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Frank: Democrats Blocking Progressive Financial Reforms Should Be Kicked Out Of The Party

Last week, Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) “cram-down” amendment — which would rewrite bankruptcy law to allow judges to renegotiate mortgages with banks — was rejected 45-51 by the Senate. Twelve Democratic senators voted against the bill, after furious lobbying from the mortgage and banking sectors. The financial sector had funneled millions into the coffers of Democratic senators who voted nay, leading Durbin to decry that banks “own” Congress.

This weekend, on the Bill Maher Show, Maher suggested to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) that progressive Democrats fighting against moneyed interests form a new party: “Let’s be honest, the Democratic party, starting in the 90’s, also became the party of business and Wall Street. So what we really need is another party that’s the progressive party.”

Frank objected, saying, “We who don’t feel that Wall Street should call the shots are in the majority of the Democratic party.” Frank then suggested that the “minority” in the party that is blocking progressive financial reforms break away to form a third party:

FRANK: Yes, I agree with you that I wish there were more Democrats on one side. But what you’re saying on the Democratic side, who are on the side you want, should leave to become the second party. No, I’m the first party. Let the minority, who doesn’t agree with us, let them become the second party.

Frank suggested six times during the interview that Democrats cozying up to the financial sector form their own voting bloc. Watch it:

Even with the setbacks, Frank said that progressives should be happy that legislation protecting credit card holders against abuses — which “the banks hated” — passed the House. “If the Senate doesn’t do that, people have a right to be frustrated. But again, the answer is, kick out the minority, don’t kick out the majority,” he urged.

Notably, the influence of big business is also causing centrist Democrats to attempt to neuter President Obama’s ambitious health care reform and clean energy economy proposals.



96 Responses to “Frank: Democrats Blocking Progressive Financial Reforms Should Be Kicked Out Of The Party”

  1. Buckie Boy says:

    Let’s face it, ALL politicians who’s vote is owned by corporate interests should make their own party…

    ….let’s see, a good name for corporate and government together would be…uh…

    …FASCISTS…the American Fascist Party would be just right for them.


  2. barfly says:

    Exactly how could democrats be kicked out of the party?

    Is there actually a procedural mechanism for doing that?

    If so, it’s news to me. It’s certain they wouldn’t go willingly, or quietly.


  3. neoparody says:

    the freedom to own congress is wonderful. so much capital and so many things to do with it. if you dont like it start your own business and use your own proceeds to buy congress!


  4. southrnbelle says:

    AMEN!!!!!!!!!


  5. Badmoodman says:

    Frank: Democrats Blocking Progressive Financial Reforms Should Be Kicked Out Of The Party”

    – - After Frank speaks on TV, does anyone else but me feel like they should Windex off the screen?


  6. barfly says:

    Rereading the header, Rich doesn’t say they should be kicked out, so the header should be modified to reflect Rich’s actual comments.


  7. neoparody says:

    barney frank and chris dodd started it!!


  8. southrnbelle says:

    That’s just fine.

    We know who they are and we know where they live!


  9. Jane E. Schneider says:

    I really hope that the people in the states whose Senators are voting against their interests are bombarding the Senators with phone calls, letters, emails, etc. Speak up, citizens, these guys are going to continue to fock things up for you and the rest of us!


  10. Gary Kleppe says:

    Obama’s health care proposals were neutered to begin with. Single-payer is the solution that would work.


  11. kasinca says:

    Send them to the rethugs, they need all the help they can get.


  12. neoparody says:

    No Chance…that’s what you demlibs got
    Up against a machine too strong
    Pretty politicians buying souls from us are PUPPETS
    Who’ll find their place in line

    But tie a string around your finger now boy
    ’cause it’s, it’s just a matter of time
    ‘cause you’ve got…

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell!

    Come on, come on, come and get it! (Come on)

    Come on, come on, come and get it! (Come on)

    Come on, come on, come and get it! (Come on)

    Come on, come on, come and get it! (Come on)

    No chance…(yeah)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell, (you’ve got)

    No chance…

    No chance in hell! Yeah!


  13. stateofthedivision says:

    That would give Repugnican’ts the majority, something the people voted against.

