Spike Lee: If Obama Loses 'I Will Be Dead Before' There's Another Black President
Filmmaker Spike Lee said Monday that if Barack Obama loses his reelection bid in November, "I will be dead before" there's another black president.
Lee also said during an interview with entertainment website Vulture that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's religion is going to play a huge factor in the upcoming election:
VULTURE: Do you think that sense of historical moment would diminish if Obama lost?
SPIKE LEE: Maybe. Not to me. But to some.
VULTURE: Do you think if he does lose we will see a black president again anytime soon?
LEE: I will be dead before it happens.
For the record, Lee is 55.
Earlier in the interview, he had some rather shocking things to say about Romney:
VULTURE: How do you think President Obama is doing?
LEE: I support him; my wife and I gave a benefit for him at our house. But I think this election is going to be close. Bottom line, there are many people in America who look at themselves and say, “Am I better now than I was before?” It is going to be tooth and nail, and I think it is going to get nasty. But, in my opinion, if they are trying to bring up Reverend Jeremiah Wright again, they are really reaching. I hope and pray that people are not going to go for the Willie Horton okeydoke.
VULTURE: Do you think people will?
LEE: I got faith that they won’t. Honestly, though, the big question is, I think there will be a block of people saying, “I cannot vote for a Mormon.”
VULTURE: Are those people voting for Obama instead? That seems unlikely.
LEE: They got a tough decision: Obama or a Mormon. Their beliefs got them between a rock and a hard place.
Lee might find the results of a recent Gallup poll on this issue rather interesting: "Negativity toward a Mormon candidate increases from 10% among Republicans to 18% among independents to 24% among Democrats."
So Democrats are far more resistant to a Mormon presidential candidate than Republicans.
Maybe if Lee wants to be more open-minded, he should consider changing parties.
Don't hold your breath.
(HT Mediaite)
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Comments
He should have said 'before
Submitted by Slyrr on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:53pm.
He should have said 'before any of my movies are popular again'....
Spike Lee, talk about an over
Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:57pm.
Spike Lee, talk about an over reaction! But then again BO isn't black according to Freeman, wasn't that the first bi- racial president, right?
Sure was sorry to hear of
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:09pm.
Borgnine's passing. Seems there are less and less patriots in Hollyweird every day.
Spike Lee is and always has been a creep
Well Spike I will be dead
Submitted by tcm14 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:30pm.
Well Spike I will be dead before there is another Ronald Reagan and that is a lot worse than your complaint about skin color.
Hay Spike!!!
Submitted by bigdaddy on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:50pm.
Why Wait?
Live long, Spike.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:16pm.
Live long.
Hey Spunk - I'll probably be
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:42pm.
Hey Spunk - I'll probably be dead before there's a REAL 'black' President, because your Boy Baraka - who shouldn't qualify as a 'homie', much less an American - has pretty much ruined it for anyone of 'color', much less a REAL 'black' guy who has morals, ethics, common sense, patriotism, and the belief in the American Way.......................your poser-assed-queebie doesn't meet ANY of those qualities, including the 'race' issue!!!
I re-read Spunk's answers to 'Vulture' (jeez, what an ironic name!!!) and...................well, I've never seen any of his movies, and I only know about him from an occasional media blip - but is this guy that dumb??? How do such idiots become so successful???
Spike's that dumb, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:00pm.
Fortunately for him, he ain't as dumb as his adoring fans, who keep him in the money.
Wouldn't hurt my feelings if the stinking commie puke was DRN*
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 11:50pm.
At least then he would be a "good" commie.
-Dave
*Dead Right Now
Vote for the American in November
That picture
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:31am.
looks like it was taken at an Urkel convention and the grand prize was a shoe. And Spike, don't give us crazy hope, you demented dwarf.
Race and Religion
Submitted by Netstatter on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 7:58am.
Spike Lee in the interview mentioned two of the biggest fixations of the Left: Race and Religion. Race gives them a major reason to vote FOR someone, while Religion gives them a major reason to vote AGAINST someone.
Black President
Submitted by Jersey Girl on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:16am.
What he means is that there won't be another black DEMOCRAT president.
In his mind if it's REPUBLICAN black president it won't count.
Pathetic fool that he is.
How wrong can Spike Lee be?
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 8:07am.
I'm hoping for a HUGE swing and a miss on the third strike.
If I had my way: It would be in 4 more years that we'd have another black president.
1) Romney picks Allan West as his running mate
2) Romney decides not to run for a second term
3) West is elected in a landslide that dwarfs Reagan's
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
It never ceases to amaze...
Submitted by Suilbup on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:12pm.
t never ceases to amaze me how much importance "non-racists" like Mr. Lee attach to this president's skin color. Can you imagine - for one moment - the terrible (and appropriate) backlash that would come down on ... say... Bruce Willis if during the last election he had said something like, "We;; obviously, as a white guy, I support McCain." The whole world would immediately and correctly brand im a racist bigot. But this tub of blather - well - the standards are different i suppose. Although I am not sure why.
Thomas Sowell, Alan West, Alan Keyes, Herman Cain - hell YES to any of them - and for reasons having absolutely nothing to do with their skin color.