Posted on 09/15/2009 8:20:28 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Even on a network not known for giving liberal politicians a tough time, this could go down as one of the more craven performances . . .
Interviewing Barney Frank this morning on proposals to regulate the financial markets, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan seemed set on appeasing the notoriously rude representative. Ratigan had surely seen the video of Mark Haines' CNBC interview of Frank back in June, and was determined not to suffer the same fate, in which Frank ripped off his earpiece and ended the segment short.
Even before posing his first question to Frank, Ratigan began by laying a sop at the great man's feet: "I know you're working very hard on this legislation. And before we begin, I had a lot of folks come to me and say listen, make sure you thank the representative for his efforts to try to deal with this. You are dealing with an incredibly complicated problem with a variety of issues. So I wanted to pass along the appreciation of your efforts before we begin this conversation."
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Ratigan sucks up to Barney ping to Today show list.
Oh lord, PUKE!
If you are a guy, Barney Frank is the last guy you want to be kissing up to.
How many people watch “Morning Meeting?”
Hey, Ratigan - you may want to dab your mouth a bit with your handkerchief after you’re finished servicing Mr. Fwanks. Cleanliness is next to godliness, you know.
Let’s see: me, Dylan’s mother, and a bedridden lady in Ames, Iowa whose remote control is busted ;-)
Absolutely unbelievable.
I never heard of Dylan Rattagan before but he sounds like a shameless sychophant, and a perfect fit for MSNBC.
Ratigan seemed to have a good thing going over at CNBC mostly discussing financial stuff. Wonder why he decided (?) to go over to the dark side at MSDNC... Maybe he was demoted?
He was able to hide them better when he was at Fast Money.
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