Barney Frank Sees Sanders Smackdown Attempt as Ploy to Claim Election Was Stolen

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Daniel Strauss ?@DanielStrauss4 11h11 hours ago
NEWS: Barney Frank worries that Sanders' convention fighting is to set up argument that the election was stolen

Mike Memoli ?@mikememoli 14h14 hours ago
Sanders camp wants @DanMalloyCT and @BarneyFrank off platform cmte. One is @DemGovs chair, other is Barney Frank

[hrmjustin]

1. Bernie Sanders showed his true colors when he went after Frank on the rules committee.

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I don't trust Sanders or his ego.

[Eric J in MN]

9. Barney Frank is chair of the Rules Committee. NT

NT

[hrmjustin]

10. Thank you for the correction but the spirit of my post still stands.

[Eric J in MN]

11. I'd be fine with Barney Frank

...being on the Platform Committee or being a member of the Rules Committee but someone more neutral should chair the Rules Committee.

[hrmjustin]

14. I disagree but ...

[Trust Buster]

2. Barney is right on point. Those who think that this rancor is just like 2008 are wrong.

Sanders does not have the best interests of the Party in mind.

[hrmjustin]

4. Another piece of the puzzle.

[Barack_America]

5. Barney responds to complaints of bias with...bias.

Do us all a favor and stuff it.

[AzDar]

6. Bankster Barney...Wonder how that fraud investigation is going?

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150617/BLOGS02/150619877/barney-frank-joins-signature-bank-board

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/business/dealbook/signature-bank-sued-over-connection-to-ponzi-scheme.html

[eastwestdem]

7. Sanders is just trying to dismantle the Democratic Party, piece by piece.

I wonder why a Democrat would do that? Could it be...

[Eric J in MN]

8. That obnoxious way of describing the contest

...shows that Barney Frank shouldn't chair the Rules Committee.

Someone more neutral should.

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13. according to what rule?

[Eric J in MN]

15. It's not a rules question it's a fairness question. NT

NT

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16. I think allowing Sanders 5 picks for the committee was as fair as any winner should be

...or needs to be.

Maybe we should go pull up some of their statements and hold those against them. This isn't Sanders' convention. It isn't going to be a welcoming gathering for someone who has waged his campaign against the party, highlighted by legal actions against the party like this one. It's not going to be a 'fair' process for his ambition to wrest control of the delegates in his direction. They're not going to anoint him co-nominee.

[Eric J in MN]

17. Sanders got 5 picks for the Platform Committee.

As far as I know, Sanders didn't get any picks for the Rules Committee which Barney Frank will chair.

[bigtree]

19. it's not Sanders' convention

...and it's strange objection and surprise that Democrats on the committee or elsewhere would be partisans, given the dearth of support Sanders has from his peers, including all but a few members of the progressive caucus he founded supporting Hillary.

The entire Sanders convention effort looks like the start of an epic pout over losing. Frank called it as he sees it, and that's a good quality for a chairman.

[B Calm]

20. So this is where you went, lol.

[Sheepshank]

12. Seems to be a pattern.

Create a controversy, imply rules that never existed, manufacture a slight and a rigged election

[grasswire]

18. Frank is a weasel.

And a dirty player himself. Isn't he a bankster now?

[B Calm]

21. Another copy/paste OP with no working link to the source.