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jct74
03-30-2011, 03:17 PM
Show info:


March 30, 2011
Texas Rep. Rand Paul weighs in on the situation in Libya. Meeting Spencer star Jeffrey Tambor describes the painful childhood experience that drove him to become an actor and discusses what it's like to be a father again to twins more than 30 years after having his first child.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/201103/20110330.html


UPDATE: tube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxNQq1FkNM
MRoCkEd
03-30-2011, 03:35 PM
Texas Rep. Rand Paul?
sailingaway
03-30-2011, 03:44 PM
Texas Rep. Rand Paul?

OK, so do we flip a coin to see who it is?
trey4sports
03-30-2011, 03:46 PM
Jeffrey Tambor is hilarious FYI
specsaregood
03-30-2011, 03:48 PM
Texas Rep. Rand Paul?

Hopefully republican voters are just as confused when it comes primary ballot time.
Hopefully whichever runs, they get listed on the ballot just as "R. Paul" :)
jct74
03-30-2011, 08:22 PM
bump. don't forget to watch tonight, whenever it comes on in your area.
Dave Aiello
03-30-2011, 08:30 PM
Any word on this??
MRoCkEd
03-30-2011, 08:34 PM
Not on until 12:30 am ET for me.

Check your local PBS affiliate.
Dave Aiello
03-30-2011, 08:43 PM
wow, had to do some digging to find this channel.. It wasn't on the main PBS here (MA and RI), it's on a PBS affiliate. I get about 5 different PBS channels, so check them all.
QueenB4Liberty
03-30-2011, 08:51 PM
Rand was born in Texas. :)
BlackTerrel
03-30-2011, 08:55 PM
Texas Rep. Rand Paul?

That one.
Dave Aiello
03-30-2011, 08:57 PM
That one.

TV listing on his website says Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and has a picture of Ron.
speciallyblend
03-30-2011, 09:09 PM
look forward to this tavis should give him a stage to speak!
KramerDSP
03-30-2011, 10:21 PM
I'm watching it now on DVR. Looks like Ron gets 20+ minutes.
KramerDSP
03-30-2011, 10:34 PM
I thought it was a great interview that ran roughly 15 minutes. Tavis was hard on Obama regarding Libya and asked Ron good questions. At the very end, Ron was asked what his thought process would be for running in 2012. He said "I don't know yet, and I'm being very serious". He then basically outlined a scenario where things were so bad that checks were bouncing and a crash of the dollar was imminent. Ron then said "that's when the people may be ready to listen, and I'll seriously entertain running for President". The answer he gave suggested he would only run if the SHTF. Tavis asked about Rand running, and Ron said that Rand "was being prodded and ran with it" or something to that degree with a chuckle.
BuddyRey
03-31-2011, 12:19 AM
We couldn't find it on the air here in the Charlotte area. Glad to hear it went well though.
svobody
03-31-2011, 12:56 AM
The interview was very fair - no condescending tone, the questions were legitimate, and Mr. Smiley seemed genuinely interested in what Dr. Paul had to say. Also, Mr. Smiley came off as being rather disenchanted with Obama, which is not surprising considering the history there.
ord33
03-31-2011, 01:11 AM
I went to go watch the interview with Dr. Paul on Tavis Smiley's show and came across an interview with CFR President Richard Haas. Believe it or not, he sounded similar in many ways to our philosophies regarding the war(s). I haven't read/viewed much from him, but I was very surprised because everything CFR related gets such a bad rap around here. http://video.pbs.org/video/1857603666
PermanentSleep
03-31-2011, 08:10 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxNQq1FkNM
TheBlackPeterSchiff
03-31-2011, 08:26 AM
Tavis has toned his interviewing style down since he's on PBS now. Back when he was on BET Nightly News he would probably have attacked Ron on his economic stances.
I Don't Vote
03-31-2011, 08:42 AM
Dis Sho' Am Good
jmdrake
03-31-2011, 09:43 AM
Tavis has toned his interviewing style down since he's on PBS now. Back when he was on BET Nightly News he would probably have attacked Ron on his economic stances.

I don't think so. The subject at hand is the war in Libya and Tavis is against Obama on this. Tavis also doesn't support Obama's economic policies. A few years ago he and Cornell West reamed Obama for basically continuing the Bush banker bailout policies. Tavis does support Obamacare, but he's smart enough not to confuse the issues.
nayjevin
03-31-2011, 02:28 PM
Tavis asked about Rand running, and Ron said that Rand "was being prodded and ran with it" or something to that degree with a chuckle.

