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Rep. Barney Frank: Republicans Are Trying To "Blame Us"
"It's part of a pattern in which the Republicans who were the ones responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the bad times incredibly tried to blame us. Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House in 1995 through 1998, for four years. during that period, he never moved anything to restrain Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. His fellow Republicans continued to control Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until the end of the 2006. George Bush tried to get Congress to do something about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, although he was contradictory there and the Republicans refused. Nothing happened to restrain those two entities from doing things they shouldn't have been doing until Chris Dodd became chair of the committee," Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told MSNBC.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/16/rep_barney_frank_republicans_are_trying_to_blame_us.html
LMFAO!!!!
BOR owned this pedo
Owned again.
FUBF!
Barney Frank - Liar
Incompetent
Pedo freak.
Liar
Incompetent thief.
Liar and pofs commie gay thug
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333 = there are 9 posts on this thread and they are all from you
why don't you cut out the middleman and get off line and just talk to yourself
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he spilled over. he's not fat.
i missed your thread saying chris christy was a greasy fat bastard, 33.
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333 = there are 9 posts on this thread and they are all from you
why don't you cut out the middleman and get off line and just talk to yourself
I'm gonna keep this one going since Barney Frank is piping up again lately.
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Are you going to share that favorite picture of yours of Barney Frank without his shirt with us today?
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Are you going to share that favorite picture of yours of Barney Frank without his shirt with us today?
The one of you two in the pool?
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Sorry not me. But I can tell from your gay projections that you wish it were you.
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Barney Frank has been caught flat out lying on this issue so many times it's pathetic. Unless somebody in his region can challenge him, he's not getting touched and worshippers are too stupid to call him out anyway.
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Rep. Barney Frank won't seek re-election
CNN ^
Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011 10:01:32 AM by Sub-Driver
Rep. Barney Frank won't seek re-election
Posted by CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) - Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, a 16-term Democrat, will announce Monday he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012........
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cn n.com ...
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Good riddance.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/195665...
(snip)
"This country has never had a Congressman like Barney Frank, and the House of Representatives will not be the same without him. For over 30 years, Barney has been a fierce advocate for the people of Massachusetts and Americans everywhere who needed a voice," Obama said in a statement on Monday, shortly after Frank formally announced his retirement at a press conference.
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"He has worked tirelessly on behalf of families and businesses and helped make housing more affordable. He has stood up for the rights of LGBT Americans and fought to end discrimination against them," Obama continued. "And it is only thanks to his leadership that we were able to pass the most sweeping financial reform in history designed to protect consumers and prevent the kind of excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis from ever happening again."
Obama added that Frank's "quick wit" will be missed on Capitol Hill.
"Barney’s passion and his quick wit will be missed in the halls of Congress, and Michelle and I join the people of the Bay State in thanking him for his years of service."
http://www.politico.com/politico44/wbarchive/whiteboard...
'FIERCE ADVOCATE': The White House has released this statement on Barney Frank's retirement from President Obama, who has been meeting with European Union leaders since around noon:
"This country has never had a Congressman like Barney Frank, and the House of Representatives will not be the same without him. For over 30 years, Barney has been a fierce advocate for the people of Massachusetts and Americans everywhere who needed a voice. He has worked tirelessly on behalf of families and businesses and helped make housing more affordable. He has stood up for the rights of LGBT Americans and fought to end discrimination against them. And it is only thanks to his leadership that we were able to pass the most sweeping financial reform in history designed to protect consumers and prevent the kind of excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis from ever happening again. Barney’s passion and his quick wit will be missed in the halls of Congress, and Michelle and I join the people of the Bay State in thanking him for his years of service.".
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Obama proving once again what an idiot he is.
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Happy trails, Sylvester.
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I wonder what moron will replace him.
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I wonder what moron will replace him.
What's Snooki doing for the next four years?
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lol @ celebrating.
I guess fannie/freddie will be hiring now that Newt is going to be back in office.
Kinda reinforces that crazy CT some ppl have about the revolving door between govt/corporations. Pendulum when their party is out of power.
