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When I first saw the movie Carmen Jones, I was convinced that back in the day, Harry Belafonte was the finest thing walking. He was suave and soft-spoken, yet strong and manly, an intoxicating combination.
Now he just seems like a bitter old man.
At a march to commemorate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 last Saturday, Belafonte went on a tirade, calling black Republicans tyrants and likened the Bush Administration to Nazis. A few years ago on “Larry King Live,” he called Colin Powell a house slave.
I suppose it doesn’t matter what Hollywood has-beens have to say, but it’s sad to know that ranting against conservatives is how they generate publicity these days. Sad, indeed.
Julian “Recycler” Bond, an NAACP has-been, goes on annual rants against Republicans, whom he calls “American Taliban.” His political party is powerless and aimless, and his career-making organization is a dinosaur that doesn’t have the dignity to die. All Bond has left are his yearly, blood pressure-raising speeches at NAACP conventions about “evil” Republicans. If that’s how you want to go out, Julian, knock yourself out.
Speaking of knock-out, if and when I want to hear what Harry Belafonte has to say, I’ll just watch one of his old movies.
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