Barney Frank Admits To Helping Lover Land Job at Mortgage Giant in ’91

The fact that Barney Frank would refer to criticism of him using his influence as a pol to get his boyfriend hired for a job as "nonsense" proves once again just how much of a hypocrite liberal politicians are on....everything:

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.”


“If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in conflicts),” Frank told the Herald last night. “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.”


Frank said he helped his former longtime companion, Herb Moses, land a job at Fannie Mae in 1991 after Moses graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from Dartmouth College. Frank said he was approached by a Fannie Mae executive and vouched for Moses, who formerly worked as an economist in the Department of Agriculture.


“(The executive) said, ‘Herb applied for a job,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I think he’d be great. He’s an economist and he’s got an MBA,’ ” Frank said, recounting the conversation. “He was hired to an entry-level position.”


Asked if he should have disclosed his efforts to help Moses land the job at Fannie Mae, Frank said: “It was widely known. It was out there in the public. It’s nonsense.”


Congressional Republicans pounced on the embarrassing revelation.


“Just when you think you’ve heard the worst, Democrats in Massachusetts take shameless politics to a new low,” said Tory Mazzola, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. “The fact that Barney Frank didn’t see this as a conflict of interest is alarming by itself, but it’s so deceitful that it really shows voters that he’s not looking out for them in Washington.”


Moses, who lived with Frank in Washington at the time, worked for Fannie until 1998, when he left the mortgage behemoth. Moses, who could not be reached for comment, and Frank split up that year.

Barney Frank's Boyfriend Heckles GOP Opponent

Mediaite.com:

Apparently heckling is the new attack ad. Here’s the latest heckling vid to be making the rounds. After exiting a debate with Barney Frank at the WGBH studios in Boston on Thursday GOP opponent Sean Bielat was in the midst of giving an interview outside the studio when he was heckled by a passerby. By all accounts the passerby was none other than Frank’s boyfriend James Ready.


Just to be clear, by heckling we mean that Ready (allegedly) walked up to Bielat in mid-interview with a handful of reporters (seemingly much to the amazement of everyone there) and started insulting him. The exchange was caught on tape by Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge.

Barney Frank Was Present At Gay Lover's Marijuana Bust

FOXBoston.com:

FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready's home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank.

According to a police report, police charged Ready with marijuana possession, cultivation and use of drug paraphernalia in August of 2007. Ready admitted to civil possession and paid a fine. The remaining charges were dismissed in 2008.

Sources tell FOX25 that when Frank was questioned he told police that he did not live in the house and that he only smoked cigars.

Congressman Frank tells FOX25 that he was surprised and disappointed with what police found. He also tells us that he wouldn't recognize a marijuana plant if he saw one because he is, "not a great outdoorsman," and ,"wouldn't recognize most plants."

Bill O'Reilly & Barney Frank Talk ACORN Funding & Investigation

Always entertaining when these two get together.

Barney Frank Pwnes Obama Is Hitler Protester

When the Right stays silent on folks who compare Obama to Hitler, they warrant criticism from the Left in the same vein liberals deserved the heap of anger they got from conservatives when lefties did the same thing to former President Bush. It's another example of why extremists on both ends of the ideological rope just can't be taken seriously most of the time.

Bill O'Reilly vs. Barney Frank: Tie

The two combatants talk about the release of detainee photos, Obama's health care reform plan and the housing crisis. It gets a little heated at times, but it's fair to say that it ends in a tie.



Part 2

Politiks As Usual: In The News 4/27/09

Is Swine Flu 'The Big One' Or A Flu That Fizzles?

United Kingdom MP Jokes About Killing Miss California Carrie Prejean

State Attorney Threatens Locals: Marry 'Gays' -- Or Else

House Committee Approves Hate Crimes Act

Miss California Is Braver Than Some Pastors

Supreme Court To Decide Extent Of Federal Court Control Over Education

Barney Frank: Marijuana, Internet Gambling O.K., But Not 'Total Freedom' In Financial Matters

Plan B - Over The Counter And Off The Deep End

Patrick Leahy Demands 'Truth Commission' To Probe CIA

Janet Napolitano Apologizes To Veterans Over 'Extremist' Flap

Dennis Miller On Obama's BOW DOWN

Hilarious. Even funnier is the White House in DENIAL.

Barney Frank Has Public Meltdown At Harvard

Blame Bush!

Barney Frank Quote of the Day!

"Will you act your age and stop playing with that sign?"

- Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, blasting a group of Code Pink protesters for interrupting a congressional hearing

Politiks As Usual: In The News 3/23/09

On '60 Minutes,' Obama Rebukes Dick Cheney Criticism

We've Legalized Theft In America

Obama's Toxic Asset Buyback Plan Could Top $1 Trillion

Arlen Specter Welcomes All Rivals

CNN Parrots Mexican Claims That U.S. Guns Fuel Drug Wars

Florida Woman Admits to Forcing Daughter To Abort, Dumping Grandchild In Trash

Parade Names Mugabe World's Worst Dictator, Ignores Carter's Role

Tax Day Tea Parties: Over 1,000 Planned

Barney Frank Calls Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia A 'Homophobe'

Hugo Chavez Denounces Obama As 'Ignorant'

Reality TV Star Jade Goody Loses Cancer Fight

Shep Smith Chastises Democrats For Approving AIG Bonuses

Maybe if we got more of this kind of in-depth, fair-minded journalism more often, the mainstream press wouldn't be considered so inept.

