Belafonte Attacks Cain: 'A Bad Apple' 'So Denied Intelligence' 'I Don’t Think Prayers Were Created For Him'
In a "Joy Behar Show" segment scheduled to be aired on HLN Friday, singer Harry Belafonte attacked Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in potentially the most disgraceful manner of any media member to date.
While his host and others on the set laughed, Belafonte called Cain "a bad apple" that was "so denied intelligence...I don’t think prayers were created for him" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JOY BEHAR, HOST: Now, let me interrupt you for a second, because now you have someone like Herman Cain.
HARRY BELAFONTE: Who?
BEHAR: Herman Cain?
BELAFONTE: Herman Cain?
BEHAR: You know who he is. [Laughs] And he doesn’t believe that racism holds anyone back in any way now. I mean, you know, what do you think about that statement?
BELAFONTE: Well, you know, it’s very hard to comment on somebody who is so denied intelligence…
[LAUGHTER FROM BEHAR AND OTHERS IN THE STUDIO]
BELAFONTE: … and certainly someone who is as denied a view of history such as he reveals. He knows very little. Because he happened to have had good fortune hit him, 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. […]
BELAFONTE: I just want to make this observation about Herman Cain. The Republican Party, the Tea Party, all those forces to the extreme right have consistently tried to come up with representation for what they call black, what they call the real negroes, and try to push these images as the kinds of voices that America should be living through. So we got Condoleezza Rice, we got Colin Powell. I know they’re heroes for some people, but for a lot of us they’re not.
And Herman Cain is just the latest incarnation of what is totally false to the needs of our community, and the needs of our nation. I think he’s a bad apple, and people should look at his whole card. He’s not what he says he is.
BEHAR: No. I don’t think he has a prayer anyway in the election actually.
BELAFONTE: I don’t think prayers were created for him.
[LAUGHTER FROM BEHAR AND OTHERS IN THE STUDIO]
What the heck is going on in this country when black conservatives are held in such contempt by the Left that musicians can go on a nationally televised program created by a so-called news network and speak so disgracefully about the object of their derision while the host and others in the studio laugh with approval?
I'm not sure what's worse - the invective spewed by this disgusting man or the fact that representatives of CNN reacted the way they did to his comments without any concern for how it might be received.
I sincerely hope the folks at CNN and Time Warner are proud of what they're going to air Friday night, and that they realize likely 50 percent of the nation will be shocked and appalled by it.
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Comments
Oh-my-god.....
Submitted by NeoKong on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:32am.
So apparently a "real negro" has to understand that high levels of prison incarceration and unemployment are because of racism...? The banana boat guy thinks that someone isn't really black unless he don't like whitey and Herman Cain is just doing what white people want ?
Wow.
I noticed that Joy did not do one of her trademark walks off the set.
edumicate
Submitted by gfrrman on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:59am.
...and living in-the-hood of this low lifes' world, where the "culture" says being edumicated is "acting white", is a good thing. What a complete tool/fool. ..hey-oh....Harry is one disgusting, miserable PIG as is horse face!!!
g
wish
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:13am.
she would take a permanent trademark walk off!
Day-O, Day-O
Submitted by Eagle101 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:06am.
Whoa! Harry beez nuts, gnomewhatisayin?
wonder
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:10am.
what makes people like banana boat and has been behar continue to be so dam hateful. It ceases to amaze me that either one is on TV. CNN, if there is a brain in that failing network, are discusting and so is anyone wasting their time watching/listening to such garbage. It is no wonder, Fox has a huge evening audience. behar is the most repulsive so-called woman and wonder who will have more viewers, her or rozanne barr.It would be nice if those two old bags would some how, get some kind of a life
Yep. Harry Belefonte is ever the plantation overseer
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:15am.
Afta awl, an ee-scaped slave is an ee-scaped slave.
And afta' awl, Harry's lily-white liberal massa's done tol' him so, anyhows.
Awl they had t' say wuzz jump, and awl Harry asked wuzz, "How high, massa?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
YOU GO, HERMAN! -Dave
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:20am.
YOU GO, HERMAN!
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Methinks...
Submitted by ontheright on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:50am.
...Harry spent a little too much time on his "banana boat"...in a banana republic. :-)
Cain/Rubio 2012
As I posted on another thread
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 4:22am.
As I posted on another thread - what the hell has 'Day-O' done in the past 50 or so years???? This guy seems to be doing allright in the country that he continually bad--mouths.......................and apparantly he is content to let his 'brothers' be held down and stereotyped and categorized as to the way they are.......and any 'black' person who DOESN'T fit that criterea is some kind of threat to Bele-phony's way of thinking.
And, by the way, Harry - that perennial fence-sitter Colin Powell is NOT a 'hero' to many of us, so don't be patting yourself on the back too much about that!!! Of course, you wouldn't have a CLUE as to why I said that, would you???
