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Barney Frank Delivers ‘Feisty’ Interview on CNBC: This Isn‘t ’Worth Getting up Early For’

Barney Frank appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” this morning to discuss his new bill that would limit Federal Reserve power to Fed board members who are in D.C. (and not part of the regional Fed banks). But that’s not what created the fireworks. And there were fireworks.

Halfway through, host Joe Kernen decided to ask about giving Bush credit for bin Laden’s death. In the process, he made the off-handed comment that he wanted to bring out Frank’s “feistiness.” That set Frank off. Not only did he scold Kernen immediately, but he came back to it and scolded him even more at the end:

Here’s a transcript via CNBC (although we edited it slightly):

KERNEN: Congressman, we love your feistiness. I’m going to try and get you going here and see if i can do it.

FRANK: Why?

KERNEN: I’m looking at the journal today. Victory in Islamabad. They’re talking about this is also a moment to salute George W. Bush. I saw yesterday Eric Cantor tried to make the same claim. You said thed egree of deep partisanship by mentioning bush by Eric Cantor, you didn’t even expect from Eric Cantor to be that deeply partisan and actually thank George Bush. And I don’t know. I mean, a lot of this legwork goes back years and years from finding the courier. The most striking fact of Mr. Obama’s prosecution of the war on terror is how much it resembles Mr. Bush‘s to the consternation of america’s anti-terror left. And I think it‘s more partisan to single out Cantor for just barely mentioning george bush’s name than to just — I think your point was we won’t have thanked Bill Clinton or Bill Clinton not have been thanked if Bush had gotten Bin Laden. Don‘t you think it’s partisan to say Bush had anything to do with this?

FRANK: I am struck by your intro inrto in that you’re going to try to get me to be.

KERNEN: Come on, you love this.

FRANK: Please don’t interrupt.

KERNEN: All right.

FRANK: I’ve got to be honest with you. I’m asked to come on the show and glad to have a thoughtful, serious conversation. When you tell me your purpose is try to get me to be upset, that’s not worth getting up early for. Now can i get to the substance?

KERNEN: Yes.

FRANK: I said and I mean it if this had had happened under Bush, the Republicans would not have said bush and Clinton because the effort to kill Osama bin Laden started under Bill Clinton who tried to kill him and almost was able to do it. I do think at the moment of triumph for the current administration to say you share the credit with bush is a partisan effort. I don‘t think that that’s the appropriate time to do it. That doesn’t mean Bush had nothing to do with it. It does mean there were people out there right wingers who were being tolerated by the Republican party or were engaged in the most savage attacks on the president who would impugn every aspect of his birth, his religion, who said he doesn’t care about America at a moment when the he presided over one of the great successes we have had, it would be appropriate to give him credit.

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KERNEN: I hope you’ll come back because I want to talk to you about the Massachusetts state legislature and public unions. I’d love to get your opinion on some of that, too. But I wouldn’t want you to get too mad at me if I were to ask you that.

FRANK: Excuse me. I’m sorry, but I really do take exception to that. I only get mad at you when you prefaced your question by saying let me see if I can get you to be too feisty. I’m always glad to have a thoughtful conversation.

KERNEN: I like you to be feisty. Like I said, we have Howard Dean. Watch him, he might even do that yell when he comes on.

FRANK: Please, you want to back off it, okay, but you said you were trying to pick a fight.

KERNEN: No I’m not, it’s cable. Congressman Frank, it’s cable. Come on.

FRANK: Please don’t denigrate your medium.

KERNEN: It’s not C-SPAN.

FRANK: Well, then that’s unfortunate for cable. If you‘re telling me that serious thoughtful conversation without a lot of fireworks isn’t appropriate for cable, then I’m disappointed.

KERNEN: All right, well we appreciate your time today. Thank you. I hope you come back.

Comments (240)

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  • ChipK
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:15pm

    frank it the poster child for what’s wrong with the government. He is a total piece of dung and needs to be removed. his involvement is NOT helpful in ANYTHING concerning the American people.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:13pm

    What a cweepy wittle cwybaby….

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  • let us prey
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:08pm

    The banking queen should be in jail for his role in the financial debacle. If anyone on this site performed like this at their job you would be fired. He has no insight to even comment on this subject.

