Frank: Republicans "winced" When McCain Was Mentioned In Meeting

[Nambe]

Source: CBS The Politico

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said that "nobody mentioned McCain" during the several-hour-long meeting on the $700 billion market rescue plan, other than Frank and that his Republican colleagues "winced" when he did.

"He’s been irrelevant to the process. He remains to be," said Frank. "I was afraid that his dropping in here, like Andy Kaufman’s Mighty Mouse—'here I am to save the day'—I thought that would slow things down. I didn’t see any sign of our Republican colleagues paying any attention to him whatsoever."

Franks went on. "Nobody mentioned him. The man’s irrelevant to the whole process. No Republican mentioned his name. I’m the only one who raised his name. They winced when I did," he said. ...

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4478502.shtml

[godai]

1. Let's see them try to spin that!

I heard that Obama presented his required aspects for any deal. McCain apparently was lost in space.

[crossroads]

15. Fox will do just that!

Their listeners are brain dead anyway! Just as long as he is against abortion and gays... what do they care?

CR

[HEyHEY]

27. spin what? the straight story was on CBS

[Arugula Latte]

2. Mighty Mouse ...

:rofl:

[Faith No More]

24. HEEEEAAAARRR I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAAAY 11111

What a freaking joke you are McCain...........

[Kablooie]

3. Whoa. And this is the MSM. He is becoming a total joke.

[trthnd4jstc]

4. I too wince when John McCain's name is mentioned. n/t

[DeSwiss]

5. Andy Kaufman's Mighty Mouse.....

ROFL!!!

:rofl:

Mighty Mouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfsrg28jE7k

Oops! K&R!!! :)

[YDogg]

16. I LOLd.

:-)

[mascarax]

22. Thanks for posting Andy's Might Mouse

Love that false start...

[intheflow]

28. That was sheer comic brilliance.

Kaufman was amazing in that skit. And then for Franks to reference it? Perhaps the coolest political analogy ever! :rofl:

[sunnystarr]

41. I just said the same thing to my son the other day

about McLamo and sang him the Mighty Mouse song (it was way before his time) ... Here I come to save the day ... which means that Mighty Mouse is on the way ...

He thought I was strange but it's nice to see I have company rofl

[kirby]

6. Video link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfsrg28jE7k

[DeSwiss]

8. Great minds think alike!

[Willo]

7. Barney Frank doesn't seem to bite his tongue

the rest of the article:

"I don’t think anyone takes that seriously," said Frank of McCain's suggestion that Friday's debate be delayed. "Sen. McCain trying to use the necessity for his presence to reach a deal that we’ve already reached as a reason to duck the debate is unworthy of him. There is absolutely no reason not to go to the debate."

Frank was equally cool about today's meeting with the White House. "The White House isn’t show and tell. We’re going to the White House because the president asked us to go. Nobody thinks at this point that anything useful’s going to happen. But we now have to get things drafted and worked on. The White House meeting is just an interruption in our schedule," he said.

Though he said McCain's presence would be unhelpful, he did say, getting a dig in at McCain's running mate, that there "were times when I was ready to suggest that, when we got to some of the more complicated issues about how do you price these sophisticated instruments, that we ask him to make Sarah Palin available to give us her expertise."

[MelissaB]

23. OMG! Thanks for that!

:rofl:

[Amonester]

25. "getting a dig in at McCain's running mate"

"when we got to some of the more complicated issues about how do you price these sophisticated instruments, that we ask him to make Sarah Palin available to give us her expertise"

Priceless!

[Historic NY]

33. she is a quick study!!........

[midnight armadillo]

34. barney frank is the man

He's not my congressman 'cause I live on the wrong side of the city line, but here in MA we hear and see a lot of him. He talks like this all the time, and it's a big reason why he is well-loved.

[bloomington-lib]

9. Hilarious

"Though he said McCain's presence would be unhelpful, he did say, getting a dig in at McCain's running mate, that there "were times when I was ready to suggest that, when we got to some of the more complicated issues about how do you price these sophisticated instruments, that we ask him to make Sarah Palin available to give us her expertise.""

[alstephenson]

10. Welcome to DU, bloomington-lib!

:hi:

[Pete2069]

11. What is this EXXON BS....

We support the people and things we say are bad...  Are we our
enemy's keepers...