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BOR owned this pedo
how the fuck can you post that bullshit? I don't care if you don't like Frank, that's fine... but this crap is the same kind of BS that Lawrence O'Donnell pulls on guests...
Bill O... yea... LOL... >:( fucking joke.
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Barney Fag needed to be called a traitor and a coward. Glad BOR put that disgraceful thief in his place.
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Glad he's leaving......he's been around way too long
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Should be heading to a federal pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary, not retiring.
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Should be heading to a federal pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary, not retiring.
;D ;D very nice!..you brought the funny instead of the usual dumbness....there's hope for you yet!
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;D ;D very nice!..you brought the funny instead of the usual dumbness....there's hope for you yet!
I'm sure you would love to share a cell w Barney Fag.
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I'm sure you would love to share a cell w Barney Fag.
Only if you're there as well...then Barney and I can tag-team you :D
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333 = there are 9 posts on this thread and they are all from you
why don't you cut out the middleman and get off line and just talk to yourself
:D :D :D
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:D :D :D
Do you want to be in the cell w andre and Barney?
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The Real Reason Barney Frank Should Quit
Fox News ^ | 28 November 2011 | Karl Rove
Posted on November 28, 2011 11:12:58 PM EST by Racehorse
It was because he was going to retire anyway, lost a favorite port town in redistricting and had a tough race last time.
Was this really why Congressman Barney Frank announced today he’s retiring from the House of Representatives?
Perhaps another reason was he’s no longer chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and like a lot of bullies, Mr. Frank found it’s not easy to be stripped of the power to torment and humiliate others.
Brilliant, but acid tongued and generally unpleasant, Mr. Frank ruled with an iron gavel, ran over critics with delight and treated committee members and especially Republican colleagues as lesser forms of life.
Mr. Frank’s departure in January 2013 will remove from the House one of its more offensive members. Until then, this petulant, abrasive and downright nasty Congressman will keep making his presence known.
However, it is unlikely that Mr. Frank is leaving for the reason he should depart Congress: out of shame for all he did to stop reform of Fannie and Freddie while there was still time to avert the disaster that almost took down the American economy.
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Fannie and, to a lesser extent, Freddie, were led by Democratic political power brokers, masquerading as mortgage bankers while advising Democratic presidents, vetting Democratic running mates, and plumping the election hopes of Congressional Democrats.
Mr. Frank is incapable of feeling shame, regret or a sense of personal responsibility. These are emotions for lesser beings. He’s leaving because of redistricting or to avoid having to raise money or facing those nasty little voters every two years. The House will be a better place for his departure.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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I'm sure you would love to share a cell w Barney Fag.
Just like you would love to share a pool with him.
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Just like you would love to share a pool with him.
Well at least his boyfriend won't be harassing the gop opponent in disguise like last time. As for a pool, maybe to toss him in w a few sharks and water snakes.
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33 is going to be pissed off when Bambam Frank is appointed Sec of the treasury next year.
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33 is going to be pissed off when Bambam Frank is appointed Sec of the treasury next year.
Yeah too bad corzine is no longer available to bama.
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Good riddance.
So let me ask you.. do you think an all republican house senate and exec is what the country needs to move in the right direction..
Like if the Legislative Exec and Judicial branches were all conservative republicans. Would the country be great then.. middle Americans
Please answer Carefully
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So let me ask you.. do you think an all republican house senate and exec is what the country needs to move in the right direction..
Like if the Legislative Exec and Judicial branches were all conservative republicans. Would the country be great then.. middle Americans
Please answer Carefully
Well seing what reid bama and pelosi did in their two years of terror - most sensible people don't want that mess either.
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http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2011/11/29/buh-bye-barney-a-video-tribute-to-a-lying-arrogant-sob
F Barney Fag and his gay harem of idiots and communists.
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Political Hay
Barney's Bubble
By W. James Antle, III on 11.29.11 @ 6:10AM
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Congressman Frank.
