{"id":2543,"date":"2009-01-20T11:46:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T11:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/01\/spike-lee-god-wanted-obama-to.html"},"modified":"2009-01-20T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T11:46:59","slug":"spike-lee-god-wanted-obama-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/01\/spike-lee-god-wanted-obama-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee: God Wanted Obama to Be Prez"},"content":{"rendered":"<form mt:asset-id=\"2929\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spikelee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/spikelee.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"241\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/form>\n<p>I have no idea how I missed this tidbit of insight from a Hollywood celebrity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessandmedia.org\/articles\/2009\/20090119124854.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Lee went on MSNBC a few days ago and made the declaration<\/a> that God caused all of the economic woes we are experiencing just so Barack could be president.  I realize posting this on Inauguration Day just seems downright unpatriotic, yet when &#8221; liberal elite media&#8221; is becoming more and more of a big catchphrase&#8211;  sort of like &#8220;holla at your boy&#8221;: or &#8220;Can you hear me now?&#8221;, I just can&#8217;t help but wonder how much media play the same words and ideas&#8211;not linked to Obama&#8217;s name, of course&#8211;would have received if conservative celebs  like Elisabeth Hasselbeck, conservative actress Janine Turner, or -gasp!&#8211;Ann Coulter had said themWatch a portion of the interview here: <object width=\"518\" height=\"419\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.eyeblast.tv\/public\/eyeblast.swf?v=yduzVrIr4z\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.eyeblast.tv\/public\/eyeblast.swf?v=yduzVrIr4z\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"518\" height=\"419\" \/><\/object><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/spike-lee\/10095\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/spike-lee\/10095\/351x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Spike Lee at LocateTV.com\" title=\"Click to see LocateTV results for Spike Lee. 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