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I think a more appropriate response on Tom Joyner's part, would have been if he had said something to the effect of 'Well you know, we've got issues in Black America. We've got people affected by the housing crisis. We still have people living in toxic FEMA trailers. We've got an African-American unemployment rate that is nearly twice that of the national average. And so we don't have time to be talking about a candidate's clothes. What we need to be discussing, is where that candidate stands on the issues.'
That, I believe, would have been an appropriate response to the caller. Instead, he did just the opposite---basically concurring with the caller about Sen. Clinton's clothes, and then his comment about not wearing brown when you're getting the crap beat out of you by the Black candidate.
I'm truly disappointed with the way Tom Joyner has handled this election. He's done nothing to help educate his listeners.
Every time he's had Barack Obama on his show, he's never engaged him in a policy discussion. It's mostly lighthearted "How's Michelle and the kids" and stuff like that.
However, the few times he's had Sen. Clinton on his show this campaign season, he has been much tougher on her, asking her why wasn't she offering free health care. And when he had both Sen. Clinton and Rep. Kendrid Meek of Florida on at the same time (Meek had come on there to endorse Clinton), Tom Joyner asked Meek "There's a pefectly qualified Black man running for President. Why aren't you supporting Sen. Obama?"
I thought that was disrespectful to both Sen. Clinton and Rep. Meek.
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