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Take heart, Matt.  Sure, you were evicted from the Big Brother house last night, but I see a bright future in politics for you based on what I watched the last couple of nights.

It’s clear that you have a strong, likeable First Lady.  Natalie went above and beyond the call of duty at the Head of Household competition for you.  After the rest of your alliance dropped like flies off of your disco balls, it was Natalie who hung on for five hours, long enough for her to cut a deal with James to save you from probable eviction.  The fact that James went back on his word at the Power of Veto ceremony shows that he has a career in politics too.

Like many politicians, Matt, you can cry on camera.  Sure, it was surprising to see James use his Power of Veto win to put you on the block and take Sheila off of it.  It’s true that there’s a picture of a pink mohawk in the dictionary beside the word “hypocrite”.  I’m not sure if the tears you shed in front of James and the girls of the house were real or not.  If they were crocodile tears in the hope of getting some sympathy votes, you really are a great politician waiting to happen.  If they were real tears, then I have a phone call on line 2 for you, Matt.  It’s Richard Simmons telling you to man up!

You also have a good campaign manager in Adam.  When you were fresh out of ideas and destined for eviction, it was Adam who gave you the pep talk and gave you a pretty convincing argument to use to save yourself.  To paraphrase Janet Jackson–what have you done to them lately?  Yeah, you’re the house villain, but it’s Ryan who took $10,000 from Sheila.  It’s Ryan who threatened Chelsia with eviction.  It’s Ryan who stabbed James in the back.  It’s Ryan who had the secret relationship with Jen.  Yes, you have enough lip for 5 mouths (another sign of a great politician!), but you haven’t betrayed anyone to Ryan’s degree.

Like a good politician, you campaigned very well.  You took a 5-1 vote against you and got your two other votes in Adam and Sheila.  That alone is impressive.  It was up to James to break the 3-3 deadlock.  James had already defined hypocricy by putting you on the block against his word.  He then defined stupidity by voting you out of the house instead of Ryan, who was the chief reason he was evicted in the first place.  Cheer up, Matt.  You’re not the first great politician to lose because of the stupidity of the voters.  And think of it this way–revenge is a dish best served cold.  Now that your buddy Adam is the  Head of Household, James’ dinner might just be on the table.

Tune in next week for another round of power rankings, previews and recaps!  Enjoy!