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Barney Frank CNBC Interview Turns Ugly As Congressman Walks Off
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by Jon Azpiri | June 11, 2009 at 10:09 am
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Congressman Barney Frank walked out during an interview with CNBC. Frank was on the business news network to discuss a House Financial Services committee hearing about executive pay, and he didn't care for the host Bernie Sander's line of questioning.
"Excuse me, but please stop interrupting me. Do you want to lose me!? Do you want to lose me!? I'm trying to respond to your misrepresentation. I apologize but this interview is over. I get three different questions, different angles. I try to respond but you want to interrupt me, you don't like what I'm saying - you can find someone else to interview."
Here is the entire Barney Frank CNBC Interview.
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at 12:57 on June 11th, 2009
Of course.. he should be prosecuted along with Dodd, Pelosi , Reid and who else?!!
at 09:51 on June 12th, 2009
Who else? How about Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, Rice, Gonzales and the rest of the crooks that have lied repeatedly to the American people and have this country circling the drain. I can hardly believe that there are still some ignorant enough to think otherwise. You're statement is nothing short of moronic.
at 13:26 on June 11th, 2009
I agree with Barney Frank on this issue. Executive pay should be voted on directly by the stockholders. This is not a movement against capitalism, rather a restoration of the rights of the capitalist to run the company he owns and take back power from CEOs who, with the board of directors, act as if they own the company.
at 14:43 on June 11th, 2009
I think that Executive compensation should correlate with the companies performance. The reason we are in this mess is folks got paid when they failed. I never got bonuses for poor performance. The compensation schedule should be agreed upon at the annual meeting by shareholders with a base salary and a bonus or no bonus schedule at various levels of profitability. If the Govt stayed out of this mess Bush/Obama we would be in a position to set rates. The problem I have with the Govt owning a company is that it is socialism. If the companies were really owmed by the people the profits would not go back into the US treasury. Each citizen would receive dividends based on their tax rates.
So we agree on some a disagree on others. Since I am not an economist I can't be sure that my conclusions are correct.
at 14:32 on June 11th, 2009
Congressman Frank WILL walk off a set if he doesn't feel like he is not winning an argument. Conversly, The interviewer is well known for pushing guests with rapid fire questioning. Sometimes appearing hostile. The interviewer has done this to folks on all sides of questions... so Frank should not feel like he is alone.
at 09:47 on June 12th, 2009
I don't recall an argument that Frank has lost. He always gets interrupted when he starts explaining the facts the the right wing wackos, but he never seems to lose an argument when it comes to content. I love the guy. We need more like him.