Spike Lee seems intent on inadvertently subverting Barack Obama's campaign. As we saw previously, Spike Lee suggested that rappers could be an important campaign asset for Obama. And now in an interview with an MSNBC reporter, Lee asserts that history can be divided into two epochs. Here is a transcript (emphasis mine):
REPORTER: I'm joined now by Spike Lee who we found on the floor of the Democratic convention. First of all, it's such a key...
SPIKE LEE: Amongst the Indiana delegates...
REPORTER: And Florida too. Powerful delegations.
LEE: (garbled) Florida and Indiana. That's all right.
REPORTER: As someone who has been such a keen observer of race relations in this country, what does it mean to you to be standing here with the first African-American nominee of the party?
LEE: Look, I'm not a delegate or anything like that. I'm just here to witness history. So I want to bear witness to history. I think this is a great moment not just American history but world history. So I'm glad to be here.
REPORTER: Did you ever think you'd see this day in your lifetime?
LEE: Never. Never.
REPORTER: What does it mean to you?
LEE: It means that this is a whole new world. I think...I've been saying this before. You can divide history. BB Before Barack. AB After Barack.
Something to keep in mind when members of the media assert that Republicans are exaggerating the claims of messianism on the part of Barack Obama by Democrats. Oh, and enjoy the Labor Day weekend of Year One AB.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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To repeat what I have heard
August 28, 2008 - 08:00 ET by benrandTo repeat what I have heard some blacks say, it is amazing that in the US, a guy who "represents" 13% of the population can become President.
Would SPikey feel the same way were it an Indian, a conservative black, a woman...
No, he wouldn't, he's another Affirmative Action moron.
"Would SPikey feel the same
August 28, 2008 - 08:21 ET by HeavyChevy"Would SPikey feel the same way were it an Indian, a conservative black, a woman..."
To answer you question benrand. no...HELL NO and no.
I can tell you as a black conservative if it was a toss up between pushing me out of the way of a runaway train or a gnat...I am quite certain Spike lee would save the gnat.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
To paraphrase an old
August 28, 2008 - 13:54 ET by KimberlyTo paraphrase an old joke...
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Spike Lee are trapped in the path of a runaway freight train. You are the only one close enough to intervene. What do you do?
a -- Use your camera phone to video the occasion
b -- Call a major network to report witnessing this news event
c -- Use your camera phone to video the occasion and then call the networks and offer them your exclusive video before it goes up on YouTube
If
August 28, 2008 - 09:52 ET by cvgbuckeyeIf Spike Lee and people of his THINKING (not people LIKE him, so don't accuse me of that slant) came in to power; all white people and black Conservatives better get ready for the proverbial ride on the proverbial cattle car to the proverbial gas chambers and the proverbial ovens.
The exceptions would be the strongest of us who he would spare to be slaves AND people like Olbermann, Matthews and all the others in the MSM to be "House Whities".
Believe it!
Don't worry cvgbuckeye we get the idea
August 28, 2008 - 10:01 ET by HeavyChevyand rest assure there are enough of us ("US" as in Amnericans) to make sure their sick fantasies don't come true.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
"REPORTER: Did you ever
August 28, 2008 - 08:04 ET by Killgrave"REPORTER: Did you ever think you'd see this day in your lifetime?
LEE: Never. Never."
I wonder if these morons realize that they are very quickly running out of things to complain about? People like Lee have made a fortune out of race-baiting and endlessly harping about the perceived "inequities" in this country.
Seriously, how would dopes like Lee make any more movies about "racist AmeriKKKa" if we end up with a black president?
endless harping
August 28, 2008 - 08:16 ET by AgnosticVery easy! When all the social programs fail they will blame it on racist America and there unwillingness to follow a black president. After all it can never be the fault of a Democrat or a social program.
"As someone who has been
August 28, 2008 - 08:19 ET by Cortillaen"As someone who has been such a keen observer of race relations in this country" She'd better touch up her lipstick after that, and hopefully it'll stain Lee's pants. The guy's exactly the same sort of con artist as Wright, Jackson, and Sharpton. They all run the same racket: Race-baiting to get power and money. They all promote segregation, racism, and the victim mentality (which leads to being a slave of the state, instead of individual people). MLKJr would be appalled by the scum who have hijacked his mission and twisted it into exactly what he was fighting against. I think he'd also be appalled that the first black (partial or otherwise) running for the presidency is a substanceless suit intent on continuing the Democratic perpetration of victim status on other blacks.
www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.
"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi
Cort
August 28, 2008 - 08:27 ET by Cool ArrowHe's such a "genius" because secretly liberals love to laugh at racist jokes.
It's OK for them to laugh because a black man is telling the joke.
Spike is in on it, of course. He sells Minstrel Shows for a living.
Torches & Pitchforks
You are right.
August 28, 2008 - 08:33 ET by HeavyChevyI can see every last accomplishment we have ever done going out the window.
WOW......thats really
August 28, 2008 - 08:09 ET by charlietexasWOW......thats really sick.what is wrong with the democrats and their love for Obama??? He's not the second coming. To me Obama is a typical cynical liberal. This whole convention has been a joke. From all the crying and screaming and to the TEMPLE these people are building for their "god". Its blasphemy. Far be it for me to help these lost people, I hope they build it to their god. The American people will wake up and see.
