As intelligent, rational human beings, there’s only one person who we turn to for enlightenment in times of great struggle – Matt Damon.

Matt Damon has all the characteristics of a great spiritual leader – he’s thoughtful, looks OK in tight T-shirts and his head is the exact dimension of a family-sized box of cornflakes. We need Matt Damon now more than ever, so we’re immensely grateful that he’s decided to tell us all what to think about Sarah Palin.

According to Matt Damon, Sarah Palin is ‘terrifying’, ’scary’, ‘absurd’ and a ‘disaster’ should she ever become president. Some might question Matt Damon’s qualifications to publicly broadcast his ideological views to the world like this, but don’t forget that he did star in a funny movie about a hilarious pair of co-joined twins once, and that’s roughly the equivalent of having a PhD in political science. Video after the jump.

When it comes to vice presidential candidates, there really isn’t any stopping Sarah Palin at the moment. A prettyish, straight-talking redneck with an illegitimate grandkid on the way who enjoys shooting wolves out of aeroplanes, was once the mayor of Northern Exposure and doesn’t mind that she’s basically a cynically-chosen tool of the system to try and tempt embittered Hillary Clinton supporters to the Republican party, Sarah Palin has made much more of a splash than her Democrat counterpart Joe Biden, whose most exciting fact is that sometimes he sits inside a train.

And, because of this, celebrities have been falling over themselves to tell the world what they think of Sarah Palin. For example, Diddy’s not a fan of Sarah Palin but Jamie Lynn Spears is, although not as much as everyone initially thought.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck from The View is already a staunch Sarah Palin supporter, calling her a “real American” even though a) if being a real American was a qualification to run for office, Hulk Hogan and the man who does the voiceover for the Coors adverts would have been president and VP since the mid-1980s and b) Elisabeth Hasselbeck has never been right about a single topic in her entire life.

Of course, none of these political endorsements and rejections of Sarah Palin meant anything, because everyone was waiting to hear what the big cheese of political opinion had to say first. But it’s OK, because Matt Damon has now emerged from his bunker of thought to intone his mighty opinion of Sarah Palin to the world.

Why should we be listening to Matt Damon’s opinion about anything? Simple, because Matt Damon is the sexiest man on Earth. That’s literally all you need to know.

So, what does Matt Damon think of Sarah Palin? Why not watch this video and find out…

Sorry, was he talking? Honestly, when Matt Damon starts getting angry we just get lost in his eyes, the big adorable lug. Wait a minute while we watch the video again and actually try to listen to what he says.

Oh, right, so he’s not a big Sarah Palin fan. Fair enough. Personally we have to disagree with Matt Damon a little – if Sarah Palin does become president, then it won’t be like a really bad Disney movie at all. It’ll be like a really brilliant Disney movie – Bambi.

You know, the story of a young and inexperienced creature learning for itself and going on to achieve greatness in the world. That’s what Disney movie it’d be. True, Sarah Palin wouldn’t be playing the role of Bambi – she’d be the hunter who kills Bambi’s mum – but that doesn’t matter.

Anyway, so that’s Hasselbeck and Spears in the pro-Palin camp and Diddy and Damon in the anti-Palin camp. Oh, we still don’t know if we like Sarah Palin or not. Quickly, someone go and call Jim Carrey. His opinion matters more than anyone’s right now.