Oh, knock it off.
If Frank is ticked off, he doesn't need you to interpret for him.
If Robert wants to express a personal opinion, he's entitled. He does have them, you know.
Unless Zod is running for office, that was not a current event, nor did it make a meaningful comment about one. It was merely a general slam, based on the principle that slamming takes attention away from substantive discussion.
If you are disturbed by the way the conversation is going, you are just going to have to make a better case. You can't control the agenda forever. Your accusation that, because it has spun out of your control, someone else must be to blame is just ridiculous.
Oh, and incidentally -- that was an attempt at humor, wasn't it?