Barney Frank to Announce Retirement

[MojoMan]

It's about time. Good riddance.

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[Rex Kramer]

About 15 terms too long. Good riddance.

 

[ShinerTX]

This guy has done an amazing amount of damage to the country. I would hope he could spend his retirement behind bars.

 

[majorwhiteapples]

Has anyone read his blatant lies about how he tried to avert the Fannie Freddie disaster in 2005 and then says this whole fiasco caught him by surprise?

Then he says Delay wouldn't let him do anything about Fannie and Freddie until 2007, umm Delay was gone in the fall of 2005.

Then he goes on and bashes Barry Goldwater and says that he is happy because he no longer has to be nice to people he doesn't not like.

This guy is the biggest terd to ever have been in the House of Representatives, what a disgusting person.

 

[HornHuskerDad]

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[mcbrett]

Did you guys know Barney Frank farted on live TV?

Decide for yourself:
This toot is a hoot

 

[A. BETTIK]

Good News! The bad news is the voters in his district will get to choose another criminal clown for the next forty years.

 

[RomaVicta]

You guys.

 

[BrothaHorn]

Take the money and run.

 

[Roger35]

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[Mr. Deez]

I'm not a big partisan, but occasionally the partisans are right. This is such a case. Frank is pretty worthless. Not a lot of good legislation out of him but a lot of dirty politics, obnoxious rhetoric, and partisanship.

And it isn't about his politics. He's no more liberal than the rest of the Massachusetts delegation. He's just more of an a$$hole.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

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[general35]

he should be proud. he is one of the primary architects of the global banking collapse.

 

[majorwhiteapples]

When it comes to ethical violations:

Newt is to Jim Tressel as Bernie Frank is to Joe Paterno.

 

[general35]

Frank is closer to Sandusky than Paterno. Old Tip had to take him aside on more than a few occassions and set him straight.....

 

[dheiman]

Despite the redistricting that would have ended Fat Barney's run anyway, this was the most patriotic act in his life. Never before has he done so much to help his country.

 

[I35]

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[Gone To Texas]

Speaking as a gay individual, I'm thrilled about this news and hope that Barney Frank fades into Bolivia. I have long been disturbed by his status as the de facto "gay representative" in Congress and look forward to someone less intolerable taking his place hopefully in the near future.

 

[BrothaHorn]

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[Perham1]

It's "fade into Bolivian", btw. Not a flame, but the joke misses its punch if you don't get it right.

For the most part I liked Frank. He was acerbic, partisan, cutting, sometimes witty, sometimes not. I'd rather have more of his type than less. On both sides of the aisle.

 

[I35]

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[Mr. Deez]

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[majorwhiteapples]

As a steward of the nation’s purse during the financial crisis Mr. Frank may not have succeeded, but he did quite well personally. Unusually, Mr. Frank’s personal finances sailed right through the downturn. In 2006 he reported assets valued between $525,020 and $1.6 million; by 2010 Mr. Franks’ net worth had soared to between $1.9 million and $4.6 million, with nary a down year in between. No wonder he can afford to retire.


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[314]

Elena Kagan is gay. She can carry the flag for you.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

Good Riddance, pt. 1Good riddance, pt. 2