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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: OMG! Shut Barney Frank up! Anybody see him vs Reich today? [View all]Skwmom
(12,685 posts)13. You really think Barney wrote that? Really?
I'm sure Wall Street and the big banks were happy to provide the manpower.
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That's why Dodd-Frank is useless - Frank is a politician. Smarter than Reich?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#16
Too big to fail? The bailout BECAUSE they were too big to fail? Ring any bells? /nt
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#37
Barney performed the same way last night on Chris Hayes/MSNBC with Bob Reich,
appalachiablue
Apr 2016
#42
I disagree. Reich has always been a bit of a lightweight. Didn't see the exchange, but I'm
DanTex
Apr 2016
#39
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 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
Yes, he sure did. Completely dominated him, and Frank's comments about the "McCarthyite suggestion"
R B Garr
Apr 2016
#40