Matt Damon Speaks About Palin

Well, actors are fully capable of being up to date on political things and being just as informed, if not more informed than your average joe schmo in this country.

Some are VERY active and knowledgeable. I had the pleasure of watching Janene Garafalo tonight on Real Time with Bill Maher. I love her. She's very intelligent.
 
Raziaar said:
Well, actors are fully capable of being up to date on political things and being just as informed, if not more informed than your average joe schmo in this country.

Some are VERY active and knowledgeable. I had the pleasure of watching Janene Garafalo tonight on Real Time with Bill Maher. I love her. She's very intelligent.
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Lovvvvve the Janene. I want to kiss her facccce!
 
"I really want to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here only 4,000 years ago". :LOL:

He raises a lot of good points.
 
Matt Damon is a cool guy it seems. I agree with him.
 
zombieturtle01 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk

Lol, even though he is simply an actor, I am glad someone's saying something.
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*Starts a slow but building applause*


What do you know, Matt Damon is actually a human being I can relate to.

I love it when once in a rare while, a Hollywood face proves to be more then the typeset characters they consistently play in bad but expensive films.


Seriously though, its great that someone with any influence has said exactly what at least I and most folk I know feel.

The thing is its so common I've almost gotten used to American elections being about such stupidity.
 
Wow, did Palin really say something about dinosaurs being here 4,000 years ago? :|
 
Lucid said:
Wow, did Palin really say something about dinosaurs being here 4,000 years ago? :|
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Like he said, we dont know much about her. We dont know if shes actually a creationist. I think what brought up that point was that she said she supports the teaching of creationism in schools. She did say that she believes we had a "creator" though.
 
Krynn72 said:
Like he said, we dont know much about her. We dont know if shes actually a creationist. I think what brought up that point was that she said she supports the teaching of creationism in schools. She did say that she believes we had a "creator" though.
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Ah, yeah.
That'd probably make me ask that same question then.
 
Matt Stone and Trey Parker only made him retarded after his puppet came out retarded looking, it wasn't a jab at Matt Damon :)

And yeah, the whole thing is completely absurd. When McCain announced his running mate, I thought he was done for sure. Surely, everyone would see through this cheap trick to draw women voters, and be frightened by her ultra-conservatism? This was over, the Democrats had it in the pocket and Obama would be the new US president. O how I underestimated the idiocy of conservatives and feminists. He actually gained a lead on Obama in the polls.

I like how it's always men that are deemed sexist but it's apparently women who vote purely based on gender.
 
PvtRyan said:
And yeah, the whole thing is completely absurd. When McCain announced his running mate, I thought he was done for sure. Surely, everyone would see through this cheap trick to draw women voters, and be frightened by her ultra-conservatism? This was over, the Democrats had it in the pocket and Obama would be the new US president. O how I underestimated the idiocy of conservatives and feminists. He actually gained a lead on Obama in the polls.
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I went though a similar experience tbh.
 
I too thought it was a stupid move, but now I've reconsidered:

I was thinking about context as I observed with fascination McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. The immediate response from my lefty friends was that McCain was insane to pick a running mate with such a thin resume. That's one possibility. The other explanation is more interesting.

My first response to McCain's decision was to assume that Republicans did not suddenly forget how to win elections. If selecting Palin was a brilliant strategy in disguise, how exactly was it supposed to work?

Context.

McCain had a context problem. He was an old (too old) white guy from the failed establishment running against a younger and more exotic agent of change. It was a losing context. His choice of Palin changed the context.

Since selecting Palin, the discussion in the media and in kitchens across America has shifted from "Can you be too old to be President?" to "Can you be too young and inexperienced?" McCain has cleverly put his critics in the position of arguing that experience is a good thing. And McCain has more of it than Obama. If you believe that people only vote for presidents, not vice presidents, this was a clever move.

The Democrats' other big argument against McCain was that he's a phony maverick who won't really change anything. It's hard to make that case while at the same time criticizing him for making such a surprising pick for Vice President. You can argue with Palin's credentials, but you can no longer argue with McCain's willingness to buck conventional wisdom. That book is closed.

On the more obvious side of things, picking a young woman insulates McCain from being the charter member of the Old Boy's Club. It's politically correct to say voters are smart. But clearly there are millions of exceptions. Some voters prefer candidates who look like them, end of story. Palin will increase McCain's support from female votes and hardcore conservatives.

