Video: Shep Smith goes nuclear on Barney Frank, Congress over AIG bonuses
posted at 4:03 pm on March 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A fiery palate cleanser from this afternoon’s Studio B. Note the ringing populist note on which it ends. Good enough for Glenn Beck, good enough for Shep!
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Sheila’s eyeliner is running at the end…
sven10077 on March 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Methinks Shep is looking to steal Beck’s thunder.
He can’t do it nearly as well.
MadisonConservative on March 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I’m not looking. Shep is a moron.
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:08 PM
shep tried to use his bigboy voice lol
trailortrash on March 18, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I have a hard time taking Shep seriously. I really believe Glenn Beck when he acts like this. I feel like Shep is just trying to act like Glenn Beck. Frankly, I think Shep could replace Keith Olbermann and not miss a beat. I have a hard time believing that he believes a word out of his own mouth.
jimmy the notable on March 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM
You’re yes then you’re no
You’re in then you’re out
You’re up then you’re down
You’re wrong when it’s right
It’s black and it’s white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(You) You don’t really want to stay, no
(You) But you don’t really want to go
You’re hot then you’re cold
You’re yes then you’re no
You’re in and you’re out
You’re up and you’re down
Why does this song make me think of Shep during this interview?
lorien1973 on March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Shep did a great job explaining why everyone is so angry.
Savage on March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Shep is cool.
Firebird on March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Congress creates mess & then blames others in
–bank failures
–real estate bubble pop
–credit crisis
jgapinoy on March 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM
You get them Shep! Of course, only Fox is reporting the facts.
deidre on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Duh! Forgot to list AIG bonuses.
jgapinoy on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I do not watch Shep, he is muted. I Do and Will watch Glenn.
L
letget on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Great Shep! Maybe that atomic wedgie that Glenn Beck gave you finally woke you up!
hip shot on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
For once I must say that Shep nailed it clean. Named names and gave facts, wish there was more of that in the news.
Engrpat on March 18, 2009 at 4:12 PM
It’s amazing what a few patriots with pitchfolks and firebrands can talk the media into.
Limerick on March 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I usually find him annoying, this makes up for it some.
gsherin on March 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM
It’s about damn time someone in the media gets it and reports it.
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* Kudos to Shep! He is Spot On!
Hal-9000 on March 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Bottom line. The Govmnt dropped $700 bil on these banks and didn’t even get a receipt.
AIG may have passed billions through to these banks, but you can bet they scrutinized every red cent. That’s more than the Govmnt can say.
Agrippa2k on March 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Teleprompter outrage
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Whoa. Shep reached down and found himself a pair. ;)
Kent18 on March 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
.
Ditto!
Hal-9000 on March 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Becks thunder, Sheps thunder…
Who the heck cares? It’s thunder, and we need more of it, from people with loud voices, with big audiences.
Give it to em!!
Fish on March 18, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Walls are tumblin’ down all over the place… and quit looking gift horse’s in mouth… Shep’s a dork, but it’s all part of the momentum going our way for a freakin’ change, eh?
Shivas Irons on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Shep,
I like it. But Beck is more of a showman with the outrage.
Keep it up though.
portlandon on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Actually….that was pretty awesome, Shep.
Mommypundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
By no means am I a fan of Shepard Smith but today he hit a home run. Great job setting the record straight regarding the AIG bonuses and pointing out who is ACTUALLY to blame. Today’s hearing is certainly a horse and pony show. Shame on our representatives. Dobb and Frank ought to be forced out of office – for starters.
Wasn’t it Dobb and Obama who took the most money from AIG?
Interesting.
Great job Shep!
sinsing on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I happen to like Shep. I saw this outburst – quite startling, and totally enjoyable.
uncivilized on March 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I think he summed that up rather well. Now, Shep, about Global Warming… They are doing the same thing there. Attempting to pull the wool over the eyes of the ignorant in order to bolster their political power and limit individual liberty. But credit where credit is due. In this clip, you are on the money Shep.
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:18 PM
This is all a distraction from what’s really important – did you hear Rush wants America to fail?!?eleventy!!!1!1!one!111
gwelf on March 18, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Amen
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
I’ll take Shep over Beck any day. I’m equally worried about all that The One has accomplished in 60(!) days and all that he’ll do in the following 1000, but crying on camera and starting a populist army just seems silly and misguided.
