Obama Supporter Matt Damon Admits: I’m No Longer a Fan
- Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:54pm by
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In an interview set to air tonight on CNN, Obama supporter and actor Matt Damon admitted he has had a change of heart when it comes to the president. According to Damon, Obama hasn’t come through on his promises.
Piers Morgan pointedly asked Damon, who campaigned for Obama in 2008, if Damon was happy with Obama and still a fan. Damon responded, “No. No. I really think he misinterpreted his mandate.” He went on to quote a friend who said, “I no longer hope for audacity.”
While the clip doesn’t show it, a story on CNN’s website says Damon went on to criticize Obama for his State of the Union speech:
“In his State of the Union he didn‘t even say the word ’poverty,’ ” said Damon. “You’ve got millions of people languishing in it.” Damon, who backed the Obama campaign in 2008, said he appreciates that the president is a “deep thinker.” The actor called Obama brilliant, but said he “definitely wanted more.”
Some, such as Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez, will wonder why Damon would even be questioned about his political views. He’s an actor, after all. That’s a valid point.* But considering Damon’s ardent support for Obama in the past, I’m glad it was a topic of conversation — especially since Hollywood was so lovestruck by Obama in 2008. It‘s good to know if that’s still the case.
Damon’s new comments, no doubt, will make many conservatives smile. After Obama’s election, many predicted the new president had overpromised and would underdeliver. It seems that some on the left are starting to think so, too.
*It should be noted that Damon was on set to promote his new movie “The Adjustment Bureau.” Still, his political views did come up, including his thoughts on the war in Afghanistan.
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Comments (409)
kspatriot
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:17pmBTW, who is Matt Damon???
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:13pmHe used to date Ben Afflec.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:16pmI have a Matt on my front porch
All it’s good for is wiping my dirty shoes. Why would I get political advice from it?
Report Post »Ham
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:14pmPolitical mudslinging ?
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:15pmHe was actually reading from his next script…“The Bourne Lunacy”
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:19pmand supreme lunacy
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:10pmAnd Lunatic Ultimatum..
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:14pmand he just figured this out when??? to late it was eggheads like him that got us in this mess to start with,and now he is having second thoughts, here is a idea, think first!!!!!! he thought it would be cool and all that kind of stuff,o my god, this is really cool,you moron,him and his ignorant buddies will just have to go broke like the rest of us and suffer the punishment for another 2 years,then maybe by then him and his idiot friends would do something smart, THINK FIRST,
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:13pmHollywood won’t be happy unless America becomes a communist country.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:05pmThat has always astounded me. Do they not think they will be subjected to the “share the wealth” principals they espouse? They make tons of money, hope they are ok with sharing if they ever get their way.
Report Post »abseas
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:19pmHollywood nitwits deserve a Communist country. Not only would they stand in line for auditions, they would also stand in line for food, housing, and medical care, and . . . . . on and on. Oh yes, and I‘m sure they’d love the fact that they no longer have free speech . . of any kind. Having your neighbors rat on you for real, and for trumped up reasons would go a long way also. Especially a long way off to the goologs! These idiots are clueless numbskulls void of any knowledge of history.
Report Post »BlazerBlazer
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:44pmIdiots… only the Socialist/Communist Party can approve what movies can be made when they are in charge of the country…. they choose the subject, etc… are these Hollywood boo boos as dumb as they talk? The Party chooses who will be an actor. These people are so dumb that it is hard to believe…
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:13pmI can’t believe anyone still supports Oba-ffoon!
Report Post »hopnmad
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:22amYou’d think Chris Matthews thrill would be gone..hmmm
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:12pmActor Matt Damon has made anouther movie that know one will want to see and no one remembers the last one also.
Report Post »NotaLemming
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:11pmThis idiot should keep his moth shut. The only things he reads are bad scripts. He knows nothing about the real world. Only what the rose colored glasses of Hollyweird let him see.
