US Democratic Representative Barney Frank smacks down a particularly stupid question from an audience member during a town hall meeting in Massachusetts:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8[/youtube]
On what planet do you spend most of your time?
US Democratic Representative Barney Frank smacks down a particularly stupid question from an audience member during a town hall meeting in Massachusetts: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlZiWK2Iy8[/youtube]
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It’s delightful to see a politician who actually says what he thinks, and isn’t afraid to offend some people along the way.
Well he did have a point.
Love it. Good to see a pollie with the bottle to just tell someone they’re an idiot when they are. Wouldn’t see that here much.
Having watched this exchange, I now do believe that aliens may have landed on Earth, and that in so doing, they have had to not rely on any capacity for intelligence.
Not only do we have to deal with one form of fundamentalist lunatics wishing to enforce their misogynistic policies through terror bombing and other atrocities, we have to endure home-grown idiots similarly deranged, but obviously sufficiently unhinged to start a righteous terror campaign of their own.
I take my hat off to Barney Frank. This is true gold. Our Kev could learn a thing or two (example: “On what planet do you spend most of your time Alcoa/Rio/Heather Ridout/etc? For it surely aint our Earth. Please return whence you came and take your CO2 with you.”)