    Barney, get your people out of the deep pockets of corporations!


  14. Marie says:

    While I would not want the spectacle of them being thrown out of the party, they should certainly have their feet held to the fire. After so many years in the monority, seeing the damage that repugs have done to America in every way, they should be eager to persuade their constituents that the Democrats have the right plan and will see us to the end of this tunnel. Instead they cater to their donors, and they adhere to the demands of the most conservative Dems. WRONG!
    This is the time to bring the conservatives to the Democratic party (progressive/liberal) not the other way around. We don’t need to. They shouldn’t want it. We shouldn’t do it.


  15. rightwing-leftwing says:

    Here’s how we can deal with the problematic Dems – clean them up!

    Clean up the Dems

    OT but funny ;)


  16. Wayne Ant Schneider says:

    Twelve Democratic senators voted against the bill, after furious lobbying from the mortgage and banking sectors.

    Please explain to me just what it is that these lobbyists actually do. In what way are they powerful? Do they physically threaten or abuse Members of Congress? Do they imply that their family members might suffer various hardships (such as a car loan being denied, or a student loan being canceled)? I mean, what is it about them that makes them so “powerful” (to use Sen Durbin’s word)?

    What would happen if every Member of Congress refused to talk to the lobbyists from the banking industry? And why should what the banking industry wants matter more than what is best for Americans?


  17. rightwing-leftwing says:

    Here’s how we can deal with the problematic Dems – clean them up!

    Clean up the Dems

    OT but funny ;)


  18. Xisithrus says:

    Abolish lobbying — its un-American


  19. Wayne Ant Schneider says:

    Instead of just two major parties, let’s finally split things up the way they should be split up. Let’s have four major parties (the specific names are not relevant right now). A party for people who are Conservative-Authoritarians, one for Conservative-Libertarians, one for Liberal-Authoritarians, and one for Liberal-Libertarians. Then let people pick the party that supports their viewpoint best.

    That’s just a crazy idea I had. Please go about your business. :)


  20. Xisithrus says:

    The politicians are weak souls, offer them some campaign money or some position when they leave office and they will happily screw their constituents for their personal gain.


  21. looktothehills says:

    So says the man who played a significant part in this recession. Congressman Frank, Jesus is not pleased with your lies, the running of a Child prostitution ring in your home and your obesity problem (Gluttony).


  22. katy says:

    senior moment, barfly? … ’s ok… i know…

    this was an enlightening appearance for me… i’d never seen barney so… assured?… and tall…

    sure needed to be said, and repeated… more more!


  23. SlappyBastinado says:

    Come on,

    Come on,

    Love me for the money

    Come on,

    Come on,

    Listen to your buddy squawk………..


  24. Buckie Boy says:

    looktothehills Says:

    Jesus is not pleased…

    …is this a Daryll wanabe or just another as$hat troll?


  25. christopher wiwi says:

    Wayne, I`ll settle for a Labour party…….


  26. dbadass says:

    Since when I do I need to answer to Jesus?


  27. neoparody says:

    or we could just vote the republicans back into a roaring majority. that would make vince mcmahon happy.

    from rajah.com:

    WWE television producer Kevin Dunn reprimanded anyone he saw wearing clothing or merchandise in support of the Democratic President-elect.

    [...]

    Like the WWE Chairman, Dunn is an ultra-conservative Republican who supported George W. Bush. [...]

    Meanwhile, sources backstage report overhearing McMahon and Dunn discussing how Obama’s policies will so badly damage America’s ecomony that periodic cuts in WWE personnel will be required in order for the company to continue to pay their multi-million-dollar executive salaries and stock dividends.”


  28. wagonjak says:

    Didn’t I just read that Barney Franks, along with Pelosi, is AGAINST ceilings on Credit Card rates?

    If so, this statement is a stinker, and Barney is talking out of both sides of his mouth!


  29. Wayne Ant Schneider says:

    looktothehills Says:

    So says the man who played a significant part in this recession.

    How so? I would like to hear someone explain this to me.

