Matt Damon On Palin: "Like A Really Bad Disney Movie... Totally Absurd," Palin Responds (VIDEO)

UPDATE BELOW: PALIN RESPONDS

Actor Matt Damon spoke out on the Republicans' choice of hockey-mom Sarah Palin for VP. Damon compares her rise to a 'really bad Disney movie' and says it's absurd that this woman could become President.

"I think there's a really good chance Sarah Palin could become president, and I think that's a really scary thing... I think the pick was made for political purposes... Do the actuary tables and there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term and it'll be President Palin... It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, 'oh, I'm just a hockey mom'... and she's facing down President Putin... It's totally absurd... it's a really terrifying possibility... I need to know if she really think that dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. I want to know that, I really do. Because she's gonna have the nuclear codes.

UPDATE: PALIN CAMP RESPONDS:

Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for Palin, called the comments "name-calling."

"It's not surprising that the Barack Obama and his celebrity supporters continue to tear down Governor Palin with little more than blatant name-calling," she said. "It's clear they're threatened by a candidate who actually has a record of achieving reform and change, while Barack Obama just talks about it."

WATCH DAMON'S WHOLE STATEMENT:

Comments

[Norge]

Yes you could not be more correct. Palin is a real dinasour, barecuda. If Alaskans had ray guns some would use them also for the killing and feeding they do there. Real nature lovers and control freaks.

[btanner]

Even scarier knowing that her brand of government (all-out secrecy and no transparency) is just so like Bush. Nixon created so many monsters. The evil that men do lives after them.

[brenner21]

Matt, your agent just called. All those Disney scripts he sent you -- he says you can "roundfile em"

[eugenegerard]

It's not surprising that the Barack Obama and his celebrity supporters continue to tear down Governor

Repugs just lie. "The" Barack Obama has not attacked this lieing evangelical shill. Matt is understating the abomination which is Sarah Palin.

[catlax24]

Thank you Matt! I couldn't agree more; it is totally absurd that she has made it this far without having to express her views on important topics. No one knows her and that is how the McCain group wants it; and what we do know is frightening. Keep speaking your mind!

[essy1]

Damon reflects the concern of all sane Americans.

All patriotic Americans should stand up and make their concern heard.

We cannot have our country taken away from us again by an incompetent President.

[Placard]

Sarah Palin's interview reminded me of Paula Abdul on American Idol.

[AbrakadaBarak]

Sarah, the honeymoon is over! You must now know that McBush is not the right choice to tango with. Your family, with all it's yearnings, needs your attention. Alaska welcomes you back, so please stay where you rightfully belong. The world is too complex for a hockey mum to plunge into, head on without a clue. You already have your hands full. McBush are only using you. Thank god you're back home safely. Good luck with the family. BTW, save the beautiful flora & fauna of Alaska.

[CrystalOrlando]

She is more qualified and why can't we support a woman who has moved up, taken on the "ole boys network" and didn't have to be in Playboy to do it?

Women, where are you? I supported Hillary and thought Obama totally DISRESPECTED HER. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

We've come a long way, support women, I never thought our country would bash and woman who is raising a family and fixing corruption in her own state.

Common Matt, let's see YOU do that...

[dscsc]

Yeah, like when Sarah Palin started charging rape victims for medical exams, that was totally a major hit to the old boys network!

Seriously, if you're not a Republican campaign employee trolling the internet to post messages like this, then you've taken the "straight-talk express" to crazy town.

[andhakari]

Sara Palin is no Hillary Clinton. Palin's record is not of reform but of corruption. Balancing a budget is not so hard when you get more handouts from the federal government per capita than any other state in the union thanks to the greed of the state's corrupt and indcted republican US congresmen.

[shothot]

Apparently, you haven't scratch the surface of the Palin family, kid's drug use, sexual promiscuity, which might explain the pregnancy. Needless to say, the soon to be father is not happy about the "shotgun nups" either. Suddenly, they're getting married. Ha!
Describes himself as a redneck.
Mat didn't mention the good stuff. He's just trying to alert us to the possible destruction of the country.

[shothot]

Crystal, your tunnel vision amazes me. Disrespect! How about being called a Muslim as a ploy to discredit your religous beliefs. How about having your wife dissed. A woman, a mother, who set an example for all women. Someone who came from nothing, gave up a great job to work with children. They're called "uppity" for setting an example, the Amercian dream at work. Uppity for working in the community to better the lives of the disenfranchised.
If anything, Barack personally honored Hillary throughout the primaries, and always taking the high road while being dissed by the campaign. You're not listening. Your maniacal fixation on Hillary has distorted your ability to engage in what's real. There is too much at stake to shadowbox with this country's future. Either you're a true democrat or you're not. This is not about Hillary or Obama! It's about all of us.

[UGAgirl]

To say that you supported Clinton, and now are worried that someone may be picking on Palin...yo­u are either in need of medication or you aren't aware of how these two candidates differ. Seems you might be the sexist one here; the only thing these two women have ever had in common is the ability to bear children.
And, fixing corruption?? Maybe you should read page 1 of the NYT. Can you imagine who this woman would appoint as head of FEMA?!?

[jack-comment1]

Believe or not one more time I still will say talking what ever you said against them will desere be leadership our country...­.. honorable like them Mcain & sarah .Ready for the interests for our country our people both with many experiences will bring stabilize, peace,job,new strategy security we don't need now someone who will be training with our money our land our people our security the little one we handle in this moment thinking abuot just be focus smart don't let USA retreat we need work with senses let me see .......How many still silly like him Matt nothing in his brain think about thank you please don't hide my comments it very important

[LarryKingBarelyAlive]

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[AbrakadaBarak]

I call it "Larry King Unlive". lol

[EvoMan]

I fear for our country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13sat1.html?em

[Funkemariechen]

I fear for our planet.

