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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because Obama’s the second coming of the Lord.
and everyone can praise his name from the bread lines he’ll magnanimously create to help all the working folks.
bloghooligan on October 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Is it wrong of me to want to see him crying like a little baby on election night? Because if it is, I don’t want to be right.
Physics Geek on October 28, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Do the Right Thing and STFU.
carbon_footprint on October 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM
The Cult of Obama has its own commandments, too.
Terrie on October 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM
And when Obama turns out to be an unqualified disaster, it’ll be racist to criticize him, blah blah blah.
When does his movie O come out?
JammieWearingFool on October 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM
…and B.S. = By Spike.
Do the right thing! Vandalize the white-owned pizza shop because they have insurance!!!
Akzed on October 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM
“I live in Manhattan, but I still vote in Brooklyn…”
Does anybody follow the rules anymore? Aren’t you supposed to register and vote where you actually live? Or does that just apply to the little people?
forest on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Pre-deortained ?
BHO has a massive coalition of stupid whites, racist blacks, and far left nutbags.
A McCain surprise will mean riots everywhere. Count on it.
DeweyWins on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know whats going to be worse, Obama winning the election, or losing it.
wise_man on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Spike Lee: Obama’s emergence “pre-deortained”
MUTANT ORC!
maverick muse on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
I agree Physics Geek… I would love to see Obama on election night have to give a concession speech to the brainwashed congregation.
Reaganite84 on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Good grief. I’ve seen previous interviews with him. He’s an inarticulate, rather stupid person. He’s the EEO hire for movie directors. Who (outside of Hollywood) cares what he thinks?
ErikTheRed on October 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM
He sounds like Archie Bunker.
forest on October 28, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Him shore r smart.
I wantz me a etikacion lik they giv them holeywould starz.
Elizabetty on October 28, 2008 at 11:42 AM
forest: permanent address, stay registered there.
maverick muse on October 28, 2008 at 11:42 AM
coming Next Year: “The Messiah” directed by Spike Lee, The True Story of the postmodern savior..
or something like that, imagine the type of crap that Obama will inspire out of the hollywood idiots
jp on October 28, 2008 at 11:42 AM
He’s made such ground breaking movies, though! I mean a black guy and white chick dating. Wow. What a concept. Till that movie, I never thought such a thing was even possible!
lorien1973 on October 28, 2008 at 11:43 AM
When Bush creates new words by combining two actual ones, it’s “AHHHAAAHHH POOOOOOOOO BUSHIIIIDOIT CHIMPY MCHAHAHAHA!!!”
When a worthless has-been director with one good film to his name does it, it’s “chic”.
Douche.
MadisonConservative on October 28, 2008 at 11:43 AM
The asshole works wonders vs. international diplomacy as well. Survivors of tragedies deserve respect that he just can’t find to give.
maverick muse on October 28, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Like I posted before, I can’t wait to see Spike’s new movie about Barack and redistributing wealth as a means of slavery reparations titled, “Do the Wright Thing.”
Elizabetty on October 28, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Elizabetty on October 28, 2008 at 11:45 AM
It already did.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184791/
It’s about how a powerful black man was brought to ruin because of a racist and jealous white man.
Esthier on October 28, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Spike should go back to making movies nobody watches.
Samhain on October 28, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Knickerbocker please.
The Race Card on October 28, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I actually agree with him here, though from a completely different point of view. We are being judged, Obama is our punishment unless grace intervenes.
jp on October 28, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Whose the dummy, again?
Y-not on October 28, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Hopefully BB and AB will only apply to this election cycle.
saltydogg14 on October 28, 2008 at 11:47 AM
This fool will shriek like a horny cat when he see’s his tax bill in a couple of years. Then again, he might be exempt like Wesley Snipes because he’s down for the struggle, except with his own money of course.
