Tavis on Healthcare

Tavis Smiley hosted a forum on African American and healthcare today on C-SPAN. I found his behavior to be very tiresome. He wise-cracked the throughout the performance. When he wasn't wise-cracking, he was "keeping it real" with all sorts of side-bar comments and distracting theatrics.

This is not the first time that I have seem him behave as if he is running for the position of king of Black America. He is our spokesman, our most authentic voice. As if we all think alike. And where were the people who had points of view that did not match his? Where were the conservative voices? Where were the libertarian perspectives? He is clearly not interested in these groups and neither was his audience.

The show was laden with empty calories. What a waste.