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    • abc
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:14pm

      Was his role bigger than the CEO’s of all the investment banks that created the derivatives that put this toxic waste on all the private and public balance sheets, including the US Treasury’s?? I don’t think so. You want justice against the jaywalker while ignoring those committing capital crimes. Why?

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:36pm

      As a true T man, Bawney and is Squeeze of the month, had a nice little escort business going, till someone spilled the beans. Just the fact of the DEMOCRATS , led by Chris “Another friend of Angelo” Dodd, ably assisted by Bawney Fwank, threatened any institution that didn’t loan money to people that never intended to pay the stolen money back. The Community Reinvestment Act is a DEMOCRAT scam.

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  • blazingaway
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:06pm

    Why this flaming gay man who had a gay prostitution house in DC is allowed to be in Congress and sit on the committees that he does is insane. The people who elect this man are insane. This man should be in jail where some really bad mean fudge-packers could give him what he’s been giving the American people. This man is simply disgusting.

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  • betterthantv
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:05pm

    Fist off. Why the hell would anybody give ANY credit to Clinton? Clinton did nothing more than lob some missiles at an aspirin factory. Plus Clinton REFUSED to take Bin Laden when he was offered to us on a silver platter. (See the book “Losing Bin Laden”) as just one of many sources on this.

    Second, as much as I hate to admit it. Frank is actually right in his argument when he said “Please don’t denigrate your medium”. This newsman is a moron!

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:05pm

    I wish this idiot would wear one of those T-shirts that say, Obama got Osama and drop this idiot off in the middle of Detroit. Let’s see him make his way safely out of Detroit. Anyone want to wager that he’ll get out of there dead or alive?? Any takers??

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  • mike1119
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:04pm

    deva

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  • i want the truth
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:04pm

    Barney Frank, is one of the reasons America is in the shape it is w all the debt! He wanted to make sure every American to buy a home. Whether they could afford it or not! Causing the financial troubles we are in today! He should be fired!

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    • let us prey
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:12pm

      jailed

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:16pm

      I know! He took over as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in 2007. In one year he managed to pass enough laws and regulations to force several $Trillion in loans be given by banks that really didn’t want to loan that money out.

      How he did that between 1/07 and mid-/08 is truly a myth of Right Wing proportions! But, it’s better than believing that your beloved free-market wild west capitalist casino basically came up craps, isn’t it?

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Here is the guy that laughed and said the there was no housing bubble, and that nothing was wrong with fannie and freddie.

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:28pm

      George Bush. August, 2004 on his “ownership society”:

      The president believes that homeownership is the cornerstone of America’s vibrant communities and benefits individual families by building stability and long-term financial security.

      Challenging the real estate and mortgage finance industries to “close the gap that exists between the homeownership rates of minorities and non-minorities,” the president argued that increasing homeownership would enroll everyone in the fabric of their communities, thus decreasing crime, improving schools and cementing a sense of local civic pride.

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    • exdem88
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:08pm

      Never let a homosexdual loose with a check book! My god, the financial horror!

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    • Itchee Dryback
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:24pm

      How he did that between 1/07 and mid-/08 is truly a myth of Right Wing proportions!
      _____________________________________________________________-

      Thats a strawman.
      On one has said that Frank single handedly caused the housing meltdown.
      That said, why do you it unbelievable that in a couple of years that could happen?

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    • Itchee Dryback
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:32pm

      briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:28pm

      George Bush. August, 2004 on his “ownership society”:

      The president believes that homeownership is the cornerstone of America’s vibrant communities and benefits individual families by building stability and long-term financial security.

      Challenging the real estate and mortgage finance industries to “close the gap that exists between the homeownership rates of minorities and non-minorities,” the president argued that increasing homeownership would enroll everyone in the fabric of their communities, thus decreasing crime, improving schools and cementing a sense of local civic pride.
      __________________________________________________________

      In what you quoted..how much was actually said by Bush and what words are someone elses?
      That said, what the problem?
      Franks methods of bringing about the same “rates of HOMEOWNERSHIP” was to stack the deck in favor of bad risk borrowers.
      Bush’s idea was to increase work, values and personal responsibility that led to valid ownership.

