August 19, 2009
Sen Barney Frank (D-MA) goes off on a questioner at a town hall.
Funny how ridiculing a constituent – however un/reasonable the question and however calmly asked – is ok.
Imagine if this woman had said those things to him?
Or if a white congressman had said those words to a black constituent?
Or if a straight senator was SCREAMING and RIDICULING a gay constituent?
When are they going to realize this is not a game and doing this is only going to provoke more people?
The barrymedia is feeding these people’s whatever and they’re getting angrier and it’s time the media started owning it.
Answer me this: If this woman was SCREAMING the exact same words to Sen Frank…would she have been led out by security/police?
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QUESTIONER:
Why do you continue to support a Nazi Policy?
SEN FRANK:
When you ask me that question, I’m gonna revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question: On what planet do you spend most of your time?
[RIDICULING]
You want me to answer your question?
You STAND THERE with a picture of the president defaced to look like hitler and COMPARE the effort to increase healthcare to the Nazis – my answer to you is, as I said to you before:
It is a tribute to the First Amendment that this type of vile contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated.
[SCREAMING]
MA’AM, TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU WOULD BE LIKE TRYING TO ARGUE WITH A DINING TABLE!
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DOING IT!
And Screaming Barney is Joan d’barry Walsh’s hero!
