"Matt Damon Whines About Getting Brad Pitt’s Rejected Roles"

[Cha]

Matt Damon joins the legions of celebrities whining about problems that you wish you could have.

snip//

For instance no one else in this world would be able to whine about getting Brad Pitt’s soggy leftovers, and get away with it.

The actor, best known for movies that don’t suck a rusty bolt/ having the good manners to know how to act, gave an interview with The Sunday Times. To be clear, no, we have not yet graduated from our beloved comics to fancy-people newspapers. Though, on occasion, we do need to crack open a page or two. Just to see what all the fuss is about.

Matt Damon: I Get Brad Pitt's Rejected Roles

Matt seems to think his whole career has been about picking up other’s leftovers. “You could accuse me of piggybacking on other people’s brilliance more than anything,” he explained.

The whole thing reads as though the seconds we’re talking about are day-old pizza, rather than steak.

Damon says most of his success comes from piggybacking off actors like Brad who are always offered roles before he is. “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine,” he told the Sunday Times. “Ask anybody on the street which actors starred in the Ocean’s movies, and they’ll tell you it was George and Brad. I’m ‘support’ in Ocean’s . As I was in Saving Private Ryan — Tom Hanks carried that movie.

http://www.hecklerspray.com/matt-damon-whines-about-getting-brad-pitts-rejected-roles/201044341.php

http://www.hollyscoop.com/matt-damon/matt-damon-i-get-brad-pitts-rejected-roles.html

Yeah, it's from 3 years ago.. a year after Matt Damon started whining about Pres Obama in 2009

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Matt Damon recently announced his disappointment in President Barack Obama. "Everyone feels a little let down," he revealed in an interview. But not everyone in Hollywood feels the same way.

The Dish Rag hung out in the star-studded Spirit Awards Elle Green Room with Jeff Bridges, Carey Mulligan, Vera Farmiga Gabourey Sidibe, Jeremy Renner, Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre and "Sex and the City" stud Jason Lewis.

We asked "Southland" star Regina King what she thought about Obama's accomplishments as she perused the sponsors Smashbox cosmetics, White House Black Market scarves and Keds sneakers.

"In all honesty, Obama really walked into a sh*t storm," King told us exclusively. "It takes a whole lot more to clean up this drama. He walked into a trillion dollar debt and two wars going on that weren't his wars and now they're his wars."

"I don't think a year is enough time to judge the man," she adds. "I'm still totally supportive of him. I'm not one of those who jump ship."

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Spirit presenter and V-Day activist Rosario Dawson expressed her views in the Independent Spirits Official Presenters lounge.

I think it's great to have someone saying, 'Hey where's all this change that we were expecting to see,' but we also need to understand that this is going to take some time. We have to be calm and understanding about that. It's just not going to be Obama. We have to inspire more leaders to step up."

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2010/03/regina-king-rosario-dawson-respond-to-matt-damons-obama-diss.html

Matt Damon: "Everyone feels a little let down.." Should have spoken for yourself, asshole.

[ProSense]

1. Hypocrisy:

Matt Damon's Attacks on Obama Hypocritical?

<...>

But last week Damon begrudgingly admitted that he sends his own children to private schools, a fact that he had not publicly acknowledged before.

Damon said of the seeming contradiction between what he says and what his family actually does: "Ultimately we don't have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair."

Like many celebrities insulated by the bubble known as privilege, he seems oblivious to the fact that life is really unfair for people who genuinely don't have a choice regarding where to send their kids to school because writing a big check to a private school is not an option for those people. But maybe if they win a lottery, a high-caliber charter school might be.

<...>

But making Damon's hypocrisy even more interesting is the fact that he has escalated his attacks on President Obama in recent years for alleged ideological hypocrisy, the same thing Damon is being accused of now. He reiterated his disappointment in the Obama presidency in the same interview in which he acknowledged that his children attend private school.

Damon's criticism of the president has become so well known, the president joked about it in his speech at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner. "I've even let down my key core constituency: movie stars," the president said. "Just the other day, Matt Damon -- I love Matt Damon, love the guy -- Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well, Matt, I just saw The Adjustment Bureau, so right back atcha, buddy." The comment drew great laughter.

- more -

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/matt-damons-attacks-obama-hypocritical

[bluestate10]

20. I can see a well known person sending his or her kids to private school. That provides a safer haven

for the children. They can still be taught important social values by their parents. Damon should just come out and say that because of who he is, his kids would have a hard row in public schools. And he can then write some checks for public school arts education.

[Cha]

21. "The President joked about it".. matt didn't think it was so funny.

Damon's criticism of the president has become so well known, the president joked about it in his speech at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner. "I've even let down my key core constituency: movie stars," the president said. "Just the other day, Matt Damon -- I love Matt Damon, love the guy -- Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well, Matt, I just saw The Adjustment Bureau, so right back atcha, buddy." The comment drew great laughter.