But what do I know? I also love Allah more than Ed.
Trent1289 on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Preach Shep preach. This is what the public needs to hear. That a large part of the problem is the government itself. Once the government gets out, the market will correct. A good byproduct will be less of the Barny show!
bej on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Isn’t part of the “crisis” to create even more “crisis” to create the ultimate “crisis” (read:revolution) to incited public schism and, eventually, iron-fist rule? I had these suspicions before the election…now I can’t believe it’s happening. We are watching a bigger take over than we imagined.
Mommypundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
We need this momentum to continue until our reps are dangling from a pitchfork, confessing their own fault in this.
O/T Plastic Pelosi……IT IS NOT UNAMERICAN TO UPHOLD THE FEDERAL LAW!!!
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Why is Shep’s teleprompter so small?
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
good points, but pathetic messenger
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Glad to see that ol’ Mississippi boy still knows what righteous indignation is. Way to man up, Shep. Not too shabby for a Ole Miss Grad.
kingsjester on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Handheld teleprompter? Does Obama know about this?
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
The best part is the gop faking outrage about the bonuses when they were for the bonuses.
Hypocrites.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Yep. Pathetic and not credible either. And it sounds like he doesn’t even believe it either.
lorien1973 on March 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM
gag.. I wonder what manufactured crisis will be conjured up next week for that dog and pony show
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Shep, go into Frank’s role in the whole fannie freddie mess. He’s a MAJOR co-conspirator with Dodd and that disgraceful bunch.
marklmail on March 18, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Geez…Shep, did someone in congress take your parking spot?
I bet he’s thinking I got to out Beck Beck or I’ll end up on CNN like Paula “what’s her name” Zahn….
Caper29 on March 18, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Friday: Will appear as a Cylon in Battlestar Galactica
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM
I’ll go on record as FOR the bonuses. Without them, AIG would have shed even more employees and been in even worse shape.
Obama/Pelosi/Reid just need a stooge that they can march through the crowds for a public lynching to distract everyone from their own theivery and sell-out of america
I need to get some more popcorn, I’m going through it much faster than I had anticipated with this administration
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM
You do realize he was reading a quote right? Those aren’t his own words. I hardly think anybody would bother to take the time necessary to memorize that entire quote word for word.
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM
+1
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Seriously what Shep said was deeply theraputic.
I was so mad at that idiot congressmen from NY who seemed to think he could glance at a contract claim to be a lawyer and know so much more than the ones actually hired to give professional opinions to the Cleanup committee hired to make the tough calls.
I was livid at his attitude considering congress’s part in all this. He and all the Democrats are trying to scapegoat AIG for their own failures. And they will likely cause suicides and murders with their reckless passing the buck.
This whole thing is a total disgrace and everyone who voted for that bill allowing bonuses, then turned around and blamed people trying to follow the congress’s own laws should resign.
CONGRESS WROTE THE LAW. AIG FOLLOWED THE LAW!!!
It would be so much easier to fing new congresspeople to replace these clowns than to replace the people at AIG.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Me thinks Shep may be having a rating reality wake up call.
He is a doofus, but we need take to anything we can get at this point.
Knucklehead on March 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM
The President is selling his plan.
It’s another opportunity for cons to beai the dead silly horse argument of the telepromter.
Grow up people.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:26 PM
“This is their fault.”
You’re damn right it is their fault! This mess is 110% entirely Congress’ fault. That we allow such incompetent, corrupt nitwits run this country is mind-boggling to me. Shep Smith was right on another point he made – this is getting worse and we are all going to pay for it. We are all going to reap the retarded crop sown by our federal government. And they still try to use their jedi mind tricks and say that only they can fix the problem, that they are outraged, that they have our best interest at heart…and even more sadly/outrageously people buy it.
. . . as I continue to prepare for the collapse.
King of the Britons on March 18, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Welcome aboard Shep… Glad you came in from the wilderness in time to try and salvage something… Seriously, when even Shep gets it, there is some hope…
Keemo on March 18, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Well from the reaction from my daughter and friends to the last time Obama pre-empted American Idol… He’s losing the teenagers he will need for re-election in 2012.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
lol…I think Shep has been hanging around with Glenn Beck to much and some of Becks personality is beginning to rub off. Either that or Shep is just trying to keep up with the Joneses by replicating Becks style a little.
