Barney Frank: Supercommittee‘s Failure ’Good News’
- Posted on November 22, 2011 at 4:53pm by
Becket Adams
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As predicted by some analysts, the total failure of the Congressional supercommittee has been greeted by various politicians as “good news.”
One in particular, was happy with the most recent development.
“Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the congressional supercommittee‘s failure Monday to come to an agreement on spending reforms was ’good news’ because it will help to end the Bush-era tax cuts and give Democrats more bargaining power in budget negotiations,” reports The Hill.
As many Blaze readers are aware, because the supercommittee failed to reach any sort of constructive agreement, $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts have been set in motion to take effect in 2013 through sequestration.
However, several “hawks” in Congress are vowing to undo half of the cuts because many of them deeply gouge defense spending. For instance, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said that he was readying a bill that would prevent the defense cuts.
On the opposite side of the political aisle, Barney Frank, who has always promoted cuts in defense spending, said “that gives Democrats the upper hand,” citing President Obama’s threat Monday to veto attempts to avoid the cuts altogether.
“The people who want to say ‘no’ have more leverage,” Frank said in a telephone interview with the Hill. “Every showdown until now, the right wing had more leverage. They tended to benefit more from gridlock. Now, thanks to sequestration and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, gridlock is bad for the right wing. So they are now going to be forced to deal.”
Frank said the supercommittee’s inability to produce a plan was not a failure of Congress, but rather a reflection of the country’s “peak divisions.”
So what solution does Frank think is appropriate?
He think that Democrats should offer to extend the Bush tax cuts for the middle class while ending them for the wealthy, because that could then count “as savings against the automatic cuts.”
“And if you don’t like it,” Frank said, “well, then we’ll just sit back, see sequestration and the taxes go up on everybody.”
See Frank explain to Kieth Olberman why the supercommittee’s failure might be the “Democrats gain”:
Of course, going back to the right side of the aisle, conservative radio host personality Rush Limbaugh is absolutely convinced that the supercommittee acted exactly as it was supposed to:
“So the inside-the-Beltway crowd is still wringing its hands today over the fact that there was no budget deal. The super committee failed to come to an agreement, and I’m blue in the face telling you that it behaved exactly as it was supposed to behave,” Limbaugh said on his show on Tuesday.
“It ended up doing exactly what it was supposed to do, and you’re blue in the face hearing it. They were not supposed to come to an agreement. There was not supposed to be any kind of a deal. And, lo and behold, Obama held a five-minute press availability today. What did he do? He went out and blamed the Republicans. Mission accomplished! That was the whole point of this,” he reiterated.
“‘Do-nothing Congress! A super committee that couldn’t even come up with budget cuts and tax increases,‘ that won’t be implemented even ’til 2013,” Limbaugh said. “‘They couldn’t even do that!’ And right on cue, there’s Obama in front of the microphones and the cameras this morning saying, ‘Yep,’ and blaming the Republicans for it.”



















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SCARY313568
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:09pmBawney Fwank is a despicably, disgusting excuse for a human being. I figure he prefers catching to pitching.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:27pmI feel sorry for the man who has to lay down next to Barney at night. There is not enough alcohol in the world
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:36pmI don’t know which he perfers. All I know is I’d like to bitch slap him everytime he opens his nasty mouth.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:37pmThe United States spends more on military spending than the next 15 countries combined. Not more than any individual country, but the next 15 combined.
I favor a very strong offensive and defensive position for country. I favor the development of battlefield weapons that are controlled remotely. But I do question how many troops we need in European as Asian countries.
Report Post »Chutz
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:59pm@JZS “The United States spends more on military spending than the next 15 countries combined.”
That is our government’s main responsibility, national protection and sovereignty. Instead , we have money in all sorts of bureaucracies. Cut the DEA and the ATF, cut the Federal Education and send that back to the states…ETC… I could go on but it would be a long post to point out all of the crap the government could cut to clear 2 trillion in savings. The states have the power, not the Feds, get all the money out of the central and send it back to the states.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:00amDid barney raise his leg to speak again???
