All Hail Matt Damon?

I am sure no one is surprised to see another Hollywood personality stepping onto his, or her, makeshift podium; bellyaching about the newest and trendy political issue. Who wouldn't want to hear about a another national movement to save one-legged possums residing in a remote forest; where local villagers would like to drill a well to access clean drinking water (How Could You?). And with a majority of celebrities that have nothing more than an acting school within their pedigree, I am trying to dig deep to find appreciation for their mindless dribble. Somehow, a career path in acting, actually prepares you to solve both national and international issues ranging from domestic job creation to world hunger. I mean, come on, "Method Acting" could easily equate to solving Global Climate Change".

But in all fairness to Matt Damon, he did attend Harvard for a short period (Studying English), before his big break in acting. And among all the "Limousine Liberals" from Hollywood-Nation, I was open to watching his interview and insightful comments on Governor Sarah Palin. Maybe there was something not so obvious that Matt would point out, or maybe I would walk away in full agreement with regards to a wealth of poignant facts that I somehow left out of my decision process. Unfortunately, all I heard was the same ole, same ole, same ole...only this time with such vigor and anger, that I was left asking myself "Which One Was Scarier". What was terrifying (quoting Matt Damon), was not that Matt Damon did not bring up a valid point, but that his description of Sarah Palin's credentials and background, were no different than the candidate he was supporting. Okay; Barack is much more eloquent and mesmerizing, but then again forgive me, I prefer someone "talking to me", than "talking down to me". But, the elitists were proud: rather than the "Folksy" demeanor of a moose-hunting, take charge "Hockey Mom", they had the "bravado"of a highly-educated saviour from the Ivy-league halls of "I am Great, You Suck" University.

What made this interview so entertaining, was Matt's belittling sarcasm and excessive use of the word "Scary". And yes, by definition, "Causing Fright Or Alarm", I could agree that the term was accurately portrayed in defining the possibility of Sarah Palin as President. Now, that is the opinion of Matt Damon, and for so many other Americans; and rightfully so. Sure, Sarah was not running for president, and who really cares about the Vice President pick? Well we should, but never have - that is until now, where political angst had snowballed into the style of "Target Anything - Women, Kids, Senior Citizens, The Handicapped, And Pets...If Need Be". The real point is that Matt's critique (Terrifying.....wait, "Terr-if-fornication") was hypocrisy at best, given his candidates past and blatant executive inexperience. His position that he knows nothing about her, and will not know anything about her in eight weeks, is understandable. But the same can be said for Barack, who we know little about other than an unanswered origin of birth, Kenyan ties, and "Community Organizing" for "Thug" social activist groups. He makes fun of being a small-town mayor (You know, those small-town extremists who hold on to their God, Guns, and Values), and Governor for only two years; yet Barack mysteriously shot to the top of the ticket with unidentified connections and funding, and held less than "150 Days" of experience in the senate. He questions the qualifications and education of Sarah Palin, but does not question the fact that Barack's leadership qualities and education was molded by elitists, racists, socialists, communists, and domestic terrorists. While he tears apart Sarah's upbringing in a values-oriented small town, Barack was being mentored by radical activists that preached hate towards Caucasians and America. Matt Damon is "Terrified" of a small town mayor sitting down with the leaders of Russia (though she did govern and clean up the Alaska state government in several years and was responsible for a large portion of energy reserves), yet Barack stating he would sit down with terrorist-states like Iran, without preconditions, is not? I am not defending either candidates, but if you are going to take the high-road in making a political point, you better ask yourself the same questions. In fact, I think both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama were inexperienced and not fit for the job; which by my viewpoint fits the definition of "Scary". Then again, it was John McCain running against Barack Obama, Right? At one point, Matt seemed to lose track of the few, real points he had to say; that he started rambling about how he could not vote for a Vice President who believed dinosaurs were here only 4,000 years ago. First, for the record, we really do not know when dinosaurs were born, second we can not verify the accuracy of scientific dating, and third, what the "Blank" does that have to do with anything. And apparently, she likes to ban books too (that was an assumption made by Matt). Oh ,wait, wait, wait......I see, this is an attack the belief of "Creationism" and value-centric "Christianity". So now, apparently, under the guide, "Presidential 101", there is an ammendment that you have to believe in evolution to run a country. I did not see that, but thanks Matt for pointing it out (and since you would not allow any books on "Intelligent Design", isn't that "Banning" books). I do not know how that affects your ability to run a country, but apparently in "Liberal-Nation" these are not qualifications. Could you imagine if john McCain ripped into a Muslim belief system and attacked a potential candidate, the media would have had a field day.

More surprising is that Matt Damon called the pick of Sarah Palin a "Disaster" and a political move - yeah, because we are all surprised that politicians use strategy, that Democrats are immune to this type of behavior, or that Matt really is that naive in the process of government. Of course it was politics, and so was picking Barack Obama - a point in time of distress and hunger with a need for a "Iconic" symbol of change; the Democrats picked a multi-racial individual who could be well-liked and sold to the American public. Apparently, experience was not necessary. It was an excellent political strategy, and kudos to them. The Republicans were so desperate that they indeed picked a women to offset the wave of emotion; a "Wild Card" move that proved at first to shake fear in the Democratic party. But in the end, their lackluster pick came back to haunt them; and I can understand the consensus that was against her. Beyond the political nature of the selections, race and sex should not be factors; qualifications should be. But the same logic should have been applied to both candidates, which was not the case. If your stance was that Barack was more educated and eloquent; and sounded more presidential, okay. But, apparently, that was more important that his questionable past, which I seem to value more. Do not get me wrong, I do not want any "Smmmuck" up there, but I will take experience over knowledge, since wisdom is gained from the former. But since neither had experience, I guess we were left with image over substance. And in the end, this election became the "Lessor Of Two Evils"; which isn't how it always is? It is a good thing our government has checks and balances built into it. It is a good thing that the President surrounds himself with educated people to make sure he/she is covered. And that is a reassuring, since according to Matt Damon, McCain had the potential to die once taking the oath.

But in the end Sarah's fate was sealed by "Big-City Folk", like my fellow New Yorkers, who said, "I just could not find anything in common with her". Since when do we vote for a candidate based on commonality? I see, so if the woman was wearing Prada shoes and sporting a Fendi handbag, while saving the world from her BMW; that would have satisfied the "WASP(y)" and "JAP(y)" ingrates from their plush apartments surrounded by the comforts of fine living. So yes, how scary, and how terrifying we could ever think of supporting a women who holds only small town values and has limited, but executive experience; yet we would support an "Ivy League" elitist who holds a distrust for anything "White" or "American", combined with a similar lack of experience. I agree with both; and Matt Damon does have a point, but he conveniently left half of the argument out. Then again, growing up in the comfy, wealthy, and elite are of Cambridge (Boston, MA.); raised by a "Banker" and a "Professor", one could easily see how a subjective, distorted view could materialize into "Chicken Little" (eg. The Sky Is Falling). You would have thought Paul Revere was making his final stretch through Damon's town ranting, "The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming"! But then again, time after time, "Hollywood-Nation" has proven that somehow being an actor (given the wide spectrum of credentials?); standing on a garbage can and shouting dissent, qualifies them as "someone you need to listen to". So thank you Mr. Damon, I finally found something to really fear: the threat of Al-Qaeda was starting to become old news.