    Congressman Frank, Jesus is not pleased with

    How do you know this? Would you be able to provide proof that you know this to be a fact? Thank you.

    your lies,

    Please elaborate. To which specific lies do you refer?

    the running of a Child prostitution ring in your home

    I believe that Mr. Frank was not the one running that ring, though I do understand that it was being run out of his house.

    and your obesity problem (Gluttony).

    I’ll give you that one. Like me, he has a weight problem.
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:02 pm


  30. RUCeriousMaggot! says:

    What Jane S. said @#10.. In spades.


  31. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparasite is STILL begging for our pity. Even though it is without dispute he is staggeringly stupid and pathetic he is just too boring for me to drag up any real pity. Look neoparasite you are NEVER going to be clever. You are stupid. You have no self respect, no brain, and you are pathetic. None of those things are going to change. You will ALWAYS be stupid. You will never have a brain and you will always be pathetic. Time to come to grips with those facts and stop embarassing yourself with your constant begging


  32. Marie says:

    looktothehills
    has a post here that is full of misinformation — we can only guess where he gets his news.


  33. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparasite you are so pathetic it makes me sick but you are still to boring for me to pity so you can stop begging us anytime now


  34. RUCeriousMaggot! says:

    notaverygoodparody exclaims, wildly off topic:

    Meanwhile, sources backstage report overhearing McMahon and Dunn discussing how Obama’s policies will so badly damage America’s ecomony that periodic cuts in WWE personnel will be required in order for the company to continue to pay their multi-million-dollar executive salaries and stock dividends.”

    And “periodic cuts in WWE personnel will be required ” is a bad thing how?


  35. EugeneDebs says:

    looktothehills

    You are a liar and a fool. You are telling lies about Barney Frank. What does Jesus think about you being a liar and a fool? You should stop being such a LIAR.


  36. looktothehills says:

    #
    Wayne Ant Schneider Says:

    looktothehills Says:

    So says the man who played a significant part in this recession.

    How so? I would like to hear someone explain this to me.

    Congressman Frank, Jesus is not pleased with

    How do you know this? Would you be able to provide proof that you know this to be a fact? Thank you.

    your lies,

    Please elaborate. To which specific lies do you refer?

    the running of a Child prostitution ring in your home

    I believe that Mr. Frank was not the one running that ring, though I do understand that it was being run out of his house.

    and your obesity problem (Gluttony).

    I’ll give you that one. Like me, he has a weight problem.
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:14 pm Add Karma Recommend (1) | Report Abuse

    wagonjak Says:

    Didn’t I just read that Barney Franks, along with Pelosi, is AGAINST ceilings on Credit Card rates?

    If so, this statement is a stinker, and Barney is talking out of both sides of his mouth!
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:11 pm Add Karma Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

    That’s my point. He is a liar, and liars are sinners. Do you remember Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Also, if you eat beyond the fulfillment of your hunger, you are a sinner. Congressman Frank better divert from his sinful ways and follow Acts 2:38 before Jesus returns.


  37. neoparody says:

    to keep up with the executive salaries thanks to obacharkees economic policies.


  38. looktothehills says:

    #
    Marie Says:

    looktothehills
    has a post here that is full of misinformation — we can only guess where he gets his news.
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:17 pm Add Karma Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

    Are you in denial about pork back Frank’s deceiving ways?


  39. dbadass says:

    and if you pollute your environment and scounder natural resources you are sinner.


  40. EugeneDebs says:

    looktothehills

    Here is MY point. YOU are a liar. YOu are telling LIES. People of goodwill shouldnt be LIARS and YOU are a liar. My point is you should stop being a LIAR


  41. looktothehills says:

    EugeneDebs Says:

    looktothehills

    You are a liar and a fool. You are telling lies about Barney Frank. What does Jesus think about you being a liar and a fool? You should stop being such a LIAR.
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:20 pm Add Karma Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

    I will pray to God that he opens your eyes to notice that the Democratic approach towards resolving this economic crisis is wrong.


  42. EugeneDebs says:

    looktothehills Says:

    Are you in denial about pork back Frank’s deceiving ways?
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Are YOU in denial about being a LIAR? Shouldnt you stop telling LIES? Why are you such a LIAR? Does it have anything to do with what a MORON you are?


