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16. Matt Damon Explains Why He's Endorsing Hillary Clinton for President

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 01:57 PM

Jun 2016

“She understands it from a number of different angles—as a national security issue, as a human rights issue, and, obviously, its impact on women and girls. This is not a partisan issue, which is one really good thing about it. We’ve talked in equal parts to Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen.”

http://www.justjared.com/2016/05/10/matt-damon-explains-why-hes-endorsing-hillary-clinton-for-president/

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Matt Damon gave a highly charged MIT commencement speech [View all] G_j Jun 2016 OP

Matt's friend and mentor was Howard Zinn.... Here is the text of Matt's MIT speech Ichingcarpenter Jun 2016 #1

great speech! nt G_j Jun 2016 #2

Neighbor and mentor Brother Buzz Jun 2016 #3

I knew he graduated from Harvard, but didn't realize he grew up in Cambridge. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #11

big kick blm Jun 2016 #4

gives me hope for the future larkrake Jun 2016 #7

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #5

I like his choice of Presidential candidate! MADem Jun 2016 #6

matt knows who controls the purse strings, a real diplomat larkrake Jun 2016 #8

Matt knows who will be a superb POTUS~! nt MADem Jun 2016 #14

"Well, you might have their money, but you don’t have our respect." JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #10

RightO!!! avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #12

And HRC has MATT DAMON's respect--which is why he supports HER for POTUS. MADem Jun 2016 #15

That's a great article ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #13

It's quite true--I've lived in places where water is an issue, and MADem Jun 2016 #17

And it set the hair on top of the talking heads at FN on fire Fritz Walter Jun 2016 #9

Matt Damon Explains Why He's Endorsing Hillary Clinton for President oberliner Jun 2016 #16