Palin also has the benefit of making McCain look more presidential by comparison. Call it the Dan Quayle effect. By way of contrast, Obama is in the position of having a running mate who is clearly more experienced than him, just as smart, and lacks only charisma. That exacerbates Obama's problem of looking like a celebrity and not a leader.

If Palin survives all the scandals and rumors, the argument against her comes down to experience. But how important is experience for a president? Quick, name a presidential mistake that was caused by inexperience as opposed to stupidity, laziness, bad luck, or any of a dozen other reasons. I'm no historian, but I can't think of any presidential mistakes attributed to inexperience.

Palin would have been the wrong choice for just about any other presidential candidate. But in the context of McCain's campaign against Obama, it might have been a brilliant campaign strategy. Is this another example of McCain being underestimated, or was it simply a brain misfire of an old man who ran out of time?

Frankly, I can't tell.
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http://www.dilbert.com/blog/
 
It was never a stupid move. It was undoubtedly brilliant of McCain to choose her. It was probably the best move he could have done to win the election.

As you might have noticed, the word "win" was bolded, italicized and underlined to put an emphasis on the fact that it was done solely for the fact that it bettered his chances of getting the presidency, and not out of the hopes that it will better his administration and further America in any way.
 
Krynn72 said:
It was never a stupid move. It was undoubtedly brilliant of McCain to choose her. It was probably the best move he could have done to win the election.

As you might have noticed, the word "win" was bolded, italicized and underlined to put an emphasis on the fact that it was done solely for the fact that it bettered his chances of getting the presidency, and not out of the hopes that it will better his administration and further America in any way.
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Has it ever been anything more than another excuse to have 4 more years at the trough for the republicans?
 
I think I think I need to buy everyone here a pair of knee-pads and a box of tissues to wipe the brown of their noses. Seriously, maybe you all should just marry him.

"I... uhh... think there's a really good chance she can be President.... and that's scary. She was mayor of a reeeally small town and governer of Alaska for two years... I just dont understand..."

While there is a chance that she might become President if McCain dies in office, does he stop to think about what he is talking about?

"Facing down Putin using folkse talk?"
"Scary that she'll have the nuclear codes because she thinks that dinosaurs existed 4000 years ago" (BTW where the did he hear that? Is that just because she reads the Bible?)

Of course he thinks it will be like a bad disney movie - what other point of reference will a guy who pretends to be someone else for a living have? I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather have a#2 with minimal experience than a #1 w/ ZERO experience.

Hey, Damon! It's not that hard to check some facts regarding a person who's running for President or Vice President.... unless it's Obama.

Call me when Matt asks Obama where he was born, what religion (if any) he practices, what a "community oraganizer" does, why did he vote present instead of a yes or no during his senate stint and if he intends to keep Ayers as a friend or would he put him in the cabinet as well as any other of his "former radical" friends?

I think this Obama thing is turning into a cult.
 
...is that last post a brilliant piece of satire, or just a rant?

Not that this thread isn't very pro-Damon, but that's because he comes across as being very intelligent and thoughtful, in contrast to all bombastic political endorsement going on at the moment.
 
Direwolf said:
...is that last post a brilliant piece of satire, or just a rant?
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Poe's Law: It's not possible to tell the difference between satire of fundamentalism and actual fundamentalism without a blatant sign of humour.
 
Some_God said:
I think this Obama thing is turning into a cult.
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Whatever points I thought you had going, just flew out the window with this comment. What a silly statement. So silly. Silly silly silly.
 
Some_God said:
Call me when Matt asks Obama where he was born, what religion (if any) he practices, what a "community oraganizer" does, why did he vote present instead of a yes or no during his senate stint and if he intends to keep Ayers as a friend or would he put him in the cabinet as well as any other of his "former radical" friends?
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He was born in Hell. And you will taste his wrath.

Stupid honky.
 
He was born in Africa. Where he fought with lions in loincloth.

He has 15 years of experience. In fighting lions.
 
Hmm, let me think, a lady who has been governor of a state with the fourth lowest population in all of the US, or a man with 15 years of fighting lions? Its no contest for Obama really.
 
Sometimes it makes me happy if there really is an Obama cult rising, because mindless followings seem to be the only thing to get America to vote for someone.

Just don't drink the Kool Aid if he ever asks.
 
Why are we lucky? lol. He's just an actor and you can see him in everything we can see him in!
 
But we own him. We can make him do... things... for us.
 
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