Check out this picture of Matt Damon

[proud2BlibKansan]

He's wearing a Chicago Teachers Union hat!

[orpupilofnature57]

1. He's a cool guy .

[flamingdem]

2. Very cool nt

[lob1]

3. I believe his mom is a teacher.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Yep! I met her at the SOS march last summer.

Nancy Carlson Paige.

[lob1]

18. Hey, that's neat!

[roguevalley]

5. he's always been awesome.

[Peregrine Took]

6. I love this guy.

My favorite actor and a great person.

[Swede Atlanta]

7. Nice....

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. I'm trying to get him to come to NYC for a 'real reform' -type forum.

Anyone got any good contact strategies?

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Maybe via his mom?

She's a professor of Early Childhood in Boston. If I can remember which university I'll tell you. But I had a big birthday last week and am finding my memory for little facts like that going . . . . . . . . .

[Pamelajaynn]

9. He Sux

When he said he was disappointed in the President he lost my respect and my $ for his shitty movies..just sayin

[lob1]

10. He slammed Obama because Obama attacked the teachers union

for no apparent reason. Obama was wrong to attack his base.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. He is a great defender of the teaching profession.

And a hero to many teachers, who are also disappointed in the president and his education policies. This is why I posted this in the Education forum.

[obxhead]

14. When Obama stands up

as strongly for teachers and teacher unions as Damon does we can "slam" him.

Until then, I'll cheer for pictures like this.

[fascisthunter]

15. I one believe you are sincere... just sayin'

[TBF]

20. Many of us were unhappy with Obama's approach on education -

Here is the quote: "He’s doubled down on a lot of things, going back to education…the idea that we‘re testing kids and we’re tying teachers salaries to how kids are performing on tests, that kind of mechanized thinking has nothing to do with higher order,” Damon continued. “We’re training them, not teaching them.”

Damon is absolutely right about that and the president is the person who appointed Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education.

Just sayin'.

[sulphurdunn]

21. The president lost

my respect when joined the moneyed class inquisition against public school teachers. Just sayin...

[SouthLouisianaWoman]

13. He has said he is disappointed in Obama but...

has he actually said he won't vote for him?

I can't imagine he'd vote for Romney.

Maybe vote for O but not do as much for him as he did in '08?

[Smarmie Doofus]

16. That sounds like a lot of us:

"Maybe vote for O but not do as much for him as he did in '08?'

Hard to tell if they even miss us. I guess they know what they're doing.

Or do they? Hmmmm..............

[HiPointDem]

19. doesn't seem like it. all i hear is 'romney would be worse' or 'don't let the door hit you.'

[Starry Messenger]

17. Dare we hope union support becomes a trend for others too?

It sure looks good on him.