Damon slams Palin

Actor Matt Damon has lashed out at US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin - insisting she's been chosen for "political purposes".

Actor Matt Damon has lashed out at US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin - insisting she has been chosen for "political purposes".

Damon fears Palin's running-mate John McCain will not survive a full four-year-term as president at age 72, and claims the Alaskan governor taking over would be disastrous.

He says: "I think there's a really good chance Sarah Palin could become president, and I think that's a really scary thing. It's like a really bad Disney movie, the hockey mom, you know: 'Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska' ... and she's facing down (former Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin… It's totally absurd... It's a really terrifying possibility."

Damon also takes issue with Palin's take on the creation: "I need to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here (on earth) 4,000 years ago, I really do - because she's gonna have the nuclear codes."