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 6:43amWell, that should tell you why it failed. It was designed to do that from the start, a total waste of time and tax payer money. But then, we knew that.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:57amBawney is happy the economy is crashing. Of course he is….it is partially his fault it is this way. That man is a disgrace.
When will the people of Mass wake up and get rid of this fool?
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:10amWhy is this pipe-smoker frank not in jail ? he is getting way too much face time on TV lately,especially after seeing bill maher praising him on sqeal-time
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:14amBarney Frank lead the charge 5 times to stop Bush from putting regulations in the housing Market. Then a month before Fannie and Freddie collapsed he was calling it a good investment. If people can‘t see who is destroying America it’s only because they’re idots who just root for their team mindless sports fans in the political spectrum.
Report Post »Square Dancer
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:22amBy the looks of his picture, he’s just eaten some fresh meat.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:32amFailure? democrats gain? It’s all just a game to these morons ! Term limits NOW ! Can we get a national referendum on term limits,these clowns won’t ever do it themselves !
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:16amHis name is Bonnie Fwank,,,get it right!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 11:31amLet’s be very honest here…the Democrats are completely unserious about cutting spending. American voters need to wake up to the fact that the Democrats just don’t want to cut spending – at all – and prefer to massively increase spending instead. They simply don’t believe that trillion dollar deficits are a major problem, and give lip service to cutting the budget because it is poilitically expedient to do so. We saw this plainly when Obama earlier this year proposed to raise government spending by 3 trillion in his faux-budget (voted down unanimously in the democrat held senate no less). Then later, whent he political heat got too hot..chose to posture as a deficit hawk. Liberals believe the deficit will come down on its own when revenues increase as the economy recovers, hence they demand..taxes, taxes taxes. The reality is that projections say that this won’t happen for another 5-7 years at the current rate of growth and by then, the liberals will have spent us into default.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 4:40pmIf the people vote in enough conservatives in 2012 it won’t matter. And if they don’t…. I’m reminded of the old saying: “People usually get the leaders they deserve.”
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 5:58pmBANJARMON: I think Barney raised his leg to toot out a tune. That‘s what happens when you’re old, fat and ugly. Anything is bound to happen with losers like Barney.
Report Post »smokeyridgerunner
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:58pmOh hell just let him lick 1 nut.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:43am@ smith.. if barney led the fight to stop bushs financial reform why, are you in favor for more reform? libertarians and far right nuts like hannity say regulations killed the economy, AND how did frank kill these so-called reforms by bush when he was not in charge, the repubs were. i know the answer here…”hes gay and a democrat and we don’t like the truth”.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:22pmRIVERDOG….I’ve tried to educate on this in the past but in typical liberal idiot style you put your fingers in your ears and cried “la la la I can’t hear you”.
Report Post »From the Boston Globe: “[...] his fingerprints (Barny Frank) are all over this fiasco (Mortgage Crisis). Time and time again, Frank insisted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in good shape.[...] for example, when the Bush administration proposed much tighter regulation of the two companies, Frank was adamant that “these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis.” When the (Bush) White House warned of “systemic risk for our financial system” unless the mortgage giants were curbed, Frank complained that the administration was more concerned about financial safety than about housing.
I know whatyou’re gonig to bleat next RIVERDOG..”oh yeah? well how could the democrats stop congress from investigationg Fannie and Freddie when for a while the GOP had congress?”. This is where you’re unteachable it seems, because for these matters to go to congress for a vote, they have to go through the committee process, Barney Frank (D) and Chris Dodd (D) as committee members and chairs blocked the measures from going to congress. Congress cannot vote on a measure that doesnt’ reach them. Is that clear or are you just too stupid of a liberal to get it?
SLOWBIDEN
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:21pmRiverdog… Barney Frank was responsible for Fannie May and Freddie Mack loaning money to people who couldn’t afford the houses they were buying. People who were charging off 500 dollar credit cards were getting loans for 150,000 dollar houses that were backed buy yours and my tax dollars. Then when they couldn’t make payment, of which anyone who could read a credit bureau knew they couldn’t pay, the loans defaulted causing the housing market to collapse. Then the economy fell with it. I don’t care if he smokes pot or smokes pole. Him and the Clinton administration made those loans.The loans were defaulted while Bush was in office. Frank opposed the limitations Bush put on the sub-prime loans. So get your facts straight before you open your mouth.
