I LOVE ME SOME BARNEY FRANK! AHAHAHAHAHA!

[originalpckelly]

:rofl:

C-SPAN 1 right now!

[Cameron27]

1. Ooooh just turned it on

A friggin' brawl..OMG

[DURHAM D]

2. This is really funny ... n/t

[hlthe2b]

3. damn... someone stole my mind reader/control set from Ronco...

whatever did he say/do?

[originalpckelly]

10. The Republicans asked question...

and he answered once, then they kept asking it. Rep. DeGette wouldn't give them part of her time to use for the parliamentary inquiry, so they couldn't ask. It was wonderful!

[DURHAM D]

11. He is in the chair and controlling the Rethugs.

Some hateful little shit head from North Carolina actually thinks he can beat/debate Barney on house procedures.

[NI4NI]

29. That would be Patrick Henry

31 years old, and since the opening day of this 110th Congress, he's been running his mouth off in opposistion to every single DEM issue.
He started off by trying to have Pelosi's Minority Bill of Rights amended to the Dems Ethic Reform package, and how hypocritical she is for not.
Ever since, he's been trying to get noticed during every debate on every issue. My hunch is, he's another Santorum.

[YDogg]

4. "comments on the past behavior of the speaker might be interesting"

said Frank.

He rocks

[Idioteque]

5. That exchange just made my day. n/t

[caledesi]

6. Is he great, or what? We are in control now. Don't whine about

when the Demns were in the minority. Go Barney! He knows the law!

[Chichiri]

7. This guy is my new favorite congressman

:lol:

[originalpckelly]

8. Those little twerps kept on asking questions which he'd already answered...

and if was fucking awesome! He just kept shutting them up, because they weren't following the rules of the house.

[MiniMe]

9. OMG, I hope Barney doesn't have a stroke up there

Love the 'pubs going "You used to do the same thing when you were in the minority"

I'm just waiting for them to hold their breath and stomp their feet!

:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

13. I know...

it's pretty fuckin' awesome watching them bitch about things. It's not unfair, it's just the rules of the house, and they don't want to follow them. This is a well established practice.

The little twerp wouldn't read the bill.

[crickets]

12. I wondered if anyone else was watching

That was amazing! The Repubs couldn't follow the most basic parliamentary rules, Barney was having none of it, and they acted like little put-upon babies. Unbelieveable.

[originalpckelly]

14. I'm dying over here.

:rofl:

[DURHAM D]

18. I loved it when the Rethug fool asked how he could get

more info on the bill and Barney told him he could read it.

[originalpckelly]

20. That was the best part...

it's almost like he's put out by having to read a fucking piece of legislation. :rofl:

[Ian David]

21. I thought he was going to tell him to google it on the internets. n/t

[crickets]

22. That was so sweeeeeet!

Read the bill, dummies. HEE!

[stellanoir]

15. Priceless

thanks for the report.

[Ian David]

16. I was just about to hop in the shower, but then I caught that exchange...

Got it on TiVo now.

I'm sure we'll be seeing it on YouTube later.

Barney Frank rocks!

[originalpckelly]

17. I know...

:rofl:

[Cameron27]

19. I hope so...just caught the end of it

[crickets]

24. Oh, I hope so

It's a keeper. Somebody *please* get this to YouTube. I want to be able to play that exchange over and over again. BWAHA!

[mavoix]

23. I just hope

C-span repeats it over and over. And that Keith picked up on it.

[crickets]

25. I was just thinking the same thing about Olbermann

Keith and Jon both could have a field day with this tonight.

Welcome to DU, mavoix! :hi:

[mavoix]

28. Thank you...

whenever I want to know what's going on, I run over here to DU. I get more than I was looking for, e.g. I didn't know I could watch C-span proceedings on the net while they were going on. I'm going there in 6 minutes (C-span 3), so I can watch Condi sweat (I think she'll be on 3).

[Captain Hilts]

26. If he weren't gay I'd offer to have his baby. As is, I'll offer to buy him a sundae. nt

[hashibabba]

27. I delight in these hearings this year! We've seen a few exchanges

like this and it gets better every time. Turn about is fair play, boys and girls.

[Hidden Stillness]

30. Barney Frank is Fabulous, for Many Reasons

Sometimes, you don't realize how impressive some people are until they get the majority, and you can really listen to their plans for things. I have heard several speeches lately by Barney Frank, who is the new Chair of the Financial Services Committee, and Frank is really smart, and really ethical. There was a recent conference on debt, and a speech on banking law and other issues, and they were both fabulous--Barney Frank is going to be great.

This thing today is apparently part of a very pissy and annoying Republican strategery, where they will interrupt our Floor speeches over and over, ask questions that have nothing to do with the bills being discussed, ask them under procedures that they are not, and then whine over and over, "Do you mean that I am not even allowed to ask...?" etc., as if they are oppressed. These people are making themselves totally superfluous to Governing itself. This asshole from North Carolina today, actually asked for a Parliamentary Inquiry, to ask if the already-voted-on Minimum Wage bill could be changed, so that Guam or whatever the hell it was, could be exempt. I could hardly believe my ears. Then all the Republicans who were there acted like some weird combination of pissy/oppressed, and, laughing at the "fun" they were having destroying the system of Federal Government. Fucking pieces of shit.

Barney Frank was unflappable, though: great. Smart, knew the rules and how to answer, did not back down, and handled the assholes--and plus, was very funny the whole time. Frank is one of the best, and so is Representative Louise Slaughter of New York, too.

[Ian David]

31. As predicted, Barney Frank's performance is now available on YouTube

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x12411