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Barney Frank: Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest…

On the recordAugust 18, 2009
Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. I have no interest in doing it.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Barney Frank responds to a woman comparing Obama to a Nazi, dismissing the conversation.

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