Quote of the day
posted at 10:40 pm on June 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
Obama, “for all of us that have dreams and hope, is a hero.”
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That man is turning into a bullfrog.
MikeZero on June 4, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Damn…he’s ugly…and hasn’t done anything worth a crap in 25 years…I hate my uncle!
AUINSC on June 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Let the farce be with him.
Guardian on June 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I think I just threw up a little…
pullingmyhairout on June 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
If you’re counting on someone else to fulfull your dreams and hopes for you, you’re a loser putz. Or a Democrat.
flipflop on June 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Tim Zank on June 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I guess this means Vader is for McCain.
Limerick on June 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
From Wikipedia:
A hero (from Greek ἥρως hērōs[1]), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, the offspring of a mortal and a deity,[2] their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.
Seems to sum up the way the left views Obama.
freakagriep on June 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Been drinking out of that Hollywood well. Obama – the judgment to lead. Lucas – the judgment to center a movie around JarJar.
Spirit of 1776 on June 4, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Watch for the next digital remastering of the original Star Wars to superimpose Obama over Mark Hamill. Or maybe the next one after that.
OneGyT on June 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Someone ask the moron if he would hire barry to run his studio. hollywood is made up of such incredible morons and we deserve to listen to their stupidity because we make them rich and treat them like royalty until they start believing they are something special. Whether we want to believe it or not we are all a little responsible for creating people like barbara and rosie.
peacenprosperity on June 4, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Voting for Barry because he’s black is a sort of racism.
silverfox on June 4, 2008 at 10:48 PM
The majority of his life has been lived in a fantasy, and it has paid handsome dividends for the supreme Jedi Knight.
But guess what Lucas, this is the real world and you and Obama
may be feeling the rapture, but there is a huge world out here that lives in the now.
Your logic does not compute.
winemkr on June 4, 2008 at 10:48 PM
The Dhimpire Strikes Back?
Limerick on June 4, 2008 at 10:49 PM
He must write some of the Obama dialogue. It, too, bores me to tears.
SouthernGent on June 4, 2008 at 10:52 PM
These people have no concept of what a true hero is like — John Wayne’s era did, not this bloated clown.
Richard Romano on June 4, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Didn’t anybody else vomit in their mouths when hearing the dialog he wrote for the last 3 Star Wars films pertaining to war and government? Bleeeccchhh.
His ideology is so wuss-ass.
geckomon on June 4, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Maybe, but Episode IV would sure keep its name.
OneGyT on June 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM
“And this is how Democracy ends… to thunderous applause.”
Right back atcha Georgie.
Skywise on June 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Loser putz or democrat, is there a difference?
Does this mean Vice President Jar-Jar?
jdkchem on June 4, 2008 at 11:02 PM
It would make sense that Lucas would support Obama… both have made a career making the fantasy world appear real.
Texas Rainmaker on June 4, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Yeah….they’re all idiots. That’s why I ignore them, less it ruins the movies or music I love. For example “Born in the USA” is one of my favorite albums of all times, but Bruce’s politics suck. So I ignore them.
gator70 on June 4, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Obama, “for all of us who live in the real world, is a donut hole.”
fogw on June 4, 2008 at 11:10 PM
OK guys, I think it’s time to make the real banner for this November, just to let Hollywood and the Left know what our position is.
Barack Obama Is NOT Our Savior: Jesus Christ IS!
newton on June 4, 2008 at 11:11 PM
“Vacuous” our own HA csdeven would say, with passion.
Entelechy on June 4, 2008 at 11:11 PM
From last night’s open thread
Entelechy on June 4, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Of course Lucas never says why Barry is his hero. But then again his life is dealing in fantasy, so thinking some politician who spouts “hope” and “change” is a hero. George needs to tour Iraq and meet with our troops. Then let’s see if he understands who our heroes are.
Mallard T. Drake on June 4, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Of course Lucas looks up to him; Obama’s the first candidate to take an entire campaign and “fix it in post”.
PolitiNOOB on June 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I prefer the other quote I saw : “The force was with Obama”.
Too bad it wasn’t with George on his last film! Indy 4 sure could have used some help.
BTW fogw – LOL, funny comment!
linlithgow on June 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM
I must fight Darth Lucas with Jedi Coulter.
Red Pill on June 4, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Yes, we all have hopes and dreams, I hope and dream that you’ll stop screwing up all those great movies you once made … but those dreams turn into nightmares and the hope fades into despair. Thank God I have a real life in which I can escape your fantasy world.