Barney Frank decided that introducing himself to a new set of constituents and asking for their votes was too high a price to continue wielding power. Thus with his congressional district redrawn, the Massachusetts Democrat will not seek reelection to Congress next year.
Holding a House seat for three decades is one thing. Being accountable to the voters is another. "If I were to run again I would be engaged full-fledged in a campaign, which is appropriate," Frank said, but clearly not, in his view, desirable.
Accountability hasn't always been Frank's strong suit. In his retirement press conference at Newton's city hall, the congressman expressed no regrets for his handling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during his past decade of service on the House Financial Services Committee, both as chairman and ranking member.
Frank was a cheerleader for policies that helped inflate the housing bubble that burst painfully in the 2008 financial crisis. Like many politicians, he encouraged lenders to relax their credit standards with the goal of promoting home ownership. According to one report, "Frank pushed [Fannie Mae] to loosen regulations on mortgages for two- and three-family homes, even though they were defaulting at twice and five times the rate of single homes, respectively."
The risks were obvious, but rising housing prices obscured the danger. Political activists and federal regulators were leaning on banks to approve risky loans, with government-sponsored Fannie and Freddie leading the way on subprime lending.
When new regulations were proposed, Frank accused supporters of worrying about the GSEs' financial soundess "to the exclusion of concern about housing." He steadfastly denied that there was anything wrong with the government-backed mortgage finance firms. Frank insisted "these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis."
Yet Fannie and Freddie failed, racking up at least 12 million risky loans and accounting for roughly 40 percent of those still outstanding. American Enterprise Institute scholar Peter Wallison, who has been fighting a lonely battle against efforts to pin blame for the financial meltdown solely on the private sector, has estimated that American taxpayers will find themselves on the hook for $300 to $400 billion as a result.
Like Fannie and Freddie, Barney Frank was also too big to fail. Instead of losing power for his contributions to the country's financial problems, he was allowed to co-author sweeping federal regulatory solutions. The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, written with the man who has been dubbed "the senator from Countrywide," may be second only to the health care law in terms of its unpopularity.
Dodd-Frank expanded the federal government's reach into business decision-making and paved the way for future taxpayer bailouts of troubled financial institutions. Policymakers who were asleep at the switch prior to 2008 were perversely rewarded with more power. But that's been standard operating procedure during Frank's thirty years in Washington.
Peter Wallison concludes that if Frank had acted earlier "legislation might have been adopted in the early 2000s that could have prevented the financial crisis and saved the taxpayers from severe losses." To be sure, that crisis had many causes that cannot all be laid at Frank's feet. And even Frank eventually admitted "it was a great mistake to push lower-income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it."
Nevertheless, Frank spent years evading the consequences of scandals that would have ended lesser pols' careers. Now that the prospect of mingling with the little people back in Massachusetts has apparently proved too much for him to seek another term, we should at least pause to remember Frank's "great mistake."
Letter to the Editor
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W. James Antle, III is associate editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Jimantle.
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http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2011/11/29/buh-bye-barney-a-video-tribute-to-a-lying-arrogant-sob
F Barney Fag and his gay harem of idiots and communists.
LOL @ "gay harem" :D
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Barney the bully: Congressman Frank’s other legacy
Dana Milbank, Published: November 29
The morning after his retirement announcement, Rep. Barney Frank scored an interview on NBC’s “Today” show, gaining the opportunity to act as an elder statesman in front of a TV audience of millions. Instead, the Massachusetts Democrat chose to quarrel with the interviewer.
“You said that your district has been redrawn in a way that would make it more difficult for you to win reelection,” host Savannah Guthrie said.
.“I didn’t say I wasn’t running because I was afraid I couldn’t win,” Frank retorted.
Guthrie asked for his response to those who take his retirement as a sign that the Democrats won’t win control of the House in 2012.
“I wish we could talk substance sometimes in the media,” Frank complained. “I know that’s against, kind of, apparently, the rules.” He went on to say that “I have decided not to serve until three months before my 75th birthday. I guess I don’t understand why that is so hard for people to grasp.”