Thank you so much for this, ProSense. Damon is such a freaking hypocritical Whiner.

[SomethingFishy]

25. Yeah what a prick. He should send his kids to public school like everyone else.

Are you telling me you wouldn't send your kids to private school if you could afford it?

[Cha]

51. It's the hypocrisy.. my daughter sends her kids to private schools but she doesn't

get out and tout public education and carp on President Obama.

The son of an education activist, Damon has been one of the most prominent Hollywood supporters of teachers unions, and public schools in general. As the keynote speaker at a Washington, D.C., rally, Damon said, "I attended public schools, and I would not trade that education and experience for anything." This is a familiar talking point of Damon's, particularly when he is criticizing the Obama administration's education policies and charter school proponents, many of whom argue that charter schools are the only viable educational alternative for children in poor neighborhoods.

[SomethingFishy]

55. So then Obama is a hypocrite because his kids are in private school

and he touts public schools? Or is it ok for him because he is a public figure.. unlike Damon.

These attacks on Damon seem.. like... silly nonsense.

[Cha]

59. Yeah, only Damon can spout his hypocrisy and whine. he's untouchable.

[SomethingFishy]

71. And the rest of us need to shut up and get with the program?

Or risk the wrath of Cha and Prosense?

[Vanje]

137. Um

Doesn't Obama send his kids to private school?

Hell, I would too, if I could afford it.
Wealthy peoples kids go to private school.
The president and Matt Damon are both well-to-do.

[QC]

165. Liberals are supposed to be poor, or else they are hypocrites.

Popular right wing meme that has made its way onto DU, like so many other popular right wing memes lately.

It's like the business about Michael Moore being a phony because he has money.

[dflprincess]

58. At least he isn't whining about paying taxes to support public schools

like some people who send their kids (or don't have kids) to private schools do.

I really don't see any hypocrisy in it- as noted in another post, there are security issues to consider as well.

[abelenkpe]

97. Wait, what?

If someone sends their kids to a private school they shouldn't support the public school system? Shouldn't advocate for the public school system or support fair wages and benefits for public school teachers?

Or are you saying you support further privatization of the public school system?

[arcane1]

105. Yes. And if you have a good-paying job and complain about minimum wage, you're a hypocrite.

[G_j]

112. so does that mean if you have plenty to eat

you can 't advocate that people get food stamps?

[Scuba]

49. Damon criticized Obama, and therefore must be destroyed.

That it?

[City Lights]

52. In a nutshell.

[ProSense]

56. I'm not

a fan of his criticisms

Matt Damon Blasts Obama: “One-Term President With Balls” Would Be Better
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100256724

[RetroLounge]

60. “One-Term President With Balls” Would Be Better

AGREED

RL

[ProSense]

63. Yeah, Obama winning re-election made his detractors sad. n/t

[RetroLounge]

67. Which detractors are those?

Republicans? I would hope so.

This OP?

A f*cking joke, just like most of the cheerleader bullshit posted in GD these days by the truly faithful.

RL

[ProSense]

82. Are you pretending you don't know? n/t

[Mojorabbit]

145. I actually got a good belly laugh from the op. Scraping the bottom of the barrel. LOL nt

[donheld]

164. You are not a fan of ANYBODIES criticisms of Obama.

Whether they have a point or not.

[Matariki]

131. Right, what a joke.

Some folks here are so transparent it's embarrassing.

[Vanje]

139. Under the bus, Mr. Damon!

[silvershadow]

158. Apparently.

[TransitJohn]

167. Pretty much. It's unbelieveable.

Remember when DU was a place of real thoughtful analysis of the Party and the Left in general? It's a hollow husk of it's former self.

[Scuba]

168. Actually, the thoughtful analysis is still here, but hard to find amongst the cheerleading and...

... ad hominem attacks.

[QC]

171. Yep.

[sheshe2]

64. Yes and,

Now that Damon has been shown not to be the progressive purist on one issue that he pretended to be, perhaps he will cut the president some slack for not living up to Damon's high expectations on the host of issues the president is responsible for. Damon did say, however, in that interview last week, "As disturbed as I am by a lot of the things that Obama has done and is doing, I would not have preferred a Romney presidency, that's for sure. The alternative is even more frightening."

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/matt-damons-attacks-obama-hypocritical

[Cha]

78. That's highly doubtful, she.

"Now that Damon has been shown not to be the progressive purist on one issue that he pretended to be, perhaps he will cut the president some slack for not living up to Damon's high expectations on the host of issues the president is responsible for."

