I'm a Democrat and I'm all for Obama/Biden. We strive for some kind of transparency here so we try to make our preferences known and most of the writers for the site are Democrats. That said, we're all getting a little tired of the political banter. Personally I like to focus on the celebrities to take my mind off the big bad world, which sometimes seems like it's going to hell in a handbasket depending on your perspective. I've found that if I pay attention to all the minutiae of politics and the "real news" I can get upset and have to look at the beautiful elite and their problems to remind myself that everything is going to be ok. Look, Nicole Richie's baby is so sweet and doesn't she have such personality at that age? See how that lifted your mood? Babies transcend world problems and political beliefs.
When celebrities talk politics though, it's hard to ignore all of them. Especially when they're really outspoken and adamant about their political beliefs. Matt Damon has spoken out against Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin calling her candidacy "absurd" and poking fun of her "folksy" image as a hockey mom. While I agree with some of his assertions about her lack of experience and the fact that she just kind of burst onto the political scene, he does get a little too focused on who she is as a person. At the end he says he would like to know if she thinks dinosaurs were on the earth 4,000 years ago, which is something the creationists believe, and if she banned books, which was asserted by Time Magazine in an article about Palin. Damon says there's a 1 in 3 chance by some estimates that Palin might be become President if McCain is elected.
Despite my similar political beliefs, I'm not really comfortable with seeing celebrities be so adamant against a candidate. I think it makes the side they support easier to vilify. It's like people will say "Damon is pissed off, who does he think he is to dismiss Palin? Look at his guy." He seems to be more upset with what Palin and McCain represent than with who Palin is as a person. Maybe he should be talking about what they'll do for the country instead. It's possible he did talk about all that, and it got distilled down to this segment where he kind of went off on Palin. A lot of celebrities agree with him, but they're not likely to be so blunt in the way they state it.
Damon is shown in the header at the Toronto Film Festival on 9/9/07. Credit: Solarpix / PR Photos
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