Clip the Quote or Expand It.
This is getting a bit of play. Here we have the conservative website “Real Clear Politics” pointing to a clip of Barney Frank speak the words, headlined…
… “We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government”
in the (financial) regulatory area.
And so google this up and we’ll see that newbusters, thefoxnation, the national review, heritage, dailypaul are leading the fight to point to Barney Frank’s quote that
“We are leading the fight on every front to increase the role of government”
in the (financial) regulatory area.
Or, I suppose, Barney Frank is leading the fight to increase the role of government in one particular front.
So it goes into this New Republic Jonathan Chait post which incorrectly cites the quote as looping in “among fringe-right websites” is incorrect, as it’s been looping in mainstream right websites.
Today I’m trying to find the fuller context for John McCain’s statement in his Republican primary battle in Arizona..
“I never considered myself a maverick. I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to the best of his abilities.”
Is there something about that second sentence which would refute the constant branding of himself as “Maverick” over the years in a similar way that the the next few words of the Barney Frank within the context of the debate moots the “every front”? I don’t think there is. Maybe I’m being overly reasonable in even asking that question.