Report Post »Juniemoon
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:28pmlol @ BANJARMON
Who would ever think to themselves, this is one sexy man? ugggggggggggggggh
Report Post »Blitz
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:34pmIt’s never about whats the best for the people. It’s always about who can get more power from the other side. “What do men with power want? More power”.
Report Post »mils
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:19pmI was wondering the same thing..
Report Post »It’s not about the people. What would be good for our country..it’s whose side is winning, who has the most “pull”..
I think everyone elected to Washington needs to be taken to task. Barney Franks is one of the worse offenders.
We need people that care about the great unwashed out here that are paying taxes, losing our futures, barely able to put food on the table…yet congress gets special stock deals, worry about who is winning dems or repubs..
DrFrost
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:55amThe number one goal of the democratic party is to see the republican party fail. To them, this is more important than seeing the country succeed.
And I have to say I saw this one coming from the start. The “default” fallback if the super committee failed was something the democrats would go for and the republicans wouldn’t: increased taxes, lots of defense cuts. So, of course, it was going to fail. That was the democrats plan all along. And, of course, Obama can now play the “frugal” president and veto any bills that attempt to forestall these defense cuts. The GOP party has been far too naive in this situation.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:00pm@ avenger. not a lib BUT do like the truth. frank is only guilty of not knowing what is going on in fannie books. if you can link the specific bills in commitee that frank blocked then maybe i can blame him 0.0001% of the problen. BANKS, sub prime loans, MOST not at the poor plus derivatives plus overrated blocks of loans was the problem. not the CRA either, not even close. yes both parties were guilty but the repubs were in charge of all three branches for most of the time and did nothing. as a far right facists you probably won’t get it.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 2:33pm@slowbiden..are you telling me that baks were forced to give loans to people who couln’t afford them, incorrect. also the loans durring the clinton admin were not the problem. repeal glass stegal, gramm (R) bill, yes signed by clinton, had no choice would have been overruled. face it boys most bankers and wall street firms are run by republicans. they gave loans to people they didn’t have to, mostly middle class und upper middle class, bundled them and sold to people and other govs. and lost trillions. what did obama have to do with it..nothing. frank a little. repub bankers/wall street fed keeping the interest to low almost all of it. facts are cool.
Report Post »gypsyman
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:31pmA sad comentary on how things are turning out. Instead of what should be done to turn things around, each side is like a 9 year old. If they don’t get their way, they take their ball and go home. Too bad, they are just bringing the situation to a bad end, instead of working it out. ‘Course, it looks like that’s the kind of ending they want. I wonder if they realize just how bad it probably will get!!
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:49pmI don’t think they have a clue, G-man, it will get very, very ugly. Picture post-Katrina New Orleans on a national level.
Report Post »tbarr4
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:29pmArrest Frank Today!! Expel him from Congress! Take his pension now!!!
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:20pmBarney Frank is ugly,corrupt and will find his jail cell in this life,or the next.The wailing and gnashing of teeth is eternal for his like.Even Purgatory will spit him out like a bitter pomegranate from Harry Reid’s garden.
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:26pmPurgatory no such place MORON where did Jesus say that???
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:09pmCalm down,REPUB1….I didn’t mention you,did I?
Report Post »Yes,there IS A PURGATORY.Souls CAN be saved!
And I’m not going to argue with you about it.
Dolfenn24
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:27pmMr. Magoo,
Report Post »Don’t listen to Repub1….he sounds like a liberal with that type of reaction to your purgatory remark.I personally don’t believe in purgatory,but I’m not going to call you names over it.More people should learn to agree to disagree.
MrMagoo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:49pmWe all have our ‘skeletons in the closet’.I was trying to explain that what Barney Frank,Chris Dodd and other blatantly corrupt people have in store for them.I’m a firm believer in what you do on Earth,will come back to you in death.People like George Soro’s and Barney Frank are despicable human beings.