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  • Rob
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:04pm

    “In 1995, then-Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey famously referred to Frank as “Barney ***” in a press interview. Armey apologized and said it was “a slip of the tongue”. Frank did not accept Armey’s explanation, saying “I turned to my own expert, my mother, who reports that in 59 years of marriage, no one ever introduced her as Elsie ***.”

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  • abc
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:03pm

    Joe Kernan is one of the guys who laughed Peter Schiff off the program when he warned in ‘07 that the US was heading for a financial crisis. No wonder he wants to make fireworks rather than focus on substance. While I think that Bush deserves credit and should be acknowledged, the fact remains that Obama DID credit him and called to thank him. Meanwhile, many Republicans (e.g., Palin) and right wing pundits (e.g., Limbaugh) have witheld any credit to Obama who ordered the strike and whose team gathered a good bit of the intel to make it happen. But the really sad thing is that we no longer can discover, analyze or present news without the right-left polemic. I think the whole exchange highlights how much the press and politicians both fail to talk meaningful substance anymore. How about a serious analysis from REAL experts on what the death of OBL means for al-Qaeda, our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and our policies towards the middle east and Pakistan? That substantive discussion would be a good start. And the partisan jousting and fake outrage on both sides of the political spectrum should be dropped, so that such a substantive discussion can occur. We no longer have the luxury of this nonsense. China will be a far tougher rival and threat than al-Qaeda ever was.

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    • betterthantv
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

      You of course are correct. But I’m afraid you are asking to much from the America we live in today. Honesty, civility and common sense no longer apply here. Perhaps MapQuest can give us the directions to Galt’s Gulch?

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:13pm

      @ABC
      Has your account been hacked? Oh, I get it your doing a contrary day like we did yesterday, but that’s sooooooo yesterday.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Palin gave credit to the president, and to president Bush – she said “the president” (which is common), she just didn’t say his name. You got your information from the lamestream slanters.

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    • JGP
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:41pm

      @ ABC, Agreed. I’m tired of the politics of an issue as the determination of the discussion.

      Particularly if you believe that the government set up by the wisdom of the founding fathers that keeps the power as close to the people as possible, that limits what a centralized government can do becuase they knew it would lead to corruption and loss of freedom, if you believe that such a system was the envy of all freedom yerning people world wide, if you believe those things and would like to see that power returned to the people that somehow now you are a racist and participate in the act of tea bagging.

      Pap feeding journalists don‘t help but the problem is that most Americans don’t know where we came from. They don’t have a clue what the Declaration of Independence means. The American Experiment set forth is not right or left. If anyone calls themself a liberal they would be a tea party supporter, if they were honest, and get off of this right vs left b.s.

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  • poorrichard09
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:02pm

    Geez, Barney’s really cranky-he must be on the outs with his boyfriend.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:57pm

    HAHA You just have to remember what PROGRESSIVES were saying about the OTHER SIDE….
    “Is giving bin Laden the martyrdom he craves worth destroying civilian democracy and risking a civil war in Pakistan? To George W. Bush and the hyper-military John McCain, the question is hardly worth asking.”
    * Steve Weissman Berkley and the NEW LEFT

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  • Howlingmad
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:56pm

    Barney Fwank said he was happy to have a “Therious Converthation..” How can ANYONE have a serious conversation with someone that talks like a cartoon character? The very sight and sound of him turns my stomach. He is the face of everything that is wrong with our government.

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:05pm

      OK. I love Barney, but you just reminded me of my favorite line from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Daffy Duck gets frustrated with Donald Duck: “This is the last time I work with someone with a speech impediment!”

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:06pm

      He forgot to put his teeth in for his interview….. Nasty!

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    • Ailene Wright
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Don’t be hard on Barney. He is Elmer Fudd’s lovechild.

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    • BrerRabbit
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:23pm

      Did he get hit in the head at Selma also?

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  • Nathan-H
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:56pm

    I do not know how anyone can take Barney seriously, It still amazes me how he got re-elected after knowing half of this mess was from him and Dodd in the subprime crap. Oh fogot to mention the culprits of ACORN, Obama.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:04pm

      Makes you wonder about Massachusetts, doesn’t it?