Tony737 on June 4, 2008 at 11:32 PM
How can you trust the opinion of a man, who whored out an entire universe, on who should run a country?
29Victor on June 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM
From Jedi Coulter:
Red Pill on June 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Qoute of the Day:
Tony737 on June 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM
History would be made if we actually lived up to the dream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Red Pill on June 4, 2008 at 11:38 PM
My light saber is longer and brighter when I read Coulter.
SouthernGent on June 4, 2008 at 11:40 PM
For those new Obama voters who may be reading, it’s like voting for Paula, Randy or Simon to represent you, instead of texting your vote directly. – Ann
Funny.
“American IDLE” – Legend
Sad.
Tony737 on June 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM
And what is Mark Hamill doing now?
Connie on June 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM
I liked Luke, but “Obama is no Luke.”
Let the War begin!! This time the Trek. creator’s hero will “LOSE” and the US will be saved!!!
bucko36 on June 4, 2008 at 11:50 PM
The guilt is strong in this one….Lucas like Hanks and most successful liberals can not honestly define what Obama is nor how Obama will change water into wine. A black POTUS just feels good, and if it feels good just do it!
dmann on June 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM
What about those of us who want a big pile of change? Is Obama just about hope now? Because I was less interested in what I could do with some hope than what I could do with some extra change.
Kevin M on June 4, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Jeez, wasn’t “The Phantom Menace” punishment enough?
WasatchMan on June 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I notice that neither Lando nor Chewbaca have endorsed Obama. I think Lando is a super delegate pledged to Hillary and, I know for a fact, that Chewbaca has a huge Ron Paul sign in his front yard.
MCPO Airdale on June 4, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Regardless of what Lucas had to say, why should I care? My local hardware store guy has a political opinion too, should I drop everything and breathlessly wait to hear his endorsement?
Bishop on June 4, 2008 at 11:58 PM
A black POTUS just feels good … – D
Sure, as long as it’s Herman Cain or J.C. Watts or Condi Rice or Micheal Steel or Clarence Thomas or …
Tony737 on June 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Red, Ann provided a good lesson on the constitution and elections. If only the lefties would learn from it. They pick and choose the majority votes versus the electoral ones, depending what they wish. The media obliges them, with “giggles” and “sensations up their legs” – see Chris Matthews.
Entelechy on June 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Giving someone a job over a competitor, simply because of their skin color, is the very essence of racism.
This Marxist Obama could never have been selected the nominee of the Democrat party if it were not for his skin color. It’s certainly not the content of his character that Dems voted for. No big Hollywood celebrities are going around bragging of their presumptive nominee’s content of charcater!
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Tony, I’d vote happily for Thomas Sowell. Best economist.
Entelechy on June 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
This is not the candidate you’re looking for.
Rosmerta on June 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Did anybody catch Mencia tonight? Carlos had a skit on what McCain and Obama look like to different people. He said “… and here’s what Obama looks like to women:” and Billy D. Williams appears on the screen. Funny and I’m afraid there may be some truth to it. Obama’s way better looking than McCain, lots of women will vote for for that reason, just as many Black Voters will go for Obama just because he’s black.
By the way, I met Carlos on my plane last week, very cool guy.
Tony737 on June 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Er, Obama that is, not Sowell.
Rosmerta on June 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
LOL
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
I’m not touching that.
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I don’t see why not. He’s screwed up “Star Wars” and he’s screwed up “Indiana Jones.” He might as well do what he can to screw up America, too.
Blacklake on June 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Seriously? We’re supposed to take the opinion of the creator of Jar-Jar Binks seriously?
The man who had the young Annakin Skywalker yell “Yippee!” when told he was going to leave a life of slavery?
The man who wrote the sparkling dialogue that I mock to this day?
“Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo.”
And he even used the picnic-in-the-field cliche. I mean, really.
Say it with me, folks: “Meesa stupid!”
Meryl Yourish on June 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
“Dreams of My Father”
A book about the dreams of sith lord Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM
I’d vote happily for Thomas Sowell. – Entel
Yeah, that guy rocks! There’s lots of potential black Pubbies we could vote for, but as mentioned above it’d be for their character content (as well as experience, political opinions, etc) and not their skin color.
Tony737 on June 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM
To which George Lucas would reply
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Meryl Yourish,
I loved your post. I’m laughing with you, not at you.
