Is Harry Belafonte A Naive Mouthpiece For The Far Left?
In my opinion, Harry Belafonte, is a mouthpiece for the far left, however, he is not naive. I think the he was a very talented entertainer who misses the limelight and is just trying to garner publicity and notice. I don’t think he cares what he says as long as people pay attention to him. He reminds me of Howard Dean and other has beens who will do or say anything (true or not) in order to keep their names and faces in the newspapers and on television.
Harry Belafonte is not stupid and it would take a very stupid American to believe that Hugo Chavez is not a ‘petty tyrant’, a fraudulently elected ‘dictator’ and a dangerous enemy of the United States and of Latin America.
For Mr. Belafonte to make statements to Chavez like, “We respect you, admire you, and we are expressing our full solidarity with the Venezuelan people and your revolution.”, “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 . . ....