Posted on 11/03/2010 11:37:48 AM PDT by IbJensen
NEWTON — A cranky U.S. Rep. Barney Frank blasted the Herald last night as “irrelevant,” even as surging Republicans grabbed control of the U.S. House and swept him from his lofty perch as chairman of the powerful financial services committee.
“With the re-election of the Massachusetts delegation and Gov. Deval Patrick, we can acknowledge tonight that Massachusetts has reaffirmed the complete political irrelevance of the Boston Herald," Frank told more than 100 supporters at the Crowne Plaza in Newton. “There is no limit to the bias and vitriol they unleashed.”
Frank won the hardest fight of his political career, fending off a fierce challenge from newcomer Sean Bielat. “This was a very important victory to win,” Frank said. “I’m very pleased to go back.”
Frank, 70, spoke at length of the strain of the “vitriolic” campaign on him and his partner, James Ready, and complained the “campaigns of most Republicans are beneath the dignity of democracy.”
Gracious in defeat, Bielat tried to comfort his crestfallen supporters, some who shed tears as word spread through the Newton Marriott ballroom he would lose his bid to unseat the liberal Democratic power broker.
“We did something that was next to impossible,” Bielat told his supporters. “We took on a 30-year incumbent in one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country, someone who outspent us by a million dollars, and we came close.”
“I see this as a success,” Bielat said. “For the first time in 30 years, people went to the polls tonight and they made a choice.”
Afterward, Bielat said he didn’t know whether he would run again and he’d have to talk it over with his wife. “It’s a sacrifice and we have to figure that out,” the 35-year-old Marine said.
Bielat supporter Bill Heck, 62, of Newton, said Frank’s “sell-by” date has expired. “I wish Barney Frank was a retired person effective January,” Heck said. “My wish did not come true.”
Wellesley grandmother Zeynep Mesta got emotional and said she hoped Bielat will run again. “I’ll work even harder next time,” Mesta said.
AMEN!!!! EVIL and PERVERTED. Bielat is TOO GOOD FOR THAT PLACE....MOVE, SEAN!!! ANY OTHER DISTRICT WOULD LOVE YOU!!
The Herald should think twice about using the term “testy” with this literal teabagger.
Sorry to be so stupid but what were the final numbers? I hope it was close & that Barney had to change his underwear a few times last night as the returns came in.
He did lose his chairmanship seat. I fear this is going to be an ugly lame duck session!
I think this will be Bahney’s last term. That is, if he doesnt quit within months and go into the Thugocracy. I’m sure da O could find a czarship for him.
At least the vile criminal lost his fiancial services chairmanship. ...which I suspect he's none too pleased about.
Chris Dodd's wife will be called so she can tell us all how much money she made on that deal AND where she put the money.
This'll be better than the Army McCarthy hearings.
Well Congress will have the chance to correct that as the redistricting will occur next year.
Ha Ha, Barney said vitriolic and vituperative.
He’d make an excellent Fudge Czar - more than qualified
So, Rep. Frank thinks the Boston Herald is “irrelevant”? Well, even though he won yesterday, he will be relegated to some meaningless committee, then he will slowly fade away from our memory and will be nothing more than a bad afterthought from the dung heap of U.S political history.
I'm sure it was something more like "Iwwewevant"
The Centers for Desease Control has announced the House just became 6% healthier. The committee chair’s microphone now carries a “No Slobber Zone” sign.
The Centers for Desease Control has announced the House just became 6% healthier. The committee chair’s microphone now carries a “No Slobber Zone” sign.
and he sez he doesn't like ‘teabaggers’
Barney and his “partner” ran a male prostitution ring out of t heir house. Is thie James Ready the same partner, or was it a different one? I’ll never stop being amazed that these crooks in the dem party continue to be re-elected.
Well done. I was trying to come up with an appropriate pun, but hadn’t found one I liked.
I bet that a serviceable number of Barney Frank's "constituents" are imaginary. You and I both know that the likelihood that every single vote for Bielat was real and legitimate is 100 percent, and we both know that there's not a showball's chance in hell that the same can be said for Frank's votes. Frank is a liberal Democrat, and liberal Democrats cheat in elections because they'd lose if they didn't.
In other words, Frank's constituency is smaller than it looks. Corrupt to his eyeballs and a self-serving creepy thief, Barney Frank is a vile abomination.
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