How absolutely pathetic.
(Newsbusters) — Washington Post education columnist Valerie Strauss reported Monday that people in the Obama administration made several desperate attempts to lobby actor Matt Damon just before he spoke at last month’s “Save Our Schools” rally in Washington D.C., blasting an emphasis on standardized tests and insisting he would never have become a movie star under that kind of education system.
Citing unnamed sources in sensitive spots, Strauss claimed “Duncan was willing to meet Damon at the airport when he flew into the Washington region and talk to him on the drive into the city, according to the sources. Damon declined all of the requests.”
This the way Democrat politics work. Liberal actors parachuting in for protests get White House political officals and cabinet secretaries hovering for a chance to prevent any rumbles in the liberal media. The media was obviously pro-Obama enough that the Damon protests didn’t attract network news coverage.