Posted on 10/07/2006 4:09:09 PM PDT by Enchante
Gobie's dream has come true. His accusation that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) knew that Gobie had operated a prostitution service out of Frank's Capitol Hill apartment became national news after it was first reported Friday by the Washington Times.
Frank, one of two openly gay members of Congress, confirmed Friday that he paid Gobie for sex, hired him with personal funds as an aide and wrote letters on congressional stationery on his behalf to Virginia probation officials, but Frank said he fired Gobie when he learned that clients were visiting the apartment.
Frank, a leading House liberal, likened himself to Henry Higgins, who in "Pygmalion" tries to transform a cockney waif into a member of English society. Gobie dismissed that as "garbage." "This is not the case of the poor waif who is being sheltered," Gobie said. "This was the first time he felt good in a relationship. Here's a guy who didn't have a social life until he was 45."
...... Then in his third term, the 45-year-old representative had not yet stated his homosexuality publicly. He paid Gobie $80 in cash for sex.
In late 1985, Gobie says, he began to use Frank's apartment and two other locations for prostitution. Frank knew about the prostitution all along, but it was never explicitly discussed, Gobie says.
"He knew exactly what I was doing," Gobie said. "It was pretty obvious. If he had to come home early {from work}, he would call home to be sure the coast was clear . . . . He was living vicariously through me. He said it was kind of a thrill, and if he had been 20 years younger he might be doing the same thing."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Nancy had always dreamt of being called "hot-bottom", how crushed she was to learn that it was barney, who was the real "hot" bottom.
I love to watch alan colmes' head explode every time somebody brings up barney or gerry. He throws a real hissy (sissy) fit.
"Nancy had always dreamt of being called hot-bottom"
A photo shopper at Strange Cosmos helped fulfill her fantasy........
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/6944.html
And then the House leadership resigned, and so on.... /sarc.
Barney Frank was also named by Paul Bonacci (of Franklin Cover up fame)as one of his abusers.
Gobie even called Rush years ago to give his side of the Barney’s Boston Basement Boys story. One thing about all ‘tutes, they use all their resources to cash in, one way or the other.
wow, how did you manage to find this thread from two years ago? :^)
When I first saw your post to me I couldn’t remember posting on this subject, but I see that it was in Oct. 2006!!
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