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Compare the candidates at the same age. Mccain was a handsome young man. Much better looking than hussein. Hollywood is nuts and we are nuts for making them millionaires.
Bambi on June 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Hillary shot first!
Seriously, as someone mentioned above, if you’re waiting for a president of the US to fulfill your “dreams and hope” you’re pathetically mistaken. Jar Jar mistaken.
inviolet on June 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Well, in this case the facts are on his side. He’s run the blood test several times himself, and Obama’s Midichlorian count is through the roof!
Blacklake on June 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
But he’s too old to train to be a Jedi.
Look what happened last time they tried that. That guy seemed all young and innocent, but turned into Darth Carter.
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
This from the man who brought us “Greedo shot first.”
Nosferightu on June 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Ever since the shuttle launch, I’ve been watching NASA TV. The work being done this week, install the Japanese Laboratory module is . . . beyond words. So I come here to check on current events and read this . . . fantasy stuff?
Real people doing really historic stuff, and hollywood people think Obama is . . . a hero? This is insane delusion. Or they’re being dishonest.
rockhauler on June 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Right, and how much cash did you shell out to memorize all those lines? I think that says it all.
Who’s the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?
Is a question that might apply to you.
bayam on June 5, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Real people doing really historic stuff, and hollywood people think Obama is . . . a hero? This is insane delusion. – Rock
Yeah, pathetic, isn’t it? Astronauts, cops firemen, spies, etc. We have real life heroes fighting a war against islamic radicals that would take away Hollywood’s right to make movies, yet they see fit to only make movies accussing our Troops of rape and murder.
Tony737 on June 5, 2008 at 12:57 AM
*yawn and Eye-roll*
More nonsensical boobery from the Hollywood Communist Party – or the HAP.
Claypigeon on June 5, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Oh, puke
ToddonCapeCod on June 5, 2008 at 1:02 AM
I meant to thank you the other day for doing what you do on your flights. I’m glad you wake people up to the fact that they pay more attention to American Idol than they do to our real heroes, including Medal of Honor recipients.
It also irritates me every time someone uses the term “swiftboated” derrogatoraly. One of those men in the Swift Vets and POWs is a Medal of Honor recipient. John Kerry never answered the questions they asked of him.
Red Pill on June 5, 2008 at 1:15 AM
He’s just angling for a VP nod for Ja Ja Binx.
2Tru2Tru on June 5, 2008 at 1:16 AM
Hey, thanks Red, I love doin’ that :-)
Tony737 on June 5, 2008 at 1:20 AM
I seem to recall a certain “Chosen One” not working out very well for the Galactic Republic.
vonspringer on June 5, 2008 at 1:21 AM
McCain is in trouble if Obama has the fat, out of touch and big budget dud demographic.
NotCoach on June 5, 2008 at 1:34 AM
Pretty much true and all I can think is – is this guy the best you can come up with after all these years of claiming disenfranchisement?
Connie on June 5, 2008 at 1:41 AM
Hey Mr Tony, you reminded me of somethin’. Forty years ago [heh, yeah 40!] in Army basic training they teach you how to dig a fox hole. (Believe it!) The Army teaches you how to dig a hole. At the bottom of the hole is something called a ‘grenade sump’, and extra two foot deep, small hole. If someone tosses a grenade in your hole, you have the chance to kick it into the sump, and perhaps survive the detonation.
They don’t have grenade sumps in humvees. That guy
McGinnis? That’s heroic.
Obama is an illusion, a mirage, a faker. Anyone calling Obama a hero is a fool no matter how much money they have.
rockhauler on June 5, 2008 at 1:46 AM
They don’t have grenade sumps in humvees. – Rock
Well, ya know, maybe they oughta cut holes in the floor of the Hummers to give ‘em a chance to get rid of any grenades thrown in.
Thank you for your service, Rock. Oh, and it’s nice to know that I’m not the only insomniac here tonight :-)
Tony737 on June 5, 2008 at 1:57 AM
I guess he talks about people the same way he writes movie dialogue. I honestly can’t tell the difference.
The melodrama…
Grayson on June 5, 2008 at 2:13 AM
I’ll bet he gets a shiver in one of his appendages when he thinks of Obama.
Goodale on June 5, 2008 at 2:19 AM
For all of us who have brains and sense, Obama is a Herostratus.
Lucas Pieintheskywalker, going over to the semi-dark side.
