Parade magazine, the Sunday newspaper supplement, bows and scrapes before liberal actor Matt Damon in the December 11 edition, oozing on the cover that Damon is "The Sexiest Family Man Alive." Damon is promoting the forthcoming family movie We Bought a Zoo.
Parade's Brooke Hauser wrote "Damon has been outspoken on issues like tax inequality and education -- leading activist filmmaker Michael Moore to champion him for president. Though the actor has denied any interest in running for office, he knows how to land a political punch." Against Romney:
"Look, Mitt Romney wasn't going to win the governorship in Massachusetts if he didn't take certain positions, and he's not going to win the nomination unless he takes other positions," Damon says. "But I wish he stood for something."
Hauser mentioned that President Obama ribbed him at the White House correspondents dinner, and let Damon praise him: "Anybody with a sense of humor is okay on my list." But Parade left out the actual disenchantment between the left-wing actor and the White House after Obama's education secretary offered to pick him up at the airport to lobby him.
They also left out that Damon told Time magazine the country needs a bold leader -- "someone like FDR" -- and by implication, not a craven politician like Obama.