[graywarrior]

12. He's like Britney

[Window]

13. Too funny.

:dem:

[Doctor_J]

14. Those Repukes are tough. hearing McCain's name makes me puke

I laud their fortitude.

:puke:

[ExPatLeftist]

17. Just when I thought I couldn't like Barney Frank even more...

...he goes and name-drops one of the most funny and absurd humans to ever walk the planet. :D

Andy Kaufman - RIP(?)

[Jim Lane]

35. I like Barney Frank, too, but this reference of his was a bit misleading

It wasn't "Andy Kaufman's" Mighty Mouse. I distinctly remember, from my childhood, that Mighty Mouse was singing "Here I come to save the day" in operatic style while Kaufman himself was still a child. All Kaufman did was perform a sketch in which he lip-synched to a recording from the show.

Barney Frank was born several years before Kaufman or me. Frank was already 15 years old when Mighty Mouse cartoons began running on television, so I guess he wasn't really aware of the original and knew only Kaufman's take-off.

OK, cartoon analysis is over, you may now return to the total collapse of your financial system.

[druidity33]

38. over your head... nt

[EFerrari]

18. LOL!

"HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAY!"



:rofl:

[L0oniX]

19. The game is over for McLame. He's finished!

[sallyseven]

44. Never underestimate the

Stupidity of the American public. MSNBC is fudging the poll numbers to show an extremely tight race. If it is that tight the the american people are stupid

[mercuryblues]

20. Wrong mouse

McCain is more like Danger Mouse. There is an efelant in the room.

Even Minnie mouse has more smarts than Palin.

[hootinholler]

30. No freakin way!

Danger Mouse was awesome!

-Hoot

[doc03]

21. Why is Barney Frank the only Democrat to tell it like it

is? Everyone else apologises to the nitwit calling him a hero and all that BS before they criticism him in the least. Bill Clinton is just a total ass any more I wish he would just shut his f------g mouth.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

32. Boxer had a good one about McCain curling up in a corner with his blankie.

That will make the FUX newsbunnies apoplectic. Even Dodd had a good one about this stunt being nothing but an attempt to rescue McCain's campaign.

But I am sick of the "hero" bullshit, along with the "my friend" crap. This is WAR.

[Fire1]

26. I'd have to hear that from a repub, not from a democrat.

[DCKit]

29. Old and in the way.

I'll be there soon enough myself, so I know that this is something only the grownups can handle. Stay on the plane John.

[quiet.american]

31. Hello! McCain doesn't understand the economy, and he sits on no finance or banking committees.

What was the rush?

(If just about everything he stands for didn't get my goat, I'd feel sorry for the guy. This is humiliating. He is pathetic.)

[Piewhacket]

36. Keep hittting this....

It demonstrates McCain is not presidential material.

[OakCliffDem]

37. The Republicans knew it was a set-up job. n/r

[ryanmuegge]

42. And it will probably prove to be a successful one.

[EnviroBat]

39. Sorry Johnny.

this country simply can not allow you to claim the presidency. Run along now, the smart people are talking.

[orleans]

40. funny! k&r n/t

[happygoluckytoyou]

43. ON THE GOOD SIDE, McCain brought SARAH, so everyone had hot coffee and eye candy

is that STOOPID smile plastered on McCain's face.... reminds me of the guy in the back of the elevator when he farts

[yorkiemommie1]

45. Joe Lieberman was sure hanging on to him like

a lapdog!

:puke:

[kmac3]

46. K & R . . This made my day!

"when we got to some of the more complicated issues about how do you price these sophisticated instruments, that we ask him to make Sarah Palin available to give us her expertise"

Priceless! :rofl:

I love Rep. Barney Frank . . . his spontaneity, directness and honesty are winning talents for the American people.
:yourock:

[redqueen]

47. I don't know what's better...

This, Shelby's stabbing McCain in the back by sharing the fact that the Irrelevant McCain hadn't called him ONE single time during this crisis, his getting caught on camera in a lie about going back to DC right this very minute, Palin's repeated "Look what a total idiot I am!" displays... there's just too much to choose from!

The best thing this week has to be our Dems getting an equity stake in that bailout package. IMO that is beyond the beyond. At the start of this week I don't think anyone had mentioned it save Kucinich and maybe Frank... and pundits were saying there was no way it'd ever happen... and now we have Madame Speaker insisting on it... fan-frickin-tastic.

[newtothegame]

48. Amusing n/t