Quentin Tarantino: Obama ‘hands down’ my favorite President. (OBAMA GROUP) [View all]

Director Quentin Tarantino is not well known for making overtly political films or statements, but in a recent Q&A with Vulture he spoke candidly about his favorite president of the past five decades — Barack Obama.

Tarantino, who is promoting his upcoming Western “The Hateful Eight,” told the pop culture blog that Obama’s recent string of historic victories — on health care, on same-sex marriage, on trade, and potentially Iran, for instance — only increased his admiration for the 44th president.

“I think he’s fantastic. He’s my favorite president, hands down, of my lifetime,” the “Django Unchained” filmmaker told Vulture. “He’s been awesome this past year. Especially the rapid, one-after-another-after-another-after-another aspect of it. It’s almost like take no prisoners. His he-doesn’t-give-a-sh*t attitude has just been so cool. Everyone always talks about these lame-duck presidents. I’ve never seen anybody end with this kind of ending. All the people who supported him along the way that questioned this or that and the other? All of their questions are being answered now.”...

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