Jonathan Alter's 'The Promise': Barney Frank To Hank Paulson 'F**k You! F**K You!'

The leaked portions of Newsweek scribe Jonathan Alter's "The Promise," which details President Obama's first year in office and is due out in May 18, continue to surface. And Alter's got more profanity-laced details of tense backroom meetings.

At the Washington Independent Aaron Weiner highlights another F-bomb festival, this time from a September 2008 meeting that included House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D - Mass.), Obama, John McCain, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and President Bush.

Frank was apparently incensed at Paulson's attempt to stop Democrats from criticizing the huge plan to bailout the financial sector -- in fact, it was Republicans who balked, Weiner observes. Here's Frank's blowup at Paulson:

Barney Frank muscled his way past Harry Reid and started yelling. "F-- you, Hank! F-- you! Blow up this deal? We didn't blow up this deal! Your guys blew up the deal! You better tell [GOP Rep. Spencer] Bacchus and the rest of them to get their s-- together!"

Earlier leaks of the book have included some embarrassing portrayals of White House adviser Rahm Emanuel. New York magazine had some choice bits about Rahm's anger at Bo, the Obama's family dog ("I'm going to kill that fucking dog," and his yelling to a male staffer: "Take your fucking tampon out and tell me what you have to say."

Comments

[JPMac]

10:44 AM on 05/07/2010

I don't think Hank swings that way!

[Michael Valentine]

04:02 PM on 05/06/2010

Barney Frank is passionate about this good, it's nice to have someone on our side pised off.

[squat6971]

11:44 AM on 05/06/2010

Barney is very Frank.

[Balancedrock]

11:03 AM on 05/06/2010

Barney Frank showed REMARKABLE restraint. Hank Paulson deserved nothing less.

[Chris]

03:59 PM on 05/06/2010

So then VP Cheney telling Leahy F You is ok in your book?

[MrsYasgur]

07:27 PM on 05/06/2010

Was it televised?

[InnocentBystander]

09:35 PM on 05/06/2010

I was outraged with Cheney. Why? Because his 'F*ck You' was in response to Leahy's question directly to Cheney as to why Halliburton got no bid contracts to handle the Iraq War logistics. The same company electrocuting our soldiers and putting rape victims in shipping containers. The same company whose incompetence is destroying the Gulf.

Context is everything Chris....

[jwws007]

09:28 AM on 05/06/2010

I think what Barney did was great, I want to say that to Paulson and the bankers every day

[JaneK13]

08:25 AM on 05/06/2010

Why are we not surprised?? Do you think the ciitizens of Barney Frank's District in Massachussetts are proud? Proud enough to re-elect him once again?

[PhilipTaylor]

08:20 AM on 05/06/2010

I think Frank was far more in control than MOST HUMANS UNDER A SIMILAR SITUATION --- THE LARGEST BANKSTER THEFT IN HISTORY FOLLOWED BY A $23.7 TRILLION LINE OF CREDIT to the SAME THIEVES!

That deserves a lot more than a few F1NG WORDS!

[PhilipTaylor]

08:17 AM on 05/06/2010

Why is Rahm just being Rahm --- OK?

[gimmeabreak444]

07:03 AM on 05/06/2010

i just cant believe that barney frank is the best that massachusetts has to offer.

[polysci101]

04:55 PM on 05/06/2010

In the British Parliament they shout worse things than that. I, frankly am happy for the frankness of Frank

[skyshoes]

05:49 AM on 05/06/2010

Was Paulson's response "No Barney not here.".. Sorry I like BF it was just too easy....

[sheaintsayin]

01:47 AM on 05/06/2010

There is a place for profanity, and I seem to end up there fairly often; no offense, non taken.

[prettybutterflies]

12:32 AM on 05/06/2010

I see kitty has claws....

[structurequity]

12:02 AM on 05/06/2010

as if power begets civility

[jwws007]

10:36 AM on 05/05/2010

that was greatc, he said what I'd like to say to Paulson and the banks every day

[Cleansweep]

09:06 AM on 05/05/2010

Here's the part I like........Barney Frank muscled his way past Harry Reid ........I wonder if it took everything he had?