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:38pmMatt grew up in the poorer part of Cambridge. His mother lived in Somerville even as he had made it big. He is not from money, although he has a ton of it now. George W. Bush lived a more sheltered life by far. You’ve no idea what you are talking about.
Report Post »run42k
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:11pmMatt Damon is great! His best movie was Team America. Ma-a-a-at Da-a-a-amon.
Oh, yeah, never mind. He’s been part of the problem just like Barry O.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:47pmCan’t expect much from a puppet, then you’ve got to wonder who’s pulling the strings.
Report Post »trelau
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:10pmI think most people like him are disappointed because he hasn’t gone farther left. Just wait until his second term…
Report Post »Hadassah
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:02pmGod forbid!!
Report Post »Non_Probate_Asset
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:10pmIn case you all did not notice, Damon is upset that Obama is not liberal enough. Don’t think for a second we will abandon the President in the next election.
Report Post »JackrabbitJones
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:31pmActually, since I’ve been reading this post, I have to agree with you NPA. Many progressives are upset that he has not been nearly progressive enough. He has called for redistribution of wealth (you know, “spread it around”), but that hasn’t happened completely – I find myself STILL making more than others, less than others. He wanted the borders completely open, and while he tried to get AZ to stop enforcing Immigration laws through the DOJ, he wasn’t completely successful there, either. And, while he’s talked big about electricity “necessarily skyrocketing,” my rates have barely gone up. Yes, if I were Matt Damon, I’d be pretty upset, too.
Report Post »heavllyarmed
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:09pmSo does this mean that dear old Matt will not be following Obamay to the center.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:09pmExcuse me but he still thinks Obama is brilliant, oh please. Matt Damon is still stupid and would probably vote for Obama again.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:19pmObama should have been the star in Good Will hunting. A brilliant self destructive kid who refuses to use the gift he was born with, (not earned) because the world is unfair, now that would have been perfect casting.
Report Post »Alydia
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08pmWell Matt if you want to help the war on poverty then dig in those deep pockets and pony up! That is where is starts….with charity not thievery! So, I guess he just wasn‘t happy that Obummer didn’t steal enough, huh? Oh and that would be from the taxpayers not people like him….
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:36pmHe already is doing this. Are you?
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:10am@ABC: Is Matt Damon helping the USA? Why are we expected to help all the nations of the world when our own country is in such dire need? And how can we help others when we are fighting to keep our own heads above the water? There comes a time when enough is enough and time is needed for breathing room and reconstruction. Don’t you agree?
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:38pmI think Damon is free to donate his money to whatever causes he wants, and those that wonder whether he is doing so and how much he is giving likely give a lot less of their own time and/or money than he does. They shouldn’t throw stones while living in glass houses.
1959
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:07pmI always hang on Matt Damon’s every word.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:29pmWe all do ‘59! I wish that guy would have asked him how to get the economy rolling, our troubles would all be over now. :-)
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:07pmHe’s not a fan for all the wrong reasons. He is saying Obummer didn’t go far enough. Really he has done too much of what he promised. America woke up from the “rhetoric spell” they were under and stopped to destruction agenda.
Report Post »TENN.REDD
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:31pmGood point !! Now he dosen’t like him cause he has not done enough to destroy our GREAT NATION ! I used to like his movies. I thought he was a good actor. Little did I know that he is just a moron !! I do not spend money on his movies
Report Post »JamesR
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:07pmsome of us just learn slower than the average.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:24pmWell James maybe he figured out his movies are flopping. Those darn conservatives will not watch his garbage. after hearing his heretical views. So maybe he is learning. But then again, who cares what he is learning.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:06pmWell, don’t come crying to us to accept you back onto our side, cause it ain’t happening!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:16pmamen to that,he made his bed,he can sleep with mangy dogs.
