You have to admire the audacity of someone who says “If you think I’m unethical, your definition of ‘unethical’ is wrong.”
You have to admire the audacity of someone who says “If you think I’m unethical, your definition of ‘unethical’ is wrong.”
The Boston Herald is on corruption patrol today:
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank admitted he helped his ex-lover land a lucrative post with Fannie Mae in the early 1990s while the Newton Democrat was on a committee that regulated the lending giant — but he called questions of a potential ethical conflict “nonsense.”
Barney Frank is not only corrupt, he's proudly corrupt
Well, duh! Barney’s a liberal Democrat. With most of the media, that ends the discussion. But the fascist Herald is unmoved so Barney adds:
“If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in conflicts),” Frank told the Herald last night.
This reminds us of the thief who attempted to palliate his act by telling the judge, “If stealing makes me a crook, then my whole gang are crooks, too!” Our sentiments exactly. Likely Barney recognized the flaw in that logic, for then he played his trump card (no, not the “raaaaaacist” one:)
“It is a common thing in Washington for members of Congress to have spouses work for the federal government. There is no rule against it at all.”
We don’t mean to quibble but it likely wouldn’t matter if there were such a rule. Don’t go by us, just ask New York Congressman Chuck Rangel whose wrist did not stop smarting for several minutes after he ran afoul of those vicious rules Congress makes.
And he’s not the only one who “suffered” the cruel wrath of Congressional ethics. Why, the complete list would fill a … Congress!
Oh, that Barney Frank. What a cut-up. What a card. What a wild and crazy guy. Why, no one can crack a joke about assassinating the Vice President of the United States like this guy.
Oh, that Barney Frank. What a cut-up. What a card. What a wild and crazy guy. Why, no one can crack a joke about assassinating the Vice President of the United States like this guy.
Of course, this is not defined as heated rhetoric. No. This is witty and sophisticated because a liberal said it.
Barney Frank is attempting to rewrite his legacy even before he leaves Congress. And if there were ever a legacy in desperate need of rewriting, it would be Frank’s.
Barney Frank is attempting to rewrite his legacy even before he leaves Congress. And if there were ever a legacy in desperate need of rewriting, it would be Frank’s.
You'd still be old, Barney, but you might not be as tired if you'd stop making boinky-boinky with men half your age
The Boston Herald has the details of Barney’s interview with three college-age interviewers:
“I’m tired, and I think … it’d be nice to have some free time, not have to read a lot of stuff I don’t care about,” Frank said. “But I have this chairmanship. It’s an important time for the country.”
It must be reassuring for Frank’s constituents to know that the laws he passes are things he doesn’t care about.
“I’m in the middle of stuff, and I just … can’t walk away from it,” Frank told the youths. “I’m getting old and tired, and I’m working too hard, and this would have been a great job 20 years ago when I was 50 years old. It’s a lot of work now.”
… So why does he continue in politics after a 43-year run that includes his November re-election to a 16th term as a Democrat representing the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts?
“Now it’s a sense of obligation,” Frank, 70, told the three young people, who were from Montana.
It’s true. If we were Frank and frank, our sense of obligation would be immense. We’d feel obliged to stay in Congress and cover up our corruption and implication in the Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac scandals, the housing bubble and America’s economic collapse as long as is humanly possible.
Ol’ Barney says that it would be discrimination if gays and straights are not allowed to shower together. Think of it as his own personal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Drop The Soap” policy.
A true story from the Editor’s past: A kid from France transferred to my high school. How a kid from France ended up in that godforsaken corner of California I don’t know, but that’s neither here nor there. Frenchy Boy was in my gym class. He got an erection every day in the showers. As a result, he had no friends and I began developing an intense Francophobia.
With that as background, let’s move on to the Barney Frank story.
Ol’ Barney says that it would be discrimination if gays and straights are not allowed to shower together. Think of it as his own personal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Drop The Soap” policy.
“To accept the principle that homosexuals can’t shower with other people is a degree of discrimination that goes far beyond this. We don’t get ourselves drycleaned. We tend to take showers when we go to the gym; when we play sports,” Frank said.
Note to Congressman Frank: Playing grab ass is not considered a sport.
In other words, Barney Frank says, “Gays aren’t girlie. Oh, by the way, I left my purse at home” and Chris Matthews thinks, “Oooh, I wonder if it was the mauve one with the sequins.”
Please allow us to summarize this odd clip in one sentence:
A guy who told a national TV audience that he gets a tingle up his leg every time he hears Barack Obama speak interviews the guy who’s boyfriend ran a gay prostitution ring out of his basement.