The amiable Guthrie tried again. How does he feel about the worsening tone in Washington?
“Well, you exemplify what I think is a change in the tone,” Frank said. “You’ve managed to ask all sort of negative questions. . . . It’s ‘gotcha’ journalism. It’s ‘gotcha’ politics. And it does lessen our chances to get things done.”
The interviewer gave it a final attempt. Does Frank “feel any responsibility for your own role in, kind of, that tone that we do see in Washington?”
“Well, congratulations,” Frank said with derision. “You’re four-for-four in managing to find the negative approach.”
It was a chance for the nation to see what so many in the Capitol had seen up close over the years: That Barney Frank, liberal lion, gay pioneer and respected legislator, is also one mean and ornery S.O.B.
The media tributes to Frank have been generally glowing, praising his “authenticity and intelligence” and “his ability to cut the opposition in half without breaking an intellectual sweat.”
No question, Frank is one of the smartest on Capitol Hill and probably the most colorful. But he is also one of the most notorious bullies, known for berating staff, alienating allies and causing aides to cower in fear of his gratuitous and frequent browbeatings.
The stories are legendary: making a young network employee cry when he scolded her for trying to un-rumple him before a TV appearance; demanding that an aide “answer the [expletive] question” before giving him a chance to respond; asking a woman escorting him to a Chicago meeting, “Why do you care what kind of flight I had?”
The invective poured forth with great fluency. He asked critics: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” When the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim asked a question Frank didn’t like, he replied, “What is this, some kind of idiotic contest?”
Berating reporters rarely hurts a politician, and few could begrudge Frank an elegantly worded swipe at the opposition. But the gratuitous nastiness, to allies and especially to his own staff, have kept him from achieving far more in his three-decade career on the Hill. People who worked with Frank tell me that the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is “smart but not thoughtful.” He loved to fight and was a master of political combat, but he had little to show for it. He advanced gay rights, but trends have been moving in that direction anyway. He enacted the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, but the fiddling-around-the-edges legislation has pleased few on the left while antagonizing business.
This isn’t to take away from his role as a modern Mark Twain. “Conservatives,” he quipped, “believe that, from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.” And: “The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.” And: “I’m used to being in the minority. I’m a left-handed, gay Jew.” But in the end, Frank’s legacy is more that of an entertainer’s than a legislator’s.
The Republican strategist Karl Rove, writing on FoxNews.com, welcomed the retirement of the “petulant, abrasive and downright nasty” Frank. Rove, who knows something about nastiness, wrote: “Brilliant, but acid tongued and generally unpleasant, Mr. Frank ruled with an iron gavel, ran over critics with delight and treated committee members and especially Republican colleagues as lesser forms of life.”
The Republicans often deserved what they got from Barney. And, unlike Rove, I will miss Frank’s tart tongue. But he would have been a more successful lawmaker if he had learned that it’s sometimes better to hold it.
danamilbank@washpost.com
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You Won't Be Able To Unsee This Picture Of Barney Frank On The House Floor Just Now
Zeke Miller | Dec. 19, 2011, 4:33 PM | 324 | 4
The retiring-Rep. Barney Frank on the House floor minutes ago. His arm is in a sling under his jacket, following recent surgery on his thumb.
By the way, here is Frank's epic statement on his thumb injury (via POLITICO Huddle).
"I recently tore a ligament in my thumb, which was surgically repaired on outpatient basis this morning. The thumb is bandaged, and my arm is in a cast. It looks much worse than it actually is. This procedure had nothing to do with my recent decision to retire. In fact, I only discovered that the thumb was injured after I announced my decision. I have never used this ligament in performing my duties. I assume that people will not be surprised that I hope this will be the end of the discussion of this matter."
DON'T MISS: Barney Frank's Most Quotable Moments
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/you-wont-be-able-to-unsee-this-picture-of-barney-frank-on-the-house-floor-just-now-2011-12#ixzz1h1HKrUEe