Frank will not seek re-election
Massachuetts Rep. Barney Frank (D) will announce Monday that he won't seek re-election in 2012, sources told NBC News. The longtime lawmaker from the Bay State's 4th congressional district was expected announce his retirement after 16 terms in the House at an afternoon press conference.
The ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, Frank helped author the financial regulatory reform bill that passed through Congress in 2010, when Frank served as the panel's chairman. California Rep. Maxine Waters (D) is next in line to become ranking member of the committee.
Yeah, the reform bill that came about largely because of shenanigans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage lenders, big contributors to the campaign of... Yep, you guessed it, Barney Frank. Of course, none of that was revealed in the 2010 campaign - the media was too busy covering Frank's boyfriend heckling Frank's opponent Sean Bielat instead.
First Ted Kennedy, now Barney Frank - and Lurch is only one botox shot gone wrong away himself...
That is all.
8 comments:
Now if we could just undo the mess he made!! :)
Got to wonder who has what on him that is so bad that he and his FoFs can't block it anymore...
I think he just figured he couldn't make things worse all by himself, or get richer without any more blatant hipocrisy, or, maybe his boyfriend got caught with another "indoor garden" and to get him off the hook, this was the deal?
Glad I live in Ohio-land, where we merely risk trouble if our blasters have more than 31 aboard and our politicians are... well, let's just say I wouldn't trade them for the ones you have, as the lesser of two weasels is still a weasel, but the lesser of two.
SO now what is he gonna do? Spend more time in recreational Proctology?
I'll regret not being able to vote against him again.
(Yes, I'm one of his constituents. I like to think that I make up for it in other ways.)
cheers,
Daniel in Brookline
I think he's feeling the 'heat' from the ethics committee... :-) In ANY case, good riddance!
Never thought I'd be glad to hear that ol' Barney was "packin' it in!"
However I shall make an exception in this instance.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I have another possible theory......The corrupt midget is gonna make him the new MA gaming Commissioner.....
The timing of the announcement is just too much of a coincidence for my liking.
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