Barney Frank Won't Run For Reelection (Laura Ingraham On Twitter-no other confirmation)

Twitter/IngrahamAngle ^ | 04/09/2010 | Laura Ingraham

[Rational Thought]

@pwire Sources tell me Bawney Fwank won't run for re-election. Wants to work on the board of a bank and make $ before retirement

[spectre]

"Another one bites the dust!

That would be Freddie Mercury and Queen's famous song.

Oh, the irony :)

[NavyCanDo]

Democrats and Republicans alike when doing number crunching weeks and weeks ago said the GOP may not be able to gain enough seats to take over either House. Close but not close enough, was the spin of many top Republicans commenting on the topic. Much has changed since then. Many not on the risk-factor radar screen back then have fallen. You have Murtha who passed away, you have scandal hitting some others, while others who were a shoe-in for reelection are dropping their name from the ballot. Times they are a changing.

[Liz]

Lock him up in a female prison.... this isn't supposed to be pleasure cruise!

Yeah........I like the idea of Bwaney, aching for a thrill, getting flustered and confused as to where to "put it." ROTFL.

[DBrow]

I wonder why so many of the House progressive Caucus are stepping down? They are all DSUSA members. From Wikipedia, a list of known members:

Arizona

* Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
* Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

* Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa) - Co-Chair
* George Miller (CA-7, Richmond) - Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee
* Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland) - Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus
* Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
* Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
* Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
* Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles) - Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
* Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
* Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
* Diane Watson (CA-33, Los Angeles)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
* Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
* Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
* Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
* Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego) - Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee

Colorado

* Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

Connecticut

* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

Florida

* Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
* Alan Grayson (FL-8, Orlando)
* Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)

Georgia

* Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
* John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

Hawaii

* Neil Abercrombie (HI-1, Honolulu)
* Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

* Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
* Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
* Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
* Phil Hare (IL-17, Rock Island)

Indiana

* André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

* Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

Maine

* Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

Maryland

* Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
* Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

Massachusetts

* John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
* Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
* Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton) - Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
* John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
* Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
* Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

Michigan

* Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13, Detroit)
* John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit) - Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

Minnesota

* Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis)

Mississippi

* Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton) - Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

Missouri

* William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
* Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City)

New Jersey

* Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
* Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)

New Mexico

* Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

New York

* Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
* Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn) - Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
* Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
* José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
* John Hall (NY-19, Dover Plains)
* Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
* Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester) - Chairwoman, House Rules Committee

North Carolina

* Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

Ohio

* Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
* Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
* Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

Oregon

* Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

Pennsylvania

* Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia) - Chairman, House Administration Committee
* Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

Tennessee

* Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18, Houston)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

Virginia

* Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

Vermont

* Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

Washington

* Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

Wisconsin

* Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
* Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

Non-voting

* Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
* Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Wants to work on the board of a bank and make $ before retirement

Here comes his payoff. He'll make millions -- just like the rest of the criminals who currently occupy the Congress and who have been busy as bees carving up the country for special interest cabals.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Wants to work on the board staff of a bank banker”

Nah. Everything about him suggests that he’s a pitcher, not a catcher.

[surrey]

Laura said he got his from an old Dartmouth buddy who is well connected polically in MA. politics and lives in Barney’s district. it’s still basically rumor.

[uncommonsense]

"I'd really like retribution, but that's not going to happen. These guys have gamed the system, and are winning big For their votes, I'm sure each and every one of the Dems who doesn't get re-elected will be richly rewarded."

Agreed and it's really treasonous!

We'll be burdened by their yoke of servitude, while the whores are quitting rather than facing a jury of their peers (actually superiors) in the November elections.

They won't run for office again, so they get to keep the pile of filthy lucre in their campaign war chest that was built over time from bribes and donations from useful idiots. Plus, they get their pension and non-Obamacare health treatment.

[super7man]

Just a follow the money question.

Do congress critters get to keep any funds in their campaign coffers when they retire?

Choice:
A) Run for re-election, spend lots of money, maybe loose.
B) Take the campaign money and stuff it in your freezer.

Hmmm....

[bjorn14]

Both Stupak and Frank will leave Congress with pensions of about $85K/yr. So who needs a job?

FWIW, I used to work in a DC Tobaconist back in the day and Frank would come in all the time to buy our finest cigars and how he chose them after 30 minutes or so I’ll leave to your imagination.

[a fool in paradise]

They all deserved double the sentence that Bernie Madoff saw.

The “investigation” was a fraud because the investigator was a corrupt figure who should have been ANSWERING questions, not asking them.

[spectre]

"Laura said he got his from an old Dartmouth buddy who is well connected polically in MA. politics and lives in Barney’s district. it’s still basically rumor."

I just can't see Barney Frank resigning, unless there are some serious issues he can't deal with.

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[fungoking]

“because he will be spending time in federal prison.”

Barney’s response “A boy can dream!”

[Danae]

YEA!

Don’t let the door hit you in the back of the head as you go you sick evil jerk.

[surrey]

You never know. Scoot Brown did win Barney’s district. He may have some polling results that we’re not privy to. He’s not leaving unless he has a cushy place to put his fat ass.

[Verginius Rufus]

Two of the Democrats from Tennessee are not running for re-election, but last I heard Steve Cohen was...I thought that was why he has been making inflammatory accusations against the Tea Party folks, to try to hold on to his seat in a district where the majority of Democrats are black and many think that the district should only be represented by a black person.

[Williams]

I suspect Barney’s “seat” would be a safe one if he runs.

However, he is a despicable egotist and if democrats lose Congress he will lose his position as banking chairman. That would be his reason for retiring.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

He’s not leaving unless he has a cushy place to put his fat ass.

That is so rich!