Barney Frank Lashes Out at ‘Today’ Host for ‘Gotcha’ Questions During Interview
- Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:01am by
Christopher Santarelli
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This is a video Eddie first introduced on the blog, but it deserves even more attention.
It’s hard to believe that longtime Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank would have anything in common with Sarah Palin. But during an interview Tuesday morning with Savannah Guthrie on Today Frank, who announced yesterday that he would not seek reelection, showed that he’s done playing nice with the media. After Guthrie pressed Frank on whether his announcement was fueled by political pressures, admitting defeat, or a change in the “tone” in Washington, Frank countered to Guthrie directly:
“You exemplify what I think is a change in the tone. You’ve managed to ask all sort of negative questions, I understand that’s the media current conception of control, it didn’t used to be that way…. It’s gotcha this, it’s gotcha that. It’s gotcha journalism, it’s gotcha politics.”
Frank would keep taking shots at Guthrie and the media at large throughout the interview, going on to tell her she’s “four for four” on negative questions:
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proudfather2
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:30amWOW!!! 30 years of that!!!! sure make the voters in Massachusetts look kind of stupid. just saying!
Report Post »TheePolitinator
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:22amI moved from mass in 2010, after 41 years I can tell you this. I saw the prelude to Obamacare, the liberal stronghold and the massive taxes imposed as a direct result of the now national law. People think things are tough now? wait, take my word for it you haven’t seen nothing yet.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:29amScrew the old f a r t master….oh he has been by his live in prostitute…..
Report Post »just_around
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 12:16pmhe wants to talk about substance? he’s been in Congress for a decade – what substance has he provided while there that has left our country in a better position then prior to him taking a seat. Answer: he has no substance. he’s a waste.
Report Post »recoveringneocon
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:27amReally tough questions.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:34am.
Report Post »Was he talking or farting? I can’t tell the difference………..
AvengerK
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:37amThe bitter old queen should be standing before a congressional investigatory committee to explain his complicity in the mortgage meltdown rather than getting upset at softball questions from the marxstream media. He’s one of the most disgusting individuals to ever darken congress..the nauseating, corpulent slug.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:55amLet him answer these and other questions .. under oath .. then when he LIES we can put him away!
TEA!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:05pmThe poster child for what is wrong with this country.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:09pmSo Barney gets offended when a journalist asks him questions? Even softball questions like those he was asked here.
Here’s a tip Mr Queer seed of man sucker, that‘s the media’s J O B. We realize that the left wing mass propaganda machine is generally defiant to ask any questions beyond what color your socks are, but questions are how people learn answers! We know that‘s a startling fact for cretins that graduate from Harvard’s mentally bankrupt halls of higher mass delusion, but it’s a fact none the less.
You Franky, the morally dead douche bag, are the exact problem with the American political system. You believe that you are above everyone else. YOU ARE A SERVANT FRANK PINKO. That means that your ass is a slave. You are to do what your master says, and WE THE PEOPLE are your master. And we’re your master in EVERY way. Just like we are the masters of every other politician. You serve US, we don’t serve you. So if the media asks you a damned question, answer it.
Report Post »quiet little lamb
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:14pmneeds subtitles. He’s right though. That was a poor choice of questions
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:17pmNo, tough questions would of been about his HUGE part in the financial collapse of the system. Including but not limited to the Fannie Mei and Freddie Mac support he gave in the risky home loans, and the FrankenDodd bill. He really does talk from his from his butt, that time when he farted on national television I really couldn’t tell the difference from when he speaks.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:28pmWith Bonny it’s the same thing both come out of the same orifice.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:39pmGood riddance to Barney, do not give him a platform.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:39pmWhen it come to good old Barney, what he say‘s does’nt matter. He’s just happy knowing both ends seek the same pleasure. CARRY ON McDUFF
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:52pm“I‘m pwoud that I’ve been a pawt of bwinging this countwy to it’s knees. I‘m pwoud of the cowuption that I’ve been able to be a pawt of.” – Bawny Fwank
Report Post »piper60
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:56pmGood Point.
Report Post »PCDoctors4u2
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:08pmThere is not enough room here to explain why this Criminal needs to go to Jail or worse!
The Grief and loss of American wealth caused by this man’s Un American Activities and actions could best be repaid by a public execution by which everyone of his victims gets to throw at him, at close range, a Silver dollar.