Z-grade movies, TV appearances and intoxication.
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:03pm.
Not necessarily in that order.
He is the Milli Vanilli of black political commentators. He lip-synchs everything on the teleprompter, just like BHO.
If you see "...featuring Harry Bela-phony" (good nickname, BTW!) on the promos for a TV movie or other, you can bet it is a low-budget stinker.
No wonder I didn't know what
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:49pm.
No wonder I didn't know what Bela-Phony's been doing since the Banana Boat and Mama-Lick-A-Boo-Boo-Day (HEY!!! That might be a good anthem for Mooooooooooooooooooooooooochelle!!!!!)...........I don't watch crappy movies or TV guest shows, and I don't think he endorses my brand of vodka!!!
Does Harry really want to go
Submitted by DaChew on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 6:57am.
Does Harry really want to go down the road of comparing his musical and intellectual accomplishments to those of Condi Rice?!
No, Harry, it' not the
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 7:46am.
No, Harry, it' not the Republicans or the Tea Party who try to "come up with a representation for what they call black." '
It's you and your liberal friends who have a representation for what you call black. Black thinks a certain way, believes a certain way, has a certain political ideology.
Any white person who lumps all black people together the way you do would be villified for racial stereotyping.
certainly someone who is as denied a view of history such as he reveals. He [Herman Cain] knows very little. Because he happened to have had good fortune hit him, 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. […]
Oh, really, Harry?
Take a look at Cain's bio..his father worked three jobs ..he graduated from Purdue University (blink). Then success at Coca Cola (blink), VP at Pillsbury (blink) and CEO of Godfather's Pizza (blink).
You, on the other hand...what did you do? Oh, yeah, you went to acting school and then became a singer. So it's obvious that YOUR success, unlike Herman Cain's was the result of hard work, not a "blink."
What the H have YOU done that makes you an authority on the plight of peopl of color????
Take a cue from one of your own songs Harry:
Shut yo' mouth, go away!
mb, you forgot the Kansas City Federal Reserve
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 11:32am.
The Hermanator ran that.
Oh yeah, and he really was a rocket scientist.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Wasn't he also the head of
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 3:37pm.
Wasn't he also the head of the National Restaurant Association?
Let me see...
Submitted by Sua Sponte on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 8:20am.
Should i look up to:
Obama
Holder
C West
Sharpton
Jackson
Belafonte
Whoopie (and the rest of hollywood)
or
A West
Rice
Powell
Cain
CAIN you handle the truth?
I think you've got the
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 4:55pm.
I think you've got the fence-sitter Powell on the wrong list........
I agree, Killa.
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:08pm.
The so-called R who voted for Obama, based solely on his color, certainly is not one to be looked up to.
the number one problem in the black community
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 8:41am.
is single mother hood. It is the number one indicator of success across all races. The blacks happen to have the most fatherless children and therefor the problems are exasperated. Daniel Monihan treatsie on the destruction of the black family by the federal goverment is a worthy read.
HARRY MY MAN
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 9:36am.
HURRY UP AND DIE.....
Belafonte has grown into an
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:26am.
Belafonte has grown into an extremely bitter and angry man lashing out at anyone who doesn't agree with him.
I picture him as the elderly old man on his porch screaming, "You kids, get off my lawn!!!!"
Resumes
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:56am.
Harry should pull out his resume and compare
Harry
Let's see.. went to a High School...ah, I think he graduated. He took some acting classes - do they learn something in "acting school" besides how to read someone else's thoughts? He then became a Master of Calypso. Ran his mouth for 50 years...
Mr. Cain
BS in mathematics, Masters in mathematics. Ran a multi-million dollar company.
Harry's clearly qualified to run his mouth...
Poor Herman Cain...
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 11:59am.
He might as well drop out of the race if Joy Behar says he has no chance in the election. Then again, she is a braying idiot who's so biased she probably only gets out of bed on the left side. Does anyone actually watch her show? Isn't she getting beat in the ratings by Love Boat reruns or something?
By all means, let's keep
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 12:06pm.
By all means, let's keep parading deranged has-beens like Belafonte on TV. Give him an open forum for an hour to rant himself into a frenzy. He'll do more damage to race hustlers like Sharpton and Jackson than a hundred Krauthammers.
I wager everyone watching (except for the 30% of the population permanently at the Kool-Aid stand) experiences the same sort of nervous embarassment as when your uncle starts cleaning his ears at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
The beauty of the Cain candidancy is that the ridiculous rules of racial political correctness are being brought to light. Inadvertently, the media is exposing the absurdness of modern liberal racial dogma, which they have been careful to present to the average viewer as "reasonable".
A bad apple.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 12:53pm.
