When Spike Lee went to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia to talk about movies and the Internet, he walked into history with a couple jokes at Lee's expense.

Speaking at Lee Chapel, he noted, "My ancestors probably built this place--they just didn't get paid for it."

Later, at Lee's tomb, he wisecracked, "I'm sorry the bookstore wasn't open. I would have bought myself a Confederate flag and a CD of Confederate songs."

Evidently, he didn't have much to say about George Washington--or more to the point, no quips that were reported. Two off-the-cuff lines out of a visit do not the whole story make, and yet, that's what the local paper put into black and white as printed sound bites.

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