Death by a Million Dollars! That’s Change I can Believe in!
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:35pmWhat tough questions?
Report Post »mils
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:38pmjust a dumb woman who is finally what she should have done years ago…but, the FPOS in his district kept returning him to washington.
Report Post »now her district is redrawn and she runs for cover!!!
Barney gives a terrible name and impression to the world about being gay. He’s a pig
jzs
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:51pmI didn’t hear the “lashing out” part.
Report Post »Freedom from liberals
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:11pmBawney Fwank, a felon in a pin stripe suit. Male prostitution ring, no problem. If you’re submissive, code word Fannie Mae. I want it in the fanny. If you’re dominant, code word Freddie Mac. I’m going to give you the Mac daddy. We need to “roll the dice” on affordable housing. Housing is a right for Americans. Thanks Bawney. If we did what you did we would be in jail. Not only did you avoid criminal prosecution, you got to keep your job and do masssive damage to the U.S>
Report Post »thewatcher93
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:28pmI think the last time he answered a tough question he didn’t answer it and went off on a tangent. The only thing that tough questions do when asked and not answered is show their true characer as if we didn‘t know ol Frank’s character already, politically speakin, I don’t think anyone here knows him personally.
Report Post »Go Glenn
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:30pmI have to admit, I will miss hearing Rush play “Banking Queen”.
Although, maybe he will play it occasionally anyway.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:07pmjzs
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:51pm
I didn’t hear the “lashing out” part.
Remove your head from your a$$, then you will be able to hear…
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:11pmWhen bahney fwank first got to congress he was a tight end and now he is a wide receiver and smokes blunts! Sorry for the sophmoric humor but I couldn’t resist
Report Post »Who would Jesus bomb?
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:26pmAs if this slobbbering tub of lard… as if I didn’t already think as little of him as one could possibly think of a human being. (I suppose it could be argued whether he’s a human being).. He should be kissing the media’s ass for not spilling the beans on this corrupt bastard years ago. Bawny you should be thanking them.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:30pmRECOVERINGNEOCON,
I agree with RULER4YOU. Barney Frank COULD be the poster child for what is wrong with this country…,in GOVERNMENT!
I never thought that I would agree with Barney on anything. I do agree with what he said to Savannah Guthrie.
SHE is the poster child for everything that is wrong with this country…,in JOURNALISM.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:35pmHere you people go again cheering over how the media approaches Barney Frank because you don’t like him and crying about how they approach Herman Cain because you do like him.
You people have no integrity and you’re full of it. Go cling to your gun and your bible.
Report Post »sndlzrd
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:35pmI think he needs new false teeth-to help his speech impediment…
Report Post »johnsnare
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:44pmI wish he would stop spitting all over me.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 5:44pmYeah, that’s right, Barney. You have a big ego, and most likely a big wallet to hold all that money you made over the years courtesy of hard-working taxpaying people. Oh, and by the way, thanks so much for”overseeing the federal reserve, especially during those years before the collapse. Great Job!!!
Report Post »vorpal
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 6:11pmhe calles it serving but we call it stealing
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 6:20pmDon’t go Barney, we’ll miss you here in the swamp !!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 8:55pmThis is really simple. BF is leaving because he knows something that he’s not willing to talk about. Once Obama institutes Martial Law in 2012; Congress will become irrelevant. BF is going to set himself up in the underground bunker below the Denver Airport and prepare for the upcoming genocide. Remember the other hi-powered Democratic Congressmen that left before the 2010 elections? Do you hear anything about them? Where are they? They are gone. I think they are at the bunker under the Denver Airport preparing for others. Why would BF spent a bunch of money (or Gold) on the 2012 elections if there will be no elections in 2012? BF would have never allowed redistricting in Massachusetts if he gave a rats a$$ about it. He didn’t,so he doesn’t. So, there must be a reason. I think he’s doing the same thing that we’re doing; preparing for the worst. But, he knows more about what’s coming than we do. Talk about insider (survival) trading… BF knows something and he’s not talking; he’s doing.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 9:46pm.
Report Post »“It’s gotcha this, it’s gotcha that. It’s gotcha journalism, it’s gotcha politics.”
