Barney Frank wants Cabinet post (HUD Secretary)

The Hill ^ | 9/7/09

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Barney Frank wants Cabinet post

By Bob Cusack - 09/07/09 05:07 PM ET

Rep. Barney Frank is interested in capping his political career as a member of the president’s Cabinet, according to a new biography of the Financial Services Committee chairman.

Frank (D-Mass.) told author Stuart Weisberg that he would like to be Housing and Urban Development secretary. However, the 69-year-old lawmaker stresses that his departure from Congress is not imminent.

He first wants to pass more legislation on affordable housing, saying, “I want at least two years with President Obama and a solidly Democratic Senate so that we can get the federal government back in the housing business.”

The last time a president appointed an openly gay Cabinet member happened during the Clinton administration.

Weisberg, who used to work for Frank on Capitol Hill, spent five years on his authoritative book, titled Barney Frank, The Story of America’s Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. He interviewed over 150 people, including compiling 30 hours of interviews with Frank.

Frank talks about how he struggled as a gay man growing up in blue-collar Bayonne, N.J. He dated women throughout high school and college, but knew he was gay at 13. Still, he delayed revealing his sexuality until he had established a foothold in the House.

[jla]

Barney Frank wants Cabinet post

And what does he intend to do with it?

[Paladin2]

I want a pony and some free pie.

[ConservaTexan]

He would enjoy a position on the President’s staff.

[bushwon]

Ew. This is bad on sooo many levels!!!

[bushwon]

Ew. This is bad on sooo many levels!!!

[RummyChick]

Why not? get him out of his senate seat..and the Administration will be out in 2012.

[SparkyBass]

“Cabinet”? More like “Water Closet”

[Doogle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5NrqqK60OI

[roaddog727]

Cabinet post!

How about a prison post.

As principal inmate in San Quentin.

[FlingWingFlyer]

As “the children” would say, “That is so gay!”

[Hammer Tym]

Yeah, the undersecretary for tight ends

[EGPWS]

WHAT???

Czar isn't an appealing title for the "back door man"?

[Drango]

sthwell....

[BobNative]

Do anything to get him out of Congress!

When was the last time that any HUD Secretary got anything done?

[bushwon]

Why not? get him out of his senate seat..and the Administration will be out in 2012.

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Well, I see what you mean on the political level; tho I hate thot of the guy who was pretty much responsible for the subprime crisis getting rewarded with a HUD cabinet post.

On a visual level, what he would do with a post...well that is gross on a lot of levels.... :(

What I would really like would be to see him lose a re-election bid and be unemployed :)

[GOPJ]

His "gayness" won't be a security problem because he's not "blackmailable". One of his former lovers ran a male whore house in Frank's basement ( that he says he didn't know about ) - and it didn't effect his electability. Teddy Kennedy tried to work with the KGB to undermine Ronald Reagan - and the press didn't care enough to report on the KGB documents - Kennedy dismissed it as nothing and the press went along.

So he's a liberal - but he's got a permanent press pass... we know this much - Obama's not going to appoint a conservative...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Fine with me, if they lock him in a cabinet!

[silent_jonny]

Barney Frank, Czar of Uranus

[counterpunch]

Barney Frank wants Cabinet post
And what does he intend to do with it?

LOL!
The table leg was no longer big enough.

 

[Astronaut]

Congwessman Bawney Fag wants to be Secwetawy Bawney Fag. Bawney Fwank is a piece of excrement and not fit for any job.

[Cyber Liberty]

I think it’s a great idea! I can’t wait for the confirmation hearings....

[La Lydia]

He is in the House. I, too, would like to see him to to the cabinet because he would exercise about a tenth of the power there that he does now, and thus be able to do less damage.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

What position do you think he likes? (maybe you better not answer that, LOL)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The competition for Cabinet posts is very stiff. But he’ll get it in the end.

[GOPJ]

His "gayness" won't be a security problem because he's not "blackmailable". Rumor has it one of his former lovers ran a male whore house in Frank's basement ( that he says he didn't know about ) - and it didn't effect his electability. Teddy Kennedy tried to work with the KGB to undermine Ronald Reagan - and the press didn't care enough to report on the KGB documents - Kennedy dismissed it as nothing and the press went along.

So he's a liberal - but he's got a permanent press pass... we know this much - Obama's not going to appoint a conservative...

[PubliusMM]

The only thing this guy deserves is a cell in a Federal prison for his criminal role in the destruction of America’s future.

[arthurus]

In this administration Barney Frank would be a most suitable housing Cabinet Secretary.

[matt1234]

They’ll have to widen the urinal stalls in the White House mens’ room to permit the “wide stance.”

[antidemoncrat]

“He first wants to pass more legislation on affordable housing, saying, “I want at least two years with President Obama and a solidly Democratic Senate so that we can get the federal government back in the housing business.””
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over and getting the same results.

[RichInOC]

Okay, the breaking news blast from The Hill said Barney “has [his] eye” on the post. Naturally, I asked myself, “Which one...the brown one?”

[RummyChick]

Oh yeah that’s right. Vietnam Kerry and KGB Ted were the Senators.

[B.O. Plenty]

.....Barney says to Nancy..

..I'm going to blow this joint...

.....and Nancy says..

..which side of the isle are you going to start on.....

[beethovenfan]

With a nice big 300 lb black boy friend.

[FTJM]

Does he want to run a prostitution ring out of government housing now?

[rvoitier]

Andrew Cuomo

[learner]

He would be a perfect cabinet member: 1.) He does not pay his taxes, 2.) He lies on federal forms, 3.) He has proven himself to be incompetent on housing matters and 4.) He is a slut.

A perfect candidate for this administration.

[PghBaldy]

IIRC, they tend to be black. Maybe gay+ Jewish = black, in Barney’s eyes...

[Army Air Corps]

Why reward Barney? Put him in a women’s prison...

[IbJensen]

The White House is loaded with communists and homosexuals. Barney would be at home here and later on when his life’s work is over he can go to hell where he’ll feel equally at home. amongst his own kind.

[verity]

[clintonh8r]

Lollipop Czar!

[skinkinthegrass]

He would be a perfect cabinet member:
1.) He does not pay his taxes
2.) He lies on federal forms
3.) He has proven himself to be incompetent on housing matters
4.) He is a slut.
5.) Rude and Speaks Gibberish to Taxpayers.

A perfect candidate for this administration.

Agree...Added one entry...There Fixed It for you.

[mulligan]

Barney, the blundering bungler would be well suited to run a zoo filled with nothing. He really is not fit for any position.

[wita]

Lets see, criminal indictment, or cabinet post, aww what the hell, lets stay in congress where we can do some some more real damage. If I wasn’t imperfect myself, I would love the assignment to reel in the fat ass, pompous, arrogant, queer.

What do you suppose he is like under the veneer after a coming to Jesus meeting, where it is made clear just what a danger he is to the well being of the Republic, and the people. Oh well just one of 535 not all of whom are such pompous blowhards.

[IbJensen]

Barney Frank discussing the Homosexual Agenda with two of his very close staffers.

[roaddog727]

Who sounds like Barry White. LOL!

[Pedrobud]

He would enjoy a position on the President’s staff.

Oh Come on !! I bet he would.

[P8riot]

And what does he intend to do with it?

Hedge his bet, that's what. He wants to avoid getting stomped in the next election, that's what. The old fudge-packer has seen the hand-writing on the wall.

[musicman]

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