(b. 1940– )
U.S. politician“On what planet do you spend most of your time?…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.”
more infosource: town hall meeting, Dartmouth, NH, August 18, 2009
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category: comeback, communication, dining room table, planet, politics, reality, town hall meeting
medium: political event
notes: A constituent in the audience asked Barney Frank: “Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy?” Frank responds: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” He calls her approach “vile, contemptible nonsense.” Frank closes with: “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.”
Barney Frank