Controversial Movie Director Spike Lee Hosts Fundraiser for Obama: Tickets Run $35,800 Per Person
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Controversial film director Spike Lee — famed for producing such movies as “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X” — will reportedly host a fundraiser for President Obama in his home in New York next Thursday.
According to The Hill, an Obama campaign official says producer-director will host 40 guests at his home with tickets running a steep $35,800 per person.
The Hill adds:
Obama’s reelection campaign reported raising $42 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 while the Democratic National Committee raised $24 million. In the third quarter the president’s reelection team and the DNC raised a total of $70 million.
Obama is expected to travel to New York for the Lee-event and later attend an additional campaign event at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, with performances by famed singer Al Green, “India.Arie” and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Tickets to the Apollo event will start at $100 per person, according to a Democratic official who spoke to The Wall Street Journal on condition of anonymity. The official claims the event has yet to be officially announced.
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uptickusa
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:17amProblem with a black in white house -all blacks stick together regardless of what is good for the country
Report Post »Johnadda
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:04amNo Problem with him raising money, but l hope that Obama gets the DNC to pay for his flight (Airforce One) travel hotel and all Expenses for trip to new York and not as l expect it will be paid for by the people. He is employed to be the President and should get on with the Job, not spend 3-4 years caimpaigning for the next Election. In the private world he would be sacked
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:33amGee does that include Allen West.. or other Republican blacks?? Think before you speak!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:17amThanks to Citizens United, he could have started a PAC and given his million dollars to President Obama that way. This difference? You wouldn’t know who gave that million bucks. Dang, no headline. Al Qaeda is probabably giving millions to the Republicans – they’re really tired of all their guys getting killed by drone strikes.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 3:03amHey JZS,
Why did you reply to UPTICKUSA’s post instead of just using the “speak your mind” box.
Your subject matter does not seem to have anything to do with his comment.
It’s almost as if you wanted to make sure your comment appeared on page 1 instead of page 2, where fewer people are likely to see it.
Are they worth more that way?
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:39amABBY:
Gee, why don’t you think in such unrealistic, absolute terms?
Twit.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 5:52amBecause, as diminutive, dipspit director Spike Lee will tell you, this country needs nothing more than to be destroyed by a dingbat, racist, food stamp, welfare state, phoney baloney president who’s bent on turning ours into a country of dead beat bums.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:17amAbbygirl, instead of lecturing people to “think before they speak” maybe you should listen before you talk,, or in this case, before you post. Haven’t you heard– West, Cosby, Steele aren’t really black, they are Uncle Tom’s who wanna be white and sold their race out to the jews so they can be part of white America. If you don’t believe me just ask Spike Lee and Sharpton and Jackson and ANY “BLOOD” you run into on the street……Oh! ask the Black Caucus too, they’ll surely tell you how “Down with the Struggler” West is….. So, Abby, don‘t piss down my neck and tell me it’s raining because you and I both know 98% blacks put race before country and 75% of democrats put party ahead of country….
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:35amWould you say the same thing if Col. West was in the White House? I wouldn’t so, I don‘t think it’s a black thing…it’s a Democrat thing.
Report Post »kellyflorida
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:45amThe problem with blacks is they don’t know their own history. the Republican Party was created to STOP SLAVERY – MLK was a REPUBLICAN – Please black sheeple, wake up, you have to be embarassed that 85% of you think this black man really gives a rats rear end about you….what has ne NOT done for you lately. Spike Lee is another useful idiot…wake up..study your history and who fought to free you and who is still fighting to enslave you…your OWN!!!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:34amOh… a bunch of 1%’ers? for BHO? Let’s see if the OWS folks piss on their cars.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:47amrich commies really are a problem. they want to keep everyone else down while they get more. time to take out rich commies. black or white.
Report Post »kellyflorida
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:00amSpike Lee – One hatefilled African American black male angry at the wrong people. He’s cozy with the ones who made him angry and put the blacks in their welfare, nanny state of dependence…how stupid? If I were black I‘d be embarassed and I’d be vilified for pointing out these obvious truths…WAKE UP!!!!! STUDY, LEARN HISTORY!!! QUIT HATING AND LEARN WHO WANTS TO REALLY KEEP YOU DOWN – YOUR OWN FOOL!!
Report Post »robert
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:21amSpike Lee is an anti-white racist hater. He has been able to make movies, because he has been financed by radical leftists like George Soros and others who are anti-American and anti-Christian, which means they are the same financiers who eagerly invest in the production of any movies that are anti-American or anti-Christian.
Lee is a moron who could never have achieved success on his own. He was on The O’reilly Factor lamenting about the usual whining black complaints about the large numbers of blacks incarcerated compared to whites.