Report Post »heavllyarmed
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:06pmdang it and he was the one that convinced me to vote Obama in the first place. wonder if i can sue him for that.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:32pmIt’s tough aint it? I mean if you can’t get your political guidance from Matt Damon, who can you trust?
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:28pmWe still have Barbara Streisand, GONZO……
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:29pm@Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:32pm
It’s tough aint it? I mean
Q: if you can’t get your political guidance from Matt Damon, who can you trust?
Report Post »~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A: Gonzo!
bluegoldnationdotcom
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:05pmCan he now apologize for giving us Ben Affleck
Report Post »1959
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08pmGood one!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:03pmAnother vapid thespian dons fake glasses to appear intelligent.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08pmOh now, that’s funny! I was thinking the same thing….. Too bad he’s such an obvious failure.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:27pmIt’s so obviously a prop for them, isn’t it? ” I’m going to be asked some tough questions tonight so, I better put on my smart glasses.” If he goes to ESPN studios to be interviewed about sports, he probably puts on a jock . LOL
Report Post »Falcon11
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:50pmAnd comes up woefully short.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:02pmSo will this dimwit now apologize to Sarah Palin ?
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:02pmFor what?
Report Post »prepper1776
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:18pmi‘m wondering if he’s still scared of her
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:27pmSuper genius Damon who knows everything
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKFJ6iyGrI&feature=related
GONESURFING
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:59pmThe real question is why anyone other than socialists were ever happy with Obama.
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:08pmTrue
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:20pmI think it had everything to do with race. He is a very well spoken young man with alot of charisma. The uninformed and emotional voters on the left refused to see him for the socialist that he is because they have all this pent up guilt about slavery in America, even though they had nothing to do with it. Too bad our first black president has to be such a failure, it would have been great if he could find a position of fiscal responsibility and moral conscience to lead this country. Instead he acts like a person who has won the lottery and now doesn’t know what to do with his newly found position.
Report Post »teeman1957
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:28pmI think that is the issue Matt has with Obama. He like a lot of people that support social justice (aka socialism) are not happy with Obama because they don’t feel he has done enough. Note how Matt says he didn‘t even like Obama’s acceptance speech because he never once used the word poverty when we have millions languishing in it. So Matt probably feels that Obama has not done enough to spread the wealth around.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:40pmI wonder what Matt is doing about poverty, I’d like to know how much of his wealth gets voluntarily redistributed to the poor.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:02pmKate, not only how much of his wealth, but how much of his time does he invest ?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:31pmDear comrade Obama
Report Post »When you lose Hollywood, you lose period. When it becomes “hip” to not be a fan….no-one will be a fan.
Fickle crowd those Hollywierd leftys. You now are not competent, radical, out of touch, criminal,reactionary, anti-semetic,collectivist,non-transparent and now…….without hollywood support! Oh the humanity!!
Sense and Sensibility
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:11pmKate -
Report Post »Matt Damon supports 26 charities/foundations, two of which he is founder. Most of them deal with poverty on some level. Here‘s a link to a site with info so you don’t have to find it yourself: http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon
mrsmileyface
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:58pmGetting rid of teacher tenure would be a good start for improving the situation.
Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:16pmGetting rid of teacher unions would do a lot to improve education!
Report Post »HairRazor
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:57pmnow you’re talking..
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:39pmwhile we’re at it, turn the public schools over to the private sector.
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:31pmKate,
Matt Damon donates tens of millions to various charity causes. His work in getting clean water to people in the third world has drawn the attention of many world leaders, including Bill Clinton and Bill Gates. He also has worked with Brad Pitt and George Clooney on other anti-poverty programs in Africa. You clearly know very little about the guy, but it is very easy to learn about his work with a few Google searches.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:44amBill Gates a world leader, other than keeping computer operating systems 20 years behind where they would have been had his dad pulled out early and he had been shot off on the wall what has this snot nosed brat done?
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:57pmTo quote Matt Damon from Team America “MATT DAAMOON” Nuff said. Boom. Losing.
