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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Hurray for Shep!!!
You know, the guy has a lot of liberalism in him, but saying what he just said at this point in time is a GUTSY MOVE.
He just bounced up three notches on my admiration scale.
Well done sir!!!!!
notagool on March 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM
You still have some brown stuff stuck between your teeth.
csdeven on March 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Which tired argument? The one about teleprompters that apparently even liberals are picking up on now? Or the one about Chris Dodd that’s true?
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Courtesy rightsidepolitics.com
kingsjester on March 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Let’s cut away to the Hot Air Headlines, from Politico.com:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=15B15E12-18FE-70B2-A8D0639CB535E27C
(emphasis mine)
Obama may speak better than Bush, but I’m not sure by what measure. Whatever the case, Obama ain’t much except in your eyes. But then he lost me when he considered Jeremiah no big deal and tried to convince me that Wright and Obama’s grandmother were morally equivalent. Sorry, that analogy never worked for me.
BuckeyeSam on March 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
This guy really needed a teleprompter:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/16/letterman-presents-final_n_158705.html
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I like Shep’s humor. Most of the time, people are idiots and deserve to be laughed. But then sometimes like today the laughter stops!!!
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Exactly.
Alana on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 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
Again wrong answer getaclue. I never supported GW with the exception of the WOT. Ex-Democrat here, sick and tired of the absolute incompetence this party has shown. Not yet a Republican either. Waiting for a real leader.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
His hair is consistent.
Ronnie on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Both are boring.
Try some new talking points.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:49 PM
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Palin?
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
I’ve forwarded a link to this to Letterman, but I won’t be holding my breath waiting to see it aired.
I bet you can’t watch it and still be convinced of your hero’s eloquence.
rockhead on March 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Obama says alot of pretty meaningless lying words… Then we find out they are lies and they aren’t pretty words anymore. getalife likes people to lie. I don’t.
And these aren’t mistakes that someone could make. Obama’s lies are out and out lies in cold blood. Caluculated lies to decieve as many people as he can. Obama is an evil evil man to his core.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
I’ve observed people with that much makeup on before. They usually stand at the corner of 14th & F.
PappaMac on March 18, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Aren’t we all. And it looks like it is going to be a long long wait.
petunia on March 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
That teleprompter thing really hurts don’t it? ;)
HondaV65 on March 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I have seen this comment before on kos about w.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Palin?
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:50 PM
I voted for Palin/ McCain…er something like that. Let me enlighten you. All the MSM did was tell us that Palin was dumb, inexperienced, unable to lead, shouldn’t be anywhere near the codes, and WTF do I see now. An inexperienced, incompetent fool way in over his head. This president thing is way above his paygrade.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
In 4 minutes, Shep explained this so even a democrat could understand it. Excellent!
Vince on March 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Try some tic-tacs to get the stench of donkey shit off your breath.
csdeven on March 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Nah, just stale and not original thinking.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Channeling getaclue…”You guys don’t understand, this is all Bush’s fault”.
Talk about warn out talking points.
PappaMac on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
So what’s it like to live under a bridge?
scalleywag on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I voted for one Demo this last election. A house seat in Ks, named Nancy Boyda. She voted against TARP. Still lost though.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!
Oink on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Shit all you think about.
Dude.
Creepy.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
The reality is that all they are trying to do by harping on about these bonuses is to try and divert attention away from the fact that the financial system was bent over Congresses knee and raped up the ass by the likes of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. As Shep said the Government caused the financial Crisis and it is they who must be held accountable for it. So yes let us have a truth commission but instead of making Corporate America the scape goat for this crisis lets investigate the real culprit for this mess The Federal Government and those elected officials who’s policy decisions enabled this to happen.
Dreadnought223 on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I am Independent but keep my votes private.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Understand, maybe. Deny? Most definitely.
scalleywag on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
No. I try not to form opinions about Presidential candidates based on Letterman skits.
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
I saw it and it was fantastic!
becki51758 on March 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
BS. Straw man argument. Most conservatives believe that AIG shouldn’t have been bailed out AT ALL! If AIG hadn’t been bailed out, they would have gone into bankruptcy and the bonuses wouldn’t have been paid… and AIG wouldn’t be used as a Democrat money laundering scheme for Europe.
dominigan on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Arguments boring enough for even liberals to start picking up on them, too? I think I’ll stick with them.
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
PappaMac on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I think the blame game is a distraction that gets nothing done.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Why is it important for some here to like the message but not the messenger? Who cares as long as those responsible are held accountable?
Personally, I’d even brown up to Olby if he took this position, just get the darn word out to the commoners.
booter on March 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
amerpundit on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Yawn.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
I’m not afraid to keep my votes private. I vote for people I agree with, or who do what I expect them to do. Not pu__ies who follow party line talking points. And I am proud to say who I vote for.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
dominigan on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Please , they were saying not to micro manage and they know what they were doing.