H/T - The Anchoress

Dick Cheney Returns: Speaks On Obama, Terrorism And Financial Mess

As much as I respect Dick Cheney for continuing to speak out regardless of many on the Left who wish he'd just disappear (amongst other things), you have to wonder how good it is for the GOP for Cheney to reemerge? But then too, considering that liberals think the GOP is such disarray with no leader anyway, why do they even care what Cheney thinks?

Obama Threatens To Veto Democrats Over Bailout Dough

"Change" my ass. The Dems aren't even in control yet and their true colors are already starting to show:

Tested before taking power, President-elect Barack Obama privately delivered a pre-inauguration veto threat to fellow Democrats on Tuesday, saying they would not deny him use of the remaining $350 billion in federal bailout funds.

Obama coupled his threat with a promise to revise elements of the original bailout program that have drawn widespread criticism, pledging that billions will go toward helping homeowners facing foreclosure. Several Democrats said his commitments, to be made in writing, would be enough to prevent an embarrassing pre-inauguration drubbing for the president-elect when the Senate votes this week.

"This will be the first vote that President-elect Obama is asking us for. I'll be shocked and I'll be really disappointed if he doesn't get it," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut.

"This is a new beginning."

Behind closed doors, Obama also urged lawmakers to act quickly on the massive economic stimulus measure that his aides have been negotiating with congressional officials. The legislation will blend federal spending with tax cuts, and could reach $1 trillion in size, a measure of the nation's economic woes.

Put aside the quick fix for a minute. If Barack really wants a vote of confidence in his first 100 days as Prez, how about BO taking some time to consider making a clean sweep of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees, whose co-heads, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd, were the chief architects of this financial mess we're in? Now that'd be some "change" I'd like to see.

Bill O'Reilly Slams Barney Frank

Just in case you needed more proof that the Dems are mostly responsible for this financial mess we're, O'Reilly sticks it to one-issue, liberal pol Barney Frank.

9 Members Of Congress Who Should Resign Right After Larry Craig

John Hawkins is totally on point here:

There has been a lot of talk about Larry Craig's on again/off again decision to resign from Congress. Like most Republicans, I'm of the opinion that Craig should resign, but wouldn't it be great if he could take a few people with him?

Like who? Glad you asked! For starters, here are a few honorable mentions that probably deserve to be out of Congress -- or in jail if they're Republicans. Alternately, if they're Democrats, you can look forward to their serving in Congress for the next few decades.

Honorable Mentions: Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Congressman John Doolittle (R-CA), Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Congressman Alan Mollohan (D-WV), Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Ted Stevens (R-AL), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Congressman Don Young (R-AL)

That's enough of the warm-up act. Let's move on to the dirtiest players in the game...

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) & Congressman David Calvert (R-CA): Maybe I'm a little old fashioned, particularly after the moral fecklessness of the Clinton years, but I've always thought that anyone caught using the services of a prostitute isn't fit to be in Congress.

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT): When "Leaky" Leahy was the Vice-Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he regularly leaked sensitive classified information to the press in an attempt to undermine foreign policy decisions that he disagreed with. One of his leaks is believed to have actually gotten one of our Egyptian "assets" killed. He should have been sent to prison to break big rocks into smaller rocks for 20 years over his leaks, but instead he merely lost his seat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Congressman John Murtha (D-PA): The man congressional Republicans call "King Corruption" was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Abscam case -- who, upon being offered a bribe said he wouldn't take the money at that point, but might “change his mind”...“after we’ve done some business.” Despite his sleazy background, Nancy Pelosi supported Murtha in a failed bid for a leadership position in 2006 instead of urging to retire from Congress.

Senator Barney Frank (D-MA): Frank encouraged Larry Craig not to resign, which isn't surprising when you consider that Frank makes Craig look like Billy Graham on the moral front and yet he has hung around all these years. In case you don't remember, Frank used the services of a gay prostitute, allowed the man to move in with him, and then allowed the guy to run a prostitution ring out of his apartment.

Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA): Although he hasn't been convicted yet, he did end up with $90,000 of bribe money in his freezer. Unfortunately for the American people who want honorable members of Congress, but fortunately for "Cold Cash," "Mr. Freeze," or whatever you want to call him, being as crooked as a corkscrew didn't dissuade his congressional district from voting him back into office.

Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL): Back when Hastings was a judge, he was impeached by the House for bribery and perjury and removed from office. Amazingly or maybe not, given the sort of sleaze liberal districts tend to accept from their representatives, he went on to win election to Congress.

Senate Robert Byrd (D-WV): While it's always amusing to hear a Democrat chide the GOP for supposedly being racist and then turn right around and laud a former Exalted Cyclops from the KKK as the "conscience of the Senate," no former member of the KKK deserves to be a member of Congress.

Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA): The man Rush Limbaugh refers to as "The Swimmer" is notorious for leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown to death while he waited 10 hours before telling anyone because he wanted to plot a media strategy. Had the man been anyone other than a Kennedy, he would have likely gone to jail for manslaughter instead of going back to the Senate.

Someone once said that, “Politicians, like underwear, should be changed often, and for the same reasons.” After reading this list, it’s easy to appreciate how on-the-mark that funny little quip turned out to be.