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O'Reilly rips Barney Frank a new one - ooooh! I bet that's going to hurt

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Frank was game and took the extensive, high db abuse. He called out the old blowhard for his rudeness. I think Frank came out well ahead in the exchange, so clearly O'Reilly totally blew the opportunity.

Posted by KBK 2008-10-03 00:28|| 2008-10-03 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Just because O'Reilly was a jerk doesn't mean he is wrong. Frank has been the "cheif enabler in charge" for the whole mess.

Posted by tipover 2008-10-03 00:33|| 2008-10-03 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this the same Barney Frank that called out O'Reilly?

Frank's fingerprints are all over the financial fiasco Boston Globe

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-03 00:37|| 2008-10-03 00:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's Barney Frank, the paragon virtue in of the House working with his Donk friends to keep those regulation happy Trunks from targeting Freddie and Fannie. /sarc

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-03 00:42|| 2008-10-03 00:42|| Front Page Top

#5 You can't tell so much from this clip but on my tv Frank looked terrible, sweaty and as if he were wearing a groucho nose. I have to wonder if he trusted Fox makeup people or if he has none because for a politician to go on looking like that, it made him look foolish.

I think most Dems avoid Fox because they call them on bullshit. Attack O'Reilly for being rude but Frank lost this one big. Of course the main media outlets won't hold Frank to count for what he did so it'll be forgotten and be put into Liberal lore as another reason to avoid Fox.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-10-03 01:09|| 2008-10-03 01:09|| Front Page Top

#6 The video is all about two different types of "Blow Hard". Figuratively vs actually

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-03 03:58|| 2008-10-03 03:58|| Front Page Top

#7 A race to the bottom worthy of NASCAR.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 07:21|| 2008-10-03 07:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice GB - I think we have an early lead for "Snark o' the day".

The best I could come up with was something about Frank being a PITA.

Posted by GORT 2008-10-03 07:45|| 2008-10-03 07:45|| Front Page Top

#9 What does it say about deep blue Massachusetts that they keep electing guys like this and Kennedy?

Why in the Hell would anyone in their right mind want to live in a blue state?

O'Reilly nailed this fat degenerate to the wall. Pity he couldn't have punched his lights out as well. Of course, Barney would probably have liked that...

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-03 08:30|| 2008-10-03 08:30|| Front Page Top

#10 I saw some of that exchange, and ended up walking out of the room. I know Senator Franks is guilty as sin, but had I not known I'd have believed his side just because Mr. O'Reilly was so rude. O'Reilly persuades only those who already believe him; for the rest, his sheer decibel level drives them to the opposite side.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-10-03 08:58|| 2008-10-03 08:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Amen, TW. I one heard Rush Limbaugh tear into somebody who was in fact a certifiable, genuine creep--some person connected to the New York Public School system--and Rush was so shrill I almost gave my sympathy to the other guy.

Too many people mistake rudeness for wit. It adds to the poisoning of the debate.

Posted by mom ">mom 2008-10-03 09:06|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2008-10-03 09:06|| Front Page Top

#12 O'Reilly rude? This is how you SHOULD treat a man who almost single handedly wiped out millions of people's retirement funds; a man who put the home ownership of minorities ahead of the national welfare; a man who public lies are only exceded by his private immorality. O'Reilly rude? He should have kneed him in the groin and threw his lying ass through a window.

Posted by Carbon Monoxide">Carbon Monoxide 2008-10-03 09:09|| 2008-10-03 09:09|| Front Page Top

#13 Barney really is a smart guy. But when he fucks up, and gets called on it, he turns into a bumbling, stumbling, blithering idiot.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-03 09:34|| 2008-10-03 09:34|| Front Page Top

#14 I've noticed Barney the Fags nose recently also. Large, red, running. Is this POS sucking up a plate of coke before he does these interviews ? He runs his mouth at 90 mph, slurs everything and talks in half sentences. Hmmmmm.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-10-03 09:44|| 2008-10-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

#15 Steve White's article the other day made more sense than all these blathering talking heads put together.

Rep. Frank did plea for Bachus' ammendment to be heard on the floor, for what its worth...unfortunately I think it is because he wants to add his own crap which would ultimately delay or kill the ammendment.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-10-03 11:13|| 2008-10-03 11:13|| Front Page Top

#16 O'Reilly is a boor and a bully. I never watch him because all of his interviews end up in shouting matches just like this. He sheds no light at all. He makes Geraldo look professional. Franks deserves it, of course, in fact he probably liked it. But it would be better if O'Reilly was smart enough to patiently question the subject so that Frank would convict himself with his own words.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-10-03 11:34|| 2008-10-03 11:34|| Front Page Top

#17 Saw the interview. Frank and others need to be held accountable for his/her part in this subprime debacle that started in Fannie and Freddie. Frank does not tell the truth but spins and bobs and weaves and tries to hide anything that looks like the truth.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-10-03 11:41|| 2008-10-03 11:41|| Front Page Top

#18 O'Reilly rude? This is how you SHOULD treat a man

That was not my point, Carbon Monoxide. The honourable Senator in my opinion should immediately be turned out on the street to die in the cold, unemployed, unloved, and alone. Shouting over him isn't nearly enough. However, the shouting makes those who do not know the facts believe the one being shouted at, rather than Mr. O'Reilly... which is very, very counterproductive.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-03 12:02|| 2008-10-03 12:02|| Front Page Top

#19 TW. He's not a senator, he's a rep.
Whether he's honorable is debatable...

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-03 12:20|| 2008-10-03 12:20|| Front Page Top

#20 I believe that's Representative Frank, tw. But you are right about O'Reilly. If I was running the show at Fox I'd can his ass. What I'd like to see is Frank being called upon to give testimony with a really sharp independent investigator on his case. I'd like to see him sweat while he pleads the Fifth.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-10-03 12:21|| 2008-10-03 12:21|| Front Page Top

#21 You're quite right, Ebbang Uluque6305. He's no less honourable, though, despite the demotion.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-03 12:39|| 2008-10-03 12:39|| Front Page Top

#22 Honor is earned, not given because of a title, this isn't England ot crapistan. You want to be called honourable - act with honor. Barney Frank is a lying jack aAss just like Joe "I support clean coal" Biden.

Posted by Legolas 2008-10-03 13:25|| 2008-10-03 13:25|| Front Page Top

#23 O'Reilly is an ass. His technique does nothing to call the Frank on the carpet. He could have had a timeline that laid out how the dems and Frank in particular pushed Fan/Fred to buy questionalble loans from banks, how those same banks were threatened with lawsuits or fines if they didn't make loans to po folks and how Frank and the dems resisted time and again any real control on Fan/Fred. Barney talking about 1994 is a friggin joke and he should have been called on it in a way that didn't distract from the message. O'Reilly is simply not effective.

Posted by remoteman 2008-10-03 13:58|| 2008-10-03 13:58|| Front Page Top

#24 Fwank was obfuscating. Particularly since O'Reilly showed a clip from a few months ago which was not so ominoius from Fwank...

Posted by BigEd 2008-10-03 16:26|| 2008-10-03 16:26|| Front Page Top

#25 Franks is an ass. I disagree w/Billy O on many things but I am glad he went after Franks like he did. At least it was up front & vented like many of us plebians would like a real chance to vent at the imperial senate. Bawney Fwanks is a lying douchebag. He and chis dodd will have much to answer for on the other side.

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