Tough Town Hall with Barney Frank

[Excaliber]

Barney got an earfull at a recent town hall meeting but held his ground.

A lady in attendance had this to say;

When she compared the administration's policies to Germany under Hitler, Frank responded by asking her, "On what planet do you spend most of your time?"

My sentiments exactly!

[Jamo]

Gotta tell ya, Ernie...from everything I've read (and I think I gave it a fair read), much of our recent economic nightmare lies at his feet.

Maybe he should've been more concerned about what the lady was telling him instead of conjuring up a smartass reply.

Just my opinion...

[map]

He's Human Debris!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp...layer_embedded

[Excaliber]

While that may be true Jamo, to many such comments at town hall meetings are doing little or nothing to promote honest dialog on the subjects at hand.

...I did have to chuckle at his comment.

[392cobra]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

to (too) many such comments at town hall meetings is (are) doing little or nothing to promote honest dialog on the subjects at hand.

There you go.

[392cobra]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

to many such comments at town hall meetings are doing little or nothing to promote honest dialog on the subjects at hand.

Good try on the edit Ernie but no cigar.

"too" not "to" or even "two".

[Excaliber]

He may be a total an complete waste of humanity, but in THIS case he nailed it! It is impossible to carry on a reasonable debate when people like this woman bring up the Nazi comparisons. Or insist on a spell check and end up missing the point entirely, try to stay focused. I'm surprised he acknowledged her at all.

[Excaliber]

...freakin' soupnazi spell checker fiend.

[392cobra]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

...freakin' soupnazi spell checker fiend.

Thanks,I try.

[Excaliber]

...probably a socialist to, too, two, 2 (that oughta cover it).

[Paul F]

Not to, two, or too.... Also.

[Excaliber]

,,,joint is over run with communists I tell ya.

[Paul F]

Actually, too is acceptable use. But I prefer also. So their.. er they're.. um there!

Bloody 'ell. I'm glad english is my native language. What a messed up language.

[Buzz]

Now that we seem to be fixated on our grammars (Oedipus complex gone bad?)

Quit using "YOUR" instead of "YOU'RE". The apostrophe-re part is short for "are" as in "YOU ARE"! Jeezus!!

And THERE IS NO @#$#@* APOSTROPHE REQUIRED IN THE PLURALIZED WORD "COBRAS", DAMMIT!!! You only need the bloody apostrophe if you are using the shortened form of "cobra is" in a sentence or referring to something that belongs to a cobra, ie: a Cobra's door or a Cobra's headlight, etc.

I declare a 4 day ban for anyone more than 100 degrees LEFT OR RIGHT of center who violates these simple but important rules. People who are within 99 degrees of center, by way of their reasonable, flexible and open-minded nature are inherently nice folks and get a pass on trivial things like spelling and punctuation and cussin' other folks, etc.



incoming...

[Jamo]

Good...we'll call it the BuzzBan.

Thanks buddy!

[fastd]

Excalibur,

Your original post stated that Frank held his ground as if you are proud of that.

Frank embodies much of what is wrong with politics and the political class. If, as you suggested, you would like to advance the debate your time would be better spent not focusing on one lady's unfortunate comparison, but recognizing that Frank and his ilk are in large part responsible for the failed government policies and overspending, not the "greedy" health insurance companies, wall street, the banks, the oil companies, etc.

[bomelia]

Seems to me that those in government are pretty damn greedy. Personal gain. Personal power. They will do anything to insure they get all of that, even if it means spending this country into oblivion.

[Bill Bess]

These townhall meetings are just BS anyway...there is never any "real dialog" or commen sense and fairness in exchanges between folks. It's just a sales meeting from one point of view and if you don't agree with the dems. your an evil protestor and crazy.
On the other hand, these evil doers at the meetings are making a big difference, even poor little evil Sarah Palin got the job done on her twitter page by remote control.

I thinks it's just great that we are able to get both sides and opinions out there..even though everyone gets called some pretty bad names. Perhaps that little rat Barnie will hopefully choke on his next meal.

Bill

[Dan40]

If the lady compared this administration's policies to those of Germany in the mid 30's, that is one thing. It is not conducive to dialog. If she called Frank a Nazi, that was wrong.
Even just calling them bullies is wrong. ACCURATE, BUT WRONG.

HOWEVER,

Frank is our employee. He is in his multi-hundred thousand a year job with UNBELIEVABLE benefits to represent the people. Not to show how clever he is at smartass answers to poorly presented concerns. The lady was probably wrong to say what she said, without an exact quote we cannot be certain, but she was most likely wrong. Frank was completely wrong and rude. NEVER is it OK to insult the electorate. He is well paid to take such MINOR abuse.

The lady was upset, nervous, and unused to the limelight, and is not excused, but can be understood. Frank was intentionally rude and abusive. No possible way was he justified.

[joyridin']

Oh well..it beats the ones Bush had. If you weren't a supported of his, you didn't even get in.

As far as to what is said in these meetings..who cares? Insults or not, let heads roll. It is about time people get to say what they want..good or bad...about our "representatives" to their faces. If they can't handle it, or the their constituents can't handle it, leave.