Report Post »But even for these people,God has a place.I don’t know what it is.Endlessly tormented by NOTHING?No hope,no faith,no smiles,no blue sky,no moon,no sun,NO NOTHING.Its scary and should be.
I guess we’ll all find out someday.
COFemale
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:29pmJesus did not say it, but God and the Bible sure did Repub1.
The word “hell” is used 55 times in the King James Version of the Bible. “Tophet,” another word used for hell, is used 9 times in the KJV. The words “gehenna” and “sheol” are used in some other versions of the Bible to refer to hell, but are not used in the KJV.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_references_to_hell_in_the_bible#ixzz1eV279WwI
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:18pmBlame Game. Race Card. Anti-rich , anti-bankers, anti – American , anti-capitalist, anti-police, Occupy, redistribution. Blame Game. Race Card. Anti-rich, anti-bankers,anti-capitalism, anti-police, Occupy, redistribution…….
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 9:07pmWhat has to happen is what Charles Krauthammer predicts: that the failure of the super committee might be bad for Republicans initially, but as the election nears, this will reflect poorly on Obama’s inability to lead.
Report Post »spankadonkey
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:21pmOh yes JZS. We all just wait with baited breath for your ever so worldly pronouncements. Please, please come out of your mommy’s basement and instill more of your brilliance on all of us so we can be more enlightened.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:24pmHey JZS,
I am so glad to see that the Blaze is allowing you to post once again.
I was getting ready to print up some t-shirts and start a “Free JZS” campaign.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:29pmFolks,
I just realized that this is not the real JZS above. It is an imposter.
JZS does not use spaces in his name.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:48pmJZS. Your that guy that was in the movie Deliverance that liked to spank men . I’d know that face anywhere
Report Post »dgktowntx
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:11amJZS …I dont think anybody looks to your comments for guidiance…….We can think for ourselves
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 9:59amThanks for the post Billy. Yeah, it’s kind of creepy. This guy found my old avatar so I switched it. Now he found my new one (Winston Smith from the movie 1984).
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:15amHey again Billy, actually I couldn’t post for a couple of days. I thought they’d kicked me off and, you know, I could hardly blame them. But at least I break up the monotony here.
Report Post »fobama
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:58pmBarney I love my butt tickled frank, I dont blame, its the scary folks who keep electing this douche!
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:41pmLet’s not forget that when the so-called Super Committee was announced and the Democraps had Patty Murray and John Kerry on it, it would be obvious the object was to stone-wall and block and deny and delay.
Rush has it right.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:45amrush is never right.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:38pmWell, lets see….the 111th Congress under Pelosi/Reed and signed by Obama cut my pension by about fifty bucks a month, and now this Massachusettes gay pride rep is proud that the Bush tax cuts will expire so my paycheck will shrink some more.
Typical Democrat. Screw the people and brag about it. Screw you, Barney *** and screw the unions that keep you in office to screw all of us!
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:46amdid you have a federal pension? if you did you don’t deserve a penny you blood sucking fed. if not then nevermind.
Report Post »Incredulous321
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:31pmBarney, doesn’t it bother you at all that in the very dangerous world we live in, we’re about to destroy the only edge we have over the rest of the world? Your job is the protection of the US, and you’re failing in your duty, AGAIN. You Sir, are a loser, a failure, and very close to being a traitor. You’re also, undoubtedly a criminal. It’s time to look at your books, and see if we can find some of that Fannie and Freddy money.
Report Post »LostInTheSpin
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:30pmdoes barney frank ever smile? that frown speaks volumes…
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 10:26pmBarnknee Frankco lives in MASSACHUSETTS
His pockets are lined with Freddie $
IF there was any reason for term limits—-Barnknee is IT.
Report Post »robinakilt
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:30pmBarney Frank instead of commenting on the super committee why don’t you disclose to the American people how much money you had before going to Washington and how much money you have now? The mortgage/ housing crisis you helped create, I am sure either made you wealthy or someone very close to you. YOU DAMN THEIF! To bad OWS does not have enough sense to be protesting the people who actually created this problem or they would all be in DC at the Capitol looking for you and the other thieve. You won’t be forgotten!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 11:07pmROBIN
Report Post »YOU have made a great point
Yeah Barnknee HOW much $ did Freddie and Fannie MAKE YOU?
lodgerat
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:43amI’ve heard prostitution pays well. Selling smoke pays well too…just saying
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:55amfrank is worth about a million. he is guilty of being a media whore but not the financial meltdown. no evidence of it at all, just acusations by the very small minded.
