Prisoners of Hope - RAI with Thomas Frank (6/9)

[@65minimom]

Paul Jay, thanks always the best interviews

[@jet-fury]

The world needs more Tom Franks

[@rickbishop5987]

Thanks again Paul Jay. Real TV is getting better and better.

[@icantalk710]

Thank you for having Thomas Frank on, Paul; very enlightening conversation to follow!

[@kirabarsmith9353]

Really enjoyed this series with Thomas Frank, thank you!!

[@johnsolo1439]

It makes my stomach turn knowing Thomas Frank is not on EVERY Network being interviewed

[@JamesOGant]

He's so right about Obama. We were really all fooled.

[@Travie_Law]

I'd like an "Obama years in depth," with Thomas Frank.

[@mutusdumbas]

This series really showed that to me Paul is the best interviewer/reporter in all media. Thomas Frank is a tricky guy to interview because he lacks some backbone (not meant in a bad way), and I understand why he can't have a simple, clear, unapologetic view on everything. Great series of 6 episodes as always, he appeals to me because he is not biased with American-Exceptionalism. Turns out that this is extremely important when talking US news with US citizen.

[@65minimom]

Eisapeita HyseHøst Yes but dr frank has backbone just confused, conflicted re his hope with dems p Paul Jay is def best ever

[@kenbranaugh8251]

Looks like a helluva man to me. Don't let his non aggressive posture fool you. ( always take you by surprise)

[@oneeyedmonster9827]

Been waiting patiently for the final installment! Thanks!

[@UniquePerspective]

The reason the polarize people is make them think they are different from each other. But they are exactly the same.

[@condew6103]

Yes, like that phrase that's so popular "The white working class". Typical Hillary, creating division. I see only a working class, some of whom are women, some men, some white, some people of color. But they all work for a living and they all should get pay and benefits that give them a pretty good life. But Hillary could not stop condemning the "white working class", and then when they didn't turn out to vote for her, she blames them! An article on the Carrier plant that was closing during the election described the workforce as "half women, half men, half black, and with a smattering of recent immigrants". If you believe the bullshit Hillary and the DNC are pushing, the women and people of color who were put out of work should be overjoyed that white men were put out of work, and never mind their own livelihood was exported, too.

[@zzendawgie]

Im addicted to these thomas frank interviews

[@stregadisalem732]

I never admired Obama. I knew immediately that there was nothing behind hope and change except lofty elegant language.

[@airmark02]

hey stregadisalem ~ 🙂 you are smarter one , because it took me until 2010 to figure out what a " Phony " Obama was & still is.

[@gevdarg]

Really looking forward to Frank on the '90s and the Obama Years...gah!!

[@justgivemethetruth]

Thanks, this is an excellent series.

[@johnnycto7576]

What is good, is that people are waking now. It might take a long time, but their eyes are opening.

[@elsiegel84]

Blew it, hell, we were betrayed by a slick, smooth talking, pretty-faced film flam man named Obama.

[@adamlynch6954]

Edward Siegel that is totally ridiculous

[@condew6103]

Actually, the betrayer was Bill Clinton, aka "Slick Willy". He was the inventor of "Where are they gonna go" politics with two pro-business parties and nobody looking out for working people. Not that Republicans look out for anybody who's not rich, but Democrats were the party of working people and abandoned them, so they deserve special condemnation for knowing what was right but selling out. Compared to Slick Willy, Obama was just a "me too". It's kind of poetic justice that when Bill Clinton's betrayal was exposed, it was his wife, Hillary who lost because of it.

[@65minimom]

condew HacDC Hillary was worse! she was the power behind Bill Clinton, we dodged a bullet wi her so as bad as trump is at least he is an obvious idiot. Vote 3 rd party

[@coojsta69]

Edward Siegel E Michael jones on neoconservatives. . type that into youtube and have a listen. . communitarianism ( Nick Spero & Larklin Texas ) type that in aswell. ..

[@jeffmurray1681]

Edward Siegal, you are absolutely correct. Obama had a perfect storm of events, rhetoric/policy promises, and support to pull this nation from the precipice of doom and instead he knowingly betrayed the American people. As Frank points out, we may never get another opportunity like that. Because of that, Obama will always be the worst president ever in my mind.

[@searose6192]

So ecellent. RAI is my new favorite series tied wuth RT's Crosstalk ( also brilliant and informative)

[@sirisaacmormont5445]

Mr. Frank seems completely heartbroken. Obama hit him right where it hurts.

[@Philbert-s2c]

A lot of people had high hopes for Obama and really thought that change was possible with him. I had already been disillusioned during the Clinton years so I didn't expect much after 2008. I wasn't disappointed.

