Don't blame me, I'm not in his district On May 26, 12:12 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/author/doctorbulldog/> Barney 'The > Gay Dinosaur' Frank Admits He Helped Fellow Butt Pirate Land Lucrative > Position at Fannie Mae > <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/barney-the-gay-dinosaur...> > *doctorbulldog <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/author/doctorbulldog/>* | > 26 May, 2011 at 10:01 am | Categories: Abuse of > Power<http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/?cat=62866>, > Congress <http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/?cat=4308>, > politics<http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/?cat=398>| > URL:http://wp.me/p1NPg-785 > > *The guy is a corrupt, dope-smoking, unstable perv. Yet, his constituents > fatuously re-elect him over and over and over and over again. Why? Just > because he's gay? Don't want to be thought of as "insensitive" or > something? I think that says lot about the voters in Massachusetts; As > long as you're queer and a Democrat, it's okay to be an oleaginous slime > ball:* > > *H/T - Martdod for helping me with the title.* > > *Barney Frank knocked on his Fannie* > *Rep admits to helping lover land job at mortgage giant in ’91* > > *Boston > Herald*<http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2011_0526frank_knocked_on_...> > > U.S. Rep. Barney Frank admitted he helped his ex-lover land a lucrative post > with Fannie Mae in the early 1990s while the Newton Democrat was on a > committee that regulated the lending giant — but he called questions of a > potential ethical conflict “nonsense.” > > “If it is (a conflict of interest), then much of Washington is involved (in > conflicts),” Frank told the Herald last night. “It is a common thing in > Washington for members of Congress to have spouses work for the federal > government. There is no rule against it at all.” > > *Yes, but: 1) You're NOT married to Herb Moses; and, 2) You didn't > disclose the fact that you were busy shining Moses' rod every other night! > Therefore, the Fannie Mae executive who asked Barney Frank about Herb Moses > was kept in the dark about a possible conflict of interests.* > > Frank said he helped his former longtime companion, Herb Moses, land a job > at Fannie Mae in 1991 after Moses graduated with a master’s degree in > business administration from Dartmouth College. Frank said he was approached > by a Fannie Mae executive and vouched for Moses, who formerly worked as an > economist in the Department of Agriculture. > > “(The executive) said, ‘Herb applied for a job,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I think > he’d be great. He’s an economist and he’s got an MBA,’ ” Frank said, > recounting the conversation. “He was hired to an entry-level position.” > > Asked if he should have disclosed his efforts to help Moses land the job at > Fannie Mae, Frank said: “It was widely known. It was out there in the > public. It’s nonsense.” > > Congressional Republicans pounced on the embarrassing revelation. > > “Just when you think you’ve heard the worst, Democrats in Massachusetts take > shameless politics to a new low,” said Tory Mazzola, spokesman for the > National Republican Congressional Committee. “The fact that Barney Frank > didn’t see this as a conflict of interest is alarming by itself, but it’s so > deceitful that it really shows voters that he’s not looking out for them in > Washington.” > > *Exactly!* > > Moses, who lived with Frank in Washington at the time, worked for Fannie > until 1998, when he left the mortgage behemoth. Moses, who could not be > reached for comment, and Frank split up that year. > > [...] > > Frank’s assistance in helping Moses land the job was first reported in a new > book about the fiscal meltdown by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times > [NYT] reporter Gretchen Morgensen. > > In an interview Tuesday on WBUR’s “Fresh Air,” Morgensen said Frank “was > very aggressive and really tough on those who were testifying in Congress > about reining in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac” during hearings after Moses was > hired. She said Fannie Mae “rolled out the red carpet” for Moses as part of > a strategy to curry favor with Frank and other members of the Financial > Services Committee. > > Morgensen also noted that members of the committee raked in tens of > thousands in campaign donations from Fannie and Freddie execs, including > Frank, who received $42,000 in contributions from 1989 through 2008. > > [...] > > Add a comment to this > post<http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/barney-the-gay-dinosaur...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/doctorbulldog.wordpress.co...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/27409/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2...> > > [image: WordPress] > > WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! > Manage > Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Express > yourself. 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