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snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
12. I cruise and don't see Frank anywhere else. MSNBC/HRCpaid consultant?
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 09:12 PM
Apr 2016

Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.[1]

Ergo: Politician

Robert Bernard Reich (/ˈraɪʃ/;[1] born June 24, 1946) is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.

Reich is currently Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government[2] and professor of social and economic policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management of Brandeis University. He has also been a contributing editor of The New Republic, The American Prospect (also chairman and founding editor), Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Reich is a political commentator ...In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century,[3] and The Wall Street Journal in 2008 placed him sixth on its list of the "Most Influential Business Thinkers".[4] He was appointed a member of President-elect Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board.[5] Until 2012, he was married to British-born lawyer, Clare Dalton, with whom he has two sons, Sam and Adam.[6]

He has published 14 books, including the best-sellers The Work of Nations, Reason, Supercapitalism, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, and a best-selling e-book, Beyond Outrage. He is also chairman of Common Cause and writes his own blog about the political economy at Robertreich.org.[7] The Robert Reich – Jacob Kornbluth film Inequality for All won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.[8][9]

Ergo Superior-to-Frank economically astute does-everything professor who provides government service

Barney was exuding superiority flamingdem Apr 2016 #1
Barney co-authored Dodd-Frank, who is Bob Reich to tell him oasis Apr 2016 #8
You really think Barney wrote that? Really? Skwmom Apr 2016 #13
That's why Dodd-Frank is useless - Frank is a politician. Smarter than Reich? snowy owl Apr 2016 #16
Reich: Glass-Steagal wouldn't have stopped the meltdown wyldwolf Apr 2016 #2
Reich: But it would have helped Armstead Apr 2016 #4
How? wyldwolf Apr 2016 #34
Too big to fail? The bailout BECAUSE they were too big to fail? Ring any bells? /nt RiverLover Apr 2016 #37
As vague as Sanders' answers wyldwolf Apr 2016 #45
But it would have helped. Listen carefully. snowy owl Apr 2016 #6
Yeah, but Franks beedle Apr 2016 #21
I never thought anyone could out debate Robert Reich until Barney oasis Apr 2016 #3
If you mean being louder and more aggressive, yes Armstead Apr 2016 #5
He exposed Bernie's lack of knowledge on what it would take oasis Apr 2016 #9
He did? beedle Apr 2016 #22
Glass-Stegall is not Frank's "own frigging bill". oasis Apr 2016 #25
Right beedle Apr 2016 #29
It repeats now, we have a chance to review. oasis Apr 2016 #30
I don't think he likes doing this. kristopher Apr 2016 #15
What's your proof? I ask because I've found him bogus for a long time now. snowy owl Apr 2016 #20
Barney performed the same way last night on Chris Hayes/MSNBC with Bob Reich, appalachiablue Apr 2016 #42
Really? beedle Apr 2016 #19
Consider the words he said carefully, please. UtahJosh Apr 2016 #43
How are you differentiating between size and debt? Counting employees? snowy owl Apr 2016 #46
I disagree. Reich has always been a bit of a lightweight. Didn't see the exchange, but I'm DanTex Apr 2016 #39
pure opinion - I used to think so too. When facts change I change my mind. snowy owl Apr 2016 #47
GOP debate tactic 101 Gwhittey Apr 2016 #7
Yes! Barney was super annoying Waiting For Everyman Apr 2016 #10
Yes "annoying" like a traffic cop busting you for going 55 mph oasis Apr 2016 #11
Not sure your point but HRC might want to put a leash on him. snowy owl Apr 2016 #14
I thinking Barney Frank just might be an expert on Dodd-Frank. oasis Apr 2016 #17
Expert on the verbiage but not on its impact or that it does what it is supposed to do. snowy owl Apr 2016 #18
I cruise and don't see Frank anywhere else. MSNBC/HRCpaid consultant? snowy owl Apr 2016 #12
I used to like Barney. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #23
me too, and I agree renate Apr 2016 #24
Then you must have literally never seen Frank give an interview before--ever. Meldread Apr 2016 #32
+100 bigtree Apr 2016 #41
+1000000 UtahJosh Apr 2016 #44
REPEAT of segment in about 8:28 PST. MSNBC oasis Apr 2016 #26
No, I didn't see him today, but elleng Apr 2016 #27
He doesn't know more than Reich. He's a paid lobbyist onecaliberal Apr 2016 #28
About Dodd-Frank? I think he knows a shiteload more. nt msanthrope Apr 2016 #36
He's such a poor speaker I can't understand a word he says. N/t Peregrine Took Apr 2016 #31
I agree. Even when he was in Congress he always sounded like he had a mouthful of feathers. nt nc4bo Apr 2016 #38
He's now a lobbyist and is full on for Hillary. It was difficult listening to him on Real Time cui bono Apr 2016 #33
He handed Reich his ass. nt msanthrope Apr 2016 #35
Yes, he sure did. Completely dominated him, and Frank's comments about the "McCarthyite suggestion" R B Garr Apr 2016 #40
I guess glass steagal really didn't matter at all...right? I wonder why it was passed first place? snowy owl Apr 2016 #49
He made Reich look like a ..."unprepared." Jitter65 Apr 2016 #48
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