[@earthie48johnson73]

HOW DISAPPOINTED we LEARNED about Obama as he took his Presidency! Truly, I KNEW Obama is a CAPALIST, after watching all their DEBATES! The only difference between he & Hillary is that he did NOT vote for the Iraq Invasion ........ but if he was a Senator then ........ would he; and I say YES! Obama is a CLONE of Bill Clinton! Speak WELL, win us over, just to DECEIVE US, once they are in office! When we Study our History, one will learn that it took the Traitor Democrat's (Clinton, Obama, Hillary) to BETRAY the Democratic Party, to do the Undercover Business of the Republican, 1% Party! It's so sad, that the MAJORITY of Americans could give a SHIT about their NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, too many of them VOTE FOR SELFISHNESS, and WHY we have the TRAITOR'S in Washington as we do! For they VOTED for the pos's in office, HOPING their LIVES would be BETTER, all while, they are is total MISERY! YET THESE SELFISH, RACIST ASSHOLES VOTE FOR THESE SAME BASTARDS, THAT IS MAKING THEIR LIVES AS BAD AS IT HAS BECOME!

[@philliplopez8745]

Patriotism , The last refuge of scoundrels.

[@SLAVEforLISA]

Paul Jay is AWESOME! Thank Goodness for Thomas Frank. I wish he and Richard Wolff would go on tour together and rally the masses! Bernie might then actually get over the hump and save our economy and planet!

[@65minimom]

larry pool but not with the dems, only 3rd party

[@eXcommunicate1979]

Add in Mark Blythe for the economic angle.

[@scotty6124]

I could listen to these two talk all day.

[@amritawhitman8112]

Great interview! Thanks!

[@suzanneharris8339]

Thomas remains perfect blend of knowledge & eloquence. Great interview.

[@justgivemethetruth]

This country is gone .... we need to build a new country from the fascist ashes of what we have now.

[@Michael_Maxfield]

The only thing I didn't like about this interview is it ended just when it was getting to the meat of the discussion. Please have Thomas back on, Paul, to address the stranglehold of the duopoly.

[@marciukspuks5353]

one dot that Thomas never connects in this 6 part series is democrats agreement under carter to balance the Federal budget. that is the actual starting point of neoliberalism. without the balanced budget agreement Reagan and Clinton would never even come to be.

[@dougen9237]

Yes, this is extremely important! Most Dems even now stupidly believe that Bill Clinton did a very good thing by balancing the budget (by slashing social programs) at the end of his term, something Hillary constantly praised and few Dems criticized in 2016. And yes, Carter and his Trilateral Commission friends started this trend.

[@spiceinsights]

Every Thomas Frank video is important to watch

[@CaliforniaGirl-qk5kq]

Hilary blew it. While Trump had Bannon as a strategist, Hilary had Podesta. How lucky she is that now she can blame everything on Putin and Russia. No need for self evaluation. She clearly did not know how to communicate with the Rust Belt voters and she took Rust Belt voters for granted. She also was impacted by WIener sending photos of his crotch to the under aged girls (that triggered second Comey investigation).

[@crystalparker100]

Barack Obama's failure is far more depressing than Donald Trump. Yes, it is.

[@terrycurtisd4111]

Eisenhower said it best ... we are becoming a military industrial complex. We should not mix patriotism with militarism. Of course when there was the conflict between USSR and USA we had to be vigilant. However, USSR was totalitarians and it was that form of government that makes us as Americans anxious. This is a great set of discussions with Thomas Frank

[@robbiem4624]

I moved to Redding when I was turning 10 in 94 and not by choice and sadly have never been able to afford to move.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Only 413 views??? How sad.

[@missingpiece2071]

Time Stamp 17:40 perfectly described Obama

[@diankreczmer6595]

do not kid yourself, we do follow politics. it affects our lives

[@carolwagner-sudol3792]

Mr. Frank: Trump may be incompetent, the other side is completely corrupted. We've got a federal gov't that needs a party that represents the majority of voters, the INDEPENDENTS.

[@davidchmielecki2967]

It is class war.Call it as it is.That is not suppose to be talked about.

[@ToanNguyen-kk1rs]

WOW. I wonder what Thomas Frank will write about Biden?

[@65minimom]

So Dr Frank, I respect you so much so why not write a new book re support of 3rd parties? The duopoly is dead, we need better choices, the system is corrupt which you pointed out brilliantly so why not forecast the hope for America of the future & the path to take forward? Bernie Sanders, hero of progressives will never be permitted to succeed w the dems so now what?

[@TedApelt]

I'd like to think that all those Democrat failures were "blunders", but I fear that the reality is much darker. Funny how all these "blunders" result in a transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top (www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/12/america-income-inequality-wealth-net-worth-charts/), isn't it? I think this video explains the situation best: act.represent.us/sign/the-problem/?source=homepage_2

[@thomasivesdal-tronstad4648]

George W. Bush and the wreckin' crew.

[@cobbycoolette]

And his oil boss Dick Cheney.

[@julieannmyers8714]

Did you see the movie "Vice"? It's a little long, but fascinating... although gut-wrenching to relive those days. Bale nails Cheney... a complete psycho and scary smart.

[@puti2147]

BAN all party systems ( Are Corrupted or Corruptible ) and implement the Individual Representative System where People elect their Area wise Representative without Party Affiliations having just 2 Years term limitations.

[@adamlynch6954]

enough with the Thomas Frank stuff already guy is totally unfair towards Obama rewriting history...