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We Could Use A Lot More Barney Franks In Today’s Dysfunctional Congress ["Dysfunctional Press"?]
Washington Post ^ | November 28, 2011 | Jonathan Bernstein

Posted on 11/28/2011 9:23:38 AM PST by Steelfish

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1 posted on 11/28/2011 9:23:41 AM PST by Steelfish
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We Could Use A Lot More Barney Franks In Today’s Dysfunctional Congress

Yes, leaving! Now if we could get 400+ more to follow him like rats behind the Pied Piper.

2 posted on 11/28/2011 9:25:51 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Herman Cain: possibly the escapee most dangerous to the Democrats since Frederick Douglass.)
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To: Steelfish
They could all put on a show!


3 posted on 11/28/2011 9:29:23 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Steelfish

Without checking, I’d bet money the author is militantly gay.


4 posted on 11/28/2011 9:29:46 AM PST by tacticalogic
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yes the kind that run houses of ill repute from their townhouse. The kind that spend the US into oblivion and blame the US taxpayer for it.
5 posted on 11/28/2011 9:30:27 AM PST by mk2000
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To: Steelfish

I always thought he and Gerry Studds would have made a great gubernatorial ticket in Massachusetts. I mean, just imagine the bumper stickers:

Frank/Studds. Not Just Our Names, Our Way Of Life.


6 posted on 11/28/2011 9:32:58 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Steelfish

“He’s been both a workhorse and a showhorse.”

along with the rear most of a horse.


7 posted on 11/28/2011 9:33:36 AM PST by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Steelfish
he’ll be missed.

Not by me.

8 posted on 11/28/2011 9:33:42 AM PST by freespirited (Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business & degenerates into a racket. -- Hoffer)
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...everything that this guy just said is bullshit....

Vinny Gambini

9 posted on 11/28/2011 9:33:51 AM PST by B.O. Plenty (Elections have consequences....)
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To: Steelfish

can rise up to the Framers’ highest ideals in creating it.

I doubt seriously the Framers had in mind someone living openly as a pervert would be in Congress........


10 posted on 11/28/2011 9:34:32 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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To: tacticalogic

I had the same feeling. Who else in their right mind could post such sheer drivel even in the Washington Pos?


11 posted on 11/28/2011 9:35:03 AM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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But not `Ha Ha’ funny. Funny in a queer sort of way.


12 posted on 11/28/2011 9:35:11 AM PST by tumblindice
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The Jerry Sandusky foundation will welcome him.
13 posted on 11/28/2011 9:35:41 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: tacticalogic
Without checking, I’d bet money the author is militantly gay.

D.C. is a hotbed of gayness. I spent a bit of time there and was astonished at how open it is.

14 posted on 11/28/2011 9:42:00 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: tacticalogic

I bet he is.


15 posted on 11/28/2011 9:42:53 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Pimp your blog for hits on Free Republic!)
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You win. A check on Google shows he writes mainly on gay issues. Wonder if Frank may have had him for a lover?


16 posted on 11/28/2011 9:48:00 AM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: tacticalogic

ding ding ding winner!


17 posted on 11/28/2011 9:53:06 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Steelfish

Please, American voters, do not elect any more “openly gay” politicians.


18 posted on 11/28/2011 9:54:18 AM PST by Walrus (Big government is the natural enemy of liberty)
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I thought this was John Stemmons @ play!


19 posted on 11/28/2011 9:56:36 AM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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Dare I say: his internal pole looked like shi......sorry, couldn’t resist.


20 posted on 11/28/2011 9:57:19 AM PST by Maverick68
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