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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/08/frank_turns_tab.htmlHe’s a congressman, he’s the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, he supported, affirmed, and encouraged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac even as they failed and took the economy down with them.  He shouldn’t be a popular guy anymore in Massachusetts but somehow he has always managed to keep afloat in the political world.  But I’m on to his strategy and there is an object lesson hidden in the above video of a recent Democratic town hall meeting regarding Barney’s (and all democrat’s and some other politician’s) approach to dealing with difficult issues…Also known as “bullying” this social strategy involves focusing on the person and person’s attributes rather than on the issue.  For example, the woman who compared Obama’s policies and approaches to government to the Nazi regime was probably out of line considering all that is associated with the Nazi party.  However, there are numerable similarities which would not hold up to scrutiny in an educated, reasonable debate so Barney avoids this by insulting the woman and making it seem like anyone who is smart would not think that.  This is typical of the democratic party in general and it closely resembles junior high school bullies and the “cool kids club” where, if you’re not on the in crowd, you’re not cool.  See, I’m even using it right now - but I’m also being reasonable and logical.During the economic downfall about a year ago when everything really started to fall apart, Barney easily shifted the blame to greedy bankers and Wall Street executives.  At first glance, who wouldn’t agree?  However, ironical-Barney was responsible for pushing sub-prime loans which threw a curveball to banking competition and pushed banks all over the country to somehow offer these to home-buyers even though it was a destructive financial pattern.  Give out enough of these loans and your bank goes under much like the famed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac along with any investor and investing company who had thought they could trust the banks and the banking system.  They didn’t know they couldn’t trust Barney, but they couldn’t, they shouldn’t have, we shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t anymore.Notice also how Barney alludes to the First Ammendment - you remember it…free speech?  He says the woman who referred to Obama’s policies resembling the policies of the Nazi party (they are similarities) only said that because of the upholding of the First Ammendment.  In other words, in a Barney World there would be no free speech.  Ironically, this idea in and of itself clearly resembles the Nazi regime.So here we have it, in the very same conversation where Barney defends himself and Obama’s policy as of-course-not-anything-like-the-Nazi-regime-you-idiot, he then confirms the similarity by opposing Free Speech.Someone please save us from anti-American leaders such as Barney and his liberal cohorts.

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