In other words, Barney Frank says, “Gays aren’t girlie. Oh, by the way, I left my purse at home” and Chris Matthews thinks, “Oooh, I wonder if it was the mauve one with the sequins.”
In other other words, Barney Frank proves that gays aren’t girlie by being far more masculine than the guy who’s interviewing him.
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) predicts that serving on the Appropriations Committee in the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives will be a “great pain in the ass.”
If anyone would know about pain in the ass-ish regions, it would be Barney Frank. If you know what we mean.
We will not lower ourselves to put some mean-spirited, immature caption on this photo of Barney Frank. But don't let that stop you.
CNSnews.com has the painful particulars:
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) predicts that serving on the Appropriations Committee in the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives will be a “great pain in the ass.”
“Fascinating fact, apparently for the first time in anybody’s memory, members of Congress have declined seats on the Appropriations Committee,” Frank said. ”Republican members have said, ‘I don’t want to be on the Appropriations Committee.’ The Appropriations Committee, which has been a great plum, is now going to be a great pain in the ass because you’re going to be expected to come up with cuts in things that are very popular, et cetera.”
Barney Frank, pain in the ass. You know, some days this job is like shooting fish in a barrel. If we actually made any money at this we’d almost feel compelled to give it back.
We’re not all that interested in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. But we ran across this photo on the internet a few weeks ago and we’ve been looking for an excuse to run it.
Yes, of course, it's PhotoShop. But it's damn funny PhotoShop.
To tell you the truth, we’re not all that interested in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. But we ran across this photo on the internet a few weeks ago and we’ve been looking for an excuse to run it.
But in case you care, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the controversial regulation on Wednesday.
Fox News reports:
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Obama administration’s request for a temporary freeze of a California-based federal judge’s order telling the military to stop enforcing the policy…
Government lawyers sought to suspend the ruling while appeals were pending, arguing that it would pose a major problem for the military. They said it could encourage service members to reveal their sexual orientation before the issue is fully decided.
Seriously. The photo makes this whole story worthwhile, doesn’t it.
Longtime Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank has given his re-election campaign $200,000 as he faces his toughest race in years.
Barney Frank owns his Massachusetts district. That is, he’s never really faced a serious challenge, running up huge victory after huge victory, sometimes even running unopposed.
Until this year.
Barney Frank hopes this $200,000 loan will help him land a knockout slap
Politico.com has the surprising story of Frank’s funding problem:
Longtime Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank has given his re-election campaign $200,000 as he faces his toughest race in years.
A campaign finance report filed Tuesday showed that Frank, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services committee, lent himself the money Tuesday.
Frank, a 15-term lawmaker from Newton, Mass., raised $316,644 last quarter and reported more than $1 million on hand with no debts.
His campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The chairman is facing one of his toughest fights in recent memory against Republican Sean Bielat, a 35-year-old Marine veteran with degrees from Georgetown, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.
Republican Sen. Scott Brown won Frank’s congressional district, which President Barack Obama carried in 2008. Bielat has zeroed in on Frank’s service atop the financial services committee, indicating that the Democrat had a hand in the financial turmoil over the last few years.
He had a hand it in? That’s a delicate way of putting it. If they mean Frank was fisting the economy, well, yes, he had a hand in it.
An indelicate way of putting it, perhaps, but true, nonetheless.
CNBC can’t stomach Barney Frank’s “evolving position” on home ownership.
Make no mistake about it, when we say “evolving position,” we mean his butt-covering lie.
In 2005 Barney Frank said, “Those of us on our committee in particular will continue to push for home ownership.”
In 2010 Barney Frank’s position has mysteriously evolved into, “I was very much in disagreement with this push into home ownership, and I think the Federal government should not be artificially doing that.”
That was more than CNBC Power Lunch gang could take. They nailed Frank on his hypocrisy.
Apparently, Loretta Sanchez thought it would be a good idea to have one of the key culprits in the financial meltdown, Barney Frank, speak on her behalf in conservative Orange County.
The closer we get to the November elections, the easier it is to crank out all these IHateTheMedia.com stories every day. We don’t even really have to do any writing, because the increasingly desperate Democrats do it for us.
For example, Massachusetts Congressman and Fannie Mae flack Barney Frank winged his way west to campaign for embattled California Congresswoman and rumored tart Loretta Sanchez. Apparently, Sanchez thought it would be a good idea to have one of the key culprits in the financial meltdown speak on her behalf in conservative Orange County.
That’s where Frank came up with this gem.
Frank: “Now here is what apparently happened on Jan. 21, 2009 … if you listen to the Republicans. It was, after Pearl Harbor Day or 9/11 of 2001, the worst day in American history.”
Barney Frank knows a sinking ship when he’s on one. He actually used the word “dumb” while describing President Obama.
