Open Thread: Even Spike Lee Admits Obama Critics May Not Be Racist
When Spike Lee, one of the most notorious racial grievancemongers, admits that people may have legitimate reasons to dislike President Obama, then you know people may be tuning out the media's virtual non-stop campaign to demonize conservatives.
In an interview with GQ magazine, Lee, known primarily for films he made in the 80s and 90s, stated that the bad economy might be reason enough for people to oppose Obama. Unfortunately, he couldn't resist raising the specter of racism entirely:
I can't say to all the people that are unhappy with him that they're racist people. People ain't got jobs, people are hurting. So I don't care what color you are, if people are out of work, it's tough. And then when you're the first African American president, that's not helping either. I just had a meeting with somebody high up in the Obama campaign this morning and the people have to get out and vote. This thing is not a lock. It is not a lock that president Obama is getting a second term and people have to really rekindle the enthusiasm that we had the first time. [...]
Once we get to the debates my man is going to tear him up! It's going to be obvious who should lead this country for the next four years once they go head to head, toe to toe, elbow to elbow, butt to butt. And I don't think Mr. Romney can hang with him. He just can't!
While we can credit Lee for at least partially avoiding the race card, it's a shame he can't avoid his ingrained habits.
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➚ Spike Lee is a pig
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:23am.
He found an acorn.
We return you now to Spike Lee's award winning expose' "Bush Blew Up The Levees"
My question
Submitted by bobsmom on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:23am.
is what in the holy hubs of hopped up he!! is this nitwit doing meeting with people in the Obama administration? What in the world does he have to offer that would be relevant to running the country?
I can say
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:56am.
I met with somebody in the admin too. Doesn't make it so.
➚ "My man"?
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:33am.
Spike calls him "my man"?
Think I'm gonna puke!
I've always thought that
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:25pm.
I've always thought that Spunk Lee was a racist punk...............now I guess I can say he's a gay racist punk - no wonder Boy Baraka is his 'man'!!!
➚ Shoulda' known it.
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:35pm.
What withe Spike sporting that George Michael style facial hair.
I think he calls it his low-impact shock absorber.
Reality hits back hard.
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:39am.
It seems that many people, regardless of their skin color, are realizing that electing the President of the United States because of the color of his skin might not be the smartest thing to do.
This might actually turn out to be as racially unbiased an election as 2008 was racially biased. Inspite of Spike Lee and the other race baiters.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
WOW!
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:46am.
"And then when you're the first African American president, that's not helping either. "
Look who's a racist now! He just dissed his "man!"
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Bloomberg's NY Nannies
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:55am.
now considering regulating popcorn, milk drinks.
One member, Bruce Vladeck, thinks limiting the sizes for movie theater popcorn should be considered.
“The popcorn isn’t a whole lot better than the soda,” Vladeck said.
Another board member thinks milk drinks should fall under the size limits.
“There are certainly milkshakes and milk-coffee beverages that have monstrous amounts of calories,” said board member Dr. Joel Forman.
Next up....sandwiches with bacon? Burgers larger than 3 ounces? 2-scoop ice cream cones?
Funny, isn't it?
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:58am.
They want to limit the size of everything, people, produce, even families, but not government. That would be too radical.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
... speaking of which!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:58am.
I'm just waiting till the Czar of NYC issues the rules about just how much sex you're allowed to have in NYC.
Of course, I'm sure that there will be different rules for different groups of people, and they may have to redefine what is "really sex" since Bubba opened the door to that discussion after he started getting "monikas" in the Oral Office.
Do you think that hookers will have to have "disclosure info" printed on them somewhere, or have a meter attached? Can you get "offset credits" if you eat arugula while "engaged?"
How many calories are there in sex, anyway? (for all you smart asses who know the punch line, don't answer!)
So many questions, yet so few answers.
By the way...
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:05am.
By the way, there is still hope:
"New York City voters oppose 51 - 46 percent Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on the sale of over-sized sugary soft drinks, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday."
Source
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
NY Nuts
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:05am.
Seems the material writes itself, I run into people at times that talk about how great NY is. I ask for clarification if they mean the state or city and if they mention the city, I tell them they are full of it. OF course, I'd have to say the state was full of it at one time because they elected a carpet bagger as their senator too.(For those of you in Rio Linda and those of you with a poor sense of history, I refer to the current Secy. of State Hillary Clinton)
So the more I see news like this, the more I see people willing to live like this.
Now why the hell would I find that great as some of the people who talk about NY as?
-Jon
That remindes me...
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:20am.
"Next up....sandwiches with bacon?"
That reminds me of a joke I heard on the Johnny Carson show, lo these many moons ago. It went something like this.
