Barney Frank
| Barney Frank | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District From: January 5, 1981 - Present | |||
| Predecessor | Robert Drinan | ||
| Successor | none | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | none | ||
| Religion | Jewish | ||
Congressman Barney Frank is a multi-term liberal Democrat Representative from Massachusetts, representing districts in Boston. He is one of the few openly homosexual members of Congress and he only revealed his homosexual proclivities several years after he had been elected to the position. Frank is the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee. [1]
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Chairman of Financial Services
Fannie Mae
In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, it was revealed that Frank's homosexual partner [2], an executive at Fannie Mae, had been one of the foreleaders to deregulate the lending restrictions on the agency and that Frank may have acted through a conflict of interest in the 1990s.[3]
Finger of blame
Liberal Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin appearing on HBO's "Real Time," not only pointed fingers at Barney Frank for the current crisis, but also blamed former President Clinton and fellow Democrats. [4]
Statements prior to financial meltdown
As posted on Pajamasmedia, [5] “The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago,” The New York Times, September 11, 2003.
But someone intervened to stymie the Bush administration. Who? The New York Times reports:
Supporters of the companies said efforts to regulate the lenders tightly under those agencies might diminish their ability to finance loans for lower-income families. . . . “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. “The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”
As shown on CSPAN in 2004, Frank said at Office of the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversite (OFHEO) hearing regarding the report of illegal activity by Fannie Mae does not "raise safety and soundness of Fannie Mae investments problems at issue". [6]
Financial meltdown responsibility
Barney Frank says he wants some of those responsible for our current financial meltdown to be prosecuted. Investors Business Daily writes "it takes some chutzpah for someone such as Frank to suggest that he'll seek prosecutions for those behind the housing and financial crunch," and "For Frank, perhaps more than any single individual in private or public life, is responsible for both the housing market mess and subsequent bank disaster." [7]
Heathcare debacle
In August of 2009 during the Congressional Summer break at a townhall meeting on Obamacare, in response to questions from voters Frank displayed an ill temper by being abusive as he exploded at a constituent who was carrying a poster of President Obama produced by the Lyndon LaRouche organization. [1]
ACORN
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to defund ACORN, 345-75 on September 17, 2009. Seventy-five Democrats stood with ACORN while ACORN's biggest cheerleader Barney Frank decided not to cast a vote. [8]
Marijuana
Frank is the author of a bill to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes. Also, Frank was present when authorities arrested his same-sex partner for marijuana possession, cultivation and use of drug paraphernalia in 2007. [9] He claimed he was unaware his partner had marijuana plants and that he wouldn't know what marijuana plants looked like[10] despite having personally introduced two pro-marijuana bills to Congress earlier in the year.[11]
Obamacare Protests
Liberals hold contempt for conservative women and call them either crazy or stupid. Like a child, Frank insults both Michele Bachmann and the average American citizen protesting government-run healthcare, [12]
| “ | Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the 'Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest? | ” |
If Frank would read the Constitution, he would know the American people have a right to engage their representatives without being harassed.
See also
References
- ↑ Barney Frank's homepage
- ↑ Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection Business & Media Institute, September 24,2008
- ↑ FoxNews
- ↑ Baldwin Blames Financial Crisis on Clinton, Dems and Barney Frank NewsBusters, October 4, 2008
- ↑ Who caused “the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression?” Roger Rule's, September 29th, 2008
- ↑ Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae Naked Emperors News via You Tube
- ↑ Let The Inquisition Start With Frank Investors Business Daily, March 6, 2009
- ↑ House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Washington Examiner, September 17, 2009
- ↑ Barney Frank Present When Partner Arrested for Pot, FoxNews, November 6, 2009
- ↑ Barney Frank present during marijuana bust
- ↑ Frank Introduces Bills to Prevent Federal Criminal Prosecution for Medical and Personal Marijuana Use
- ↑ Frank Mocks Health Reform Protesters, Bachmann, FoxNews, November 6, 2009