Portrait of a rat deserting a sinking ship
Barney Frank knows a sinking ship when he’s on one. He actually used the word “dumb” while describing President Obama.
The Hill has the money quote:
“President Obama, whom I greatly admire … when the economic recovery bill — we’re supposed to call it the ‘recovery bill,’ not the ‘stimulus’ bill; that’s what the focus groups tell us — he predicted or his aides predicted at the time that if it passed, unemployment would get under 8 percent,” Frank said Tuesday evening during an appearance on the Fox Business Network. “That was a dumb thing to do.”
It was dumb. Remarkably dumb. Perhaps even as dumb, Barney, as admitting on national television that Democrats allow focus groups to craft their message.
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused a scene when he demanded a $1 senior discount on his ferry fare to Fire Island’s popular gay haunt, The Pines.
As a member of the House of Representatives, Barney Frank is forced to scrape by on a mere $174,000 annual salary. So it’s no wonder he’s so interested in saving a buck here and there.
The New York Post reports the New York pout:
Barney Frank is very disappointed that he didn't get his senior discount
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused a scene when he demanded a $1 senior discount on his ferry fare to Fire Island’s popular gay haunt, The Pines, last Friday. Frank was turned down by ticket clerks at the dock in Sayville because he didn’t have the required Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID. A witness reports, “Frank made such a drama over the senior rate that I contemplated offering him the dollar to cool down the situation.” Frank made news last year when he was spotted looking uncomfortable around a bevy of topless, well-built men at the Pines Annual Ascension Beach Party. Frank’s spokesperson confirmed to Page Six that his partner, James Ready, asked the ticket office for a regular ticket for himself and a senior ticket for Frank, “but was turned down because Frank didn’t have a resident ID.”
We are so damn proud of ourselves. A story involving Barney Frank and a ferry and we didn’t go for the obvious joke.
Tongue firmly in cheek, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Tuesday afternoon called on reporters to demand to see the birth certificate of new Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii).
Barney Frank wants to see Charles Djou's papers. And maybe his boxers.
It’s no secret that Barney Frank is the most ridiculous man who ever lived. Seriously.
According to The Hill, the gift that keeps on giving has just done it again:
Tongue firmly in cheek, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Tuesday afternoon called on reporters to demand to see the birth certificate of new Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii).
As Djou was being sworn into office, Frank walked the hallway of the Speaker’s Lobby off the House floor calling on the media to “do your job” and review Djou’s papers.
Keep in mind that this is the guy who thought it was a good idea to say “I was suckered” in reference to the male prostitution ring being run out of his residence. The same guy who sought to fool the country over his culpability in the housing meltdown despite the dozens of internet videos showing that he had everything to do with it. And the same guy even attempted to further distance himself from that scandal by claiming that although he (snicker) had a boyfriend who worked for Fannie, it was no issue because that boyfriend (snicker again) only performed in an entry position.
Considering Frank’s history, we would like to take this opportunity to advise the good folks over at The Hill that they would be much better served in the future if they were to refrain from using the phrase “Tongue firmly in cheek” and the name “Barney Frank” in the same sentence.
Jason Mattera’s making quite a name for himself with his recent “unusual” interviews. In this one, he asks Barney Frank for advice on running a house of ill repute. And Frank is actually dense enough to continue the conversation.
Jason Mattera’s making quite a name for himself with his recent “unusual” interviews. In this one, he asks Barney Frank for advice on running a house of ill repute. And Frank is actually dense enough to continue the conversation.
Frank is now running a far larger house of ill repute and, unfortunately, it’s the American people who are getting screwed.
Apparently Democratic Congressman Barney Frank was harassed by protesters who called the openly gay congressman a “Homo Communist”. As a result of that slur, Frank told The Hill that it is “unfortunate” that Tea Party proteters took to spewing “bigoted, abusive, personal things” at him.
Apparently Democratic Congressman Barney Frank was harassed by protesters who called the openly gay congressman a “Homo Communist”. As a result of that slur, Frank told The Hill that it is “unfortunate” that Tea Party proteters took to spewing “bigoted, abusive, personal things” at him.
The article in The Hill continued, “Then the Financial Services Committee Chairman took a shot at a GOP member of his Financial Services Committee panel, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.). ‘Any movement in which the intellectual leader is Michele Bachmann is obviously going to be problematic,’ Frank said.”
Oh, well, that’s just Barney Frank being Barney Frank. He objects to being called a “homo Communist” but has absolutely no problem implying that Michele Bachmann is stupid.
And how about his use of the term “teabaggers” to describe Tea Party members. That’s not a slur?
