Posted on 03/01/2006 7:51:24 AM PST by bwteim
Belafonte: Bush kept him from King rites
Legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte on Tuesday explained his absence from Coretta Scott King's funeral.
Belafonte told reporters before a speech at Case Western Reserve University that President Bush influenced the King family to disinvite him from the funeral in suburban Atlanta on Feb. 7.
Belafonte, known to be a friend of Martin Luther King Jr., said he was told about the decision the day before the funeral, at which he had been scheduled to speak.
The King children made the final decision, Belafonte said, but they were "fiercely intimidated by the president's representatives."
Belafonte has been a vocal critic of the Bush administration.
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Belafonte slapped the King family in the face by not showing up at the funeral, now he wants to blame President Bush.
How would Belafonte really know? Seems to me the people who really know would be the family.
When you disinvite a difficult person from spreaking at a funeral, what do you say to them?
Conclusion? The King family is a puppet for the Bush administration.
Maybe Robert Kennedy did it from the grave.........
day - o.
Chicago Suntimes:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/washington/cst-edt-laura13.html
"King watchers opine that Belafonte was "disinvited" from the ceremony for fear that he would antagonize President Bush. The family knew Bush wouldn't sit on the same stage with Harry (the lion that roars) Belafonte after he pilloried the Bush presidency."
When Satan calls this hateful man home, the world will be a better place.
Because he's a dangerous nut case who consorts with our enemies. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Secret Service nixed his attendance.
Hey, you freepers who went and bought baby rattles and pacifiers at the dollar store. Time to send one to Scary Harry. :)
"When you disinvite a difficult person from spreaking at a funeral, what do you say to them?"
Perhaps nicely, "Harry, STFU and sit in the back?"
;)
Daylight come and they wan' you to stay home
Hey Harry, please call one eight hundred WHINNNNNNNNNNNNE, here's a quarter, call someone who gives a bleep.
Right on target, IMO
In so saying, you malign honest, hardworking psychopaths everywhere, by association.
Dan
Fact or fiction?
Fact, if you believe everything you read.
Fiction would be if King County Seattle would vote to change its name to Belafonte County...
"King County (Seattle, Wash.) to change logo to honor MLK"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586918/posts
Heh heh! Good for Bush!
Belafonte's absence is curious because he is Chairman of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Fund and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (Spreading Goodwill around the world... /s off)
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