[Sunshine Sister]

I don't believe this for one minute. There were plenty of Bush bashers there. Why would this nut have been excluded?

[Valpal1]

Perhaps he is in the early stages of senile dementia and the king family knows this.

[bwteim]

It is going to become a he said she said contest according to another article:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/COLUMNIST0107/602160390/1101/NEWS

"I called Belafonte to find out for myself if it was true, and he said it was,'' the Rev. C.T. Vivian, a veteran civil rights activist, told me Friday after calling to see if I could find out why Belafonte was not at the funeral. "I asked were you disinvited, and he [Belafonte] said, yes.

"The reason is that the president was not coming if Belafonte was going to be there. ...''

SAME ARTICLE:

That's just not true, according to a public relations spokesman who worked with the King family on services for Mrs. King."

[bwteim]

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."

[pgkdan]

Why would this nut have been excluded?

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.

[utahagen]

I agree. Bush is too smart to waste time worrying about Belafonte. Sounds like old Harry's ticked off at the King family, but won't ever criticize a Black person...or every NOT criticize a white one.

[brwnsuga]

I don't believe this at all. They probably thought he'd act like a jerk. Perhaps the King children weren't expecting the vitriol that occured at their mother's funeral.