Hummer53 on October 28, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Obama’s concession speech will consist of nothing but repeated exhortations to stop rioting. It will be both awful and delightful to watch.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 11:49 AM
the epitome of *the* word
redrock on October 28, 2008 at 11:49 AM
He sounded drunk.
p0s3r on October 28, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Ah, but the difference between Othello and Obama is that Othello actually acomplished things, and was a respected man.
Anna on October 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I wish I had a 1 year (in the future) crystal ball….
jake-the-goose on October 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Spike Lee is the black Ed Wood. Every one of his movies bomb, yet he continues to make them and become more and more irrelevant, except in his own mind. Why anyone is seeking his opinion on anything is a mystery.
Bill Brasky on October 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I’ll be damned, I just discovered…..I’m racist after all……..
FiveWays on October 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Speaking of directors of lousy liberal movies, it’s gratifying to see how well “W” did in the box office last week:
hee hee hee
Y-not on October 28, 2008 at 11:52 AM
For the record, 25th Hour was a fantastic and touching film.
MadisonConservative on October 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Quit distracting me, I should be in the basement making my Obama-guillotine “art” and other “satire”.
Question: If it has to last four years, should I use 2×2′s or 2×4′s?
Dusty on October 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Drunk or not, Spike’s always been a race-baiting self-promoting idiot.
When one of his movies succeeds (Do The Right Thing, He Got Game, Inside Man), it’s because he’s a genius as a director.
When one of his vanity projects fails commercially (Malcolm X), it’s because people were buying tickets to PG-13 movies and sneaking into his R-rated film
I don’t think he likes to address some of his complete and total flops, like School Daze.
(The Wayans Brothers did a Do The Right Thing skit on In Living Color where one of the big punch-lines was that Spike was giving away free copies of School Dayz and no one would take them.)
teke184 on October 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Here is a mid-day palate-cleanser that I am posting to all of today’s threads. It’s very inspirational and I promise it will be worth 2 minutes of your life. Birth of the U.S.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I’m convinced there’s a MULTITUDE of bloggers, reporters, columnists, talk-show hosts who are Obama supporters just for new material. McCain is indeed just the sequel to Bush-derangement, after 8 years they want a new-derangement. And they WILL attack once their prey thinks it safe and care-free.
Marcus on October 28, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Douchebag. He’s voting for O bcs he’s black, just like lots of other black people & self-hating whites, or just liberals desperate for power.
I agree that if McCain wins, there will riots in the streets of major Democratic cities. I’m so glad I live in rural ND.
I will never have to see any of this, except on the news.
Badger40 on October 28, 2008 at 11:59 AM
The only thing I’m looking forward to from the election of Barack is the disappointment these idiots feel when they realize he’s not “the one”.
That, and the human gaffemaster.
sheesh on October 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Yep. I liked that one too.
lorien1973 on October 28, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Had to fix that for ya.
Did you lose it there for a moment Manly?
fogw on October 28, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Ideally — and I’m also saying this as a Knicks fan — Spike would just go away and hang out around Isaiah Thomas’ medicine cabinet…
jon1979 on October 28, 2008 at 12:02 PM
“Pre-deortained”? Sub-literate POS. He and Bush oughta hang together. They deserve each other.
The rest of us need to be on to the business of how best to rebuild the country … AB.
Drum on October 28, 2008 at 12:03 PM
You know I have worried about this. It is a major concern I think. Could this be a civil war -/tin foil hat-. What could happen? Am I the only one who worries about this?
dc84123 on October 28, 2008 at 12:03 PM
When I was in college I had an English project regarding Spike’s movie “Do the Right Thing.” Basically the teacher’s objective was for us to write about why we think what happened (the riot) was the right or wrong thing to do and to defend our position.
I obviously said it was the wrong thing to do and defended my position quite well; I received an A in the project and an A for the course.