Report Post »not funny
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:05pmDon’t worry, the liberals will be roped in before the 2012 election. Never underestimate the machine.
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:06pmMatt Da-maroon, just BOOM!
Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:09pmI have a flash “Breaking News” item for Matt:
Report Post »There are MANY American citizens who are not happy with Obama, including his own base!
banjarmon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:12pmMore Rats abandon the sinking ship.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:14pmOr maybe splat! Loosing!!
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:16pmDamn, Darmok… You beat me to it:
“Maatt Day-mon.”
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:16pmgive mikey moore your money …it’s not yours…comrade mutt damoonbeam…
Report Post »Awakened One
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:18pmWhich broken promises is Damon concerned about? The ones he where he lied to his liberal/progressive base, or the ones where he lied to gullible independents?
Report Post »leftiesaredangerous
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:22pmSo I’m supposed to be happy because self-important morons like Damon are upset he wasn’t liberal enough?
Well I find no satisfaction in it at all.
And frankly, I’m sick of hearing that Obama is brilliant. Really? Why? What did he invent? What has he accomplished in sports, business, art, anything?
Report Post »Obama is about as brilliant as people like Damon. Not.
copper
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:22pmI think this is a Hollywood elite message to Obambo….get tough and start implementing radical socialism or we’ll dump you. For them, he’s just NOT RADICAL ENOUGH. Obambo is trying to placate those who want the ‘moderate’, the far left is issuing threats.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:24pmSo now Matt Damon is a racist too, right ?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:24pmMatt Damon, too little, too late. You’ve been exposed for who you are. I quit watching your movies long ago.
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:25pmI think what Matt Damon’s was saying is that Obama was not a radical enough Leftist.
Nothing to smile about, Conservatives.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:26pmnot funny
Don’t worry, the liberals will be roped in before the 2012 election. Never underestimate the machine.
Report Post »—————
That
jakartaman
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:31pmMatty thinks Barry is too much as centrist!! and not pink enough.
Jimmy Carter was a nuclear scientist too! Big /deep thinkers both of them.
Carter 1 term – obama 1 term
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:43pm“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven”…guess all that money not only replaces their need for a “higher power”…it also interferes with their propensity for “higher thinking”…
REDPILLREADY
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:46pmCareful here. I wouldn’t take anything these lying, sanctimonious socialists have to say. The radical left complaining about Pres. community organizer only makes him more acceptable to the mind-numb ‘independents’. My guess is we’ll have more of these public “critiques”. Watch the other hand.
Rogue
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:54pmI kinda miss watching Matt Damon movies. You know, back before I knew what a socialist tool he was. I haven’t given him a dime at the box office or at the rental store since.
My boycott list is quickly dwindling down my choices in movies, but at least I can feel good knowing that my hard earned cash has less of a chance at making its way to Democratic election funds.
Mhockey1505
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 3:57pmWinning
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:23pmhey matt..you are a lib dope that just is waking up…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:25pm@TheBlaze ~
Thank you for posting this story. I didn’t even know who Matt Damon was until he came up in a headline.
I don’t have the time to go to movies, and if his movies aren’t on Fox News, there’s no chance for me to watch him.
Report Post »rappini
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:27pmWhat is really amazing is all they had to do was a little research and old Matt boy would have known before he voted for Barry.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:31pm@LEFTIESAREDANGEROUS
Report Post »Our beloved Dear Leader won the Nobel Peace Prize……and he wasn‘t even tryin’!!! Too bad it doesn’t translate well to all of the unrest in the Middle East right now but it looks AWESOME on the fireplace mantle…..
hologram5
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:31pmShaka, when the walls fell….
