He brings up a few interesting points, but don’t forget that on the other side of the coin, Barack is even scarier as he’s a socialist and who knows what horror will become of our country if he becomes president!

I happen to be a registered Republican with a strong background in Math and Science (Masters degree from Johns Hopkins). Although I tend to scoff at most opinions offered up by entertainers, there are a few, like Mr. Damon whom I will give a moment of my time - he atteneded Harvard afterall you know… even if he dropped out to pursue $$ in Tinsel Town!!

Concerning the actuarial tables, Matt simply mispoke. McCain’s chances of living EIGHT more years (not 4) are about 68%... or almost 1 in 3 that he does not live. For a 4 year term, his chances of survival jump to 86%.

And for the (non math major) who commented below about adding the figures in the actuarial tables… you can’t do that. Individual probabilities must be multiplied to obtain a joint probabilty. So you figure the probability of survival for one year (1-prob of death) and mult that by the probability for each additional year. Here are the figures for the other candidates:

Candidate (age) / Prob Alive after 4yrs / Prob Alive after 8 yrs

McCain (72) / 86% / 68%
Palin (44) / 98% / 96%
Obama (47) / 98% / 95%
Biden (67) / 92% / 82%

As for the dinosaur comment. I chuckled. That’s kinda funny actually. I think it was meant to be too, but I hope Matt doesn’t think that ALL Christians think the Earth is 6000 years old. I’m a Christian and I most certainly do not think that, nor do I believe that a proper interpretation of the Old Testament requires one to believe that. But that’s another whole topic.

So, Matt is right to be concerned. I hope she doesn’t think dinos were kicking the ancient Sumerians asses either. That would be silly and a good reason NOT to be in the White House or anywhere near it.

Why would anyone give a FU## what Matt Damon thinks about Sarah Paline - because he’s a “movie star?”  What the hell!  Or is this a publicity stunt for you Matty!  Oh, by the way, I don’t think you’re one bit handsome.  Get a nose job! 

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“Your side?” Frank?  Do you really buy that we are on opposite sides?  Maybe you should get out MORE…

Sounds like you might believe that drivel about artist and actors not being “allowed” to speak out.  Well have you figured out that the BIGGEST actors of all time are most of the politicians who lie to us on a daily basis?  Step out of the box my friend…

This guy is not helping your side, he should be kept under wraps along with Streisand.  I’m not saying they’re bad people but they don’t help you.

“I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago ... because she’s gonna have the nuclear codes.” Dude!

Actually, it’s 6000 years ago. Noah launched his behemoth laden vessel during bad weather 6000 years ago according to Palin. She’s running on that ticket.

She is being kept hidden because she has committed dastardly deeds in Alaska and they don’t want anyone to ask her about them. If Charles Gibson, who after watching his actions when Hillary and Barack were in their debate, gives Palin the really revealing questions then and only then will I believe he is not a racist.  He treated Obama like he was a criminal. So if he doesn’t give her the questions that America is asking, then I want them to let someone like Roland Martin ask her some questions.

OK, here’s the deal- in language as simple and irrefutable as I can make it:

If you are happy with the way things are in America right now, vote for the people who made it that way.

If you think we are on a disastrous path and want things to improve, vote for the people who will honestly try to bring about those improvements. 

It’s really very simple, but as we have proven in the past, so are we…

All the rest is noise.

You go, Matt!  More of Obama’s surrogates need to be out there slinging the hash, following Matt’s lead. This was well and simply put, and, yes, the idea of a President Palin is frightening, especially someone with her narrow view of morality.  Can you imagine what the Supreme Court would look like under this woman? 

The people voting for McCain/Palin will vote for them regardless of their positions, that’s what’s frightening about their voters. That people could cast a vote for someone because they think “she’s kinda like me” means our civic discourse is bottom drawer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTzyU5MFgM&eurl=http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/10/matt-damon-sarah-palin-really-bad-disney-movie

I agree! Why isn’t everyone demanding that she answer questions NOW. Not after a period of grooming. Not only as long as people give her the deference she and her party feel is her due. Step up, Palin and party! If she’s so great, stop hiding behind accusations of sexism!

