Matt Damon: Sarah Palin is “Totally Absurd”

So what makes Obama more qualified????

Of course Matt Damon is qualidfied to comment. In fact, he’s every bit as qualified to comment as Rush Limbaugh was, who had a long career in small market morning shows and PR for baseball teams before deciding to position himself as a political commentator. Who has a right to comment? Everyone of voting age has that right, you idiots. It’s part of the inalienable rights we’re guaranteed as Americans.

And, as a lifelong conservative, I find Palin terrifying too. She’s not even close to being qualified, not even half the person or politician Maureen Reagan was. Palin’s acceptance of this candidacy is hurting the cause of womankind more than helping. Give up, soccer mom, you’re making the rest of the country look naive and unread.

685 g @ 09/12/2008 at 12:42 pm

I don’t get the part about dinasours…does Matt not believe their were dinasours? His tone seemed to indicate that if she believes there were, then she is crazy.
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We all believe/know dinosaurs existed many millions of years ago. There’s a story going around that Sarah Palin thinks there were dinosaurs 4000 years ago. That story is not true, but Matt seems to believe it, or I should say Matt wonders if it’s true, but before finding out if it’s true, he posts that she is ‘totally absurd.’
There are plenty of lies on the internet. Some people enjoy making up stories.

Number one it’s every American’s right to speak their opinion (whether celebrities or not). And I totally agree with Matt. Bottom line is that Palin is severely inexperienced and she’s got a shady past from what I’ve read about her on Wiki. I’ve seen some comments here about Putin and obviously all of the people commenting know nothing about Russia or Putin. Yes, he is Prime Minister, but ask any Russian who had Dmitry Medvedev elected (Do a google search for Sergei Shpilkin). And ask them who really rules Russia. Putin is ex KGB and completely ruthless. I’m sure you all saw how Putin and Sechin robbed Khodorkovsky of billions basically in front of the whole world. If you actually want to truly learn about what is really happening in Russia, I would recommend to check out seansrussiablog.org and also larussophobe.wordpress.com. At “la russophobe” you should click the link at the top with “The Putin Murders,” if you dare. So in light of what I know about Putin, the very little I know about Palin, and the very strained relations we have with Russia, I again completely agree with Matt Damon. McCain’s choice is purely for political purposes and is a disaster.

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What I find amazing is that Matt Damon has an opinion and that anyone cares.

It is called freedom of speech. He has every right to talk about the candidates.. just as we all do. He is an American citizen, and his vote counts just as much as yours or mine.

Matt Damon aside, to every body out there giving Palin a hard time about her experience, and who she is, my question for you is who the heck is Obama, and what does he bring to the table besides a few speeches written by someone else. Are the critics of Gov. Palin really blind to the fact that Sen. Obama hardly has any accomplishments outside of himself , and are they not concerned about the questionable associations, this guy has had through out his life, and the terrorist organizations that are endorcing him. Matt Damon and other critics, thats scary. Wake up people, lets not be history trying to make it.

wow, you crazy republicans….to make those comments above, really shows how scared and turned off you are about Senator Obama actually becoming President of the United States.

No matter Obama is good or not, we can NOT vote McCain/Palin ticket. I have known too much about her so I won’t vote her. She’s an evangelical extremist and a nazi for sure. One thing, she prays to God for her own benifits, not for the benefits of majority of others. Another thing, she endorses cencorship and disgustingly discourages different voices. She’s running to destroy this great country and the Constitution. She won’t resolve and is not capable of resolving any serious issue laying in front of us: the bad economy, the housing/mortgage crisis, iraqi war, the losing war to defend women’s choice (there are 2 to 3 supreme court tickets in next four years), rising unemployment rate, deprived social security, health care, underfunded public schools, underfunded governments(especially law enforcement), US’s bad image all around the world, the sour relationship with all of our allies, the conflicts with other countries especially those with nuclear weapons: NK, Russia, some other countries in former USSR, Iran, Pakistan, possibly our neighbor Cuba, India (India can be left out here) and China.

Orchid:

The real deal behind Georgia and Russia conflict is that under table US is supporting Georgia. Don’t you think w/o US’s support, Georgia dared to provoke Russia?

Though cold war had ended, Russia under Putin is still on rise. The purpose to stimulate this Russia Georgia conflict is the same as before when US was supporting Saddam Hussein. It’s no different with Russia Chechnya war. In it, US provided aids/weapons to Chechnya.

I don’t mind that US has done lots of dirty deals behind the scene if it were for the benefits of American people, for God’s sake. However, openly ignorantly talking about taking military actions in a national TV is completely absurd. She said,”without a blink”, “do whatever it takes”

This Russia Georgia conflit is subtle and complicated. The problem won’t be solved in one day or by one military attack. Not only Russia has nuclear weapons, Russia also has an agreement with China to help each other out. China’s leader is indeed way smarter than Palin. President Hu never ever mentioned his stance during this Russia/Georgia conflict. But under table, I don’t doubt the possibility that he will still help Russia when emergency comes up. So US is not in a good position.

Let’s not compare the number of nuclear weapons on each side: US vs. (Russia + China). Let’s think about other impacts here. China’s the world’s factory. If there is any big nuclear pollution (caused by nuclear war), the whole economy of US will be collapsed. Not only it will hurt all those big companies, like GE, GM, but also the products you buy from Walmart will be tainted by not just lead, but uranium. Think about it. Do you want all of those?

it is apparent that Matt Damon opened up a can of worms with his comments. Redhead wrote, “Sart in on the problems on going within our own country - healthcare issues, unemployment, taxes, welfare, etc. and I know that my vote is going to the only candidates with true experience - McCain/Palin.

Enlighten me, but are those issues from failed republican policies over the past eight years? specifically, healthcare, unemployment, and taxes. and i’m throwing in education. it wouldn’t matter to me if the incumbents were democrats or republicans - i’m just amazed that some of you think failed domestic policies is in the best interest of the country, and should be rewarded with another 4 yrs.

mccain/palin don’t have the kind of experience at this level that you would like to believe.

Dani #29 wrote:

“What is the most frightening thing about Palin is that the Republican party is not allowing her to be treated as any other presidential or vice presidential candidate…. She is one heartbeat away from the presidency and I’ve been a republican most of my life and find this to be terrifying.”

you’re honest. i can respect that….

Bjizzle @ 09/12/2008 at 10:57 pm wrote:

“Matt Damon aside, to every body out there giving Palin a hard time about her experience, and who she is, my question for you is who the heck is Obama, and what does he bring to the table besides a few speeches written by someone else.”

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