[freshwest]

69. The progressive education he misses does still exist in progressive districts.

I'm taking his complaint with a grain of salt. The rich and famous don't live the kind of lives most of us do, tied to one place and one home, dependent on the people around them to be safe and give their kids opportunities for socialization and learning about other people. The typical super star actor or actress lives just like other super rich do. They live in exclusive areas that don't have the need for public schools, and they don't advocate paying for them. Anymore than they care about fire and police levies, food stamps, social services, mass transit, etc. But these are the bricks and mortars of most our lives, and provided to us by OUR government.

In this fellow's defense, he's famous and that can be a threat to his life and that of his family. Just like Obama has his kids in private schools, and so do most politicians. Being a famous politician is quite dangerous. Just imagine one of the libertarian RWNJs' deciding to 'water the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants' or an elected official. And those in Hollywood are not immune to stalkers, either.

And I have not followed this little hissy fit in the media being described here, either. But I can't defend him too much, since he's denigrating a man who has done more to lift the lives of millions of people whose path he will never cross, cannot help, and doesn't want to know about. Not because he's a bad person. He's just not aware.

People like Damon don't have time, except as a sort of entertainment to go see how 98% of Americans live, much those who are really bad off. Kind of like visiting the zoo, they go around and look at the homeless and throw some crumbs at the caged folks, but what do they do to end the savage inequality that the media promotes and pays them so well to keep our minds off of it?

Sorry, but they are just another media diversion off the stage as they are on it.

Matt and other have their own entourage to keep their schedule, manage transportation, clotbing, shopping, meals, hotel rooms and all that. Don't get me wrong. He is a very specialized human being who can memorize and recite a script in a credible way for the most part. And they do work for very long hours and with more commitment than many jobs. So it all evens out.

When he or other actors start talking off script, anything is liable to come out of their mouth. They are not held responsible for it. If Obama was to announce for the LULZ that he was going to do this or that outrageous thing, there would be panic. Not just in the markets, but other places. Screwing up with just one word, can cost people's lives. Is it any wonder he takes his time talking and his hair is white already?

Is Matt in charge of that kind of thing, making the choice in a world half full of savagery and hatred?

While the elites in media may sympathize with us, they may want to lead, Matt needs to get some political science and civics under his belt and look at what Obama has dealth with in this nation.

PBO is not a rock star nor is he a messiah. He just happens to be at the place in time and space to try to bring this country off the road we are being herded into and that is libertarian created feudalism.

He's a true believer in what some Americans have given up on. His ideas when presented against the well-monied RW sound archaic, but so is the document that our government based on, to some people. But the RW ideas are ancient.

There is no easy way out of what we've gotten into here, and it's damned hard to rally brainwashed people who don't want to think hard and look only for villains and heroes, which is childish. But there are enough people with level heads on their shoulder to push forward. Still, they can't do it all alone. Matt is not helping, although I want to believe his heart is in the right place. But he's an actor, is this method?.

Hypocritical? Maybe. So clueless as to what being in the office of POTUS entails? Definitely.

[Cha]

94. "Hypocritical? Maybe. So clueless as to what being in the office of POTUS entails? Definitely."

This has been in evidence since 2009 when he first came out and whined about PBO.. He thinks he speaks for "everyone" and didn't have a clue about what it takes to be POTUS. But, according to him.. "everyone" is disappointed.

From the OP..

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"Matt Damon recently announced his disappointment in President Barack Obama. "Everyone feels a little let down," he revealed in an interview. But not everyone in Hollywood feels the same way.

The Dish Rag hung out in the star-studded Spirit Awards Elle Green Room with Jeff Bridges, Carey Mulligan, Vera Farmiga Gabourey Sidibe, Jeremy Renner, Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre and "Sex and the City" stud Jason Lewis.

We asked "Southland" star Regina King what she thought about Obama's accomplishments as she perused the sponsors Smashbox cosmetics, White House Black Market scarves and Keds sneakers.

"In all honesty, Obama really walked into a sh*t storm," King told us exclusively. "It takes a whole lot more to clean up this drama. He walked into a trillion dollar debt and two wars going on that weren't his wars and now they're his wars."

"I don't think a year is enough time to judge the man," she adds. "I'm still totally supportive of him. I'm not one of those who jump ship."

end snip//

So grateful they're are way more intelligent people than Matt Damon who speaking out for the President.

[freshwest]

116. He was 'disappointed' in 2009 and still spewing? Oh, nooo.

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Go for instant gratification much, Matt? On his being 'disappointed' so early on:

In short, if you’re still disappointed in Barack Obama, it’s only because you never understood whose job it was to produce change in the first place.

