Posted on 12/14/2012 8:17:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The "King of Calypso," Hugo Chávez enthusiast, and "Banana Boat" crooner, octogenarian Harry Belafonte is so thrilled with the reelection of Barack Obama that he's taken to cable "news" network MSNBC to share his views on how President Obama should deal with political nemeses.
In addition to singing, acting and songwriting, throughout his career Harry "Viva la revolucion" Belafonte has also promoted himself as a civil rights advocate and humanitarian. In addition to issuing indictments like: "Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet," Mr. Belafonte also heartily endorses the ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's socialist revolution.
Once, when addressing the Venezuelan people, Harry Belafonte told his audience that George W. Bush was the "greatest terrorist" in the world. Another time, sounding more like he was describing the current president, Mr. Belafonte made the following statement about the former president: "I think [G.W.] Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people."
Leaving aside Belafonte's hatred for Bush and his fondness for dictator-style governing, it's still kind of alarming to hear that ole' Harry suggested President Obama incarcerate American citizens who speak out against him.
The topic came up when Belafonte appeared as a guest on Al Sharpton's Politics Nation. Belafonte was on a panel with global human rights/social justice activist Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Senator Robert Kennedy and former wife of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. During the interview, Harry, who passionately and stridently exercised his first amendment rights throughout the eight years former President G.W. Bush was in office, shared some stunning Hugo Chávez-style advice for Barack Obama.
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Er, Mr Belafonte. I don’t recall giving you permission to speak.
Nazi Harry!
He’s living proof that the Indians f****d the buffalo.
Deport him back to the slums of Kingston. Oh, wait! Kingston is one giant slum.
OK...who let Uncle Harry out of the basement.
Harry needs to go back to tallying bananas.
That must be why he has verb making frequent trips to Cuba for the past thirty years.
He’s not senile - he is a Stalinist who has been saying these things for decades.
Yeah OK. Day-O was a hit back when Eisenhower was president.
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