In Barney’s career, he’s expected us to believe that he did not know his gay lover was running a whore house out of Barney’s basement, nor that another of his lovers was smoking marijuana because Barney “did not know what marijuana looked like.”
Those tall tales were tough enough to believe. But Barney’s going too far if he expects us to believe he doesn’t know what tea bagging is.
New Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown showed up on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Sort of. Actor Jon Hamm of AMC’s Mad Men portrayed Brown as a sexy, gyrating, and stripping senator who comes to life in Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank’s sexual fantasies.
New Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown showed up on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Sort of.
Actor Jon Hamm of AMC’s Mad Men portrayed Brown as a sexy, gyrating, and stripping senator who comes to life in Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Barbara Boxer, and Barney Frank’s sexual fantasies.
“Thank goodness I like a good laugh,” the new senator told National Review Online. “That was pretty funny. I wish I could host SNL some day. I’ve been watching it since I was young. Jon Hamm is great.”
Witnessing the dismantling of the Democrat Party, Barney Frank had a few frantic words for what’s left of the Air America audience on Saturday. Those damn 60 votes required for passing healthcare bill are just a technicality.
Witnessing the dismantling of the Democrat Party, Barney Frank had a few frantic words Saturday for what’s left of the Air America audience. Those damn 60 votes required for passing healthcare bill are just a technicality.
“Look, we have a serious constitutional problem…The 60 vote majority, it is outrageous…It is time top shut it down. It is anti-democratic.” And our personal favorite: “GOD DIDN’T CREATE THE FILIBUSTER.”
But not to worry, he says: those forty votes against healthcare are just from small states anyway.
Maybe God didn’t create the filibuster, but we think He might have brought us Scott Brown.
Sparks flew when CNBC’s Mark Haines tried to keep Barney Frank from misrepresenting what he had said. Poor ol’ Barney gets all hot and bothered, says, “This interview is over,” and walks off right in the middle of the interview.
The best part? Haines’ reaction: “Fine. Goodbye, sir.”
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
There are no red states. There are no blue states. There are only states where ACORN's already been indicted and states where they'll soon be indicted.
Naturally. Of course. Not surprised. Wouldn’t have expected anything less.
The same guy who led us down the primrose path on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now out there as ACORN’s loudest supporter.
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, may have pulled off the most widespread voter fraud in American history last year. They’re being investigated or have already been convicted in 14 states.
In response, Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachman proposed an entirely reasonable amendment that would have barred any organization under federal indictment from receiving funds from the mortgage reform bill.
But blatantly Barney Frank, ACORN’s congressional sugar daddy, saw to it that the amendment was removed, defeated, condemned to the ash heap of history. Remarkably, ACORN will now have access to up to $8.5 billion (with a “b”) from President Obama’s various “stimulus” schemes.
Frank claims ACORN isn’t eligible for any of the moneyOf course, this is the same guy who defended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and had a prostitution ring operating out of his condo.
Apparently the prostitution ring is still operating, but has moved its headquarters to Washington, DC.
Read the full details of the corrupt relationship between Frank and ACORN here.
The Sub-Prime Fiasco and the Obama Spending Fiasco. Parallel tracks meeting in the distance.
Have you ever noticed the strange parallels between the last year’s sub-prime loan fiasco and this year’s Obama spending fiasco?
In the subprime fiasco, people borrowed money to live far beyond their means. In the Obama spending fiasco, the government’s borrowing money to live far beyond its means.
In the subprime fiasco, everyone in charge knew the borrowers would never be able to repay their debts. In Obama’s spending fiasco, everyone in charge knows the government will never be able to repay its debts.
In the subprime fiasco, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd assured everyone that everything was ok. In Obama’s spending fiasco, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are assuring everyone that everything will be ok.
In the subprime fiasco, anyone who raised an objection was called a racist. In Obama’s deficit spending fiasco, anyone who raises an objection is called a racist.
In the end, there really is only one difference between these two fiascos. This one has a lot more zeroes.
Recall that this Massachusetts Democrat is the ethical paragon who once used his office to fix 33 parking tickets for his gay-prostitute lover before discovering that a prostitution ring was being run from his apartment.
Video #1 – Barney Fwank tells one story in 2005
This is also the same congressman who saw no conflict of interest when his (now former) romantic partner, Herb Moses, served as an executive at Fannie Mae while Frank served on the House Banking Committee and blocked tougher regulations on the banking companies.
Video #2 – Barney Fwank tells a different story in 2009
So we probably shouldn’t be too surprised that Barney Frank has no shame when it comes his role in the Fannie Mae implosion.
But now Frank’s doing a complete about-face and trying to pin the blame on conservatives.
Looks like he’s involved in another prostitution ring. Except this time he’s prostituting the truth.