O’Reilly pointed out that greater percentages of blacks than whites are incarcerated, because they commit more crimes. He then asked Lee why he thought there were more blacks in prison per their percentage of the population than whites or Hispanics.
His answer? He said it was simple. Whites have money and get out on bail, but blacks can’t. When efforts were made to inform him that bail was not available to prison inmates he continued to utter the same mantra. He wasn’t bright enough to understand that. He also did not address the fact that blacks are 3 times more likely than Hispanics to commit crimes and be incarcerated. Obviously, his hatred includes only whites.
The man is not only a racist, he’s stupid. And, he’s living proof there are elements in this failed empire who are willing to financially back any miscreant who hates America and white Christians.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:51pmSomeone should tell Rev Sharpton that the black community is so oppressed that they can afford a $35,800 dollar ticket.
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:10pmSpike keeps half of what is raised. Also, this event is totally deductable if he should feel like paying taxes.
Report Post »TerryDo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:30pmSpike Lee is the biggest racist in America. He hates them crackers and uppity whites.
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:39pmI think this is racist, don’t you? How many whites has this man raised money for? Oh, wait.. Obumbo isn’t really BLACK, is he? He’s half white. So, that leads to the question, which half is this racist raising funds for… ummmm?
Report Post »cosette
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 3:25pm@JZS- Again, in typical fashion, you know not of which you speak. FYI a full 33% of AMERICAN Muslims support Al Qaeda. 30% of young American Muslims approve of suicide bombings. 70% of American Muslims are Democrat or Democrat leaning And, finally, no surprise here, as in the last election , the Communist Party USA has endorsed Barack Hussein Obama. Oh ,and these stats are from the PEW research group, no friend to Conservatives. You may want to spend some time doing a little research. You have zero credibility on this site. Demagogue.
Report Post »Sci
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 1:45pmyou’re exactly right – whites don’t do this – ever hear of White Guilt Syndrome? It’s a real psychiatric diagnosis – it’s being used by Rev Wright, Obama, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton and others blacks like Tyler Moore – I used to watch Tyler’s shows and belonged to his email group but after a awhile, I realized that he only uses blacks in his productions – he is doing what some whites did. All this is hate and reverse racism – no one wins…. Obama needs to lose the election and if there is a black candidate that has political experience, let him run. We are doomed if Obama gets in again.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:04amSorry Spike. They do not care about you. Do this and the next day you will be one mo n they don’t care about
Report Post »kellyflorida
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:57amSeriously…I thought Spike was an innovator – he’s just a follower afraid to think and stand up for himself and leave the plantation – he’s the type of fool who would have told on his own who had the true bravery to leave slavery and risk their lives. These crop of brainwashed plantation loving fools wouldn’t know courage if it was standing right in front of them. STAND UP…LEARN ABOUT YOUR HISTORY, LEARN ABOUT WHO WANTS YOU FREE AND WHO WANTS YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE SLAVES…God I pray someone reads this, learns from it and decides to think for themselves, not their fellow colored slave owners…Please dear God… Amen
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:52pmI will not be there.
Report Post »Kirsten
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:25amThat is awesome, I think I will skip it as well.
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 6:26pmThey would have to pay me to attend and even then, I would definitely not be interested!
Report Post »bmel
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:48pm“white man’s greed acity of need or what were those lines of the Charleton B.Hussien Odrama? I guess he’s down for the town@ 35k+.How does that strike you Detriot?East S oakcliff or the 5 inH town? your guy is on the way to have helped steal more cash than any United nation dictator or Maddoff ever dreamed. You gave the money soon you’ll have no Bread!
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 2:10amwell said B…35 G’s is more than most people make in a year…more than most people have in their life savings…more than most people will spend on food in 15 years…more than all the OWS’ers will spend on tents and laptops combined…less than meeshelle’o will spend this afternoon…enjoy the festivities my hypocrites.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:43pmThese people are already dead. Just accept it and do what’s right for yourself and yours. They can’t be changed or even propped up to seem like more than paper caricatures blowing in an ill wind.
Report Post »They’ll fall by their own accord as all who have pitted themselves against the triumph of time.
The destroyer of worlds has numbered their minutes. And the searcher of souls has found them wanting.
loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 7:41amBlueray:
profound
thought provoking
( is it ‘their’ minutes or ‘his’ minutes?)
