Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass"

[ljm2002]

127. Obama got himself into politics...

...and so if he can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

In other words, you try and discredit Harry Belafonte because he is a singer. Then you try and say he doesn't understand politics enough to understand that one must be able to "take the heat" in politics. This then becomes your flagpole to fly the banner of "You can't alert on me just because I don't like his statements".

Well, by the same token, Obama chose to go into politics. He needs to be able to "take the heat" also. So therefore, if Harry Belafonte wants to criticize Obama, well he is perfectly within his rights to do so. (as an aside, Obama clearly is able to take the heat; he seems anything but thin-skinned to me)

By the way, trying to imply that Harry Belafonte does not understand politics / heat / kitchens -- it is to laugh. No, really:



Maybe you should do a bit of reading on Belafonte's career before you try and dismiss him out of hand as just a singer who dares to speak out about politics.

By the way, here is a list of some other singer/activists off the top of my head: Paul Robeson, Odetta, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan. There are, of course, many, many more such artists who were instrumental in moving this country and others (e.g. South Africa) towards racial justice.