{"id":4867,"date":"2011-01-29T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T16:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2011-01-29T16:54:50","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T16:54:50","slug":"barney-frank-clinton-is-cool-kid-at-davos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peter.murmann.me\/?p=4867","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: Clinton Is \u2018Cool Kid\u2019 at Davos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I like Barney Frank more and more. When he retires, he can perhaps tour the country as a stand-up comedian. Here is his most recent humorous press interview courtesy of the WSJ<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Barney Frank, the witty Democratic congressman from Massachusetts,  held forth on a number of topics during an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters Saturday morning at Davos. Among the more random questions put to the long-serving congressman: Can Bill Clinton—whose Thursday evening talk was one of the conference’s best-attended events—be considered the “Mayor of Davos”? “No,” Mr. Frank replied. “I don’t know what that means.“Instead: “He is the most popular kid in Davos High School.”“He may even go beyond Bono … He’s got that rock star plus the politico thing.” Mr. Frank was dressed something like a rock star himself, wearing a paisley tie that was wrapped almost completely around the outside of his collar. He had just emerged from a meeting of the world’s leading economic officials, including European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet. Reporters asked him whether Mr. Trichet had expressed worries about inflation. No, he said. They asked again; that began to annoy Mr. Frank. “I am terribly sorry. Look, I understand not giving bad news to journalists is like not giving candy to children. But I apologize I have no bad news to give you.” One reporter would not be dissuaded: There was no discussion of inflation? “That’s the third time you’ve asked me, and you would obviously like me to say there was inflation, and I can’t make it up!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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