Report Post »yippyio
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:42pmAny of that money going to Haiti or West Point, Monrovia? Or is that the white mans’ burden.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 11:44amYIPPYIO It‘s ALL the white man’s burden,who do you think buys the movie tix,the rap cd’s,basketball,football games concerts,etc.? I hear obamateur is spending 1 billion or more for re-election,I know the Republicans are spending a lot but not 1 billion. We need campaign finance reform NOW that money would go a long way in the food banks, we should shorten the campaign season too Maybe the occuturds should camp out in front of spike’s crib?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:38pmReverse racist having a fund raiser for a reverse racist, go figure.
Report Post »But I bet Spike could tell me who Yuri Kochiyama is to Obama, yup I bet he’s in the “know”.
NoNannyState4me
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:48pmWhere my 40 acres and a Mule at?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:36pmRACE to the finish line.$36k at a pop.Democrats/Progressives/Liberals.Always the defender of the ‘little guy’. And always handing out welfare checks.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:32pm.
Report Post »Who’s the 1% now?
txn4justice
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:12amThat’s kinda like “who is your daddy?”. Because a lot of Spikey‘s group ain’t too sure.
Report Post »Texred
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:31pmWho is spik lee?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 8:37amJust a Democrat fund raiser at this point, not much else.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:28pmNot happening. But nice try. Guess who really has the money? And you aren’t getting any.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:30pmWell let’s see. Five people who show up times….damn brutha. We ain’t making no money. F this ****. I’m going home.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:21pmAnyway you think the brutha could afford a cool pair of glasses!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 11:20amThose cover up his bug eyes pretty well.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:20pmGive me 500 tickets and put it on my tab!
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:39pmK. They are 30k each. Enjoy. On your tab.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:08amHa! And you put it out there. Legally binding contract .witnesses. Better pay up.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:20pmAre Spike Lee and all of Obama’s Hollywood friends the 1% or do they get a pass??????
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:15pmObama would‘nt make a pimple on MLK ’s a$$ but blacks are convinced HE is there savior. I don’t get it man
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 9:18amIt’s a shame Cain turned out to be such rat, it would have been interesting to see how much of the black vote he would have gotten. Maybe we’ll find out one day, when Col. West runs.
Report Post »voodoolife
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:12pm$35,800 per person to go up against those evil people that have lots of money… Sure ‘Spike’…
Report Post »nugget
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:33pmHey, wait a minute. Isn‘t that the amount that people paid for his majesty’s fundraiser last week in Chicago? What is so special about that particular cost per person or couple per fundraiser? I don’t suggest a huge conspiracy, but that amount sure is odd for 2 events in 2 different cities. Maybe the rich folks that he hates like that amount. Just saying.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:16am@Nugget
Report Post »I remember the same in 2008, That must the minimum you can charge to – what- get free egg rolls, or
maybe an audience with god?
Tri-ox
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:10pmMr. Lee is an enemy of America.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:55pmHe’s also a slime ball and an azz kisser.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:05pmAnd so, the racist is raising money for the Communist…..
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:36pmAnd no he’s not. Nobody’s buying. Obama is so yesterday.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:04pmBlacks have taken a man like MLK ( the greatest ) and perverted his good name . I will never understand that
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:58pmWe are the 99%, we hate the 1%……oh, wait it’s that 1%, we kind of dislike you, but we will give you a pass, because you hate the GOP 1%. OWS, we are the 99%. By the way spike, they will eat you, but they will save you and your friends for dessert. Bon Apetit.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:52pmIf people want to pay that much, good for them. I wonder what the 99% think of that?
Let‘s hope it’s wasted money.
Glenn is ‘soaking’ his friends’ (his words) for $25,000 for the Restoring Love rally. If you can get it, why not?
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:51pmWith all the rappers there were their any stabbings or rapes
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:46pmWhat an unworthy cause to spend so much money. The shame is endless with these people.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:53pmThere needs to be a limit on the amount for each campaign. Period. We will be facing another Obama bought and paid for election again.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:09pmI guess I don’t understand … I thought that there is a cap .. how do they get away with this .. when I have donated to a candidate I have been warned of the cap. (not that I am going to come anywhere near even that .. not the 1% here!)
Report Post »Tom70
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:44pmhey Spike baby anybody but Oba,a the Marxist.
Report Post »shirleyandpearl
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:25pmOMG…Obama Must Go…. and by the way, are those stupid horn rimmed glasses supposed to qualify this race baiter as an intellectual? What a farce … he’s the black Michael Moore…another “dahhhhlink” hobnobbing to the progressive gentry cocktail party elitists.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:41pmWill they go in costume???
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:12pmRacists and Marxists …..
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:33pmNot getting our money. Sing and dance about that.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:56pmThey’ll go in drag!
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 1:20am@Mimi
Report Post »They already have yours, mine, and everybody else’s- and lemme tell you) it isn’t “patriotism” I feel!!