Has Barney Frank lost his mind?

[jillan]

Is he willfully ignorant about Bernie's past or just plain ignorant? Seriously is it more important to have a Jewish DNC chair than possibly our first Jewish President? Does he not know that Bernie's relatives were murdered in the Holocaust?

[thereismore]

1. If this is real, Barnie is a moron. nt

[2banon]

13. I've a few choice words for Barnie, moron is too kind

[roguevalley]

20. he's sold his soul. To him, this feels righteous. He's a hack and sad all around

[silvershadow]

27. Word. nt

[MuseRider]

2. He just

really, really really loves his Hillary.

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Oligarchy's gotta oligarch.

[TSIAS]

4. I'm not sure if he said this

Before I jump to conclusions, I'd like to make sure this is actually his quote. If he did say this, Barney Frank is dead to me. I don't think Frank would be stupid enough to accuse Bernie of "white flight". This sounds like some unhinged internet troll.

[thesquanderer]

42. I agree, I'd want to see confirmation these are really his words.

This does sound too stupid to be a legit quote.

You know what Abraham Lincoln said, "Don't believe all those quotes you see on the internet."

[onecaliberal]

5. He's bought and paid for what would you expect hm to say.

[elleng]

6. IMO Barney lost it some time ago,

I don't recall how close to his retirement, but his approach to things seems to have changed 'gradually' over recent years. Used to think of him as a knowledgeable fighter for the People, but that's not been the case for a while.

[hollysmom]

9. he definitely is not the same guy.

The problem with being an Icon is you have to know when they go over the line. Sometimes thy hurt their own legacy of being on the forefront of a movement
He does have a right to say what he wishes, but I saw him on TV the other day and had to shut it off, he was ranting and bullying others on the show. Something is going on.

[GoneFishin]

51. Maybe just plain old dementia.

[hollysmom]

52. I hate to say that about anyone, at my age,

people are probably saying it about me!

[GoneFishin]

53. I occasionally say it about myself.

[Pharaoh]

7. getting it right Barney?

Nope, you are an establishment hack, What this revolution is talking about is either going way over your head or your plain stupid.

One things for sure though, you're a nasty angry old man.

[TDale313]

8. Bernie criticized Dodd Frank.

It's my strong impression that's where a lot of the animosity Frank feels towards Bernie comes from. A lot of the Democratic leadership seems to take Bernie's criticisms of the system very, very personally.

[elleng]

10. Ridiculous for him/them to do so;

GROW UP and behave like adults, take the criticism, be constructive!

[jillan]

11. He only criticized it because it didn't go far enough. Since Barney left congress & got a job with

the banksters, you have to agree Barney was not willing to go far enough.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/245325-barney-frank-champion-of-financial-regulations-joins-a-bank-board
Barney Frank, champion of financial regulations, joins a bank board

[TDale313]

14. Oh, absolutely.

I think it was fair criticism.

[Bohunk68]

29. Barney did not have the guts to be honest about his being gay.

If during his years, he had come out, he would have been an inspiration to GLBT all through the country. But, he was cowardly and waited until it was the thing to do. I have no respect for him.

[JDPriestly]

57. Bernie is a hero who stands up and votes for what he believes in and not for what he is

paid to believe in.

And that fact makes a lot of more "traditional" and in-crowd Democrats feel ashamed. People who feel ashamed often strike out in anger in the way that Barney Frank did.

[bjo59]

12. Barney Frank can't stand Bernie Sanders and I can't stand Barney Frank.

[2banon]

15. jillan is this a screenshot?

have you posted over at jpr?

[Scootaloo]

16. Signature Bank Frank making his pay!

Telling that he measures "progressivism" by tokens, too. Would it hurt to note the progressive achievements of these people that Frank is reducing to what's instead of who's?

Granted in DWS' case, that's a list that would be going in reverse...

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. I doubt Bernie Frank actually said this. If he did it's pathetic

And several on DU were cheering this on earlier today, which is also pathetic.

[Nyan]

18. #NeverBernie? Did he actually use that moronic hashtag?

Please help me out here.
I'm having a hard time understanding why a 76-year-old senator is acting like an annoying schoolgirl. Is it because Clintons are such a mean exclusive clique? Jesus.

[jillan]

23. I think someone posted his quote and then added that. But have you seen him lately?

He is acting like an annoying kid. Lawrence O has had him on recently & he goes off, shouting down anyone that tries to speak.

[Nyan]

25. Yeah that's when I decided I'm not gonna hear him talk anymore. nt

[emsimon33]

19. He has been promised something

He is just another sell out.

[Eric J in MN]

21. Fake. NT

NT

[jillan]

22. Are you sure he didn't say that?

[Eric J in MN]

41. I searched Google News and didn't find it.

Such a provacactive statement by a famous ex-Congressman against Bernie Sanders would have been there.

