I think Barney Frank and John Edwards should both be in jail. Sharing a cell.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:04 PM, GregfromBoston <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/gotwitter/> > .> > > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/..<http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/> > .> > > < > 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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