{"id":2909,"date":"2009-11-07T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/zing\/"},"modified":"2009-11-07T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T15:47:00","slug":"zing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/zing\/","title":{"rendered":"Zing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Mexico Politics: New Mexico FBIHOP:: Random quote from Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n

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[Massachusetts Democrat Barney] Frank, a Massachusetts liberal, told an audience: "Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the ‘Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest?’."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New Mexico Politics: New Mexico FBIHOP:: Random quote from Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n

Which brings me back to this gem from August:<\/p>\n

mjh’s blog \u2014 Huzzah to Barney Frank!<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Frank then excoriated a woman who asked a question while holding up a picture of President Obama defaced to look like Hitler: <\/p>\n

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QUESTION: Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy as Obama has expressly supported this policy? Why are you supporting it? […] <\/p>\n

FRANK: On what planet do you spend most of your time?<\/strong> \u2026 You want me to answer the question? Yes. You stand there with a picture of the President defaced to look like Hitler and compare the effort to increase health care to the Nazis. My answer to you is, as I said before, it is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Frank concluded: \u201cTrying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

mjh’s blog \u2014 Huzzah to Barney Frank!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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