I bought a chili-dog in New York the other day, and they asked me if I would like some bacon on it. Yea, as if there isn't enough nitrates in it already. A few more of these and corn stalks will start growing out of my butt.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
NY style pizza
Submitted by GW on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:10pm.
Soon, you'll have to leave NYC to get the best NY style pizza.
Lee
Submitted by stan25 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:51am.
Spike Lee's comment that Hussein will tear up Romney in the debates is laughable. How a man who totally relies on a teleprompter, will answer spontaneously to questions is beyond me. He can't even have a presser without one. Last Friday proved that. But then again, the media will feed him the questions before each of the debates start.
That's easy...
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:55am.
It won't be a "debate" as we would all like to see. It will be a series of canned speeches to pre-approved questions. No surprises for the Great and Powerful BHO.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
You forget, Stan, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:07am.
... that the Boy Wonder controls the clandestine services of the USSA, and he can have an earpiece fitted into his vacuous little pointed head so that answers can be fed to him. In fact he may already have one, seeing as how most of his "off the cuff" answers are replete with "ahhhh, ughh, you-you-you-you, ahh ... gotta, ahh, you KNOW? Waiting for the team to look up the answers and pass them along? I think so.
In fact, with those big ears he has, they could put a radio station in one of them!
My thought exactly!
Submitted by pdxlady on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 1:17pm.
He can't even talk to kindergarten children without his teleprompter! Can't wait to watch this showdown...toe to toe...face to face...Ha!
ZUP?!?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:50am.
"I can't say to all the people that are unhappy with him that they're racist people"
Sure you can, Spike. You can say it all you want.
Want to know why, you moron? Because almost nobody really gives a flip flying Fluking Shiite what the hell you think, Tack. You're about as relevant as your Butt Boy Barry.
Here's another flash for you, ah, soul brother. I can be a racist if I want to be, and I can vote for or against ANYBODY for any reason, and you ain't got squat to do with it.
By the same token, I can choose my friends, and my politicians, regardless of their race. So back off this crap that I'm some sort of racist because I like Marco Rubio, but hate Bambi.
I've figured you race hustlers out long ago. You use racial division to enrich yourselves, and strike fear into weak-kneed politicians like Boner, McCain, Mitch the Bitch, and many others, but that is coming to an end, Tack.
So get yourself a prayer rug, brotha, because when Bambi has his caliphate in place, you're gonna have to convert or die along with the rest of us.
I don't mind it anymore
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:58am.
There was a time that it used to bother me if I was called a racist(and it was for something pretty stupid and had to do with the BET channel that I didn't want to watch it) but these days, not anymore.
If anything, since it lost its original meaning, I give it a new meaning, which is: a badge of honor. That's only because it would piss the libs off to no end. So if someone says I'm a racist, I say "Yep, whatever you say, have a nice day!"
-Jon
Me too, Jon.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:10am.
I'm so racist now, that I even hate liberal WHITE people.
Jeez, bubba, you're really
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:29pm.
Jeez, bubba, you're really hummin' and'a comin' this morning.................did you spike your coffee with an adult beverage???
I'm a little jumpy today, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 3:34pm.
It's my birthday and I started out the day with an expresso martini instead of just the average run-of-the-mill coffee!
WHAT?!?
Oh, my bad. I thought you said sumpin while I be typing.
Maybe it's time to switch to vodka and cherry soda?
Happy Birthday Newsbubba....
Submitted by dyardley on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 7:46pm.
Espresso Martini huh...sounds good to me.
Jeez Ms. Yardley - you're
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:34pm.
Jeez Ms. Yardley - you're turning into a real lush, hanging around with scoundrels like 'da killa' and the notorious newsbubba!!!
What ever happened that that sweet, innocent, naive, pure-as-the-wind-driven-slush girl that we used to know???
Thanks, dy.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:59am.
You would not believe how good, and when you're having "coffee," you really need to get a piece of key lime pie in the form of a key lime martini to go with it!
Stay away from that vodka and cherry soda that Killa drinks out in the American Asia. It can really mess you up.
Happy birfday to your son and grandson (who has papers!), Killa. Try out that new song I sent you. If I get much older, I'll forget I sent it.
Well, Happy BirFday, muv vah
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 9:38pm.
Well, Happy BirFday, muv vah falkah!!! And may you keep speakin' TROOF!!!!
Actually, my darling Hawaiian grandson (and he DOES have a birth certificate!!) turned 6 yesterday!!! And my #2 son, the Coast Guard officer, has a birthday this coming Monday..................and you're all a bunch of psychotic shizophrenic Geminis!!!!
Then there's this
Submitted by Model850 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 3:19pm.
Speaking of prejudices, there's this:
I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
W. C. Fields
Good job.
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:00am.