Remember: it's a globalized world we live in.

Will Mc.Cain/Pa­lin finally sign the Kyoto-Protocol? I suppose not.
Instead they want to expand oil drilling (!!!)

That is what I may call: "Out of touch"

Funkemariechen, Berlin

[mrspowell]

John Wayne McCain said the same thing about Hillary Clinton about pigs with lipsticks and nothing was said about it, and when Mr Obama said it was a big deal, and I believe it was said before she was even picked for to become Vice President, they need to stop telling lies and if you lose take it like a man. And they keep saying how her son was going ti Iraq so is Biden but you don't see him keep coming out on tv and she is not the only one with a child in the war, and I hope white women who husband that are losing their job and they are losing their big homes wake up and smell the coffee and get them Devils out of office, because if they don't it will be alot of people on welfare and begging for money on the corners and where I live I see alot of white people. so wake up.

[LesGuv]

Matt “Really” Damon has Bourne’s amnesia.
Hey, Matt. Sarah Palin is a governor. Remember those? One of only 50 in America. More exclusive than even our exalted United States senators. That’s OK, Matt, but this part is real important, so try to focus:
A governor occupies the political position most like that of the American president. Both are executives of their governments, whether state or federal. Mayors are similar, but on a much smaller scale. Therefore, Palin has years of experience in executive governance. Barack Obama has none.
See how that works, fella?
Governors make actual decisions, too, Matt. Decisions are those scary things Obama ran from 130 times as a state legislator, voting “present”. The one task he was elected to do. It’s funny how that hockey mom you ridicule has more political guts, initiative and work ethic than your Harvard educated, hot-air enthusiast.
Time to be a real man, Matt, not just act like one. Go compare Palin’s actual results fighting a corrupt Alaska state government with Obama’s cowering allegiance to the corrupt Chicago political machine.
Notice how Palin pushed for and achieved the type of change and reform Obama only speaks of, but never attempts. Can you handle that research, Matt?
Oh, that’s right. You just memorize lines.
Like, maybe for a “really bad Disney movie”.

[EvoMan]

Fighting a corrupt state government? Right. She's under investigation for corruption, Ace.

[Diana]

What's most disturbing about you, lesguv, is not what you believe (whatever that is), but your efforts at propagandizing damon's statements. They are indeed, lesguv, talking point repetitions, lesguv, repititions.

Just like in the palin interview with gibson, lesguv, where, you know, lesguv, in every reply she mentioned 'charlie,' you know, like she was told to do by the propagandists cause it's good PR, lesguv, sounds endearing.

The point here is, lesguv, i don't believe for one moment that you believe this nonsense about governors' qualificat­ions....yo­u are just a paid troll, and the signs are everywhere.

Time to be a real man, lesguv, and get a real job.

[AzRealProgressive]

I guess his retort would be for you to stand up and be a real woman, and find your own job. You throw insults at him, yet nowhere do you dispute his post. My thought is that you cant dispute it, just throw poo at it.

[Oomingmak]

LOL. Nice try at the use of faux condescension as wun o' them litrary toolz.

[AbrakadaBarak]

It ironic that they, i.e. McBush/Palin paint Obama as a wolf, when Palin & Co. have decimated wolves from the Alaska wilderness­/dictionar­y. Obama is not going away!

[AbrakadaBarak]

Bourne's amnesia, with a version1-2-3-and even 4-5..., is inundating. Matt's presentation is superb, to say the least. Wakeup LesGuv, from your snoring. You sound like "Screeching Palin", and it's deafening.

[AzRealProgressive]

Hi is not snoring. For you it is reality, and that is deafening.

[Lexarae]

I agree with McDongal! Matt is great to look at in the Borne movies but he needs to get his facs straight. Hello...I think her resume states a little more then hockey mom!

[McDougal]

Lexarae, read my post again. You don't agree with me, you agree with Cuddles. Damon's success doesn't disqualify him from having a VALID opinion.

[shothot]

Surprised she gets the term "mom" attached to hockey. Pregnant daughter and from some reliable news sources, kids gone wild".
Can't serve two gods at once. your kids will suffer for your ambitions. That's really what's going on.
But the Repubs are now condoning unprotected wild sex. With all the recent white house sex scandals from the Repubs evangelicals, it was inevitable. these are the people behind close doors that are, "wild and crazy"!!
Thanks Mat. Your patriotism goes beyond your theatrical life.

[histprof]

Actually, your comment should read little more "than" a hockey mom. Totally disagree with you, but thanks for sharing.

[AzRealProgressive]

And prof, if one was to follow your line, how des that make Obama look? He has no executive experience and has never even ran so much as a dollar store. What has he been in charge of? Has he ever met a payroll? No. Has he ever been responsble for his own decisions? No.

[midwestvoter]

The woman is a scary holy roller Pentacostal. They are praying for and preparing for the rapture. In other words, they are praying for the destruction of our planet and the human race! Electing her to office is like electing that Jim Jones cult leader who convinced all his followers to drink the cyanide and giving him the power to start Armegeddon by nuking Russia. John McCain in his unsatiable ambition has done this to our country. God help us if Sarah Palin gets anywhere near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.