So, according to Mr. Belafonte, who ascribes to the addage "One bad apple spoils the barrel", Herman Cain's success is going to "spoil" the black community. How, Mr. Belafonte? Will we have an increase in black men being responsible for their children. Will blacks will shed the "victim mentality", get educations, strive for something higher than "the more kid's I have the bigger welfare check I get". Will they work harder, take an extra job, become financially independent and free themselves from the "if you better yourself and leave the ghetto, you ain't really black" mentality? No, we can't have "oreos" like Herman Cain or Bill Cosby spoiling the government dependent, why bother trying, the white devil is holding me back apple barrel, can we Mr. Belafonte.
There is a similar mentality that I have witnessed first-hand in my job in the deaf community. There is a group of deaf people adamantly opposed to cochlear implants used to restore hearing to the profoundly deaf. The main reason, among others, they are opposed to cochlear implants is that they are afraid they will be "left alone", isolated by their deafness in the world of the hearing. I believe there is a similar feeling among uneducated and/or unmotivated blacks. "If that black person does well it makes me look bad".
I could be wrong.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. - Thomas Paine
I think we all know, the only
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:09pm.
I think we all know, the only reason this kool-aide drinking has been is on the show is because of his opinion, NOT intelligence or that he has anything valid to say. They call him "legendary" to somehow give him legitimacy. He is talented and has his place in entertainment history. Is he a legend, no. I could make a list of people who are legitimate legends, like them or hate them, they are still legends.
To quote Mr. Belafonte himself:
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 1:23pm.
“It’s very hard to comment on someone who is so denied intelligence." And common sense.
How DARE he smear and malign the name of such a good and honorable man as Herman Cain and how dare he engage in the soft bigotry of low expectations.
And as for Joy "I believe in standing up against bigotry so I stood up" Behar -- you continue to be the personification of liberal hypocrisy.
Shame on both of you!
Reminds me of
Submitted by StarAZ on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:57pm.
Thsi reminds me of so many liberal women turning on their own gender in the case of Sarah Palin. Horrible.
And Joy was one of the worst
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 3:39pm.
And Joy was one of the worst offenders!
Ye Old Race Card, played again
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 2:22pm.
Hay, Harry, if racism is so rampant, so pervasive, so detrimental to Blacks in America, then WHY are there so many successful black people in America? WHY is Obama the President? Why is Cain a forerunner in the GOP nomination campaign? WHY are YOU so well-known? Or Oprah, or Tiger Woods, or any other well-known and successful black person, for that matter?
Let's be honest, for just a minute, shall we? Racism does exist in America, and it's not limited to, shall we say, the lighter pigmented segment of the population, but it's not as prevalent as the race baiters love to claim, For if it were, there wouldn't be ANY successful black people anywhere in America. We wouldn't have black Generals, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians , Businessmen, Teachers, Professors, Entertainers, Professional Sportsmen, Priests, Pastors,Firemen, Policemen, Doctors, Nurses, ect., yet there they are, black men and women fully integrated into every aspect of American society without exception. So, please, tell me again how racism is so detrimental to blacks in America? The evidence doesn't support that claim at all.
Cain is right, racism in America isn't as detrimental to achieving success as we've been led to believe. The only thing keeping black people, or people of any color, for that matter, from becoming successful in America are their own personal limitations, which is something they, themselves, can overcome, but only if they apply themselves.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Obviously for the NEW
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:32pm.
Obviously for the NEW plantation owners and the NEW Uncle Toms, racism is the ONLY thing holding Blacks back. This was evidenced the other day when AOL/Huffpo described as "radical" Cain's rejection of of racism as the biggest problem keeping Blacks from succeeding.
Does this make Harry....
Submitted by Kodos on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 3:13pm.
...A ROTTEN BANANA??
Just asking...
The answer is
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 3:43pm.
YES!
Daylight's comin' and I wanna (Harry) go home!
Relative bigotry
Submitted by Surly_Curmudgen on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:06pm.
Belafonte is a red diaper baby, a red to the core, card carrying member of the Communist party USA (CPUSA). He hates the US with a very deep passion and never has anything good to say about the US.
What is truly ironic is that the bigotry displayed towards blacks under communism made the same bigotry of the political left in the US appear benign.
Oh, wow
Submitted by panzerakc on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 6:43pm.
so according to Harry, Cain "isn't the authority of the plight of people of color"? Um, and you are?
Back in the day when the phrase "African-American" first reared its head (courtesy of Jesse Jackson, I believe), I worked with some "people of color". One morning I inquired as to their feelings on this new form of ethnic identification. One of the ladies, referring to Jackson, mightily rolled her eyes and snapped, "I wish that man would quit presuming to speak for me!"
And I've never heard anyone except those on the Left use the term "real Negro", whatever that even means,
BrainDead Belafonte!
Submitted by billwhit1357 on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 5:09am.
Behar and Belafonte - Two BrainDead Liberal Pukes. Herman Cain has more Integrity, Honor, Dignity, and Smarts in his snot than these two scumbags have in their entire being!