End your comment with "feel me?" And Spike might understand.
Spike Lee is an angry person
Submitted by wiwf on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:53am.
Spike Lee is an angry person that has no sports sense.
Finally, Spike said something I can agree with.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 10:59am.
"It's going to be obvious who should lead this country for the next four years once they go head to head, toe to toe, elbow to elbow, butt to butt". Yeah, it certainly will be obvious to just about everyone, Spike. But, it won't be TOTUS who ends up shining.
Florida is now being sued by
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:06am.
Florida is now being sued by o'bama. Won't be long now before all 57 states have a lawsuit against them.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Is it just me?
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:14am.
Is it just me, or do other people detest having an obese person like Bloomberg telling us that he's going to force us to limit our caloric intake in order to keep us from becoming obese?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
The debates!
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 11:15am.
Will they set up teleprompters (the glass devices, not the television reporters who feed Obama questions) for Romney, too?
Spike has a short memory.
Submitted by oldfart on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:12pm.
Hey Spike – 99 and 44/100% of us homies are not racist. Most of us believe in “you do your thing and let us do ours” – Right?
And we would never say Obama steered a hurricane to a city to kill white people. Like someone else - LOL.
DUH!
Romney leaps to lead in Wisconsin
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:31pm.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/electi...
Romney 47%
Obama 44%
Other 5%
Undecided 4%
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
'My man'???? 'Butt to
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:32pm.
'My man'???? 'Butt to butt'??? Sounds like ol' Spink has a heat-on for our first gay President!!!
Collective gasp
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:32pm.
All across the MSM-SUM, there was a collective gasp and murmured "Oh, sh**" and "Wait. What?"
Larry Oddonnell is frantically rewriting all his screeds (actually, he's just adding "some" before "racists"). So is Keith the Sports Boy, but who would ever know? Jeananne GAROFALO is scrambling for new epithets, and Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy are looking for sharp cutting instruments.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 12:45pm.
Spike Lee--the ultimate racist.
Oops
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 1:16pm.
So CNN's going to try to improve things by changing Wolf's show to three hours?
John King show canceled
-Jon
childish
Submitted by right of way on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 2:19pm.
spike lee dresses like a ten year old boy.
➚New video: Crush on Obama
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 3:40pm.
Finally a love video President Obama can relate to.
An old video, that the rest of us can relate to.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 5:01pm.
Obama boy.
You Didn't Build That.
Thanks for reminding me, right of way.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 3:47pm.
I've been meaning to ask this on a open thread and just keep forgetting.
Is there a new fashion among the teenage lesbian population?
About a week ago, I was in a fast food juke and puke, and saw this kid with the pants belted around the thighs, and the underwear and ass showing. When it turned around, I almost fell out because it had breasts! It was a girls, or at least I think so. I'm getting used to the boys walking around spraddle-legged trying to keep their pants up, with tee shirts 83 sizes too large and 20 yards of material on the shoe tops, but this was the first reasonable facsimile of a girl I'd seen like that.
Well, lo and behold, I saw another about two days later in another part of town, and she was out with her mom and probably little brother, or it could have been hers, but mom was looking after the kid.
This one looked a little cleaner, and the clothes and hair style were neater, but it was still pants at half mast, and cheeks glowing. Have to admit her undies were much more presentable than the first LuGButT's. After all, it was a much more classy Juke and Puke.
Is this something new going around, or am I just the one "lucky" enough to see two while trying to eat?
funny but sad
Submitted by right of way on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:21pm.
hey newsbubba, i don't get it either. all i know is that my kids don't dress like that, they have class. also, i wouldn't call yourself lucky trying to eat while looking at that! yuck!
Spike should stick to
Submitted by Master Reynolds1 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:17pm.
Spike should stick to entertainment. When his people try to think that is when we have problems. His people's job is to amuse or entertain. They do a real good job at that.
Yo Massa Reynolds
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:22pm.
Exactly what people are you referring to, When his people try to think that is when we have problems. His people's job is to amuse or entertain.
I think ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:38pm.
... that he might be referring to simple-minded entertainers as "his people."
Just checking Newsbubba
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:42pm.
The guy has a four hour history, and with the influx of trolls lately, I wouldn't be surprised if some plants show up to try to put some racist comments here. You know, just to give them evidence of how racist we are.
Step on Spike
Submitted by TreadMeNot on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:21pm.
Spike Lee needs to be stepped on like the little cockroach that he is.
We desparately need a Troll Czar
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 4:53pm.
We desperately need a Troll Czar with a license to kill.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
EXPAT
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 8:41pm.
Come one over!
Toe to toe???
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 10:05pm.
Did you see see our great leader throwing the first pitch? Toe to toe? Or did he mean tu tu to tu tu?