  43. neoparody says:

    demlibs killed the economy.


  44. Perry logan says:

    Then there’s the solution offered by the libertarians and conspiracy people–we can all join together in mutual hatred of government.

    Government workers can be made to wear armbands. Children expressing an interest in government service can be placed into therapy.


  45. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparasite you are too boring for us to pity even THOUGH you are incredibly stupid and pathetic. You can stop begging us to pity you anytime now. You will probably never have an self respect but perhaps you could stop humiliating yourself with your constant begging


  46. tokin librul says:

    The cold reality–that there is absolutely ZERO possibility that ANY of Obama’s proposals to restrict tax havens will EVER be enacted–has set in, has it?

    Truth to tell, it was at best a publicity stunt at best. Makes him look good. That’s about it.

    The real dancing to be done is gonna be the Dims who hafta try to explain why THEY’RE blocking thes particular reforms.

    What this strikes me as is the Bankruptcy bill of 2005, when Sen Obama, on the Finance committee, refused to vote for amendments in committee that would have diminished some of the most stringent privisions; and then, when passage was inevitable, voted against it on the Floor.

    Publicly doing the “right” thing, but caving-in to pragmatism/expediency behind the scenes…


  47. looktothehills says:

    #
    dbadass Says:

    and if you pollute your environment and scounder natural resources you are sinner.
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:22 pm Add Karma Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

    What about Frank denouncing comments from a regulator about the antics within Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or are you in denial? Also, I do not pollute the earth. Fairfax County, VA is one of the cleanest counties in the nation. Smoke that in your pipe. For now, worry about lying Frank.


  48. EugeneDebs says:

    looktothehills Says:

    I will pray to God that he opens your eyes to notice that the Democratic approach towards resolving this economic crisis is wrong.
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    You should look to the beam in your OWN eye. You should pray that God will heal you of your affliction of being LIAR. The he should help you stop telling LIES about people. Perhaps with his help you can stop being such a LIAR.


  49. looktothehills says:

    #
    EugeneDebs Says:

    neoparasite you are too boring for us to pity even THOUGH you are incredibly stupid and pathetic. You can stop begging us to pity you anytime now. You will probably never have an self respect but perhaps you could stop humiliating yourself with your constant begging
    May 4th, 2009 at 5:25 pm Add Karma Recommend (0) | Report Abuse

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSDnGMzIdo&feature=related. Game, set and match. You might want to leave your party.


  50. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparody Says:

    demlibs killed the economy.
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    ConPUNKS like YOU are killing AMERICA. You HATE America and want to destroy it. Only when you can spare time away from begging us to pity you which you do constantly. You arent clever. You will ALWAYS be stupid and pathetic and since you are too boring for us to pity you should give up on your constant begging. You will most likely ALWAYS be too pathetic to have any self respect but you could at least stop humiliating yourself with your constant begging.


  51. katy says:

    oh no…. not another tali-christian parody…

    i s’pose this thread’s lost to the troolls, inevitably…


  52. EugeneDebs says:

    looktothehills 50

    Hey PUNK you arent even IN THE GAME. You are a moron and a LIAR you coming here and telling lies doesnt even get you into the game. You are just a liar. When you find a couple of functioning brain cells have some dim idea what you are talking about and STOP LYING get back to us until then you are on the sidelines SPEWING LIES. I am not a
    Democrat and havent been for a long time you insufferable moron. You should do something about you being such a shameless LIAR.


  53. Buckie Boy says:

    I take it that looktothehillbillies is that sick religious freak, Daryll with a new name.

    lookie-there is no god, he’s not going to be doing anything, especially coming back for his delusional followers.


  54. neoparody says:

    quite complaining elitist


  55. rightwing-leftwing says:

    looktothehills, religion is not the subject of this blog.

    However, how do you feel about campaign reform? Do you think election funds should be from clean money sources?

    neoparody and your alias, southrnbelle have been flagged for abuse. Please leave this site if you’re not going to contribute in a positive manor. Thank you.