This doesn't characterize it quite right IMO, but I can see coming away with that impression. Good interview, lotta respect for Tavis Smiley.
TheBlackPeterSchiff
03-31-2011, 02:50 PM
I don't think so. The subject at hand is the war in Libya and Tavis is against Obama on this. Tavis also doesn't support Obama's economic policies. A few years ago he and Cornell West reamed Obama for basically continuing the Bush banker bailout policies. Tavis does support Obamacare, but he's smart enough not to confuse the issues.

Sure, most real liberals were against Obama's bailout policies. But Tavis, Cornell West, and most of black academia are socialist or socialist sympathizers. It is what it is. Tavis and Cornell West have been critical of Obama from the start, Tavis even got called a Uncle Tom by many black commentators just because he said "We have to hold Obama accountable for his actions" I like Tavis because he's not mindless drone like so many with a voice in the black community. But about the only thing him and Ron will agree on is when it comes to u.s. foreign policy and u.s. corporatism.
nayjevin
03-31-2011, 03:00 PM
They agree the truth matters, opinions are opinions and facts are facts. So rare in journalism, oddly enough.
AtomiC
03-31-2011, 04:55 PM
Good interview from Tavis Smiley. Props!
ClayTrainor
03-31-2011, 05:04 PM
Tavis Smiley is one of the few good journalists on TV. That was a great interview.
RM918
03-31-2011, 05:09 PM
Sure, most real liberals were against Obama's bailout policies. But Tavis, Cornell West, and most of black academia are socialist or socialist sympathizers. It is what it is. Tavis and Cornell West have been critical of Obama from the start, Tavis even got called a Uncle Tom by many black commentators just because he said "We have to hold Obama accountable for his actions" I like Tavis because he's not mindless drone like so many with a voice in the black community. But about the only thing him and Ron will agree on is when it comes to u.s. foreign policy and u.s. corporatism.

If we can get rid of both of those, we'll have gotten rid of most of our troubles.
QueenB4Liberty
03-31-2011, 05:20 PM
I thought it was a good interview!
jmdrake
03-31-2011, 07:33 PM
Sure, most real liberals were against Obama's bailout policies. But Tavis, Cornell West, and most of black academia are socialist or socialist sympathizers. It is what it is. Tavis and Cornell West have been critical of Obama from the start, Tavis even got called a Uncle Tom by many black commentators just because he said "We have to hold Obama accountable for his actions" I like Tavis because he's not mindless drone like so many with a voice in the black community. But about the only thing him and Ron will agree on is when it comes to u.s. foreign policy and u.s. corporatism.

I wasn't saying Tavis supported Ron 100%. Far from it. As I said, Tavis supports Obamacare. I'm saying that Tavis is smart, and when you're dealing with someone on something you agree with, the smart thing isn't to go off on a tangent of something you disagree with him on. And I like Tavis for the same reasons you do. I also disagree with his economics as much as you. I recently heard him speak and in a question from the audience on why the government should spend so much on nonsense like Obamacare Tavis said "Budgets are moral documents". I agree. It's immoral to run a budget deficit. (I'd get put in prison for check kiting the way our government does). Alas I was working security so I couldn't ask him anything.
TheBlackPeterSchiff
03-31-2011, 07:39 PM
I wasn't saying Tavis supported Ron 100%. Far from it. As I said, Tavis supports Obamacare. I'm saying that Tavis is smart, and when you're dealing with someone on something you agree with, the smart thing isn't to go off on a tangent of something you disagree with him on. And I like Tavis for the same reasons you do. I also disagree with his economics as much as you. I recently heard him speak and in a question from the audience on why the government should spend so much on nonsense like Obamacare Tavis said "Budgets are moral documents". I agree. It's immoral to run a budget deficit. (I'd get put in prison for check kiting the way our government does). Alas I was working security so I couldn't ask him anything.

Oh no question. Tavis is a very smart guy, I actually met him a few years ago at Black State of the Union which is usually held in New Orleans. I was just saying, he's not a guy who will pull out Ron Paul 2012 shirt. But he is very fair interviewer...especially if he agrees with the person on a particular subject. But if him and Ron were talking about say...The Civil Rights Act, I can guarantee you the interview would have had a different tone to it.