Report Post »gofigureinternational
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:36pmObama brilliant? He is simply a Broadcast News Anchor…Remove his teleprompter/earpiece and he is an empty suit at best who hid his true identity from most of America pre-election thanks to a willing Progressive media. When Hillary was still in the hunt, there was a photo on CNN with Obama barefoot in Kenya with clothes in a pillowcase over his shoulder appearing in age to be around 18-20ish. I am sure the Clintons were likely floating it for an edge. It was shown a couple times and never surfaced again when it appeared Obama was pulling ahead. The mainstream media let you see the propaganda that they want you to see.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:01pm@Rogue. You got it. The list of people I refuse to see or support in any way is getting longer every day. I have this funny thing, where I refuse to support people who are so far left they can’t see straight. I say why watch awards when I don’t know who the heck these people are anyway. Never dreamed I’d become my mother (who never knew the current movie starzs) and I’d laugh at her. This is me now. ha
Report Post »But I do find it interesting the people are speaking out about the disappointment Obama has been. As for being brilliant, give me a break. He’s well learned in the Allinsky school, period. No common sense in him. Arrogance is his best ability.
Dale
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:01pmMATT: News alert! He did keep his promises. You were just to eager to believe what you THOUGHT he said. Perhaps you should learn to listen before supporting a candidate.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:12pm“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” — Winston Churchill
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:19pmMatt is finally realizing that Obama is a dufus? What took him so long?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 5:24pm@LetUsReason
Report Post »Because he’s Matt DAAMOOONN.
crolic9
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:01pmHe should just stick to making movies. These actors and actresses should use their money to help people instead of giving political advice. You never know when they are acting or not. As someone said, give his $ to Michael Moore he knows best ..LOL.. Why do these people want everyone else to give up the hard earned cash and they want to hold on to their own What’s up with THAT??… I tell you, when Mao sa tung took over he eliminated all the so called elates. Just sayen….
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:09pmI was going to post that! I like you, you’re funny :)
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:19pmTHE LEFT ATTACKS MR. OBAMA?
Report Post »Mr. Obama has been in office almost 2 years and has failed to stamp out the last vestiges of individual liberty. According to spokespersons on the left, This is proof of incompetence. Ridiculous, in less than two years the man has done more to destroy the American Revolution than any other politician in our history. Don’t be duped by this media blitz! The real message is ” the enemy of your enemy is your friend . If the left is against Obama he deserves your support.” Don’t be one of the gullible who is taken in by this preponderance of propaganda.
http://commonsense21c.com/
I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:33pmWow. Who knew Matt Damon was racist?? (well, speaking from personal experience I think that most liberals are racist deep down) Doesn’t he know that disapproval of Obama in anyway signifies you are racist??
Coincidently, since the healthcare debate I am no longer a fan of Damon’s either…
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:35pmMatt Damon is hardly a moron or a socialist. He was an honors student during his first year at Harvard College, and he is not calling for socialist policies out of the White House. He has specifically called for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which are not winnable, as well as the closing of Guantanamo, which offends our civil liberties and philosophies on individual rights. He also wants to see more progressive taxation rules, since the rich pay lower rates than the middle class. He also wants to see legalization of gay marriage, since it clearly is an equal protection under the law issue. I happen to agree with him on all of these points, but none of them make him or me a socialist. People around here throw that word around without an understanding of what it means. And it makes it tough to take seriously claims that Harvard-accepted Damon is a moron when at least he (unlike many here) knows how to use that term…
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:37pm“Applesauce B*tch!”
Report Post »I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:47pm@ABC You assume that a Haavad education is the only requirement needed to qualify someone as smart. This has been clearly demonstrated by the election of Obama, who indeed has a Haavad education, but is a flat out idiot with not even the common sense God gave a goose.
By the way, the rich have the highest tax rates, there are just have a ton of loop holes and write offs so if they spend their money thinking that from a write off/loop hole perspective, they indeed can get off paying less taxes than the middle class.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 6:58pm@Showtime,
“I don’t have the time to go to movies, and if his movies aren’t on Fox News, there’s no chance for me to watch him.”
There are OTHER places to watch movies than Fox News? Who told you this?