I guess now that he’s quitting, NBC doesn’t need to kiss his a$$ any more.
Hey, Barney, see what it’s like to be a republican on NBC?
GatorSkin
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:27amNow he has more time to stick it to someone else for a change!!!!!!!! So long as they are male!!!
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:26amHe is leaving because perversion has become the norm and he cant stand out from the crowed any more any more.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:37pmcan’t
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any more (once).
Walkabout
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:43pmBarney’s partner (the 3rd one?) lives in Maine. Upon retirement where is Barney going to live?
Not being a power broker, I wonder if Barney’s access to fresh young meat will dry up. He’ll be an unhappy gay man.
What is gay marriage besides an oxymoron.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:56pmWALKABOUT:
Report Post »I guess from the post, he will go to live at RIVERDOG1′s house. Love in bloom?
NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:14pmI guess he’s gonna turn the page,if the page is willing and male!
Report Post »ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:25amBarneys Frank, you’ve done massive damage to this country you pos. You belong in prison!
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:59pmyes he does along with several liberal judges who have no intention of representing the constitution
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:25amI‘ve said it before and I’m saying it again; WIth all the money this moron has stolen from the American People, you’d think he could afford some freaking teeth! Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, buy yourself a pair of dentures you mush-mouthed jack-smacker!
Report Post »Indymaverick
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:30am@ Americanstrega. His lover prefers it that way.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:24amWhat a pure POS.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:24amPoor Barney. He for four negative questions in a row.
Now, at the very end of his career, he knows how Republicans feel on day one.
Boo freaking hoo, you Marxist douchebag. GO AWAY ALREADY!
There’s so much more I would say for anyone else that would be interpreted by the Left as gay bashing, ie: suck it up, that he’s an @$$ clown, etc.
Report Post »joseph mitch nixon
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:24amso true and so well put . bravo
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:23amBawney, your minions don’t need you anymore so you are thrown out like a piece of trash unless they need you again.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:22amThe first thing a democrat does when asked real questions is to lash back at the media asking them. They do not address them nor take any credit for the debacle they usually have caused. Democrats are so used to soft-ball questions that when some media person has the nerve to ask them a tough one the go berserk. Barney Frank is a case in point. He and a few others have driven this economy into the ground and he gets mad when confronted with it. ‘Bwahney’ needs to have his @ss kicked up around his silly looking face for what he has done. The little homosexual is a national embarrassment but he seems to be alright as for as Massachusetts is concerned. That shows you how far down Massachusetts has slid ..
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:21amWell Barney I’d have to agree with the press being a Gotya press! However they didn‘t head up the committee that gave loans to people who couldn’t pay them back and got the whole country if not the world into a financially meltdown. Oh you had help, every democrat on the hill helped you. It wouldn’t have been so bad if you did it out of ignorance but you fought off opposition to change the failed loan strategy with your democratic ideology, you and all the democrats should have retired long ago!
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:23amAnd we must not forget all those ignorant democrat voters who put yall’s communist butt in office!
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:45pmSORRY but barney didn’t have anything to do with the mortgage crisis. not a fan of mr frank but do a little research. banks, rating, derivatives come on don’t keep spewing the same lies.
Report Post »On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:14pm@RIVERDOG1 12:45 AM
Sorry, RIVERDOG, you can lie all YOU want, but most of the people here are quite capable of research on this subject, and know you are quite obviously misinformed.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 3:10pm“SORRY but barney didn’t have anything to do with the mortgage crisis. not a fan of mr frank but do a little research. banks, rating, derivatives come on don’t keep spewing the same lies.”
Buwahahahahahaha… That was a joke, right?!?
