Harry Belafonte Calls Herman Cain a ‘Bad Apple’

[Robb]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/harry-belafonte-calls-herman-cain-a-bad-apple/">Harry Belafonte Calls Herman Cain a ‘Bad Apple’

Harry Belafonte, the singer and activist who once marched with Martin Luther King Jr., called black GOP candidate Herman Cain a “bad apple” who did not represent the African-American community.

In a clip to air Friday on CNN, Belafonte told Joy Behar that Cain, a wealthy businessman who grew up in poverty, was not an “authority on the plight of people of color.”

“ doesn’t believe that racism holds anyone back, in any way now,” Behar told Belafonte. “What do you think about that statement?”

“It’s very hard to comment on somebody who is so denied intelligence – and certainly who is denied a view of history, such as he reveals. He knows very little. Because he happened to have good fortune, because he happened to have had a moment when he broke through – the moment someone blinked – does not make him the authority on the plight of people of color,” the singer said.

Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/harry-belafonte-calls-herman-cain-a-bad-apple/

Check Cain's classy rebuttal at the end. :eyes:

[montanacowboy]

1. Belafonte

always right on!

[Sherman A1]

2. Now there you go again Mr. Belafonte....

being generous.....

[joeybee12]

3. Go Harry! Great guy. KNR!!!

[Gregorian]

4. I may not have facts to back this up, but I think Harry Belafonte knows a bad apple when he sees one

[malaise]

5. It’s very hard to comment on somebody who is so denied intelligence

– and certainly who is denied a view of history, such as he reveals. He knows very little.

A zing of beauty :rofl: :rofl:

Love you Harry