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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (345501)	1/21/2003 1:02:05 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Did you get a chance to read what the lefts official racist had to say yesterday? M CHICAGO — Harry Belafonte is at it again. The singer, speaking at a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at a Chicago church, criticized Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday, and said he expects the Bush administration to try to wipe away affirmative action, eliminate abortion and pursue a war with Iraq "that makes absolutely no sense." The 75-year-old calypso crooner and actor also said that Powell and Rice, who are often pointed to as success stories in the African-American community, are actually hurting black causes. "In fact and practice ... you are serving those who continue to design our oppression," he said. "That is villainy, and I insist you look at it." Last October, Belafonte likened Powell to a house slave during an interview with a San Diego radio station. "Colin Powell is permitted to come into the house of the master, as long as he will serve the master according to the master's plans," Belafonte said. "And when Colin Powell dares suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture. And you don't hear much from those who live in the pasture." At the time, Powell brushed off the comments as "unfortunate." But other black politicians and pundits slammed Belafonte's characterizations. "For Harry Belafonte to show his ignorance and lack of knowledge and to be used by liberals in the Democratic Party because they hate the support Bush is enjoying among blacks in this country, it's an insult to him and degrades him," syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams told Fox News. "It's almost laughable." Dubbed the King of Calypso and known for his renditions of songs like "Day-O" (The Banana Boat Song), Belafonte was a close friend and confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. At the tribute to King, Belafonte drew the crowd of more than 1,000 to its feet for raucous ovations several times during his speech. The singer credited his involvement in the civil rights movement to a meeting with King in the early 1950s, in which King sought out the singer to discuss the movement. After their conversation, Belafonte recalled saying: "My mission was clear. I told Martin Luther King: 'You can count on me.'" The Associated Press contributed to this report. foxnews.com