Exclusive Video: Barney Frank Impales Self Using Own Words
Morgen on April 23, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Earlier this week during an interview on the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS, Barney Frank made an astonishing attempt at re-writing history – claiming that conservatives were to blame for pushing unqualified buyers into home ownership, and that he has advocated only for rental housing all along. Just watch:
This is absurd on it’s face of course – Frank has made numerous statements in the past extolling the virtues of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in facilitating home ownership for those that would not otherwise qualify. However, in my quest to find the most suitable example of these, I stumbled across a speech he made on the House Floor in 2005 that apparently has not aired anywhere else since. In fact, the video is not even available for viewing on the C-SPAN web site – I had to order an archived copy on DVD. Here’s the relevant clip:
Housing bubble – what housing bubble? I bet he’d like to take that statement back! Of course Barney Frank was not the only one in Congress who failed to recognize the looming housing crisis, and take action before it was too late. But for him to continue to deny any culpability whatsoever, and even worse, to spin fantasies about the conservatives really being to blame – is beyond outrageous. It’s an outright lie.
Update: Be sure and check out Ed Morrissey’s take on this post over at Hot Air. As usual Ed does a great job taking Frank apart. Thanks for the link Ed!
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Great catch!
April 24, 2009 @ 6:03 amAwesome post! We’ve been covering this issues as well on COMMON CENTS!! Care for a link exchange???
April 24, 2009 @ 6:05 amhttp://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
Barney needs to stick to what he does best – supporting his homosexual lover and their endeavors in running a prostitution ring out of his home.
April 24, 2009 @ 8:15 am[...] about the excesses of pushing home ownership and had advocated for rentals instead. Our friends at Verum Serum couldn’t believe their ears, because Frank has long been one of the loudest voices supporting [...]
April 24, 2009 @ 8:35 amprogressives only ever lie about anything.
April 24, 2009 @ 10:47 amToo easy.
April 24, 2009 @ 11:13 am[...] post noting that Frank is now taking credit for having warned about this all along when it turns out “Frank has long been one of the loudest voices supporting the CRA and Fannie/Freddie policies [...]
April 24, 2009 @ 11:14 am[...] about the excesses of pushing home ownership and had advocated for rentals instead. Our friends at Verum Serum couldn’t believe their ears, because Frank has long been one of the loudest voices supporting the [...]
April 24, 2009 @ 1:50 pmAnd here’s your little blog doing the grand work of the MSM. Ya know how sometimes there’s this debate about who, or witch side is to blame? Well that answers that!
Why would you push anyone into being a homeowner when they aren’t qualified? What would be accomplished by doing that in the first place?
People need to know that these 2 videos exist and then ask themselves the question “what did they think would happen?” and “why would they want this to happen?”
April 24, 2009 @ 9:29 pm[...] But, now the unhappy Democrat has to contend with conservative bloggers, eager to dig into politicians’ records. And after catching Barney deliver a whopper on the Tavis Smiley Show, blogger Morgen at Verum Serum did some digging. [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 1:47 am[...] Economics, Morals, Politics — cliftonchadwick @ 1:08 pm The following is from the guys at VerumSerum and is very good. Barney Franks is really [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 6:09 am[...] Frank tries to rewrite history Exclusive Video: Barney Frank Impales Self Using Own Words | Verum Serum [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 6:32 am[...] Exclusive Video: Barney Frank Impales Self Using Own Words | Verum Serum Watch Barney Frank in his own words affirming why he needs to be in an orange jump suit, in prison with women named Mabel. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ‘The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.’ – Ronald Reagan [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 7:32 amExcellent side by side analysis. Frank would stand in the rain, look you in the eye and swear to you there was not a cloud in the sky. Good find.
April 25, 2009 @ 3:00 pmLisa: “Frank would stand in the rain, look you in the eye and swear to you there was not a cloud in the sky.”
Well put. Like most Leftists – Frank’s a bald faced liar!
April 25, 2009 @ 5:01 pm[...] Collapse (Video): “In an amazing display of dishonesty, Barney Frank claimed this week that conservatives were to blame for pushing unqualified buyers into home [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 7:09 pm[...] about the excesses of pushing home ownership and had advocated for rentals instead. Our friends at Verum Serum couldn’t believe their ears, because Frank has long been one of the loudest voices supporting the [...]
April 25, 2009 @ 9:05 pmhe is insane…like the rest of them. And we want them to Nationalize Healthcare????? OMG get this guy out of DC!!!!!! Send him back to Mass-O-Socialism!
April 27, 2009 @ 9:38 amSend this to TAVIS SMILEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 27, 2009 @ 9:41 amCan you please add a “share” button. ie. “Share on: Facebook” This is too good to not spread around!
April 27, 2009 @ 6:07 pmJoe,
Thanks. The video has already received 20K hits since we Morgen uploaded it to You Tube. Friday, radio talk show host Mark Levin played it on air (with a credit to VS).
It’s out there.
April 27, 2009 @ 7:36 pmI am so tired of the liberal side blaming everything on being republican.Senators Frank,Dodd and President Obama made a ton of momey by allowing the lending groups to loan money to those that cannot afford those loans, naturally they blame the conservatives.If I have said anything wrong please correct me.
May 1, 2009 @ 12:20 amGet this is Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Morning Joe and others….”Others” should be the American people. Wake UP people. How can they keep electing such a liar. If I’m wrong, I stand corrected.
May 5, 2009 @ 1:08 pmI am looking forward to interviewing Barney Frank’s 2010 congressional opponent Earl Sholley. He could use your financial help to defeat the congressman.
July 11, 2009 @ 7:13 pm[...] tip to Verum Serum for this one. Barney Frank is a public policy menace. He is also a dissembler/hypocrite. He is not however, [...]
July 12, 2009 @ 8:02 amSee Barney Frank’s socialist and communist friends here: http://commieblaster.com/progressives/index.html
October 1, 2009 @ 12:03 pm