Whats the first commandment in the Bible??
MOM
All this because the guy
August 28, 2008 - 08:25 ET by CortillaenAll this because the guy happened to have been born with non-Caucasian ancestors. Remind me again, which party is the one that stands against racism? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.
www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.
"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi
Spike needs another schtik
August 28, 2008 - 08:09 ET by Cool ArrowNov 5, if Obama wins, I'm the first one to say.
Torches & Pitchforks
Cool, I'm with you torches &
August 28, 2008 - 08:17 ET by USA4freedomCool,
I'm with you torches & Pitchforks..
I did not know that “Spike” was so short.
Funny, all of this coming from a man that makes his money/movies on victims of race for the most part.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Spike Lee
August 28, 2008 - 08:23 ET by Cool ArrowHe also makes his money on perpetuating the black stereotypes with "Jungle Fever" "She's Gotta Have It" and "Bamboozled"
Liberals love him because it gives them license to laugh at racist jokes.
Torches & Pitchforks
STOP THE MADNESS!
August 28, 2008 - 08:12 ET by ChasvsSTOP the Insanity about Barack F&CKING OBAMA.
HE is NOT the Messiah.. He IS a Marxist!
If youthink there's been tension with President Bush, wait for the Riots under a Czar Obama!
Dangerous
August 28, 2008 - 08:38 ET by Copperhead RidgeBarry Hussein is paving a dangerous road for himself if he is elected president. The people on the left I talk to have individualized their hope and what they want to change. It is impossible, even for their secular savior, to please everyone. I'm curious what his plan is once he's in the White House and has to start producing results for these people.
We have a Sports Illustrated writer who believes that King Hussein will restore baseball and softball to the Olympics. I know a local person who belives he will repair the right-of-way fences along a stretch of federal highway. College students believe he will provide them with a free education (I even had one tell me that King Hussein would absolve him of any student loan debt). Now, Spike Lee believes that The Obama will be a watershed in American politics.
The only way Obama can be a watershed in our political system is if he exposes the racism in his own party and the subtle racism in it's paternalistic domestic policies. When I see the flotsam and jetsam of the welfare state, I see people disconnected from the American dream by a power seeking, individual loathing political party.
A politician needs to be careful with this "hope" and "change" stuff. There's going to be a lot of disappointed people when they figure out that Barry hopes to change the power base for himself and his party.
It's the most foolish and vacuous political tactic I've ever seen.
Copperhead
August 28, 2008 - 09:52 ET by iveseenitallRight on. The real "hope" in this campaign is that enough people will see through this "foolish" and "vacuous" charlatan named Barack Obama.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
False Messiah
August 28, 2008 - 09:50 ET by Tom in NCAll this hype about obama is getting into some dangerous territory, now I'm not going to say this guy is the Antichrist but by his actions and those of his media groupies he is being portrayed as the savior or messiah of the world.
It's nauseating to see people fawn over this guy as if they are in the presence of a god, and now with stage at Invesco Field replicating a temple so he can be coronated as the king of the democrats, I have but one request of everyone here and that is PRAY FOR RAIN TONIGHT AT INVESCO FIELD BETWEEN 8-9PM!
I know there is no rain in the forecast but the real God does answer prayers and obama needs to know who really is in charge and it's not him or his worshipers
Spike is a racist.
August 28, 2008 - 12:07 ET by mattmSpike is a racist.
Obama
August 28, 2008 - 12:32 ET by DirjjThat's the one thing that I find most humorous about all the Obamassia crap. You have all the Black folks ( I'm a black Conservative as well ) ranting and raving about having one of their own as President . . . but he's not. Obama is not your typical African-American. . . . he's actually half African ( Kenyan ) and half White. Now, I'm not belittlling the white part. He's half Kenyan though. Thus, if anything, he might be the first non-white person to be President, but he's definitely not going to be the first "African-American" to hold the job.
That's all a lot of wind though. He won't win, and I'm going to laugh at how all the Dems whine aboout another stolen election.
ab
Being a black conservative
August 28, 2008 - 13:30 ET by Dan The Man 2Being a black conservative must really put you out there at family get togethers?
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Dirjj
August 28, 2008 - 18:04 ET by RESTLESS 1I've said here before that all of those calling him the first Black president now, would be the ones saying he is not Black enough if he were republican.
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Next Year is 1 AB
August 28, 2008 - 13:04 ET by ChasvsTalk about an end of an erra. It's a NEW World starting in the year 1AB!
God I swear this is going way to F*cking Far!
Hillary could be back
August 28, 2008 - 16:11 ET by PaulJamesA supporter of Hillary has filed suit 8-21-08 in Philly.
They are challenging Obama's qualifications regarding his citizenship.
This would be delicious. Spread the word. This needs to be on the Nightly News.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9920
Now is the time for all to come to the aid of their country and vote Republican.
She better be wrong
August 28, 2008 - 16:16 ET by Cool ArrowGod help us if Hillary's right.
Torches & Pitchforks
Spike Lee -- Irrelevent?
August 28, 2008 - 17:53 ET by BeukeboomIt seems that the less attention is paid to Spike Lee, the more outrageous his comments become. Just a cheap method to garner cheap publicity from a cheap little irrelevent man.