January 13, 2006

Daylight Come...

Here's what Harry Belafonte told Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez:
"No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people ... support your revolution."
The Houston Chronicle says that is "absurd" "nonsense" and "boneheadedness". Hillary Clinton wants Belafonte to campaign with her.

As a UNICEF representative, Belafonte travels widely, frequently criticizing the Bush administration.
In September, Belafonte told the Congressional Black Caucus that the Bush foreign policy "has made a wreck of this planet.”

"I’m always in Africa,” Belafonte ranted, "and when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.”

... Belafonte called prominent African-American officials in the Bush administration, such as Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, "black tyrants." He has also compared the Bush administration to Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and, in 2002, described then-Secretary of State Powell as a "house slave."

The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a conservative black leader, accused Belafonte of treason.

"Harry Belafonte's hatred of President Bush is causing him to embrace America's enemies," the Rev. Peterson said in a press release. "I also believe that his actions are treasonous as described by Article Three, Section Three of the U.S. Constitution, which says that 'adhering to our enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort' constitutes treason."
Bush enjoys less than 2% support from US African-Amcericans. Belafonte clearly isn't one of them!

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