And I'm even wondering if the willful ignorance has another portion to it. Except he says he is for public schools and for unions. *cheers*

But he's not working to be elected to a school board or even state wide office, instead he thinks media air time changes things, like magic. Just like other 1% gadflies. Is he in this for another reason, I'd like to know:

But don’t take out your own failings in this regard on the rest of us, by giving ideological cover and assorted journalistic love taps to a guy who believes the poor should rely on the charitable impulses of doctors to provide for their medical needs, including, one presumes, chemotherapy; or that America was meant to be a “robustly Christian” nation, but is being currently undermined by “secularists;” or who puts the term gay rights in quotation marks when he writes it, and believes states should be free to criminalize homosexual intercourse, and who is such a homophobe that he won’t even use the bathroom in a gay man’s house; or who has all but said that he would like to take America back to the early 1800s, in terms of the scope of government: a truly glorious time to be sure, if you were white, male and owned property.

Of which I am sure Matt is none of those. Well, some of those, let's cut him some slack. But what I don't care for is what you're telling me, that this is a thoughtless, long-term pattern of trashing the president.

Only one group benefits from that strategy. There is being clueless or ignorant and then there is the petty and willful ignorance of asking 'why, why, why' and proclaiming outrage, when anyone with half a brain knows why things are like they are. And it ain't Obama.

So when it's all said and done, only one party benefits from this and these media folks are not our friends here:

Ya know, like some of the liberal “thinkers” who have, as of late, decided to praise Ron Paul.

http://www.timwise.org/2012/01/of-broken-clocks-presidential-candidates-and-the-confusion-of-certain-white-liberals/

Ron = Rand. SSDD. Same philosophy that does not support public schools, which gained liberal fans for Matt in some brief interviews, like me, which I had hoped weren't phony. Nope, they want them all gone and if he is serious, he can help .

If not, the continued whining is for something else. He isn't working on solutions, but dissolution. Get to work Matt, or we'll think you were conning us. FDR had a Democratic dominated house and senate in his corner. We don't. Try working for this to make it better:



The country needs all the help we can possibly get to to accomplish what you said you're unhappy about. You know how to do publicity.

[Cha]

126. Yes, Matt Damon is now whining that "the President broke up with him"..

he doesn't have a fucking clue what it takes to be POTUS. Just say some soundbytes and know they'll play well with a certain group who thinks greenwald and snowden are gods.

[sheshe2]

149. Poor Matt~

Stand up!

[freshwest]

157. He'll be more grounded if he does. I don't dislike him, but I don't need a hero:

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Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need

(Chorus)

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

(Chorus)

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind end the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

Some people follow the media stars. It's like an episode of American Idol. These media gadflies are light weights, shiny things dangled before our eyes to fool us.

I admire hard work, deep thinking and vision for real lives. Media promotes fear and fantasy they are tools of the 1%. How this is so easily forgotten, I don't know.

I don't blame the media stars for being what they are. It's all about them, narcissistic. They can't help it, they live in a media bubble. I refuse to be drawn off course when the media dangles one of their own as the hero du jour.

Serious things are going on this year, every year. I forgive Matt for being what he is, but won't waste time those trying to make him a god because he is against Obama, and insist others worship the idol. This man is a media event, he won't change my life.

[sheshe2]

113. Well said freshwest!

"I'm taking his complaint with a grain of salt. The rich and famous don't live the kind of lives most of us do, tied to one place and one home, dependent on the people around them to be safe and give their kids opportunities for socialization and learning about other people. The typical super star actor or actress lives just like other super rich do. They live in exclusive areas that don't have the need for public schools, and they don't advocate paying for them. Anymore than they care about fire and police levies, food stamps, social services, mass transit, etc. But these are the bricks and mortars of most our lives, and provided to us by OUR government."

Thank you freshwest.

[freshwest]

122. Ah, you're back! Put your tired feet up and type a little!

And I just re-read the OP:

Matt Damon joins the legions of celebrities whining about problems that you wish you could have.

Oooh, I broke a nail! And it's all Obama's fault! I need a:

[sheshe2]

150. ...

[hfojvt]

77. I love how Obama can joke

as if a bad movie is almost the same as bad tax policy.

Ha, ha, ha.

Reminds me of the good humor that Bush had, looking under the bed for those weapons of mass destruction.

[JackRiddler]

120. Or about drone-bombing his daughters' suitors.

[Oakenshield]

2. God forbid an actor ever feel a sense of a disappointment.

The NERVE of him to have human emotions and experiences!

[dipsydoodle]

3. I don't care who or what he whines about.

He's an actor and I like him.

[WinkyDink]

4. Wondering where the "whine" is.

[bluestate10]

12. Yeah, doesn't seem that Damon was whining about movie roles. He was whining about President

Obama.

[JRLeft]

43. +1

[HiPointDem]

111. me too. “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine"

[Rex]

5. Throw his ass under the bus!

nt.

[Brigid]

6. Surely Matt Damon realizes . . .

That there are about a zillion actors who would be delighted to take Brad Pitt's rejected roles? Right?

[djean111]

7. WoW!

Now I feel compelled to see Elysium two or three times!
I love Matt Damon. Don't think he was whining about the Brad Pitt roles - he was actually deferring to Pitt and other actors. But tongue in cheek is so difficult for some, I understand!

