After over 30 years of service to his district in Massachusetts, Barney Frank has decided to move on at age 71. His district was redrawn and would have required lots of campaigning and fundraising, which he admits he hates. I'm not even 60 yet and I get exhausted just thinking about what campaigning involves. I hope he stays active and outspoken on issues he's championed over the years, such as gay rights and tough financial regulation. His district certainly appreciated him, reelecting him time after time.
Never one to mince words, I love his comments yesterday on dealing with the current House:
"The Republican Party today in the House consists half of people who think like Michele Bachmann and half of people who are afraid of losing a primary to people who think like Michele Bachmann. And that leaves you very little ability to work things out."
Right you are, Mr. Frank. Good luck in your next endeavors, and may your district's next Representative serve them as well.
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Yes, our nation needs the intelligence and conscience of Barney Frank. Hopefully he'll appear frequently on a national network, perhaps even be more effective outside of Congress. Even my ghoulish, right-wing Fox Shat splattered friends down at the gym have to admit he's witty and clever.
More welcome Mass. insight on the failure of the Super Comm: Sen. Kerry's quip (I shamefully paraphrase) "We had no chance of success with 'the nitwit, narcissistic, self-aggrandizing, toxic runt' Grover Norquist as the 13th member of the committee."
Mordecai Ham
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