{"id":1580,"date":"2009-02-26T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2009-02-26T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T21:53:01","slug":"barney-frank-this-weeks-biggest-idiot-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/26\/barney-frank-this-weeks-biggest-idiot-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: This Week&#8217;s Biggest Idiot on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=44125\" target=\"_blank\">CNSNews.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mindless Republicans are heeding the iron discipline of conservative talk radio hosts Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, House Financial Services\u00a0Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told reporters after President Barack Obama\u2019s address to the nation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we found any Republican minds today,\u201d Frank told a reporter minutes after the president had finished his speech. \u201c[T]hey shut their minds down. That they are so afraid of being yelled at by Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity that\u00a0they won\u2019t even clap for him [Obama] when they agree with him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Umm, Congressman Frank could it be that they just honestly disagree with his policies???<\/p>\n<p>Lets not forget 57 million Americans voted for the John McCain so I think it&#8217;s a fair to say that a sizable percentage of the population disagrees Pres. Obama&#8217;s vision.<\/p>\n<p>By the way I seem to recall a large number of Democrats sitting on their hands during Pres. Bush&#8217;s State of the Union speeches. Were they afraid of being yelled at by liberal talk radio hosts or did they simply disagree with his ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CNSNews.com: Mindless Republicans are heeding the iron discipline of conservative talk radio hosts Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, House Financial Services\u00a0Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told reporters after President Barack Obama\u2019s address to the nation on Tuesday. \u201cI don\u2019t think we found any Republican minds today,\u201d Frank told a reporter minutes after the president had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[165,160,444,493],"class_list":{"0":"post-1580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-barney-frank","8":"tag-congress","9":"tag-rush-limbaugh","10":"tag-sean-hannity","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-pu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1408,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/28\/gingrey-to-limbaugh-oops-sorry\/","url_meta":{"origin":1580,"position":0},"title":"Gingrey to Limbaugh: Oops, Sorry.","author":"Jeff","date":"January 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia, who made headlines yesterday for his comments about Rush Limbaugh's criticism of Republican of leaders for their pliability on the Democrats massive spending plans, is singing a slightly different tune today: Because of the high volume of phone calls and correspondence received by my office\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1393,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/27\/house-republican-tells-limbaugh-to-back-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":1580,"position":1},"title":"House Republican Tells Limbaugh to Back Off","author":"Jeff","date":"January 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Congressman Phil Gingrey of Georgia demonstrates again why Republicans have lost two straight elections in an interview with the Politico: Responding to President Obama\u2019s recommendation to Republican congressional leaders last week that they not follow Limbaugh\u2019s lead, the conservative talkmeister said on his show that Obama is \u201cobviously more frightened\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4301,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/breaking-barney-frank-wont-seek-re-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":1580,"position":2},"title":"Breaking: Barney Frank Won&#8217;t Seek Re-election","author":"Jeff","date":"November 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Break out the Champagne! 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That didn't turn out so well, but Mr. Frank has since only accumulated more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1657,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/diana-west-its-george-w-bush-not-rush-limbaugh-who-is-the-real-enemy-of-conservatism\/","url_meta":{"origin":1580,"position":4},"title":"Diana West: Its George W. Bush Not Rush Limbaugh Who is the Real Enemy of Conservatism","author":"Jeff","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When I wrote my election postmortem I listed \"Bush fatigue\" as one of the reasons why Republicans lost in November. 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