Belafonte, 84, who has long been a prominent figure in the American civil rights movement, says that Obama's slogan during his first run for the presidency, "Yes We Can," was "politically clever" but that Obama never really made it clear as to yes we can do what. Thus, Belafonte says, "So we were all disappointed."
He asks, "What has happened to moral truth?" as well as "moral courage." Politics without moral purpose, Belafonte says, ultimately ends up as tyranny.
Read more Iconic African-American Entertainer and Activist Harry Belafonte Says Obama Has Failed Because He's Lacked 'Moral Vision' and 'Moral Courage'
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It really surprises me to hear Belafonte say that Obama lacks "moral courage" when Obama has been protecting medicare,medicaid and our social security.
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