It was really a very simple defense of course since Spike’s whole contention in the movie was it was ok to riot and destroy the white owner’s restaurant because he didn’t have any pictures of blacks in his restaurant and he smashed “Radio Hakim’s” radio, only because Hakim was blaring his music in the restaurant even after the owner told him to turn it off. In other words because the owner of the restaurant did not have pictures of blacks and asked Radio Hakim to turn off his loud music in HIS restaurant he must be a racist!
IMHO MLK would have scoffed at Spike’s simplification and trivialization of what true “racism” is and he (MLK) would have admonished Spike for doing so. In other words don’t cry wolf as you hurt the cause when you cry racism at the drop of a hat (like Obambi does) much like the negative affect it has when a woman falsely accuses someone of rape, it hurts the cause and breeds doubt when legitimate victims come forward.
Liberty or Death on October 28, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Theatres are making a visible, obvious effort to keep “American Carol” off that list. I tried to go see it last weekend and found there were only three showings on a Sunday – one at 6 PM, one at 8, and one at 10. None of which I could make – the first two due to being at church, and the 10 showing because I have work on Monday mornings and I’m already a bad enough morning person as it is.
I’d bet it’s worse on a weekday.
ARRRRRRGH.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:05 PM
He either had a stroke, or he’s retarded.
marklmail on October 28, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Far from it. I’m getting my CCW now, after three or four years of procrastination, for a reason.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Twenty years ago, when living in Chicago, I had a couple of friends who coined a term that they used on rare occasions but would certainly apply to Spike–reagan.
Figure it out.
BuckeyeSam on October 28, 2008 at 12:06 PM
You forget that Manly is convinced of a McCain win. So yes, Obama will concede, according to him.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:07 PM
‘I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can’t explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen… I know it won’t be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it.’-George W. Bush.
crr6 on October 28, 2008 at 12:08 PM
With Obama in office, Lee may finally help us get to the bottom of the controversy as to whether Bush and Rove personally blew up the levees in black areas down here in New Orleans or if they had somebody in the administration do it for them.
highhopes on October 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
The next four years are going to be as miserable as that Spike Lee Joint, He Got Game.
We’ve heard the hymns to BHO, we’ve seen the votive candles, we hear Spike the douchebag claiming B.B. and A.B. for our new calendar, we’ve heard Farrakhan call him the messiah (and all the other myriad references to Jesus Christ), and anyone who disagrees with him will be the hateful pharisee.
We’re in trouble. Hide what money you can (from the tax man), buy your ammo (before taxes on it go up–again), and pray that we can make it through this new administration with the shirts on our backs.
Pope Linus on October 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Is this the same Spike Lee that would not give an autograph to some white kids? I remember this from a few years back,..if fact I think he said “No,because if I wasn’t Spike Lee, to you I would be just another &$%*#@!
christene on October 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Oh by the way, because the time has come…
DAWN OF THE FINAL WEEK – SEVEN DAYS REMAIN!!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Good point. Othello was a man who led by example and had no problem taking responsibility for his decisions.
His weakness was partially his love for his wife. I can’t imagine Obama falling prey to the same issue, though I’d say that about any politician.
Esthier on October 28, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Especially with HIS wife…
… That’s racist, isn’t it…?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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What’s on today’s menu?…: o )
christene on October 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Pancakes. With maple syrup and a liberal (-snort-) sprinkling of nuts. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:13 PM
That assignment would have been so much more meaningful if you had been required to make BOTH cases. Lack of critical thinking is what has us in this box where McCain and Obama can blare blatantly untrue statements without fear of being challenged by the electorate (aka sheeple).
highhopes on October 28, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Exactly, thanks, crr6. See, when Bush did this, the Left was outraged and fearful of the coming theocracy.
But now when people come out in the open and say these exact things about Obama, no one seems to care.
I’m glad you see the double standard, crr6. Don’t let anyone here tell you that you’re a troll.