I feel let down too.

Interesting as fuck, watching anyone who criticizes Obama get investigated and piled on. Kinda comical. Kinda like the NSA, really, combing through past utterances and stringing them together to make some sort of case.

[Little Star]

26. "he was actually deferring to Pitt and other actors", exactly!

[Mnemosyne]

39. Don't miss 'Promised Land', either, excellent film about fracking. nt

[Th1onein]

147. It's really getting weird around here. Performance art, some are calling it.

Criticize Obama? You're a dirty piece of shit. Even if you're not, we'll spin it so that you are perceived that way.

These people are really reaching.

[hootinholler]

8. Breaking! Boxes found in garage owned by Matt Damon!

So is this in response to Elysium?

[LWolf]

9. The BOG jumps the shark.

[City Lights]

18. LOL!

[deurbano]

44. Good one!

[Puglover]

46. I know right?

I didn't think I could actually be embarrassed for the poster of an OP but I am. Sincerely.

[laundry_queen]

135. Embarrassed - that's exactly what it was I felt

when I read the OP but couldn't put a word to the feeling. It's kind of like a mix of embarrassment for the poster and an 'lol for reals?' feeling.

[Bonobo]

57. Priceless! nt

[Sheldon Cooper]

93. For the win!!

LOL!

[cherokeeprogressive]

99. She was so impressed with this find, she even gave herself the first rec. Guess who was second? n/t

[think4yourself]

153. Hardest working girls in SnoBiz.

Mahalo!

[idwiyo]

128. You win this thread!

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[morningfog]

161. Again and again and again and again....

[bluestate10]

10. I will take at least two, maybe three, eight year term Administrations to clean up the mess

that Bush left. That is why it is so important to support the democratic nominee 100% in 2016, even if we have some reservations. A republican getting into office will deal the country a massive setback that it doesn't need. I am glad to see there are many in Hollywood who are rational.

How can Damon say he gets hand me down roles? The guy was spectacular in the Bourne movies and every movie that I have seen him perform in. Damon is a much better actor than Pitt.

[uponit7771]

13. ...nah, Obama promised to do it on day 20.. I bet Warren can do it on day 1 if she doesn't ......

...the she's a sell out dammit!!

/sarcasm cause this is needed here these days

[djean111]

23. He was both kidding around and being modest.

The "whine" part is just editorializing by someone who doesn't love Matt Damon.
What is hilarious is reading the under the bus stuff here - and reading the comments after the CNN review - evidently Matt is a Commie Socialist.

[Little Star]

27. He was being humble & I agree, he is a much better actor than Pitt. n/t

[olddots]

11. I won't be happy till both Pitt and Damen are on

Dancing with the Stars .

[SomethingFishy]

14. Really?

This is as lame as it gets.

Damon campaigned for Obama like crazy in 2008. Worked, donated to and voted for Obama. Now he has some issues with some of Obama's policies.

"He broke up with me," the "Elysium" star said. "There are a lot of things that I really question, you know: the legality of the drone strikes, and these NSA revelations they’re, you know, it’s like, they’re, you know, Jimmy Carter came out and said we don’t live in a democracy. That’s, that’s a little, that’s a little intense when an ex-president says that."

For that you had to dig up a 3 year old story about a joke he made about getting Pitts leftovers and call him an asshole?

So is everyone who voted for Obama but now questions some of his policies an "asshole"?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. seriously? this is super lame. nt

[KG]

17. 'bout the best they could dredge up....

[sufrommich]

16. I like Matt Damon,I respect him too. Mocking his career because

he doesn't agree with you about some of Obama's actions is childish and petty.

[City Lights]

19. Well said!

[Cha]

31. Well I don't. He's been whining about Pres Obama since 2009. I googled

"Matt Damon whines" just to see if he had a reputation for it.

"Doesn't agree with some of President Obama's actions". Like in 2009 when he hadn't even been in Office a year and Damon come out with this..

"Matt Damon recently announced his disappointment in President Barack Obama. "Everyone feels a little let down," he revealed in an interview. But not everyone in Hollywood feels the same way."

There's more to this OP than Damon talking about his roles and a blog calling him on his whining. It's a pattern with him. Just like his Hypocrisy.. in this article from PS.

Matt Damon's Attacks on Obama Hypocritical?

The actor and activist finds his own record on political issues under attack.

But making Damon's hypocrisy even more interesting is the fact that he has escalated his attacks on President Obama in recent years for alleged ideological hypocrisy, the same thing Damon is being accused of now. He reiterated his disappointment in the Obama presidency in the same interview in which he acknowledged that his children attend private school.

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogging-beltway/matt-damons-attacks-obama-hypocritical

[sufrommich]

33. I don't always agree with Damon either,but trashing

his career is tacky.Period.