BS.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I think the blame game is a distraction that gets nothing done.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The blame game is what holds these f__ks accountable. You can’t fix the problems unless you hold these people accountable and get rid of them.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
LMAO@Ronnie; “His hair is consistent.” You go dude!
JoeySlippers on March 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
GO Shep.
I like this guy; he’s always been mild mannered. But so have many other news guys and many of them are suddenly exploding over the incompetence in the White House.
Shep, if you’re reading this, EXPOSE BARNEY FRANK!!!!!!!
Every time I see that bumbling idiot castigating people for the very same crimes he’s committed himself, makes me want to throw a shoe through my television.
Key West Reader on March 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Key West Reader on March 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Bawney Fwank has been exposed. The only people that respect “hot bottom” are the idiots in Mass. Amazing that the cradle of our liberty has turned into complete utter fools.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:06 PM
If by “saying not to micro manage” you mean standing in opposition to government forcing companies to loan money to people who could never dream of paying it back. Then yes, Conservatives were saying not to micro manage.
Zetterson on March 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Today ……..
Yesterday …….
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Liar
fogw on March 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Right on Shep! This is fake outrage by the Democrats to distract the country to what a incompetent administration this is even when they caused this mess themselves! The Obama administration is already a disaster both in domestic and foreign policy!
CrusaderPatriot on March 18, 2009 at 5:11 PM
I’m telling ya, Barney Frank belongs in jail. Him and Dodd hold the bulk of the responsibility for this, and that fool Dodd ran for President.
Throw them all out.
saiga on March 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
fogw on March 18, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Hey a stalker.
Stop humping my leg.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Wow from Rush to AIG. How’s that fake outrage working for you idiots?
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I don’t dislike liberals, but I HATE LIBERALS WHO TRAFFIC IN LIES!
oldleprechaun on March 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I believe that’s either Chrissy, your pet poodle or your houseboy.
Gotcha, ya lying liberal turd.
fogw on March 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Great fire, but not entirely accurate. Dodd did not “make” this happen. The bonuses are contractual and are not touchable- or are they?
And here’s what I am curious about- why was it necessary to add that paragraph at all?
Is there something we don’t know that would have allowed the unraveling of the contracts prior to the new law?
drjohn on March 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM
booter on March 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
I agree with you, I would be just a shocked to hear Olberman go off on the democrats as I was to hear Shep do it, but it is a message that needs to be heard by more people. Thankfully Fox is by far the most watched cable news show in the country and the word seems to be getting out there that Democrats in congress are much more to blame for this mess than some fatcats on wallstreet who have to work with the rules that congress writes. Everyday Americans are REALLY pissed about these bonuses, and Shep pointed out that they should be even MORE pissed at congress because they not only enable this kind of activity, they had the power to stop it and decided not to at the last minute. Now they have the nerve to hold these stupid “fact finding” hearings and grill the very man they installed at AIG to clean up this mess.
Mord on March 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Stop humping my leg.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Confucious say: “never rub male dog’s belly”.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Another one fascinated with crap.
Dude.
Creepy.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Wow! Hey folks, let’s vote: quote of the day?
Isn’t that like Pelosi saying she’s non-partisan?
Libs are never hindered by truth.
Christian Conservative on March 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
you must be a masochist.
Mord on March 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Christian Conservative on March 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Stay out of my voting booth please.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Translation: there’s plenty of Democrat blame in this one.
ddrintn on March 18, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Is getalife the bottom rung troll who has to show up on the threads the heavyweights(lol)and DeathtoCorduroySlacks(they chafe) cannot be bothered with?
Indulge me. I am relatively new here.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 18, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Nah, just an American with an opinion enjoying freedom.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
FIFY
thomasaur on March 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
And Republicans.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 18, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Naw, just another alledged independent afraid of admitting he’s a liberal. An independent is someone not afraid of admitting the truth when it comes to the incompetence of our elected leaders and questioning their judgement.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Now see what you guys have gone and done. Getaclue is stuck on instant replay. Bet s/he/it is banned from DicKOS.
Poor thing is mired in the swamp of misery that defines liberalism.
Starting to smell like old fish and bad company.
kooziegirl on March 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Freedom of party and ideology allows an open mind to support what is best for the country.
A real American thinking country first.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Getalife is in dire need of a brain cleansing with a .30-06.
Sakaki on March 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM
No, you’re an asshole, don’t sell yourself short……
BigWyo on March 18, 2009 at 5:36 PM
+1
Asshole in training. Not all growed-up yet.
kooziegirl on March 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Freedom of party and ideology allows an open mind to support what is best for the country.
A real American thinking country first.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM
However your mind is not open when you blindly support and almost never question this administration. (I did catch your disdain regarding Obambi’s support of veterans paying for their own combat related injuries, with the exception of questioning whether it’s true or not.) If you are truly Independent, then you are fooling yourself or maybe you need an intervention.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Dodd just admitted it was him that inserted the clause for the bonuses to avoid lawsuits.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:41 PM
I love this man! (in a hetero sense, I mean..) Clarity that I’ve been starved for, rarely heard on TV..
