job," Hanks said. "I want Barack Obama to be President of this country, a country that once said people with his skin color were only three-fifths of a human being."
Of course, Hanks is only the most recent celebrity to come out in favor of Obama - other celebrity backers (including Halle Berry, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Robert De Niro) have already voiced their star support... with some even doing so via magazines and t-shirts:
Ryan Phillippe is for progress and yes, that's Pam Anderson behind Obama's face!