Report Post »usmc1063
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:28pmAhhhhh the blame game. Of course he wanted it to fail so he could blame a do nothing Congress especially the Republican side. What he failed to say was the Republicans had plenty to offer but it was the Demoncrates that failed to come to the table. Only one thing wrong though he didn’t blame Bush. Guess he figured that just wouldn’t work anymore. The one thing that might have save the Republicans during the deliberations would have been to simply make public there offers. Then that would have thrown the Lib’s under the bus where they belong for turning them down. But they weren’t smart enough to do that so now Barry has them by the shorts hairs and Barney is gettind his Frank ready to screw any Republican he can. Doesn’t seem fair but the Demoncrates will do anything to win in 2012 even sell their souls if necessary. But there is a bright side to this most American even some in his own party see Barry for what he is. They are willing to say no to another Dance with Obama.
Report Post »TDOM
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:26pmBarney makes me SICK What is his state thinking hes an IDIOT
Report Post »wdvander
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:25pmSo Barney is joyous that the Supercommittee gave the country the Sandusky treatment. The only way Barney would be happier is if Sandusky gave him a Sandusky. It is politicians like him who give honest lawmakers a bad name.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:23pmThus they clothe their naked villainy.
Report Post »jaylew
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:22pmThe only thing Barney Frank considers good news these days is when he has a solid bowel movement…..after decades of massive and huge invasive colon attacks by things that do not belong there…..Barneys good news days these days are limited to his morning throne mounting…..and still being able to pinch a moderate loaf shaped item that maintains it’s constitution for at least 15 seconds. The Dick Armey Barney Frank beat down a decade ago…..and now the grumpiness on Franks face is in direct proportion to his current painful rectal condition. Barney is as they say “tore up from the floor up”…an aging queen who spews spit drops every time he opens his mouth…whether talking or just “blowing off steam”…..Barney is truly one of the last true spitters that we all have a hard time swallowing. Frank is a gross old pompous a$$. His opinions no longer matter…..he is a tired old queen…..the morning throne is the last vestige of his royalty.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:49pmthis is a progressive plant to stir up hate…maybe even barney himself…
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:49amMan that was a great description. Very graphic and right on point…:{
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 1:18amThank you for the most vivid picture of this vile human being.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:47amYou nailed it JAYLEW you know bonnie fwank was a tight end when he entered congress not the wide receiver we know and loathe now what is wrong with you people in Mass.?
Report Post »Southernsoul
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:19pmThe only things dumber than liberal democrats are the brainless morons who vote for them.
Report Post »my67camaro
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:16pmOf course the Super Commitee is going to fail…It’s election year…Congress is going to let the “automatic Cuts” kick in…that way each group can say they didn’t do it, so their “contributors” will still contribute to their cause
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:16pmTime to get rid of bend over barney
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:10pmWe can thank morons like Frank and Jimmy Carter for the housing meltdown,Frank is the poster child for term limits.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:27amAmen to that, PROGslayer! This nancyboy should be in prison but that would seem like a reward to him I guess
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 10:56amwow you have NO idea on the colapse, no big suprise.
Report Post »MoreC02
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:07pmBlarney Flanks pic looks like he clamped down a little too hard on that spicy sausage.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:41amMakes you wonder what the folks in Assachusetts are smoking besides sausage !
Report Post »liljoe62
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 8:06pmTypical response from a (BACKER) of liberal Fecal Blizzard talking points! He just needs to keep his (MOUTH) where it belongs, and you ALL know where I mean! Enough of this (BLOW)hard! He is one of the main causes of this financial meltdown we are experiencing! And should fess up to it,by RESIGNING and paying back ALL the money he made off this tragedy! Barney, take your significant other, and move to San Francisco, and meld with your own kind! Then just disappear! And the world will be a FAR better place, with you and yours GONE!!!!
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