[dana_b]

24. he's a mean, vindictive, small minded jerk

He's more like Trump than anyone and should probably go and work for him.

[jillan]

31. Barney Frank is another progressive that chose to divide the Dems during this election.

This has really been an ugly primary.

It saddens me.

[Bohunk68]

32. Well put. I agree with your analysis.

Barney, though, did wait for a long time to come out. Even though, many of us knew he was gay. But, he has been acting like a real dipshit lately and some of the stuff that has come out of his mouth has been awful. Must be looking to be SecTreas in a Hillary Administration.

[ms liberty]

33. Really well said TM99. I agree. n/t

[appalachiablue]

37. All so true, great post. No mention at all of middle & working class issues in his piece.

[appalachiablue]

38. To add, I've wondered about the use of 'progressive' lately especially

by people like Bill De Blasio and now Barney. To some it seems the meaning is- modern, 21st century, up to date. Hell, there's even a Nordic-KKK group in Arkansas with a website and webcast that uses 'progressive', as I saw from watching one episode of host Kamau Bell's CNN show, 'United Shades of America.' It's Harrison, AR with a 96% white population. That took some planning and hutzpah for him to meet with those disgusting Klan groups.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/23/media/w-kamau-bell-kkk-united-shades/

[appalachiablue]

44. Third Way mixing and triangulation is complete bull to deliberately

confuse and deceive people the way 'Neo-Liberal' has been attached to free market economics. ~ Got it, the Progressive, ie 'New' Klan, like the 'New' Dems.

Democratic socialism and social democracy as in FDR and Europe is what I prefer and think of when hearing 'Progressive' used today, since Liberal was demonized a while ago. What a mess.

Speaking of messes, good post on Barney. When I worked at a federal agency and his senate office called I was always especially nice to his staff, and I met him very briefly. Gruff is the word, to me anyhoo.

[Donkees]

34. No Barnie, it isn't progressive enough, and you aren't "getting this right".

Your ego is shaming, labeling, distorting, etc., and excluding the core, compassion.

[merrily]

35. Absolutely not. He is fully aware which side his bread is buttered on.

And his bread is buttered on the side of his current lobbying gig.

[appalachiablue]

36. Barney, the finance industry & contributions. From the OP now in GD-P on the topic. Wow.

[n2doc]

39. Frank is the very definition of a Party Hack n/t

[Califonz]

40. Well, I know Colbert showed him great respect.

[Duval]

45. Barney has lost my respect and my vote. nt

[jg10003]

46. Frank resents Bernie for being all the things that Frank wishes he could be.

[LovingA2andMI]

47. Who the Hell Is Barney Frank?

No really, who the hell is he to tell Bernie Sanders anything. #STFUBarneyFrank!

[senz]

48. Bankster Barney.

Am beginning to wonder if social issues may be the last refuge of a scoundrel.

[Joob]

49. Dunno who this guy is but sounds pretty stupid and racist against whites actually

Sorry he defined Bernie as white while at the same time defining DNC chair as Jewish.
Worded for his narrative specifically to point out that he was white as if the DNC chair was not.

For this reason alone, he's describing specifically Bernie as white to bring him down thus racist.

I'm not even white and it pisses me off. Look, he could generally make the statement I guess
(though still kinda racist imo, but it'd generally be accepted by people) and it wouldn't be perceived as racist, but he brought DNC chair into this and made it about color of his skin with just him. When they are both Jewish and white.

Race-Baitin'

[deepestblue]

50. Most modern politicians are the result of Reagan's laissez faire libertarian deregulation platform

They don't know any other way. That's one 30,000 foot take on it.

That's why Bernie is so important. He represents a sea change that we usually only see around twice per century.

I.e.

FDR 1932
Reagan 1980 (52 years later)
Sanders 2016 (36 years later)

[QC]

54. Not sure, but he lost his soul years ago

when he took millions from the big banks while allegedly regulating the big banks and then retired and passed through the revolving door into a job at a big bank where he can now advise them on how to get around the regulations he wrote.

Some say it's not good optics to put such a person in charge of our convention, but I think he is in fact the perfect choice to run the convention.

[Left Coast2020]

55. HEY Barney! STFU!

[JDPriestly]

56. Barney Frank is intent on dividing the Democratic Party.

A lot of life-long active Democrats like me support Bernie.

He seems to think that he and the rest of the "in" crowd define the Democratic Party.

Lots of long-time Democrats in California support Bernie.

[CobaltBlue]

58. The ending of this “response” demonstrates…

that Barney Frank is not a suitable choice to help write the platform of the Democratic Party.

He is not only out of touch but absolutely hostile to Bernie Sanders—and he is out of touch and absolutely hostile to the platform of Bernie Sanders’s campaign and that over 70 percent of the Democrats’ No. 1 base in voting-age group, those 18–29, carried for Bernie and not Hillary.

Barney Frank is another example of a career politician who needed to go long before he actually did leave Congress.