  56. EugeneDebs says:

    Buckie Boy

    I doubt it. Daryll was a moron but I think he was sincere about his religion. I doubt this guy is a believer at all. He is a LIAR who KNOWS HE IS LYING. He doesnt care how much he lies. Like neoparasite he thinks he is clever and funny with his religious angle. Like neoparasite he is stupid and pathetic. Did I meantion his LYING?


  57. neoparody says:

    not that theres anything wrong with hillbillies. theyre hospitable people.


  58. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparody Says: 55

    Bite me you pathetic cretinous imbecile


  59. Alejandro says:

    Boy, would I love the major corporate parties to splinter off into viable 3rd and 4th parties. Man, that’s something that this country desperately needs.

    We need a third party that is anti-war, pro-civil-liberties, not hell-bent on religious nutcases running your life, but is also not looking to build some socialist workers paradise.


  60. dbadass says:

    looktothehills:
    So still no naked sky flying eh?


  61. Xisithrus says:

    VA is one of the cleanest….

    America’s top pork producer [Smithfield of Smithfield VA] churns out a sea of waste that has destroyed rivers, killed millions of fish and generated one of the largest fines in EPA history


  62. neoparody says:

    rightwing i read you were told to get the f-uck out yesterday. do it.


  63. Alejandro says:

    Let’s face it, ALL politicians who’s vote is owned by corporate interests should make their own party…

    ….let’s see, a good name for corporate and government together would be…uh…

    …FASCISTS…the American Fascist Party would be just right for them.

    I’ve always liked the idea that Congresspeople should be dressed like NASCAR drivers.

    All their corporate sponsors should have their logos plastered all over their suits. The bigger the sponsorship, the bigger the logo.

    Press conferences and committee meetings would be different, that’s for sure.


  64. EugeneDebs says:

    Xisithrus

    Good catch. So lookintohisemptyeyes is a LIAR who would have ever thought such a thing?


  65. Wayne Ant Schneider says:

    looktothehills,

    Please be more specific about Rep Frank’s role and how it “played a significant part in this recession.” Don’t just allude to something and expect me to understand what you mean. I am asking you for proof. I am not required to find the proof that you are in error.

    Explain to me, step by step, what Mr. Frank did and how it “played a significant part in this recession.”

    Thank you.


  66. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparasite is still begging us for some pity but he is getting testy since it just isnt working anymore and for all his begging he is only humiliating himself. If he even understood the CONCEPT of self respect he would just STFU


  67. neoparody says:

    i don’t bite shit you cretin!


  68. Xisithrus says:

    Smithfield’s holding ponds — the company calls them {manure] lagoons — cover as much as 120,000 square feet. The area around a single slaughterhouse can contain hundreds of lagoons, some of which run thirty feet deep. The liquid in them is not brown. The interactions between the bacteria and blood and afterbirths and stillborn piglets and urine and excrement and chemicals and drugs turn the lagoons pink.

    I think I know where looktothehills has not been.


  69. neoparody says:

    youre begging to suck my cock and i keep saying no! no cock for free socialist eugene!


  70. Xisithrus says:

    Well, I still am not happy, not happy at all, about Franks role in using some old legislation to bypass the house, which was against the bank bailouts, to bailout the banks. That, of course, was not the cause of the recession, that came about because of high fuel prices, derivatives mess, SIV’s, CDO’s deregulation of Glass-Steagall, high commodity prices, high debt, low wages, which left people unable to consume.


  71. Jane E. Schneider says:

    “I’ve always liked the idea that Congresspeople should be dressed like NASCAR drivers.

    All their corporate sponsors should have their logos plastered all over their suits. The bigger the sponsorship, the bigger the logo.

    Press conferences and committee meetings would be different, that’s for sure.”

    Alejandro, I love it!


  72. Xisithrus says:

    “I’ve always liked the idea that Congresspeople should be dressed like NASCAR drivers.

    Great Idea!!


  73. Xisithrus says:

    Xisithrus, Good catch. So lookintohisemptyeyes is a LIAR who would have ever thought such a thing?

