Aaron Brown: my previous title was perhaps premature.

[Gold Metal Flake]

OK, I will give benefit of doubt, but I think Aaron was not quite sincere in his brief discussion of racism with Rep. Tubbs-Jones.

I really hope I am wrong. We must really deal with racism NOW.

[Renew Deal]

1. I think it was a good conversation.

He wasn't bad.

[Bumblebee]

3. She was absolutely terrific and he was very good, actually.

You are misreading him

[TahitiNut]

16. Yes, she was! She's almost always terrific. Sane and honest.

Aaron wasn't bad -- just a tad too comfortable for my taste. I loved the fact that she said "Keep bringing it up, Aaron!" in closing. "We sure will," he affirmed. That's what every liberal should say to the media when the topic needs air and sunlight.

[tk2kewl]

2. what a dick

:wtf:

[Pirate Smile]

6. Did you see it yourself? I did and that wasn't the impression I got at

all.

[tk2kewl]

9. i did not. but if he said that he should have been asked ...

do you think there is not?

[Pirate Smile]

15. He asked her if she thought the reaction time would have been

different if it was white middle class people. She answered that a lot of it is class but race, especially in that part of the south, is definely an issue.

[Pirate Smile]

4. I didn't think he said that. He asked her opinion on it. I don't

remember him giving his. I was glad it was a topic.

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. It's that high-pitched voice of skepticism.

Even if the questions are not specifically in opposition, the tone is doubtful. I've heard it a lot. Polite, but still very guarded.

The stench of racism is ALL OVER this situation, and the establishment is scared.

[applegrove]

5. Sometimes he is understated.

[Bumblebee]

7. HE DID NOT SAY THAT!!!

[MsTryska]

8. You know what? This is a double-edged sword.....

if this is racism and classism that says a lot about this administration.


if this has nothing to do with race and class? than America is not prepared to respond to a disaster ANYWHERE in America.

[The Traveler]

10. Aaron is raising the issue

and the lady (and a great one she is) thanked him for that and asked that he not let this topic go away. He promised he wouldn't.

[Gold Metal Flake]

12. Well, then, let's hope this is an opening...

and not an excuse to close the door.

Time will tell.

[The Traveler]

19. And only time

but rage is growing ... the air is ripe with the aroma of recently exposed bullshit. We, the people, are angry. Class warfare has been waged. The rich neocons have declared it upon the rest of us, albeit discretely. But now we know. The whole nation knows. We have paid too horrible a price for the knowledge. The Aaron Brown's damn well better run this to ground, for they are complicit in keeping the harsh truths from the people. Having said that, I still have to say: Good on ya, Aaron, Anderson and Miles. At last, you have rediscovered your manhood.

[Spazito]

13. I thought he did a good job, he raised the issue not only in this

section but the preceeding one with the selective evacuations between two hospitals. He was raising the question of racism and it needs to be raised, it was shown in all it's ugliness in NO, imo.

[nonconformist]

14. I didn't see it that way at ALL

To the contrary, I think that Aaron completely believes there are class and race issues with this, and that he was trying to get HER to say there was as well.

Didn't you see the hospital segment right before this?

[Bumblebee]

17. Ditto. His show today is, as a matter of fact, one of his very best!

[peacebaby3]

18. I just saw this interview and the segment before about the patients in the

public (Charity) hospital being left while they basically evacuated the personnel from Tulane leaving the very ill patients at the hospital that cares for the poor.

I then saw the segment you were mentioning.

In both cases, it was obvious that Aaron Brown was completely disgusted with what was going on and was obviously trying to lead his interviewees into making those important points. He's suppose to be completely objective, but it was pretty obvious how he is leaning. He's just as reviled at what is going on as all of us.

I don't really understand how you could have come to this conclusion watching those segments.

[ChowChowChow]

20. I'm sorry I am OVER Aaron

He is just acking too slick lately, so he can APPEAR FAIR...
Just tell it like it is!

[sharonking21]

21. Bad rap

You completely and seriously misconstrued this. He did a very good job. You should try to eliminate your post.

[lpbk2713]

22. I saw it.

I think he was impatient with himself because he could not get the point across to the Rep. She didn't seem to mind.

[nonconformist]

23. If he wasn't sincere, why would he do the segment at ALL?

Why would he be talking so much about it? Why his obvious disgust and outrage that private Tulane hospital was evacuated while the public Charity Hospital still has not been with over 200 patients?

[eleny]

24. All I know is she was wonderful

Saying that if she was president - this wouldn't be happening. It made my heart leap with hope for the first time in a week. He, on the other hand, was insignificant. He was expendable to the segment.