Quetzal on March 18, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Fixed
Knucklehead on March 18, 2009 at 5:42 PM
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:39 PM
When he screws up, I will say so.
He is trying to clean up a crisis and I will support him because I never ever want my country to fail.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM
When he screws up, I will say so.
He is trying to clean up a crisis and I will support him because I never ever want my country to fail.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I have yet never heard anyone say that they want this country to fail. If they did then they need to be paraded in front of cameras and exposed for the liars they are. All I have heard is that they and I want this Prez’s policies to fail. This Prez is a liar. Remember, he took over 100k in donations from AIG. Just under the amount Dodd received. And for this idiot proclaiming or feigning shock at them getting their bonuses just show what liars Congress and the Prez is.
FlyoverJ-HawkFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Translation: It only counts when I blame George Bush for everything. Otherwise, I am a massive, massive hypocrite for saying that the blame game is a distraction that gets nothing done whilst reflexively blaming Bush for everything. Thus getting nothing done via a distraction.
mjk on March 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Good one Shep! Kick those lying bastards!
GarandFan on March 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Looks like Shep ranted about the wrong one.
It was Dodd and somebody in the Treasury that inserted that clause and Dodd lied about it.
Go get em cons.
getalife on March 18, 2009 at 5:53 PM
The game you’re playing is boring us. You got caught. Man up.
fogw on March 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM
This financial meltdown caused by the Dems is going to make Watergate look like a girl scout cookie sale. There will be Donkey blood in the streets when this is all over………
adamsmith on March 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Make no mistake, dammit; Barney Frank is no idiot. Meyer Lansky, Carlo Gambino, Charles Luciano, Carlos Marcello, and Sam Giancana were not idiots either. Benjamin Siegel was also not an idiot; he was just bugsy.
Pelayo on March 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM
I have never been a fan of Shep Smith – but if he keeps this kind of attitude and reportage up that may well change. Hear hear! Well said, sir!
sondiehl on March 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I haven’t read the previous comments yet, but hey, it looks like someone feels the pressure of Glenn Beck on their heels. See, this is why competition is better in business.
carbon_footprint on March 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Originality has nothing to do with it, the doofus can’t recite the alphabet without a teleprompter. He had the freakin’ thing at yesterday’s St. Paddy’s Day party at the White House. How hard is it to wish the head honcho of Ireland a Happy St. Patrick’s Day?
jimmy2shoes on March 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM
I’m not a fan (like many others here), but I have to say this is Shep’s finest hour.
Bugler on March 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM
You can’t blame him for being angry. Now, do the people who voted for the Dems and voted for Obama feel they were conned? If not, did they know that they voted for this fraudulent cabal?
stonemeister on March 18, 2009 at 6:25 PM
I haven’t had much use for Shep Smith since his hysterical (and wildly inaccurate) reporting from New Orleans during Katrina — but he has gone some distance in redeeming himself with this no-nonsense critique of the despicable circus going on in DC over the AIG bonuses.
cruadin on March 18, 2009 at 6:29 PM
That was incredible!!
You know,, how wonderful it is when someone in the press actually does their job and reports the facts!!
Where is the rest of the media????
I already know that answer.
JellyToast on March 18, 2009 at 6:31 PM
That is what all libs say when their prez worsens a dem congress’s recession.
Johan Klaus on March 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Shep way to hit the mendacious hypocritical criminals on capitol hill…
Now I wish the likes of Hannity and Repubs who voted against these provisions would stop the class warfare. Calling the people at AIG “newly minted millionares”
January-March is HR musical chairs in NYC. In this case during March 2008, AIG gave contractual bonus guarantees to 73 people who represented over 50% of the contested bonus pool. I would suspect they are probably high value trader / sales and quant types who could have easily jumped ship for multi-year 7 figure contracts at that time. In fact the “bonuses” were contractual guarantees that they didn’t jump ship, they would make in 2008 what they made in 2007.
This was prudent managerial judgment, preventing a brain drain before any TARP money was received. The “bonuses” represent normal compensation levels for these employees.
phreshone on March 18, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Way to go Shep. And I do not think he even used a Teleprompter.
kahall on March 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Congressional incompetence.
Johan Klaus on March 18, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Yeah. Every time you open your mouth. You stink and the shit stuck between your teeth is impossible to miss.
csdeven on March 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM
I am not a Shepard Smith fan but he was telling the truth in this one. Go Shep!
Terri on March 18, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Heh. You won’t see that kind of segment on any other “main stream” news outlet.
watson007 on March 18, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I have an ex Air Force NCO working for me whose grammar is terrible. He’s also one of the most knowledgeable people I know about the system on which we work. And I’ve known some well spoken people who should know a lot more but don’t.
Having said that, the ex-AF guy’s grammar drives me nuts some times…:)
karl9000 on March 18, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Hear hear!
CP on March 18, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Liar liar pants on fire…. Bush… Iraq… Ring any bells in that empty head of yours????
doriangrey on March 18, 2009 at 8:58 PM
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