Spike Lee: Obama’s emergence “pre-deortained”
posted at 11:36 am on October 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
Preordained, predetermined — you know what he means. Nothing new, but Lee on politics is fun to watch since he’s willing to articulate the sort of things many of his allies seem to believe but deem too kooky or cretinous to say publicly. See, e.g., his take on the racial politics of black Democrats supporting Hillary during the primary. Obama allies like Jesse Jackson Jr used that subject to twist arms, but quietly, behind closed doors. Not Spike: “Ooh, Massuh Clinton was good to us, massuh hired a lot of us, massuh was good!”
Anyway, a fine occasion to savor the nuance of the self-styled skeptics and iconoclasts of the left treating their candidate this year as a demigod. Obama be thy name! Click the image to watch.
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Yes, quite touching. One of Ed Norton’s better performances, and he’s had several very good ones.
dedalus on October 28, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Rich Lowrey NAILED it with his column today:
If McCain weren’t running for president, and it were some other Republican who had attacked Obama for his associations and picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, surely McCain himself would be on some Sunday show clucking his disapproval.
HA HAHA!!! Perfect. great job, repbulicans.
Roger Waters on October 28, 2008 at 12:48 PM
…I was thinking more:
“You will be assimilated into the collective. Resistance is futile.”
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 12:48 PM
A waste is a terrible thing to mind.
TheSitRep on October 28, 2008 at 12:50 PM
twirp
D2Boston on October 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM
I should add that to my list. I can’t believe I forgot it. I remembered the Cybermen, the Zerg, and the Many, and forgot the Borg. I’m ashamed of myself.
:P
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Dummköpfe are indignant.
Entelechy on October 28, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I hear ya! When I got my MBA, the excuse they gave for group work is that in the “real world” you have to work in groups so doing it at school is good training for life.
What they failed to mention is that in the “real world” your co-workers don’t consist of a whining female who expects the entire group to meet around her kids soccer schedule, a guy who promises to do all the research and promptly disappears until just before the final presentation, a type A personality who wants to meet every night, a self-declared editor who essentially ignores everybody’s input and writes the paper alone, and a social misfit who replaces is social life with group work.
highhopes on October 28, 2008 at 12:53 PM
There’s just one thing I’d say to this guy…
Clint is better than you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Domino on October 28, 2008 at 12:59 PM
…you should be…and as a consequence, I’m taking your pocket protector away…no more Trekkie conventions for you, young man!
…and don’t spill any syrup on that keyboard…or it’ll be an early bedtime for you….
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Sounds a lot like the business world especially if you add the guy who doesn’t do much work but focuses on office politics ingratiating himself to higher-ups while irritating his peers.
dedalus on October 28, 2008 at 1:02 PM
What a moron!
OSUBuciz1 on October 28, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Spike Lee’s next movie should be an autobiograhical snuff film. I’d pay to see that.
SKYFOX on October 28, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Please don’t insult morons.
Entelechy on October 28, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Do you feel this thrill going up your leg Spike?
try again later on October 28, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Just another liberal nut case. Spike, go make another bad movie somewhere!
GFW on October 28, 2008 at 1:15 PM
“President Barak Hussein Obama”
spells
“I am Satans Pinko Rehabbed User”
rocinaterider on October 28, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Of course, that was supposed to be “autobiographical”. Fat fingers strike again.
SKYFOX on October 28, 2008 at 1:20 PM
C’mon folks, Spike is alright. Even if we don’t agree with his politics, we can appreciate his willingness to stand by his convictions. Paul Wellstone was like that too. Just because he’s Liberal doesn’t mean he’s evil.
Doug on October 28, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Lee has always been a black supremist race baiting opportunist who plays the righteous race card first and could care less about the damage he does. Recall his dustup with Clint Eastwood regarding the lack of black soilders used in Flags of Our Fathers (history be damned). Lee is a thug who goes out of his way to do the wrong thing, like his lord Obama, highly overrated and respected due to political correctness alone.
dmann on October 28, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Spike Lee, racist. And the Italians don’t think much of him either.
GarandFan on October 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Spike took his head out of his butt long enough to say something really stupid.
“Just because he’s Liberal doesn’t mean he’s evil.”
Doug: You gotta be kidding. SL isn’t a liberal, he’s a racist Marxist and yes, he is evil…even tho he has convictions?
Christine on October 28, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Yes Christine-the example I gave-Paul Wellstone-would have been competing with Obama for the title of “Most Liberal Senator” if he had lived…but he stood by his convictions.
Love him or hate him, love or hate his politics, he’s willing to stand up for his beliefs, and I respect that.
Look at Joe the Biden-he went from bad mouthing Obama when they were competitors to loving being on the ticket with him.
That shows no strength of character at all.
I stop short of extending the same admiration to Franken, as he’s just nuts.
Doug on October 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Doesn’t Spike know that people who evoke the will of God and accidentally make up new words are dangerous and not to be trusted?
calbear on October 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Doug on October 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM
So no problems doling out respect to Hitler, Stalin, Che, Pol Pot, Ahmadinejad..the list goes on and on. The act of standing up for ones beliefs in and of itself does not warrant respect, you have a pretty myopic take on character.
dmann on October 28, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Which word is that? Please define this word. Why won’t you use it?
There’s a term that applies to you: coward.
An epithet by any other name…
Reminds me of a I guy I used to mentor. He was white by all acounts, except his own. He spoke fluent gangster spanish and would call all cops “niggers.”
He was an idiot too.
The Race Card on October 28, 2008 at 4:53 PM
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