Matt Damon has thrown his weight behind presidential election
28 Oct 2008
The Bourne Identity hunk was getting Americans fired up and eager to vote during Florida Votefest '08 over the weekend.
"I took time off from acting until the end of the year to be with my family and enjoy our new daughter," Damon said, during a jam-packed Obama rally. But it is very important for me to do what I can to help the Obama campaign so people will go out and vote. We need change in this country and now is the time to be sure that happens".
"It doesn't really have anything to do with me, but if I can get even just one person to take a look at these issues and vote then it's incumbent on me to do so."
A casually dressed Damon, 38, told how he had just returned from participating in a food bank in San Francisco, where he got a taste of reality.
"I learned that only 10 per cent of the people at the food bank were actually homeless," Damon told the crowd at the rally. And 90 per cent were people who work and play by the rules yet can't afford to feed their kids. We have to change that."
The dad of two, who lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife Luciana Barroso, got stuck into the campaign alongside actresses Alicia Silverstone and Kerry Washington.
"I cannot tell you how great it is to be home with my family and enjoy our new daughter, [2-month-old Gia]," Damon added. "But it is my responsibility to thank the American people for taking an interest in the political process. And in the next two days, I am asking them not to get complacent."