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:06pmRudyard Kipling: Gods of the Copy Book Headings;
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man,
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began:
That the dog returns to his vomit and the sow returns to her mice,
and the burnt fool’s bandaged finger goes wobbling back to the fire-
And that after this is accomplished and the brave new world begins
Report Post »When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins.
As surly as water will wet us, as surely as fire will burn
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
txbigfoot
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:08pmMatt who?
Report Post »An actor being an actor?
JGP
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:14pmABC, A Harvard, Yale education does not mean what it used to mean. Just as the Nobel Prize, Acadamy Awards…. They’ve allowed themselves to become tools.
Showtime, if you want to know who Mat Damon, member of the Film Actors Guild, is watch Team America. MAATT DAAMMON!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:26pm@abc
“He also wants to see more progressive taxation rules, since the rich pay lower rates than the middle class.”
In a free society, for tax purposes “upper” and “middle class” are arbitrary distinctions, since anyone can work to earn or create capital. No one is keeping anyone down except the normal market forces that act on everyone.
If you would like to be charitable to someone, then do so out of your own pocket, since everything you work for belongs to you, just like everything the rich and the poor alike work for belong to them.
“He also wants to see legalization of gay marriage, since it clearly is an equal protection under the law issue.”
Actually, gays have to claim to be UNEQUAL in order for them to claim this supposed right. It’s precisely because they are equal to straights that the same rule applies to them: that two heterosexual men or women cannot marry each other because the definition of marriage entails 1 man’s relationship to 1 woman.
But in their claim to be unequal to straights (a separate “class” of human), they actually reveal that it’s simply their preferences that place them into a supposed separate class; And in that their claim to the right to redefine marriage is based on a preference, they cannot then claim to be a separate “class”. We all have our preferences, but that does not make us significantly different than one another.
Against the obvious complementary aspects, both physical and psychological, of men to women, homosexuals expect others to accommodate them.
Straights and gays are not significantly different, and in fact, in the very identity of a homosexual resides proof that they are actually seeking acceptance AS their own gender. That is, they KNOW they are different than the opposite sex in a psychologically different way.
See here:
The Meaning of Same-Sex Attraction
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Dandylyon
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:46pmThe idea of a Hollywood idiot seeing the light is NEWS???????? Who give’s a damn Blaze.
This is all you got????????????
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:26pmMatt Damon says “I no longer hope for audacity.” Audacity?? Audacity???????? Well, you’ve been SCHOOLED in mendacity. You and many others…get over it, learn from it, and work TWICE as hard with your campaigning with the RIGHT party…….you weren‘t the only one ’fooled and lied to,,,,,’
Report Post »cbrown
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:11pmIf the far left and far right are not a fan of Obama then he is doing something right!! Damn that is not good.
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:36pmPoof! Losing! Why do SO many wealthy white actors feel guilty about their success. The silent majority gives generously and anonymously to the poor. As soon as People like Matt get rich they want to shut off the ‘it’s ok to succeed‘ valve in America and divvy up what’s left. Go to Cannes and leave us alone.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:48pmFinally sobered up from the Obama Koolade, that is getting pretty fashionable these days. You Oprah and Colin Powell along with the millions of others who voted for him, should all look in the mirror as you see the tremendous damage that is happening to our country and world.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:49pmWhile I was reading the article, in my head all I could hear was “Mattttt Dammoooon” from Team America.
One thing that bugs me. The notion that we can’t ask an actor about politics. Why ask? He’s just an actor!
Why ask anyone, why talk about it to anyone? You’re just a reporter. You’re just a business owner. You’re just a painter. You’re just a (insert job other than politician here).
We’re all entitled to our own opinions.