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  • briefer
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:55pm

    FRANK: I said and I mean it if this had had happened under Bush, the Republicans would not have said bush and Clinton because the effort to kill Osama bin Laden started under Bill Clinton who tried to kill him and almost was able to do it. I do think at the moment of triumph for the current administration to say you share the credit with bush is a partisan effort…

    Way to go Barney!!!

    Hey, ya’ll…if this whole operation had gone south, and a bunch of our Seals got killed and there was no Osama – answer me this – would you be crowing that this was really “Bush’s operation”???

    What if the operation failed. What would you think if the Administration started trying to say it was Bush’s fault?

    You really can’t have it both ways.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:06pm

      Barney takes it both ways.

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

      Gonzo: Good misdirection! You don’t have an answer to the question, do you?

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    • whiskeybomb
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:45pm

      Well Briefer let me try. First Clinton had many opportunities to kill this man and didn‘t not because he couldn’t but because he feared the political backlash that followed. This is called cowardice. This is in no way in defense of Bush or Obama but simply the facts of what happened. Now as for whether we would have screamed failure to Obama had this been unsuccessful well all I can point to is the history of character by the people who frequent this site. It will never be know how one would react to a non-existent situation, but when the war in Iraq was going south and everybody said we had lost the war most of us here still supported the surge. Why is this relevant because had Obama come out and said during firefight while trying to capture the most wanted man in history an epic battle ensued and we lost many of our brave soldiers our response would not have been to blame Bush or Obama, but to simply say thank you Mr. President now regroup and reload. It is the right course of action we agree with, not just simply the outcome. This is why we will never give credit to Clinton. He abandon the proper course of action for political favor.

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    • Itchee Dryback
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:58pm

      Franks comparison to Clintons involvement is bogus imo.
      Clintons techniques on interrogation didn’t produce the kernel that led to Obama bin Laden.

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:27pm

      Well put Whiskey.

      Cheers!

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:26pm

      Whisky: I have no idea about the “character” of the people on this site. I see the comments being left here – so I hope that is not the “character” you refer to.

      I also am aware of how Republicans reacted when Clinton tried, and failed, to get Osama in 1998. I remember how Republicans and “conservatives” laughed and derided Clinton for this failed attempt. Maybe you don’t. But I do. So, please don’t lecture me on how “loyal” and “patriotic” you conservatives would be if Obama had failed in this attempt. I‘ve watched ya’ll before, and I know that, if the President doesn’t have an “R” after his name, your flag waving and “country first” pose disintegrates pretty quickly.

      Oh, by the way. Your “Clinton was skeered” schtick is bogus. http://www.salon.com/news/politics/feature/2002/01/15/clinton/index.html

      Have a good day…and shine your flag pin up. The Commander in Chief is in the House.

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    • LibertyWon
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:58pm

      Agreed. As much as it pains me, BHO changed the directives and took the risks. I respect him for that. Now, that being said, is there anything else he would like to own before we enter 2012 like the economy, unemployment, US Debt?

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    • briefer
      Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:12am

      Liberty: Well, I hope the economy gets better. When BO took over from GWB, we were LOSING jobs at an 800,000 clip and had been for many months. BO immediately turned that curve around and, within a year, we were at least back to the zero line. Now, we’re at least arguing about whether GAINING 200,000 jobs a month is good enough, or not. So, the Great Recession dug us into a huge hole, and it will take some time to fill it up. It’s getting better, but it’s slower than all of us want.

      But “bidness” seems to be doing great. Wall Street is back, and back strong. We’re back from about 7,500 to well over 11,000 on the dow. Businesses are awash in cash. I wish they’d let some of that money “trickle down,” like we’ve always been told it would. But, I guess we’ll see.

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  • Mister_Bill
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:54pm

    “Please don’t denigrate your medium.” I think it was way too late not to do that. This is like CNN used to be with point – counterpoint. It looked like there was going to be a Roman Coliseum fight instead of a debate. That is all Joe Kernen tried to do.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:54pm

    Barney Frank just keeps on talking and talking and talking and taikkkkkkkkk

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    • LibertyWon
      Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:12am

      I’m thawwee thurr, I’m booked thowed tomowow and Thursday. Bet you didn’t catch his camio in Blazing Saddles

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  • taskmaster78
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:54pm

    What a cry baby

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:53pm

    Surely you didn’t vote for him, did you?