Esthier on October 28, 2008 at 12:14 PM
OT A bit of trivia about Spike. In order to film some of his movie about Malcolm X movie in Mecca, he and the crew went through conversion to Islam since only Muslims are allowed anywhere near that city.
snaggletoothie on October 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Well at least we knew that was heartfelt, coming from a candidate who loved his country.
Spike and his pal Obama …. not so much.
fogw on October 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Does it hurt you when you think?
Saying that you feel that your God wants you to run for office is not the same as thinking you ARE GOD so you should be appointed President, even if you have to commit fruad to get that done.
Elizabetty on October 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM
It concerns Obama. You already know the answer.
Esthier on October 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
What do you mean, ‘Go back to..’?
he’s has always made movies people didn’t watch..
can you name his last movie? didn’t think so..
it was ‘The Miracle of St. something something or other’.
DaveC on October 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
I HATED projects like that growing up. Mostly because I cannot fathom why someone would support the opposing position so I have a very, very difficult time defending a stance I don’t agree with.
I had to fail a couple of projects growing up because I got assigned to defend a position I couldn’t agree with.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Question: when does The Audacity of Hope achieve biblical status? I mean, after all, it was written by a deity.
Pope Linus on October 28, 2008 at 12:17 PM
A racist and jealous white man? If Walter Williams would run for President. Then he would have my vote in a heart beat. Color has nothing to do with my vote. BO is a Marxist. He wants to change Our Constitution! He wants to give hand outs to the lazy no good for nothings. McCain has to win!!!!!
sheebe on October 28, 2008 at 12:17 PM
The Miracle of St. Anna. I only remember it because of my name – it’s not the type of movie I like to watch.
Anna on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I’m guessing that Obama will look around and see the damage he’s caused and instead of killing himself in remorse, he’ll just issue a press release claiming that it is all the Republican’s fault.
highhopes on October 28, 2008 at 12:18 PM
What I care about what this dipshit has to say, I’ll off myself.
Metro on October 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Or Dreams from my Father?
And along the same lines, what does that make the late Barack Sr.? And George?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
The Miracle
ofat St. Anna.Anna on October 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Pancakes. With maple syrup and a liberal (-snort-) sprinkling of nuts. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:13 PM
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Sounds good! My breakfast consisted of coffee with a side dish of sugar and cream! : o )
christene on October 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Naturally.
Esthier on October 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Barack, Barack Sr., George…it looks like good ole Spike et al. are trinitarian in their worship.
Pope Linus on October 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
You poor thing. Have a pancake. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:23 PM
The point is not to defend something you don’t support but, rather, to learn to think critically about issues. Unless your position is so clearly 100% the right one (i.e. the other side doesn’t have a single point to make) then it’s important to see competing sides.
What I hated in college were those group projects. I was never in one of those, nor do I know anyone, who found value of sitting around with other students as a group- just so the professor didn’t have as many papers to grade at the end of the semester.
highhopes on October 28, 2008 at 12:23 PM
It’s all group work now. I’m finishing up my second master’s, and the profs love putting you in little groups. Graduate education has degraded so rapidly in this country, most of it is nearly meaningless.
Pope Linus on October 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Allah,
You know I respond to ACORN Cheese, “Spike” that’s a cable channel, right? The Man channel?
The media is conflicted,
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2008/10/media-conflict-of-interest.html
Dr Evil on October 28, 2008 at 12:26 PM
It’s how my brain works… I guess that just means I’m poor at critical thinking. I simply cannot fathom a position that differs from my own until it’s step-by-step explained to me. That’s the only way anyone’s ever succeeded in changing my mind. I can occasionally understand one or two points from the other side, but never their entire position.
Same, as well as in high school. I always figured it was because I was a loner.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:27 PM
You poor thing. Have a pancake. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:23 PM
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LOL,…Bless your heart!…Thanks.
christene on October 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Words, just words. Not quite “I have a dream” – but don’t make fun of the
iliterut,eliterate,iliterit, uh,ignintnincunboob. Maybe foniks didn’t work for him after all.You are all a bunch of racists anyhoo.