    I dont know that but it does appear they have not been to any large production facilities


  74. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparody Says:

    i don’t bite shit you cretin!
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Sure you do. Rush feeds it to you. You bite it lovingly. Swish it around your mouth and savor it then spew it out like you have been programmed to. You are just too stupid and brainwashed to even know it. YOU think it is cavier. In fact it is SHIT the very thing you have in your head instead of brains.


  75. EugeneDebs says:

    neoparasite I see you are trying the meltdown method of begging us to pity you. Jr high profanity sprinkled liberally with your trademark ignorance and pathetic lack of self respect. We both know you dont HAVE any such equipment at least not that can be seen without a microscope. Just end your misery and go kill yourself. You will never be clever you will always be stupid. It is just who you are.


  76. EugeneDebs says:

    So neoparasite, did you ever get your trailertrash whore of a mother to stop blowing syphilitic truckers for pocketchange and shortdogs to ask her if she had any idea who your daddy is? Did she finally get you into the family business of blowing diseased morons for nickles or is that still just your wildest dream?


  77. rightwing-leftwing says:

    Recommend #64! Congress to wear logos of their corporate-whore sponsors!


  78. katy says:

    Meltdown 101: How do foreign tax havens work?
    The Associated Press – ?50 minutes ago?
    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s proposals to crack down on foreign tax shelters target obscure, complex financial practices that help some of the nation’s biggest corporations hold on to billions of dollars.
    SNAP ANALYSIS – Obama takes first step in tax overhaul Reuters
    Business Leaders Speak Out on Tax Crackdown ABC News
    Christian Science Monitor – Wall Street Journal – United Press International – CNNMoney.com
    all 1,432 news articles »

    http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ncl=1345453186&topic=h


  79. Rodeskawler says:

    I agree. Let’s start with Arlen Specter.


  80. greenpagan says:

    the influence of big business is also causing centrist Democrats to attempt to neuter President Obama’s ambitious health care reform and clean energy economy proposals.

    Big Business should be neutralized. It’s been undermining democracy for decades.

    ====


  81. greenpagan says:

    Democrats voting against the Durbin Amendment intended to prevent mortgage foreclosures and preserve home values. The Dictatorship of the Banks didn’t want tit passed. So it wasn’t. Thanks to their bought and paid for perfidious corporate whores! Take away Dorgan’s and Nelson’s toupees and give them blond wigs and stiletto heels nd drop them at a truckstop …”I used to be U.S. Senator.” “Yeah but…now you’re a truckstop momma boy…”

    Baucus (D-MT), Bennet (D-CO), Byrd (D-WV), Carper (D-DE), Dorgan (D-ND), Johnson (D-SD), Landrieu (D-LA), Lincoln (D-AR), Nelson (D-NE), Pryor (D-AR), Specter (D-PA), Tester (D-MT).

    Not voting: Kennedy (D-MA), Rockefeller (D-WV).

    [ Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session: S.Amdt. 1014 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009) ]

    ====


  82. Rascalcat says:

    Think Progress, that is an extremely missleading headline! I saw the whole episode, and Frank was not suggesting DINO’s be kicked out of the party. Mahr made the comment that since both parties voted the same on cram-down, it would take a third party to get anything done. Barney responded that 46 Democrats voted for it, 12 against. Republicans were united in opposition. Therefore, per Rep Frank, most of the Dems are trying to support Obama. If anyone has to leave to start a 3rd party, it should be the 12 DINO’s, not the majority of Democrats like himself. I like Mahr, but it was an assinine question on his part.


  83. aapatel11982 says:

    Rascalcat, I agree with you. Whoever wrote this entry at CAP should be fired (maybe a bit extreme), but at a minimum, never be allowed to post again.

    I actually watched the entire episode (and maybe they should too), as I always do, and Congressman Frank never once suggested, intimated, or in anyway conveyed that they should be kicked out of the Democratic Party. In fact, just because they disagree on one thing, doesn’t mean that there aren’t a whole host of other issues where there support is appreciated and needed. It’d be utterly insane politically to kick them out.

    This post is not unlike some far right nut job post completely taking comments out of context.

    Hopefully you’ll show that we’re better than they, and issue an apology.