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:53pm

    Serious ? Thoughtful? Come on, Barney, that is a stretch for you.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:52pm

    Hey Barn, didn’t they try to hand Bin Laden to Clinton on a silver platter and he refused? “a thoughtful, serious conversation” with you? That would be a first.

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  • jeffyfreezone
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:52pm

    I can’t stand the sight of Frank.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:37am

      Agreed. Or the sounds. It’s pretty sad that Massachusetts keeps him in the game.

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  • Untameable-kate
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:51pm

    I‘m just happy there was a transcript to read so I don’t have to listen to ol’ mushmouth Franks.

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    • ozzie
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:58pm

      Couldn’t have stated it better.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:03pm

      OOOOOOOOOO KATIE … on another story you were giving a person heck for calling other people names. hypocrite much ?????

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    • Ba Ba Booey
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:10pm

      It was in response to something I said…

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    • IronSights
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:12pm

      I was listening to the audio while reading something else and thought for a moment the interview was with Sylvester the cat.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:14pm

      KATE
      I‘m with ya Can’t understand a thing Barnknee says
      How DID he get Fannie and Freddie passed???
      Massachusetts WAKE UP!!!!!

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    • michael48
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:47pm

      wouldn’t want to see a litter of puppies out of this fello….that’s just “crap full of ugly” to the bone….

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  • Ba Ba Booey
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:51pm

    Great, here come the gay, lisping jokes…go ahead blazers

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:58pm

      You mean like the “Crybaby Boehner” jokes?

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    • Ba Ba Booey
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:00pm

      Love the “they did it first defense” Hope you are sticking your tongue out when you say that

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:02pm

      So, a gay, lisping guy walks in to bar with a pig under his arm…

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:09pm

      @gonzo
      The joke should be, so a gay, lisping senator walked out of a bar. Well it could happen.

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    • Ken
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:33pm

      More like the “Bawney Fwank showers with gay military,” or similar disgusting crap like that!!!

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:35pm

      Pigs are way to smart to hang out with gay, lisping congressman.

      There was a chicken and a gay, lisping congressman walking down the street
      a stranger says what are you doing with that?

      And the chicken says…………… Fill in the blank Blazers!

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    • Obama Bin Lying
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:03pm

      @912828BuckeyePosted on May 3, 2011 at 3:35pm

      There was a chicken and a gay, lisping congressman walking down the street
      a stranger says what are you doing with that?

      And the chicken says “Shhhhhhhh he thinks I am gerbil”

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    • tbear44
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:29pm

      Does he have any teeth? I don’t think so. Bet his boyfriend likes that.

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    • Itchee Dryback
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:53pm

      If one actually talks like that, its no joke. Direct and accurate mocking maybe, but no general slur against a group.

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:54pm

      @ o b l

      :-DDDDD

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  • Showtime
    Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:47pm

    ROFLMAO!
    Anything that ticks off BF is great news!

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    • SLR Cameras
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Amen!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 2:57pm

      Lets give credit to Bill Clinton. For 9-11 attacks . And the first WTC bombing in 1993.

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    • Revere1
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Frank is an idiot for trying to make it seem Bush wasn‘t at least partly responsible for Bin Laden’s death. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/after-bin-laden-should-republicans-be.html

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    • BIGJAYINPA
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

      Bawny and thoughtful conversation. Two concepts that cannot exist in the same film clip. I really have to wonder about what sort of mindless voter exists in Mass to keep sending this POS back to Congress. If this is the best the Left has how do they keep winning fair elections?? This Sodommite is an affront to decent people everywhere.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:02pm

      One day barney will answer God‘s questions and he won’t be able to beat around the bush.

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    • coryf076
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:05pm

      I love it when the queen gets testy….

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:07pm

      Hey Showtime
      when are you going to run around the streets naked to make muslims kill themselves??

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:07pm

      Since the last four presidents all worked together and take orders from one group I think it’s only fair to congadulate that group! Way to go council on foreign relations your puppets got the bad guy you created, yippie!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:07pm

      God this one was beyond great – IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

      well Frank dose have a point, Clinton did try to kill Bin Ladin, and should we give him credit if Bush got him ? … I say …. GOOD job …Clinton.Bush and Obama …..and God Bless America
      as well as our Troops …. we are the best in the world :-)

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Arrogance comes in all shapes and sizes….

