Barney Frank defends support of bank after call from disgraced pol

Boston Herald ^ | August 3, 2010 | Frank Quaritiello

[Sons of Union Vets]

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank said yesterday he has “no regrets” about his role in helping a troubled Boston bank qualify for a $12 million federal bailout now at the center of ethics charges against California Rep. Maxine Waters.

In fact, Frank - chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee - says he never helped OneUnited at the behest of Waters, whose husband had served on the bank’s board.

Instead, the Bay State congressman said he worked to promote the bailout at the request of scandal-plagued then-state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.

“I was already working on behalf of OneUnited, I was called by Senator Wilkerson and others, I don’t remember who. I was out in California doing a hearing and got a call from Wilkerson,” he told the Herald yesterday.

At the time Frank said he acted on Wilkerson’s behalf, the senator was one month away from federal bribery charges to which she recently pleaded guilty. She had previously pleaded guilty to failure to pay federal income taxes and been cited for unreported campaign donations and expenditures.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Sleaze politicians supporting each other?? How novel!

[Sons of Union Vets]

DIANE WILKERSON

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Wilkerson
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A GUILTY PLEA FOR DIANE WILKERSON

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1259211

[TexasCajun]

How about an ethics investigation for Whitey?

[Pessimist]

So he helped on behalf of another corrupt pol?

There are so many of them, I can understand his confusion! :)

At least he didn’t say they all looked alike to him! :)

[Sons of Union Vets]

The irony is that Barney Frank had already told Maxine Waters to back off after she told him about her little conflict of interest problem with the bank.....after which, Barney claims to have gone to bat for the troubled bank at the request of Wilkerson.

Wilkerson reportedly got caught actually stuffing bribe money in her bra and under her sweater!!!

Here's one photo from FOX News. I swear. You just can't make this stuff up. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444666,00.html

[TexasCajun]

EBONY ... & ... IVORY

Crooks and Cronies !

[Sons of Union Vets]

How about an ethics investigation for Whitey?

I am all for it.....if the Feds can find him. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Bulger

[Sons of Union Vets]

I would say add Christopher “waitress sandwich” “sweetheart deal” Dodd to the mix, but he is not running for another term in office. On the other hand, why should he get a pass?

[outpostinmass2]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2563732/posts

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[Clock King]

The only difference between her and the elites at the top like Obama, Soros, Pelosi, et. al., is that the elites shuffle the money around in front organizations and numbered bank accounts so you will never “see” them doing this. Why else would the SEC be exempt from the FOIA? Now they have perfect cover.

[rod1]

Wait. Is Barney saying that he helped a bunch of crooks but we misidentified which crooks he helped?

[TexasCajun]

Dodd may be the worst of them all.

Poor Barry, he was suppose to bring the races together, but we now have full blown race riot within the Democrat Party.

How sweet is that!

[KEmom]

“...I was called by Senator Wilkerson and others, I don’t remember who.”

Gee, could the “others” be Waters??? and now he can’t remember???

[ronnie raygun]

ORANGE JUMPSUITS FOR ALL OF THEM!

[Sons of Union Vets]

ORANGE JUMPSUITS FOR ALL OF THEM!

DITTO!

[Sons of Union Vets]

Sorry, Outpost 2. I didn’t mean to duplicate your post.

[Sons of Union Vets]

Wait. Is Barney saying that he helped a bunch of crooks but we misidentified which crooks he helped?

Quite possibly. But stay tuned.

Next Barney will be saying "The devil made me do it!"

I think it is Barney who is playing "musical crooks."

When Waters told Barney about her little conflict of interest in terms of her husband sitting on the board of minority-owned OneUnited and the fact that he still owned stock in it, Barney told Waters not to get involved....that he would handle it because it was his jurisdiction.

Then he turns around and claims he was acting upon Wilkerson's behalf. Puh-lease! Wilkerson is so crooked that when she dies they are going to have to SCREW her into the ground!!!

In 2001, she (Wilkerson was fined as a sitting senator by the State Ethics Commission for failing to report consulting fees from OneUnited’s predecessor, the Boston Bank of Commerce, for which she had lobbied.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20100803barney_frank_defends_support_of_bank_after_call_from_disgraced_pol_dianne_asked_me_to_do_it/srvc=home&position=0

Barney would have a hard time convincing me that he didn't know about Wilkerson's little conflict of interest.

[Sons of Union Vets]

The only difference between her and the elites at the top like Obama, Soros, Pelosi, et. al., is that the elites shuffle the money around in front organizations.....

Elites rarely play by the same rules they try to impose on everyone else. According to their rule, it's "transparency for thee but not for me."

I want to see them all exposed and taken down!