Report Post »oleblueeyes
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:52pmWhy do people care so much about what these entertainers think? Most of them are very rich “airheads” who don’t have a clue. If they are so concerned with the poor,the homeless,taxing the rich, why don’t they put their money where their mouths are and donate some of their millions to the cause of their choice?And while they’re at it they could sell some of the mansions and expensive cars and live like they want us to live. Being rich and famous doesn’t make them any smarter or wiser than an average Joe like me. If you listen to what comes out of their mouths it’s pretty evident they live in the fantasy world in which they act.
Report Post »Jules 59
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:01pm“His eyes wide open”—but not quite, just disappointed. Perhaps he was looking for something a little more radical.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:03pmHe doesn’t like Obama anymore? He must be a closet racist.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:57pmI’m no lnger and never was a fan either
Report Post »Of Matt Damon Or Barak Obamma…..
“Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it — whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”
Sense and Sensibility
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:07pmoleblueeyes -
Report Post »Matt Damon does donate to charities, 26 of them per this listing. In fact, he helped found 2 of them: http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/231-matt-damon.
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:37pm@American Soldier (Separated),
“Why ask anyone, why talk about it to anyone? You’re just a reporter. You’re just a business owner. You’re just a painter. You’re just a (insert job other than politician here).”
The point of the question is not to set apart actors as uniquely unqualified to talk about politics. The point is to caution against equating the ubiquitous nature of being an actor to the ubiquitous nature of commonly referenced sources of knowledge (dictionaries, encyclopedias, professors).
In other words, yes, an actor is entitled to speak his mind like everyone else, and may in fact have knowledge or experiences comparable to commonly referenced sources. But what is it about someone being an actor that seems to elicit careful attention to their words?
That’s the reason the question is important to ask.
Report Post »One1
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:39amSuch a shame. I like Matt.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:25ama moment of DUH….
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:39amMillions of people in poverty, what is it now 100x higher than when the when the liberals declared a war on poverty and started the bankruptcy of our nation.
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:43amCould I get a definition of brilliant? Cause I don‘t believe that I’ve seen smart out of the Bummer.
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 9:48amMatt go make another Bourne movie your true contribution to my fantasy life
Report Post »White Devil
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 12:11pmToo late to say your sorry dumbass liberal actor. The damage is done thanks to brainiacs like you. As usual you hollywood libs who are soooo much smarter than the rest of us are late to the party.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 1:52pmCareful Matt, you could now secretly be put on Obama’s “Enemies List”
Report Post »abc
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 2:36pmJGP and IChoose, I assume nothing. I was Damon’s classmate and suitemate at college until he later dropped out, so I know how smart he is and whether he subscribed to socialist ideas.
A Doctor’s Labor,
“In a free society, for tax purposes “upper” and “middle class” are arbitrary distinctions, since anyone can work to earn or create capital. No one is keeping anyone down except the normal market forces that act on everyone.”
Wrong. They are not arbitrary distinctions in the sense that you mean. Social mobility in the US has fallen so much that Western Europeans are now much more likely to reach a higher socio-economic level than their parents, as multiple studies have shown. But in any case, this country has supported a progressive tax structure for individual income since the invention of the income tax, so putting the top 30% or 3% in progressively higher brackets is a long-standing practice in the US, as it is in most countries around the world. It also comports with basic economic theory that holds that there is declining marginal utility in each additional dollar earned.
“If you would like to be charitable to someone, then do so out of your own pocket, since everything you work for belongs to you, just like everything the rich and the poor alike work for belong to them.”
Charity and taxes are two different things, and people should stop confusing the two. Taxes pay for government services that we have democratically decided as a society to provide and to pay for in differing degrees depending, not upon how frequently we use them, but on the basis of how well placed we are to pay for them. These services can include work that charities also promote (e.g., public health, education, etc.). But the vast majority of public dollars go toward systems that we collectively want to be covered by government rather than non-profits or for-profit entities. The groups here that maintain otherwise, are not in the majority, and countless polls have shown as much.