    BTW, I wish I had Congressman like Barney Frank. For those of you who didn’t see this episode, you should. It was great.


  84. RealityCheck says:

    EugeneDebs Says:
    So neoparasite, did you ever get your trailertrash whore of a mother to stop blowing syphilitic truckers for pocketchange and shortdogs to ask her if she had any idea who your daddy is? Did she finally get you into the family business of blowing diseased morons for nickles or is that still just your wildest dream?

    Wow…Liberals…the party of HATE. Read the post above. No one but a completely hateful person would write something like this. Is this the leftest thing now…to degrade someones Mother…who they don’t even know?

    Wow…dstankass wrote something like this just last night on another thread. It is beyond me how you can call yourselves the party of unity and tolerance when you spit out venom like this?

    I bet you all are so proud of cretins like this that embarrass you so? Yep…really classy stuff.

    …and ask Frank how he took all those payments of cash for allowing these idiots Fanny Mae…to cause all this problem to begin with. Bet you just excuse this too.


  85. rightwing-leftwing says:

    RealityCheck, Go suck the tail pipe, punk. Bring your hero Bill-O the punk clown too.


  86. curious says:

    These people are owned by the banking industry. They work for them not us. They should be kicked out. Better still we need to remember who they are and VOTE THEM OUT.


  87. EugeneDebs says:

    RealityPUNK. Yeah it was hateful. Pretty much JUST like the hateful post he wrote to me which was even MORE obscene. You of course dont CARE about how hateful he is to me. No. You are an ingnorant punkass troll. Attacking liberals is all you care about. You decided long ago you were too stupid to actually enter the discussion so insulting and attacking OUR side is all you do. Well you have no credibility. You will NEVER comment on neoparasites hateful posts. So bite me you worthless ignorant punk and isnt it time for you to go kill yourself? Really all you do is waste oxygen that a worthwhile lifeform could use and stink up every venue you visit. Just do the world the only favor someone as stupid as you can manage and go kill yourself


  88. Libellula saturata Annie says:

    I gotta say, I *love* Barney Frank. What a mensch!!

    Go get ‘em, Barney!!!

    Your fan,

    ~A



  89. RealityCheck says:

    EugeneDebs is a hateful POS as a human being…and sucks troll talleywackers on a daily basis. But you will not get mine because dstankass already sucks on it.


  90. EugeneDebs says:

    RealityPUNK. I dont want anything from you but to read your obituary. Just go kill yourself. You stink up this site and the world. You are too stupid to contribute so like the little punk you are you come here to insult and annoy those who ARENT as stupid as you. Shouldnt you be at the old folks home giving our blowjobs for nickles to diseased former Nazis? You punkass trolls think only YOU should spew out the rudeness. The thing is we are better than you. Smarter, more style, and tougher. So I can BEAT you in the debate halls and if you want to take the argument into the sewer I will go kick your ass there too punk. You cant take this to a level that I wont stomp your cowardly punkass just like you deserve. Want a flame war? Lets go MORON.


  91. EugeneDebs says:

    By the way RC when you can tear your whore of a sister away from her day job whoring at the truckstop tell her that your kid is hungry and you are too stupid to feed it. Do try to send your inbred kid to a school where he can find a boyfriend NOT in your family. For once in your life do the decent thing


  92. RealityCheck says:

    You should know that my sister was killed in a tragic accident 10 years ago…so you’re comments are just a vile as you are. I hope to some day spit on you’re grave.

    As far as listening to Barney Frank…I find it difficult understanding what he is saying because he talks like he still has a tallerwacker in his mouth?


  93. rightwing-leftwing says:

    RealityCheck, I’m sorry to hear about your sister however, spitting on others graves isn’t very nice. If you must, go right ahead then but realize that is merely a sign of disrespect.

    Peace out brotha

    P.S. BF is a strange talker.


  94. liberal says:

    I have formed a new progressive party called the Liberal Democratic Party of the United States. It costs nothing to join and we do not solicit money.

    Go to http://www.democratz.org

    We do not run candidates. We tell people to boycott some of the companies that gie money to regressives in the Democratic and Republiklan parties and demand the legislation from these companies.




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