Dreadnought223 on March 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Beck is better. Sorry Shep.
goldeagle11 on March 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
+100
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Just wondering why the last CEO of AIG was not in the hot.
It’s his contracts.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Actually, it might not be a fact about Chris Dodd. I am not a Dodd fan, but it sounds like Dodd tried to stop it, along with other companies recieving bailout cash. It was geithner and summners, I think that pushed this into the Bill, they might have done it through Dodd, but the Obama adminstration pushed this through.
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/17/dodd/view/?show=all
So in the end it is even worse for Obama, since it was his own administration that put this through.
Gotta, love the mock chest thumping from obama, when it is his fault it happened.
profgubler on March 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Really, getalife? That is the best talking point the leftist web cabal could come up with today? Well, I’m not really all that surprized…Obama doesn’t give you much to work with afterall. Pretty hard to defend Curly and Mo these days.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Shep is just a jealous school girl after seeing all the attention that the new kid on campus gets now…
“after all I’ve done to build FOX to be the news powerhouse it is, they go and bring in a washed up has-been CNN stoogie! It’s not fair! waa wa wa.. I know, I can be better than him and people will like me again”
gatorboy on March 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Afterwards:
Dial 1-866-555-2012 to vote.
Press 1 for Socialism
Press 2 for Palin
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
It’s a vast left wing conspiracy and very funny.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
“The dead silly horse argument of the teleprompter?”
Why do you insist that there is no validity to that critisism?
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
What I want to know is when is somebody in a government role (a rep or a senator) going to express this outrage and be heard? I want to see Barney Frank bent over a stump….no I don’t, but I want that ass to get tarred and feathered.
hip shot on March 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:20 PM
HAHA!!! That is hysterical!
milwife88 on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
At least the message is getting out that it is Congress’ fault for all of this…………
…………. especially Chris Dodd and the Banking Queen, Barney Frank.
Seven Percent Solution on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
It may be his contracts, which are 100% legal, but why did your Boy King, Turbo Timmy and Congress put them into Porkulus?
Knucklehead on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I haven’t watched Sheperd Smith in a long time, but he is absolutely dead on with his comments. And I didn’t think he was trying to pull off a Glenn Beck impression. If anything, he came off rather more level-headed than Beck.
Bottom line is, Shep is right and this message has to be shouted from the mountain top (not the one David Brooks refers too either).
J.J. Sefton on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
DON’T FEED THE TROLL!
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I got goosebumps watching that. I didn’t think Shep had it in him, but I could not be more proud of him. You go get em Shep – you will be a hero!!! Finally, somebody said they were going to get to the bottom of it (even tho we already know who caused it), but Shep has the platform.
Thank you Shep!!!
suzyk on March 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM
mommypundit: “Isn’t part of the “crisis” to create even more “crisis” to create the ultimate “crisis””
The big problem with Alinskyites is all they can do is rabble and rouse and run for whatever power animates them – so you’re correct.
And, for a little while in the scheme of things, we’re stuck with the Carl Lewis of politics – a guy who only knows how to run for the love. He’s in SoCal right now for two days doing two townhalls and Leno… then jetting back to D.C. to do a primetime news conference while filling the inbetweens with teleprompter watering sessions in Rose Garden.
The guy is a Dick Morris wetdream on steroids… and I think he’d better look into the laws of overexposure… cause they are immutable.
Shivas Irons on March 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I want the outrage of the American people to be SO LOUD that congress will feel it. I want this message to be relentless and everywhere. I want it delivered by ANYONE, even Shep who I do not like at all.
DrStock on March 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Ever watch Great Momments in Presidential Speeches on Letterman?
This President speaks much better.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
First Glenn, now Shep. How long do you think it will be before the Obama goons start targeting Fox News the same way they do Rush?
AaronGuzman on March 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Good question. Ask the head of the House committee conducting the hearing–a Democrat from Pennsylvania.
BuckeyeSam on March 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM
This truly is a distraction. If AIG didn’t get their bailout, the market would have done its job.
