The Midas Touch

I do not understand why so many prominent celebrities like Harry Bellafonte, who are truly hoping for a more liberal and progressive government, allow themselves to be used by the right wing media machine to destroy the very causes they espouse.

Last night, there's Harry Bellafonte on Tweetie's Hard Ball telling Americans that Bush might be worse than Osama. Now, yes, I understand what he's saying and, yes, I might even agree with him in a sense, but most American's are going to say that Harry's a nutcase and reject the people, such as Barak Obama, whom he endorses just because he endorsed them.

It's not unlike Jane Fonda in her day.

Is this just because celebrities love the spotlight?

Update: I mis-spoke above. It wasn't on Tweetie's show, it was on Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room.