Matt Damon on Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxkrm9uEJk


I agree 100%.

Addendum: So apparently, a good portion of our country (or really, a good portion of the yammies who sit around and watch YouTube shit all day) think that Matt Damon doesn't have a right to speak voice his opinion. Some of the things I read in a very small % of the more than 7000 comments people have posted... "what qualifies him to say anything?" or "fucking Hollywood liberals, not everyone is a millionaire and gets to act for a living?"

OK - what the hell is wrong with being an actor? ANY performing art is hard to get into, hard to stay in and though they may not work 40 hours a week - 50 weeks a year, they work their asses off 12 - 18 hours a day for months straight (no weekends, few days off and unless you are a superstar, say bye-bye to family time, until you can afford to have them travel with you to your locations). In Matt's case - he literally DID work his ass AND 40 lbs off in less than 1 month. (For his role in Courage Under Fire.) Is this somehow an EASIER or less worthy career, because as far as I can see - not too many people give themselves an adrenal problem to lose 40 lbs in 1 month for THEIR job.

And what qualifies him?? He is human, he has a (well educated) brain and he cares about what happens in November and beyond. Oh, and about his education - he graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin AND attended Harvard. As I said to a friend, one semester at Harvard can be like 4 somewhere else... SO, i am pretty sure he is smarter and more educated than the majority of the middle of the country.

Finally, just to point out - the Republican party nominated AND elected to office not one, but TWO actors!!! And, Chuck Norris is ALL OVER Tv voicing his opinion - I bet the right wing-nuts have no problem with that... Mother-effing hypocrites!

I responded to a few quotes and one person wrote back and told me I was a "brainwashed Obama teenie-bopper". Umm, what? I couldn't find the quote again to respond... But man oh man, I had a LOT to say about that little comment.

The next 7+ weeks are certainly going to be interesting. I just hope that people really research the candidates and make decisions based on the issues that matter to them and not the candidate's gender or the color of a their skin.

I guess we will see soon enough...