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm

      And here is the guy that laughed and said the there was no housing bubble, and that nothing was wrong with fannie and freddie.

      BTW – BHO is going to ground zero Thur. – Caesar will no doubt be wearing the wreath. Nawww, there was never anything political about this….nawww.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:18pm

      Barney Frank is disgusting.

      Every single time I have the misfortune of watching him give an interview, I want to immediately go take a shower and wash the “dirt” off me. Dude’s nasty.

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    • afishfarted
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Once again, the queen proves that the left have no sense of humor. I mean for pete’s sake, Kernen was jokin’ around ! you can see it on his face. BUT we just can’t any of that, now can we. sheesh, they’re hell,bent on making the country as miserable as they are

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    • Restored One
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:27pm

      Hey Blaze, who wrote this story a 10 year old? The grammar and spelling are terrible. Cmon, this is embarassing to me.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

      IMPEACHBHO wrote:

      “And here is the guy that laughed and said the there was no housing bubble, and that nothing was wrong with fannie and freddie.”

      I think he meant to say that there was nothing wrong with freddies fanny

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

      IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:11pm
      And here is the guy that laughed and said the there was no housing bubble, and that nothing was wrong with fannie and freddie.

      BTW – BHO is going to ground zero Thur. – Caesar will no doubt be wearing the wreath. Nawww, there was never anything political about this….nawww.

      _______________________________________________________

      ROFL .. you think Obama will dust off the GREEK COLUMNS?

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082804068.html

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Wow! A lover’s quarrel

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    • cemerius
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Don’t forget to thank Bill Clinton for the Somolia Piracy too…since he “pulled out” too soon from Somolia!!!…..

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:54pm

      He must of had a fight with his boyfriend? (MadCow)

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    • Patrick in AZ
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 3:56pm

      “KERNEN: Congressman, we love your feistiness. I’m going to try and get you going here and see if i can do it.”
      —————————
      Translation: We love it when you rip into republicans because we are all liberals too. So I’m going to give you a question to set you up to rip away.

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    • anutter
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:00pm

      Who cares.

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    • hersey10
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Barney sounded like he has a pair of hairy nuts in his mouth while he was trying to speak . Yeah I said it .

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    • jblovesAmerica
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:28pm

      Barney is a pompous ARZE-
      he has allot of questions to answer about Fanny and Freddie

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    • mill
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 4:34pm

      If not for Bil…the first black president…we would have had OBL years ago. He turned down OBL’s head on a platter…

      When we choose a road to travel, we pay the price o traveling it. We elected Bill, George, Barry…and look where our nation is. I think they all…since George 1 at the very least, have the “new world order” planned for America.
      The death of OBL does not lower the price of gas, put food on the table or end unemployment. It is a blip on the screen and the liberals are playing it up and wil lcontinue to do so.
      OBL is dead…big deal, so what? Whoowhoooooo America will be dead if OBL gets back into office.

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:31pm

      Cuz no one watches dis fwipping pwogwam …

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    • KingArthurUp
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:58pm

      I’ll bet Barney is good in bed!!!

      Damn he has a hot body and a zesty disposition!!!!

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    • getalong
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:03pm

      CHEZWIZ
      I agree. Didn’t Clinton have OBLin his sights and let him go? The only thing I remember about Clinton is that he was asleep at the wheel when it came to Islamic terrorism, and didn’t fully disclose to the Bush administration just how crazy OBL was and what a real threat he posed to America.

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    • Timekeeper
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:03pm

      Barney Frank – one of the socialists Leftists that protected Fannie Mae and had the big money giveway regulations setup to help those that couldn’t pay the loans back…. nice work Barney – you led the way to the housing collapse which in turn led the way to the economy tanking…. and with socialist statists in charge it just snoballed from there will SPENDING – why does ANYONE keep voting this ….person, into office?

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    • Wilkins
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:32pm

      Just a case of PMS.

      Permanently Miserable Socialist.

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    • WaltertheMoose
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:13pm

      Someone should park a buttt plug in his pie hole.

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    • bigjack940
      Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:12am

      To HERSEY10 I thunk you got it, I thunk you got it.lol

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