[Cha]

42. Poor Matt. He can say all the shit he wants but I better not

post anything negative about him. got it. oops.

[sufrommich]

47. I didnt say you couldn't say anything negative about him.

It's one thing to disagree with his politics,it's perfectly kosher to disagree with him politically,however looking for negative stories about his acting abilities and career choices because you don't like his politics is silly.

[olddots]

50. OY ?????????

[HiPointDem]

114. and this was the best you could come up with? really? makes *you* look bad, not damon.

[deurbano]

154. You can google "Obama whines," and come up with links, too....

but I don't think that really means the President has a "reputation" for whining... does it?

Yes, Damon has been critical of the President (he supported)-- which could be seen as "whining" by those who have a low tolerance for criticism of this President... but he was just being self-deprecating in the quote about Pitt. The actual interview (in a Murdoch paper, the Sunday Times), had a different headline: "Can Matt Damon Really Have an Inferiority Complex?" (I wasn't willing to pay News Corp to find out what was in the interview.)

Regarding sending his children to private school while ardently supporting public school.... I don't quite get the hypocrisy, since I sent my own children to private school for awhile (for Chinese immersion), while still ardently supporting (and working in) public schools. If you google "Damon private school," his main critic is Jeb Bush... and the main sites promoting his "hypocrisy" are conservative.

Damon's explanation:

“Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal,” he said. “And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don't have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair."
"So we agitate about those things, and try to change them, and try to change the policy, but you know, it's a tough one,” he added.

Damon first publicly displayed his passion for the public school system at a “Save Our Schools” rally in 2011, when he got into a contentious exchange with a conservative reporter over teacher pay following his speech at the event.

“I was raised by a teacher,” Damon said in his speech. “My mother is a professor of early childhood education. And from the time I went to kindergarten through my senior year in high school, I went to public schools. I wouldn’t trade that education and experience for anything.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/316005-jeb-bush-rips-matt-damon-for-sending-his-kids-to-private-school#ixzz2bionqMqu

[City Lights]

22. Lounge material.

[Cha]

37. No it's not, City Lights.. you can roll your eyes all you want.

Matt Damon puts himself out there whining about PBO since 2009 when he said "Everyone was a little disappointed.." Turns out Damon doesn't get to speak for "everyone".

[City Lights]

45. Posting articles from 2010 is Lounge material, IMO.

Matt really struck a nerve with you. You really shouldn't let his opinion of Obama bother you so much.

[Cha]

53. Yeah, tell me all about it, Dr City Lights

Maybe you're right, though.. Matt Damon's whining and hypocrisy is lounge material.

[City Lights]

83. I think your whining about Matt Damon is Lounge material. nt

[Cha]

100. Yeah, Matt Damon is such an asshole whiner about the President that

he's only degrading himself.

[City Lights]

101. I feel sorry for you.

[Cha]

106. omgoodness, you poor thing.

[arcane1]

109. I saw neither whining nor hypocrisy from him in your post.

Not everyone has to agree 100% with everything Obama has done. And if every disagreement is labelled "whining" by you, then you are not seriously interested in discussion.

[Vanje]

144. " Not everyone has to agree 100% with everything Obama has done."

Yes, arcane1, they do.
They DO have to agree with everything Obama has done.

Good citizens love drone strikes, surveillance of citizens, appointing Bush's crew into the cabinet, Appointing the same bankers that ruined the economy in 2008, Intimidating the media, and persecuting whistle-blowers.

He's not cleaning up bush's mess. He's covering it up. He's sanitizing it.

[RetroLounge]

68. Yes, stupid joke OPs go in the lounge.

RL

[morningfog]

162. This teen idol bullshit belongs in the BOG.

[JackRiddler]

124. Important alert, actually:

We should appreciate when lightweights out themselves and save us the trouble of clicking on their nonsense threads in the future.

[City Lights]

130. Haha, good point!

[Katashi_itto]

24. Where exactly is the whine?

Oh wait, he dislikes Obama policies...that's what this is about..

[Baitball Blogger]

35. +1

[unblock]

28. funny; he launched his career, with ben affleck, by writing a movie tailor made for themselves.

so he already knows the best way to get the part you want.

write it yourself.

[LittleBlue]

29. Here we goooooooooooo

You knew it was coming

[otohara]

30. I Love Love Love Matt Damon

and loath Pitt and the carbon footprint.

[Fumesucker]

32. There's an old joke about desperation that's far too crude to repeat here

This OP reminded me of it though.

[Oakenshield]

48. Let's hear it!

I for one would welcome the joke. It's not like this thread invites any sense of propriety with its ridiculous premise anyway.

[Fumesucker]

85. Agent Mike?

Is that you?