Just out of curiousity – why didn’t anyone ask him what the hell he was talking about?
And the reason he has to be first in line in Brooklyn, is because he still has to get to Chicago to vote in 2 different districts there.
JeffinOrlando on October 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM
A racist director that rewrites history to feature black Americans at the price of lying about white devils support Obama ?
I’m stunned
Hening on October 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM
…no…he’s become America’s Leni Riefenstahl…except that Ms. Riefenstahl, as a film maker, had talent and a fair measure of style.
Maybe, should Mr. Obama win, Lee can be coaxed into making a “Triumph of the Community Organizer”, complete with the “cathedral of ice” searchlights at night effect, and acolytes marching down stairs carrying Obama-logo’d flags…shots of “the Leader” with the camera below the subject, sort of looking up his nostrils, making him seem noble…celebrating the one-party state, national “unity”, the dignity of labor, loads of fluffy- and noble-sounding nonsequitur slogans, while demonizing outsiders and those who resist “change”….
…except that it wouldn’t be as good a film, of course…and will be released straight to DVD….
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Well, assuming he meant to say “preordained”, I’m afraid he may be right.
The gap in early voting may be enough to put Obama over the top in some states. They are successfully gaming the system the same way they out-hustled Hillary in the caucus states.
forest on October 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Wasn’t sure I ever had it. That said, McCain will be elected president on November 4. Rioting will follow, confirming – in the minds of those who did not pull the lever for Obama – that their decision was a wise one.
ManlyRash on October 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM
…that is because the collective is everything…one needs to be guided by the group, don’cha’know….
…individual genius, individual perspectives, individual research using one’s own genius and perspective are suspect…you might differ from the collective, and so cannot be trusted.
…think of a beehive or an anthill….
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I don’t think any of us ever have. :) Truer words never spoken by uninspired mortal man my friend.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM
You are like us. You shall be one of us.
For the Hive, for the Brood, for the Swarm.
Glory to the Many, you are a Voice in the Choir.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Glory to the Manly, he is the Voice in our Choir.
fogw on October 28, 2008 at 12:39 PM
LOL +1
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Obama will ruin the country, but Mookie will be collecting his paycheck.
LOL, priceless!
Kim Hartveld on October 28, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Wonder how happy THE SPIKE will be when THE ONE says it is time to be patriotic and give his money to THE MESSIAH? Redistribution of wealth will apply to everyone; friend and foe. The friend may be last on the list, but he will still be on the list.
I am beyond fed up with these religious connections to THE ONE. AB and BB! Jesus was a community organizer! Jesus was for redistribution of the wealth! “We are what we have been waiting for!” “I will health the Earth and the seas will recede!” “There will be a light that comes down from above and you will hear a voice that says you must vote Obama!” And so forth and so on. Even JFK did not think he was Jesus! This dude, Obama. is beyond insane with the “I am the Saviour!” ideology and his followers like THE SPIKE need to be sent to the funny farm! Talk about re-education camps!
freeus on October 28, 2008 at 12:45 PM
…and, in so saying, Mr. Bush was speaking about the actual God…what he felt as his mission is irrelevant. Anything wrong with feeling that your country is going to need you and your services, and then offering them?
…in the case of the American Left, they’ve elevated what I presume to be a mortal man (I presume because I haven’t actually thumped his chest or taken his pulse), to the station of god…a common fault among the godless. I think it was Chesterton who said that the problem with atheism isn’t that you believe in nothing, but that you’ll believe in anything.
I’m sure that, given this deification by his worshipful throngs, once in office Mr. O will have no problems come wreath-laying time at Arlington…he’ll just stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue and walk right ‘cross the Potomac to do the duty.
I wonder if he’ll call a plague down on Republicans for our apostasy…boils, maybe….
…anyway…I’m looking forward to the crucifixion….
Puritan1648 on October 28, 2008 at 12:45 PM
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