We need to be angry about the bailout, the Dodd amendment and the ever present Barney Frank.
This is the outrage. Not the bonuses. They are just the fallout of the bailout.
HornetSting on March 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Glenn Beck did a better job of getting to the bottom of why they’re blowing this “bonus” smokescreen.
and why is Shep wearing so much makeup?
popularpeoplesfront on March 18, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Actually Olympia Snowe was on with sweet Norah and said a provision was put into the bill to stop this compensation, and “some one took it out”.
The grandstanding by the Democrats is just too funny if it wasn’t so serious. Talk about a distraction. Gietner and Obama are both in deep shit over this mess. Watch for the tracks to be covered soon. Oh, and Dodd and Frank should both be under investigation or resign asap.
Although Shepard Smith did a fair job here, he’s still an idiot.
Rovin on March 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM
How about congress paying back their pay raise!
shamik on March 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Shep is a sissy-Mary girly man. He was licking Oslime-a’s ass during the entire election season and now that he has what he wanted, he wants to know what is wrong with Washington.
WASHINGTON!? You ignorant liberal moron! The domoRATF**CKS are what is wrong with Washington! The same minions of Satan that you shilled for last election cycle.
People, this is a perfect example of the psychological derangement of the liberal mind. Shep, rywall, getalife and the other liberal douches around here that gobble up the little balls of donkey shit that roll out of Oslime-a’s mouth, ALL have that derangement in common. They need to be hospitalized.
csdeven on March 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Beating that silly argument to death too.
rush not coming out with new stuff?
I did see he is for the bonuses like the gop.
Still leading I guess.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Silly argument? It caused problems for both Obama and the Irish PM recently. As long as Maureen Dowd is starting to mock Obama’s use of it, it’s not a dead argument.
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
just like I said… they have contractual obligations to pay these bonuses… they will be sued if they do not and they will lose their executives… you can’t have it both ways people.
Kaptain Amerika on March 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I get a kick out of Shep, he’s a lot more interesting to listen to than award winning anchors like
CouricColic. And he’s right, what is going on in Washington? Every day it seems we find out something more sinister is going on. And I see Obama is back to labeling a major outrage a distraction. What an idiot.scalleywag on March 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Heh, I never really watched Shep much, I just don’t usually like his tone. He always seems to be laughing at some inside joke that nobody else knows. This, however, was very good. He finally named names and seemed pretty pissed, at the right people for once too.
Mord on March 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Ever seen the man make a decent speech without one? Or answer a few questions? You can’t make this stuff up.
scalleywag on March 18, 2009 at 4:40 PM
The judge from Texas gives him a 9.7 on that rant.
JackS on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Haha, first thing I thought. Plus it’s tough to give Shep props when he’s right because he’s such a douche most of the time, and sometimes a straight up dishonest lib.
RightWinged on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
So he having the same position as the party he’s drawn to ideologically means he’s leading it. By that logic, Ariana Huffington and Joe Klein are leading the Democratic Party.
By the way, even Howard Dean is saying to drop the bull about Rush. And you want to talk about people using dead arguments?
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Whatever interrupts Mr. President’s plan of turning us into a European Socialist Nation is a distraction. Plus, he wants to hide the fact that he got $100,000 from AIG.
kingsjester on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Ummm… ah.. um… da… duh…
Like that?
faraway on March 18, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Ever watch Great Momments in Presidential Speeches on Letterman?
This President speaks much better.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Are you insane? Ever hear transcripts of Teddy Roosevelts speeches? He also finished a speech AFTER HE GOT SHOT! Do you only follow current events like most sheeple do? Obambi’s hero had some great speeches, but the only difference was that Abe’s speeches actually had substance, something your hero lacks.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Yeah, that distraction has played out .
Now tell the rest to stop the same ole arguments too.
Just to be fair.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Hey Shep,…WHO voted for it?!?!?!?!
Who are the top two A.I.G bonus peeps?
Dodd & Obama!
nothing to see here,….
christene on March 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
That is an excellent point! If they don’t think executives should get bonuses why in the world would they deserve a raise! After this mess that congress has caused, during a recession, they get a raise? This is criminal.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
I guess you never did because most include w and his gaffes.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
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