Saturday, April 7, 2012

Belafonte Slams Obama: 'Failed' To Focus On Poor

Belafonte Slams Obama: 'Failed' To Focus On Poor: And it is on this point that Belafonte, who was a close adviser to President John F. Kennedy and has worked with and fought against other presidents, says Obama, a former community organizer, needs to be a stronger advocate for the nation’s poor.

“There is a moral consequence to what you do politically; there’s a moral implication. And if you do not make your decision on what to do politically based upon some moral measure, you’re more often than not prone (to) perpetuate the evil or perpetuate the pain,” Belafonte told me.

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