Typical white guy.
profitsbeard on June 5, 2008 at 2:20 AM
Please don’t give me that ‘thank you for your service’ crap, though I know you mean well. I was an effing truck driver, REMF. Regular Army, but it was a three year gig, because Navy was 4 years, and no way to walk home from disaster when you’re 500 miles from land.
When you volunteered, you had your choice of job assignment; if you were drafted, no choice. While I was in basic I got a post card from my draft board telling me to report. The company commander took care of that for me.
Insomnia? I’m that ‘crazy uncle’ everyone is always slamming. I do what I want, when I feel like it, and only if I feel like it.
How about you?
rockhauler on June 5, 2008 at 2:20 AM
Hmmm…if Obama is Luke, does that make Rev. Wright Obi-wan?
soundingboard on June 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM
The one thing about the movies, it’s all about fiction. I mean Luke Warmwater and Handsoap Solo were just characters in a fictional movie. It’s not real life. Credits roll at the end.
Kini on June 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM
Thank you for your service anyways. Those trucks still needed to be driven.
NotCoach on June 5, 2008 at 3:09 AM
It is, perhaps, life’s greatest mystery: wildly successful businessmen who, with utter cluelessness and a smile on their face, vote for the Dark Side.
Halley on June 5, 2008 at 3:19 AM
Indiana South Side Chicago Barack Jones
Kini on June 5, 2008 at 3:38 AM
Uh-huh, and Hayden Christiansen, Jar Jar Binks, and three of the crappiest scripts this side of Gigli were an awesome way to complete the Star Wars saga.
Just go back to the Skywalker Ranch, count your stacks of money and shut the hell up Dopey Wan.
SuperCool on June 5, 2008 at 4:24 AM
Obama, “for all of us that have dreams and hope, is a hero,” Lucas said.–Plagal cadence.
Hillary, “for all of us that have dreams and hope, is a hero,” Ferraro said.–Authentic cadence.
Face it, Lucas. By choice, you have made yourself into a has been. You lack originality and interest, stuck in sequel format as your brain is. For genius squandered, cry yourself a river. Go dream your dreams, but no longer at our expense. Even if it is “art” and even if you do, I don’t buy a pig with lipstick and call it a masterpiece. Give us our money back, charlatan.
maverick muse on June 5, 2008 at 6:01 AM
Obama is well qualified for the role. He is tall, dark and handsome, even with the big, flappy ears. He has a terrific speaking voice, works well with a script and can hold an audience in the palm of his hand. He is a black Clark Gable. Of course a movie director would like him.
fluffy on June 5, 2008 at 6:27 AM
So, Barack Obama is the Jar-Jar Binks of politics?
N. O'Brain on June 5, 2008 at 6:40 AM
Somehow, the image of B.O. swinging a lightsaber around just doesn’t look right.
pilamaye on June 5, 2008 at 6:53 AM
Spending his life pursuing political power so that he could achieve his lifelong ambition to become the first black president is heroic?
Not in my book.
A hero is someone who makes big sacrifices for the common good, not someone who seeks to glorify himself.
AZCoyote on June 5, 2008 at 7:07 AM
I’d vote happily for Thomas Sowell. – Entel
Could we please add Dr. Walter Williams to that list as well?
oldleprechaun on June 5, 2008 at 7:11 AM
Le sigh.
Cylor on June 5, 2008 at 7:19 AM
You guys just got a shoutout at F&F.
jimmy the notable on June 5, 2008 at 7:32 AM
hahahahahah, thanks for the laugh, Limerick
Alden Pyle on June 5, 2008 at 7:36 AM
Lucas is a big believer in the archetypical hero as espoused by Joseph Campbell. I am too.
However, there is no way B. Hussein even remotely resembles that archetype or even the journeys all heroes in storytelling take.
I’m sorry, Lucas lost me when he said that the movies were really just all about Anakin and not about Luke or even the greater struggle. He lost me when the books went off the deep end. If you want really good SW, you don’t have to buy books and give him money. Just search the internet.
Darksean on June 5, 2008 at 7:47 AM
After a short string of really, really, REALLY bad Sci-Fi movies (see: Laserhawk), he settled into a solid if not entirely noteworthy career performing cartoon voiceovers.
James on June 5, 2008 at 7:52 AM
Obama Racewalker, and his wife Princess Lamest.
“…..and May your chickens never come home to roost.”
Hening on June 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM
Obama Jedi Mind Trick :-)
JeffinSac on June 5, 2008 at 7:54 AM
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