[Oakenshield]

95. Is Agent Mike a meme?

Embarrassed to say I don't get the reference. Maybe he was a poster here. Anywho I wasn't being sarcastic before, although reading it now it definitely could be perceived as such.

[SomethingFishy]

103. Agent Mike has been the "Generic Agent"

spying on DU for years and years now. It started as a joke during the Bush administration and has just become the de facto joke name for being spied upon...

Welcome to DU.

[Oakenshield]

108. Heh, I see.

Thanks for the explanation, and for the welcome!

[Fumesucker]

104. Oh yes, Agent Mike is an old meme here, he watches everything we do

And I suspect this OP is going to be instant DU meme amongst the Firebaggeristas, it has the makings of a classic.

[Baitball Blogger]

34. This is a weird perspective.

The guy is very unassuming and is a good friend of Brad Pitt. Anyone who sees this as a whine doesn't see what he's really communicating here. It's all self-deprecating humor.

I suspect there's a political agenda behind the criticism of Matt Damon, who has a huge hit in Elysium which has a big social justice message.

[nadinbrzezinski]

91. ^^^^THIS^^^^

[Logical]

36. LOL, Damon makes you mad so you slam him. Don't be so obvious next time. n-t

[Mnemosyne]

41. Dissent is forbidden! nt

[mn9driver]

38. Get. A. Life.

Damon's humor is apparently way over some folks' heads. And evidently wealthy movie stars aren't allowed to have the same opinion of Obama's performance as many posters here on DU. Seriously?

[Vinnie From Indy]

40. I blame Canada!

Cheers!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

54. You're comically desperate.

[Logical]

61. +1000 n-t

[City Lights]

65. And she just keeps digging. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

62. This is absolutely, breathtakingly, side-splittingly, comically, hysterically funny.

And sheer cosmic coincidence that ProSense was the #1 responder to the OP.

I'll buy that for a dollar! {audience laughter}

[RetroLounge]

66. Wow, this OP is a fucking joke.

Desperation reeks.

RL

[Hassin Bin Sober]

73. I really thought it HAD to be a joke.

WOW is right.

[Enrique]

70. ooh a page for Matt Damon

[nadinbrzezinski]

72. So anybody who does not adore the President

Should be ridiculed? I remember when we used to make fun of exactly this behavior with the bush fans.

Guess what? I am laughing...and not precisely with you...

[MrMickeysMom]

125. Well, you may not be laughing precisely with the OP...

... but I'm flat out trying to figure out the size of their nose ring.

[fishwax]

75. I don't see much whine there

[neverforget]

76. Speaking of whining......

[sheshe2]

79. Yes and he was quoted saying

Matt Damon Blasts Obama: “One-Term President With Balls” Would Be Better
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100256724

From ProSense link at post# 56

Amazing! Cha~

[cali]

80. my goodness, could you be any pettier?

Nah. Only you could outdo you on that score.

[cascadiance]

81. The only whining I see are a bunch of posters trying to distract us with ad hominem distractions...

... on anyone that defies those that want the conditions for a police state in this country...

I guess many are jealous that they don't have the same platform to speak from as those they critique, and therefore have to project their "whining" on to those who do that they disagree with...

[arcane1]

84. “I think the roles go to Brad first. Which is fine,” How is that whining?

Reminds me of back when I used to read Guitar Player magazine. One issue, they were interviewing Adrian Smith, and he was complaining about a trend he called "musical athletics" where musicians, mainly guitar players, try to out-technique each other. He said something like "I don't give a flying fuck if I can't play as fast as Yngwie Malmsteen, it's not the point".

A few issues later, they're interviewing Malmsteen, and the interviewer says "Adrian Smith expressed concern that he can't play as fast as you."

That still annoys me, decades later.

[cali]

87. it's not. the only whining is by the op because Damon dared to "insult"

her idol.

beyond lame.

[arcane1]

96. I disagree with how the Obama administration has handled medical marijuana.

Oops, sorry, I just caught myself whining

[RFKHumphreyObama]

86. I've lost all respect for Matt Damon

He comes across as a whiny little brat. His criticisms don't even seem to be constructive, just more professional left whining and stamping of feet. Give me someone like George Clooney any day of the week

[cali]

88. bwhahahahaha. wow. that's just earth shattering.

could you guys be any sillier?

[sheshe2]

141. Well~~~~ Since Ya'll are picking sides, How silly is this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3137974

Snowden ain't no Paul Revere Cali!

[MrMickeysMom]

119. And... and... ya know WHAT? He and George Clooney..

... collectively aren't too happy about where we're headed... Don't be too upset wait to hear that from Clooney...

What a downer.

[Orrex]

89. That guy in Sweden told him he couldn't afford that $38,000 handbag, too.

Tough life for poor ol' Matt!

[RZM]

90. He's a good actor

I don't care what his politics are or what he thinks about the president.