Yeah.., sure. I get Damon’s point on a Palin presidency that is very unlikely to occur in the next 4 yrs. But this Obama dude has been around for 4 yrs now, and not a whiff of concern has come up about a “community organizer” who has a history of rubbing shoulders with admitted terrorists (Yes, AFTER he was 8 yrs old) and attending the “GD America” church having the nuclear codes. At least Palin would point the nukes away from our own homefront. I say that figuratively of course, I don’t really believe Obama would nuke us.

The actual lies are bad enough, but even worse is the overall lying atmosphere.  I was stunned at the T.V. ad touting McCain and Palin as agents of change.  WHAT?!  Aren’t they of the same party as the criminals now in Washington?  Is war peace?  Is freedom slavery?  Are lies truth?  Orwell is turning over in his grave.

President Palin is a terrifying scenario and here’s one that’s even scarier: If a no-nothing character from an implausible movie script can flip the country as she’s done, you better believe that Rove and his compadres will soon be haunting the second rung beauty pageants for a whole bevy of Palins that they can groom in low level political posts and then use as fronts for their political machinations that will last until the country’s done for.  Far-fetched?  The current movie Matt Damon is talking about is far-fetched too, but we could soon be living it.  I don’t know who I’m disgusted with more—Palin or the American public, who seem to care more about being sold a tube of toothpaste (I see Palin as Pepsodent, don’t you?)  than voting in their best interests and on the issues.

McCain=Sensodyne
Paline=Pepsodent
Hillary=Crest
Barack=Rembrandt (or Tom’s??  or some weird tarry thing from Africa????).
          When people complain that they don’t know who he is, that’s what
          they mean; they don’t know what brand of toothpaste he is.

I really don’t care about dinosaurs that much; I am far more concerned about how this will affect my family.  Does she agree with the Bush Administration on Iraq, on the economy, on deregulation of everything?  We know she agrees with them on oil, on judges, on destruction of the environment.  I don’t care that she believes in creation.  I’ll give it to her.  God created the heavens and the earth some time in the past.  I wasn’t there I don’t know about it.  I don’t care.  This election is about the future and that’s my concern.  She does not, if John McCain were to die in office, have the knowledge, skills or capability to lead this country out of the abyss created by the Bush Administration.

Gov. Palin is uniquely unqualified for this job and, of course, this was a purely political pick.  I just cannot believe that anyone with an IQ over 70 would even consider voting for this woman and the old fool who picked her.

Damon says if you look up the actuarial tables there is a one in three chance that McCain will die within the next four years.
I’d really like to know which tables he’s been using because the actuarial tables supplied by the U.S. government indicate a one in seven chance, NOT a one in three chance.
Take a look at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html
If you add up the four years for males from ages 72 to 75 you get 0.151985 which translates to about 1/7th or one in 7.

It just might be a pig. John McCain is certainly a pig with his boarish behavior, not that I think Obama intended it that way and who could blame him if he did so subconsciously or even consciously. No wonder Bush wants him to succeed, we could actually have a worse president than him if he wins. Were the stakes not so high I would actually like to see John McCain handle whats’a coming -  but then again he’s in on the fix anyway. What I love is these good christians, Bush and Palin justa lyin every chance they get. I’m sure Jesus is so proud.

I hope we don’t hear any bs from people who think celebrities ( esp. American citizens, protected by 1st amendment, and all that)shouldn’t speak about politics.

Yes, Matt Damon, Palin really does believe in creationism, she really does want books banned, she really is against women’s rights, she really did say that the Iraq war is an act of God, she really did fire most of her officials when she got into power, and yes, her church really thinks the U.S. is doomed, and when that happens, survivors will flock to Alaska as the haven for all believers.  Yes, that is Sarah Palin. And that’s why McCain won’t let her speak to anyone. Be very afraid.