Report Post »Alphonso
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 7:51pmGarym,
Try changing the channel once in a while…
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:20amMaybe the media is beginning to wake up to the fact that they are no longer trusted by the people, they have lost all credibility, they are state run, they have a leftist agenda and they have been exposed. They are a wing of the Democrat party… Thank god for outlets such as the Blaze, this is true freedom of the press, and we can voice our opinion instead of being talked down to …
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:26amI wouldn’t hold my breath about the press waking up! They are as evil as the democrats! Yea I know Beck calls them progressive to stay away from the truth, there are some RINOS who are really democrats but it’s mainly stupid democrats who have taken our country down!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 4:00amIf the mainstream media is changing their tune it is for a reason and only temporary. Barney is resigning for a reason. Something big is coming. What’s with all that construction going on at the Whitehouse? You can bet there is more to that story as well. I think our Progressives are prepared to literally work and go underground while the rest of us battle to survive. What’s with all the smallpox vaccines? Why is Fema buying MRE’S and body bags? Who will be chosen to survive? I am just sayin, I think there is a bigger plan that we won’t figure out until the crap hits the fans. Is it a conspiracy therory or is it real? Sometimes I am not sure. I just know that the Progressives are ruthless and nothing would surprise me. If we are lucky enough to survive what will our country be like when the battle is over? I hope that I wake up tomorrow with a more positive outlook, I am trying. It is not that I accept defeat but a part of me tells me to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best.
Report Post »carolinaconservative
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:19amBarney’s gone and that is good! But look who is in the wing to take his place. Maxine “They can go straight to hell” Waters!!! We be in big trouble!!!!
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:27amI agree, she is evil evil evil!
Report Post »Segue
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:18amThe host certainly maintained her cheerfulness after being insulted for the entire interview…I disagree that it was a tough interview, a tough interview would have asked about his roll in Fanny and Freddie and his boyfriend’s connection, etc…This was softball and he was still insulting. What a sad, frustrated old man..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 1:26pmCome on! The Today Show is a notriously right wing show with a long history of attacking liberals. It’s so unfair! :-)
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 9:59pmWow! That Gutherie gal just OWNED po‘ ol’ Bon. What a grilling!! The questions? Real toughies. Boy1 she just fileted him with that hard line stuff. Bill O’Rielly is going to have to be looking over his shoulder after that!!! (sarc- OFF)
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:17amOh Shut Up !
You ruined this country, for one with Fanny and Fredie. OWI should be yelling your name.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:16am3 decades in office wow what does that tell you about massachusettes liberals what a bunch of idiots
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:10pmNow,now – these are the same intelligent folks who gave you Teddy Kennedy, and gave and gave.
OBG
Report Post »Utahcatholic
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:43pmMassachusetts………….Bawney Frawank, Killer Kennedy and Ketsup “swiftboat” Kerry…….what a group, you shold be proud.
BTW, the Red Sox suck.
Report Post »Whispering Statue
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:15amMr. Frank epitomizes what is wrong and disfunctional with Washington D.C. Good bye and good riddance. Maybe they won’t elect somebody so hellbent on destroying America next time.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:10amHe wants the media to talk substance?. How about he take the blame for the housing screw up!. Let the media(if they dare) bring it up and he will be silent.I’m glad he is leaving.He is/was an embarrassment to all that is holy.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:09amDefend Financial reform? This is the man that spearheaded the block of any financial reform on the housing market that collapsed the economy. He blocked it because because George Bush proposed it nothing more nothing less. This man is one of the few at the top who are responsible for the shape our economy is in. He should drug out of his home and all his assets should be sold to help fix the disaster his ideology helped create.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 10:51pmI agree. I think Barney may have gotten wind of a coming congressional hearing on the housing collapse, and his role in it. This is one guy that needs to be grilled by the Republican’s under oath as to his central role in the housing collapse. He was aware of the danger posed as far as financial meltdown back in 2003, and Bush told him to do something about it, and he did NOTHING!!!!!
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:08amThree decades in office, unbelievable!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 12:29pmI wonder how much he was worth when first elected compared to net worth at retirement. I think he‘s milked it for all it’s worth. Time to retire, sit by the pool and have cabana boys bring you drinks Bawney.
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:07amWith Sarah Palin, the unusual thing was that a Conservative finally called the media out on its treatment of Conservatives. With Frank, t he unusual thing is that a Liberal finally got the kind of media treatment that Conservatives have been silently enduring for decades.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:07amHe’s leaving because he has ran out of spittle and finds it hard to talk.
Report Post »CCRYDER
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:15amThanks for the laugh – you’re right on! :))
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:05amHe can dish it out, but he can’t take it. Frank isn’t used to REAL questions instead of the softball questions usually asked by the MSM. This is what conservatives put up with in almost every interview, Barney. Deal with it. Man up!
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 11:13amHe is a male,but not a man!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 2:44pmbikerr
succinctly said
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