[leftstreet]

92. You're so mad, you forgot to say 'mahalo' n/t

[WorseBeforeBetter]

136. In true BOG fashion...

That was good.

[Douglas Carpenter]

98. ANY Actor who criticizes the President is crap and has no business calling themselves an actor!

and they are a bad person too!

[bahrbearian]

102. Shouldn't this be posted in the Bog? You'd be able to control who can reply to this lameness.

[neverforget]

107. Ha!

[Cha]

123. Shouldn't you not be worrying about why members of the BOG are

posting anywhere else?

[aikoaiko]

110. This is satire, right?

I have to believe you're mocking the extremists. You are, right?

[MrMickeysMom]

115. Hoo-haa... here we go, folks!

This OP is quite predictable.

When's the DVD burning gonna be organized on DU for all those Jason Bourne movies?

[A HERETIC I AM]

117. I'm fucking Matt Damon.

[otohara]

160. So Awesome - Funny, Sweet, Daring, Generous

He and Michael Douglas were amazing in the Liberace film.

I just adore him - he's a good guy!

[JackRiddler]

118. Reaching! ...

If this is the best you can do, he should run for president!

[Caretha]

121. Remarkably

stupid and childish post. This so reminds me of the Posts of "What was the stupidest thing a Republican said this week?"

Congratulations! You Win!

[Maven]

127. I'm truly embarrassed for you.

[Blaukraut]

129. Matt is still one of the good guys. I disagree with him about his BO criticism, but still

better have him in our corner than not. He has been unhappy about Obama since before the last election, so his latest lament is nothing new, really. Still, Damon is a Democrat and champions progressive causes, so let's divorce our support of the President from Damon's criticism and appreciate his overall support for our side.

BTW, Brad Pitt rejects are still better than 99% of other roles available in Hollywood.

[ZombieHorde]

132. He wasn't whining even in the slightest about his roles.

Some people just wish he was whining about this as a way to discredit is opinion of President Obama.

People who have heard of critical thinking won't fall for it.

[Matariki]

133. A question

are you and prosense the same person? it often seems like it.

[Vanje]

134. Aaaannd... He's under the bus!

That was quick.

[idwiyo]

138. ...

One must feel truly desperate to come with post like the one I am replying to. Very sad...

[Taverner]

140. Obama is one man

He may have the best of intentions. I think most of his intentions are good.

He underestimated the GOP in congress, and overestimated his long term popularity.

So be it.

He is better than the alternative.

He is better than Clinton.

But he is one man.

One man can do a great many things, but in the end one man can only do so much.

We need wisdom now.

We need a statesman.

We need Governor Brown in 2016.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

143. That ODS we keep hearing about?

Your post is the embodiment of it. Along with that recent puke-worthy "celebrate him" thread.

But thanks for the Sunday night yuks.

[Cha]

148. That's too bad for you that there are those who have a different opinion than

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yours on this board. But, it's actually beneficial for the board. And, really too bad that all you can do is attack them with nasty personal insults.

We have a lot to Celebrate with Barack Obama as our President.. and, when I consider the source of who finds that "puke worthy".. it only illustrates how fortunate we are to have President Obama.


Pete Souza: The pool press covers Pres Obama signing the student loan bill

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110213433

[progressoid]

146. Holy shit

[Union Scribe]

151. What a glorious disaster of an OP.

If it was immortalized on black velvet I would hang it in my bathroom.

[Just Saying]

152. Eh Who cares?

I care what Matt Damon thinks about politics about as much as I care what Clint Eastwood thinks.

Not sure why this is getting so much attention here.

[Cha]

155. I don't mind actors or anyone giving an opinion.. Too bad some don't find it

essential to know what they're talking about.

[Vanje]

156. Funny!

[mwrguy]

159. Matt Damon is a whiny bitch

We get the best president in a century and all he does is whine, and pretend to be for the common man while segregating himself and his kids from the 99%.

[woo me with science]

163. Oh, my. Y'all are having a contest, right?

...It's gotta be a contest.

[TransitJohn]

166. Jesus Fucking Christ

The smears and slime are non-stop around here. What is this post about?

[Waiting For Everyman]

169. Ewww, we just got slimed. Who ya gonna call?

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call... Ghostbusters!
If it's something weird, and it don't look good, who ya gonna call... Ghostbusters!

[Bluenorthwest]

170. Mahalo!!! Number One Film this weekend. Mahalo times 30 million = Yipppeee!

What a sad thing it is to see this 'Shut Up and Sing' style attack launched from what is ostensibly the Democratic side.
Pathetic. The few major performers we have who are interested in films with ideas and political themes should be extremely welcomed in a culture so dominated by vapidity and mindless consumerism.
Any Democrat who can watch 'Promised Land' and attack the makers of that film has to be one enchilada shot of a combo plate.
Mahalo!!!!!! 30 Million Mahalos to you!