Steve Harvey Calls Tavis Smiley & Cornel West Uncle Toms For Criticizing Obama [New August 2011]

Steve Harvey has taken off the gloves and is going right at the throats of Cornel West and Tavis Smiley for criticizing President Obama.

Smiley, a longtime television broadcaster and West, a Princeton professor, host the Smiley & West show on Public Radio International. The two announced plans to hold a Poverty Bus Tour.

According to The Root, the "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" will travel to soup kitchens, Indian reservations and low-income communities. West and Smiley will stay overnight at the homes of families struggling in today's economy.

A big topic of debate is sure to be frequent target Obama.

West told BET that a big reason for the tour is what he sees as Obama's commitment to bankers more than poor people.

"I think that every citizen in a democracy has a moral obligation to be concerned about the weak and vulnerable and the president of the United States is a citizen," West said. "When he says he has the exact same responsibility to every member of society, I just say it's not true, he's lying. It's clear that he has more commitment to investment banks than he does to poor people. It's just clear because when they got in trouble he gave them $700 billion; he subsidized them. They have not made poor people a priority. That's why we're going on the tour."

Rev. Al Sharpton, Tom Joyner, and now Steve Harvey are firing back at West and Smiley.

Harvey addressed the situation on his radio show a couple of days ago.

"I was a huge fan of Cornel West," said Harvey. "[But] Tavis, I seen him coming a mile away. His anger started when he had a town hall meeting, President Obama couldn't come because of the campaign trail and he sent Mrs. Obama. He has held that grudge every since. You don't have any real basis behind your dislike for this man...you keep masking it saying it's not about hate. Then what is it about? Poverty existed before January 20, 2008. Where was your damn bus then?"

Harvey then clowned West and Smiley in a skit titled UTLO.org - "Uncle Tom Look Out" where an Uncle Tom is driving the bus.

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[Joe Jimenez]

Steve Harvey, stick to comedy. You're a moron.

[788lakers]

Steve Harvey is a tool. He makes no valid points he follows the president blindly not even questioning even him. It's the people job to question their leaders put them under the microscope just not be yes men.

[J Zilla]

What credibility does this douche bag have? The first time i saw this dick, he was hosting the apollo. treated a contestant like shit. hated him ever since, and look at him now! - New show on abc, so modeled after the ellen degeneres show that i'm waiting for him to enter the stage doing her sickening lesbian dance. May as well, 'cuz he's playin' to the same demographic. Shufflin' around, dispensin' wid'dat ol' downhome-type-wisdom that middle aged, white sweathogs love to gobble down.

[TheKCHEYNE]

I am from backwoods Alabama. My mama was a teacher and she exposed us to a lot of different things growing up. We also had a large military base close to us(Ft. McClellan). I have never regretted soaking up all the information and culture. Different is interesting ;-)

[Simone Genovese]

And what is your opinion about George W Bush? You seemed to have sooo much to say about something that you are absolutely ignorant about. Free your mind, Dude. Help and be kind to your fellow man. Love is the key. When you understand that YOU are NOT your body, you will began to live. Obama is NOT your enemy.. You are. Whether you speak kind or ugly about someone, you have just spoken about yourself and YOU feel it. I send love to you, anonymous one.

[Ktaurus26]

Obama is a uncle Tom for corporations and the milatary industrial complex! NSA, phone taps, spying on citizens & Guantanamo. Now he wants to go into Syria, Only uneducated fools still support this clown, Stevie Harvey is an idiot.

[scenery77]

Sometime I think the Atheist is just as bad as the Muslims...they both have so much hate for people who believe in God. Why would you care to the point of letting some one know you hate them because they believe differently from you? Life is so short and there are so many things to do, and see. Look at the little babies..so oblivious to every thing but if you smile they'll smile back. And the elderly wanting someone to be patient with them and give them a smile, too. Oh Tiger, smile.

[coporal4]

you can say the "N" word. After all that's what most ppl like you think of us anyway no matter how educated or what platform we are on. If we aren't being buffoons making you laugh or being hustle by u in sports you dont' want anything to do with blacks or Hispanics.You don't want a black man in the White House bottom line. Obama knows the Constitution that's why the idiot repubs got slapped down by the Supreme Court. Its amazing how High School graduates are so opinionated and don't kno shit

[madnietzschean]

how the pot gone call the kettle black-all he does is cater to white folks,rather white america

[Slayton76]

Obama has shown time and time again that he has no respect for The Constitution. After all the years that the African Americans has fought to have the same rights as The White man. I really can't understand why they would fallow someone who is trying to strip us of all are rights. I guess it's all do to the fact that Obama himself is a black man. And I was nice I called Obama a black man and not what I really wanted to call him.

[Slayton76]

Well hell your no better then Obama.