“Actually, gays have to claim to be UNEQUAL in order for them to claim this supposed right. It’s precisely because they are equal to straights that the same rule applies to them: that two heterosexual men or women cannot marry each other because the definition of marriage entails 1 man’s relationship to 1 woman.”
I think you are playing semantic games or confusing yourself. No interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause demands that the suspect class in question must be equal in the sense that you mean. Jews don’t have to be equal to Christians to claim that one cannot write a law stating that you have to be baptized a Christian to drive a car. Such a law would violate the EPC even as people would continue to maintain that Jewish does not equal Christian. Similarly, no one needs to claim that homosexual equals heterosexual to argue that anti-gay rules, such as an unnecessary requirement that marriage only apply to heterosexual couples, are also disallowed under the EPC. Of course, the Supreme Court has yet to rule on this case, but it would have to invent a non-existent harm that offends state interest in order to reach a conclusion upholding gay marriage bans. This is not based upon my personal morality, but merely an expression of the legal analysis that is done in all cases invoking the EPC.
“But in their claim to be unequal to straights (a separate “class” of human), they actually reveal that it’s simply their preferences that place them into a supposed separate class; And in that their claim to the right to redefine marriage is based on a preference, they cannot then claim to be a separate “class”. We all have our preferences, but that does not make us significantly different than one another.”
You don’t really understand how the analysis works. For the purposes of EPC, you have to determine whether a so-called “suspect class” is being treated unequally in a way that is not allowable under the Constitution. You are trying to take specialized words with a particular legal meaning and translate them into common parlance to make unsubstantiated claims about the intentions of gay people. This is foolish and deceptive.
“Against the obvious complementary aspects, both physical and psychological, of men to women, homosexuals expect others to accommodate them.”
There is little obvious about those aspects to gay people, who find same-sex partners highly complementary. And this is not about accommodating anybody. It is about treating everyone the same, unless a compelling state interest (i.e., avoiding a major harm) requires something different. Because no harm or state interest has been shown, it is unlikely that anti-gay laws will pass Constitutional muster. This is especially true as increasing scientific evidence has shown that homosexuality is highly controlled by genetics outside the control of the individual.
“Straights and gays are not significantly different, and in fact, in the very identity of a homosexual resides proof that they are actually seeking acceptance AS their own gender. That is, they KNOW they are different than the opposite sex in a psychologically different way. See here: The Meaning of Same-Sex Attraction, http://www.narth.com/docs/niconew.html”
With all due respect to Dr. Nicolosi, homosexuality is no longer considered a psychological illness according to the American Psychiatric Association, whose authoritative DSM sets the clinical standards for what is and what is not a mental illness. If you are claiming otherwise, that is your right. However, you are outside of the mainstream and will not find support in US courts for such claims.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:43amMatt, Matt, Matt. Dont you libs understand that when nobama says spending more on education, He means more money for the teachers unions. How much money have we already spent in the classroom, with little success and socialist/green environmentalism being taught rather that civics, ethics, math, and history.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:44amBOOM!!! Winning!!!
Report Post »bobby535
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 11:23amI’m not saying accept him as being honest, but some people do have a change of heart, and usually its the useful idiots that come around. Maybe he didn’t realize what he was doing or supporting. He did say something that I liked: “The children are being trained, not taught.” Understanding that is the most important step for long term success.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:44pmIf Matt Damon says your brilliant then you must be…lol.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:21pmArrogant Matt dons spectacles and pretends he is part of the intelligentsia. Your so smart Matt, you campaigned and voted for Barry, and now you think he has “misinterpreted his mandate”! Could it be that you misjudged the man?
Report Post »Just keep boycotting these asinine elitists in Hollywood. It is probably audacious to think that perhaps Matt and his daughters might learn something from Sarah Palin.
independentvoteril
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:31pmI am SURE Matt donates ALL his money to those who are living in POVERTY.. RIGHT???… Just think how many POOR he and MOORE can feed, clothe and open their homes for shelter..
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