Krystal Ball

[Gaspar]

I'm just getting a kick out of the concept of anyone defending Barney.  Every single American who owns a home or a business had lost money as a result of Barney's Fannie & Freddie.

This is also funny.  He now has his boyfriend pretending to be a photographer, heckling his opponent.

"Upon exiting the most recent debate with Barney Frank, located at WGBH studios in Boston, MA, Republican Congressional candidate, Sean Bielat, gets heckled by a Barney Frank “supporter” while talking to the media. While watching this video, we realized that we recognized this “supporter”. We received confirmation from two eyewitnesses that the mysterious cameraman was none other than Barney Frank’s pot-growing boyfriend, James Ready."

[Cats Cats Cats]

So now you are against farmers. 

[Cats Cats Cats]

Oh well, if Frank, the Congressman, who in your opinions was just DUPED by his pimping boyfriend (makes you really think about his competence if he is to be believed), denied it, then I guess that ends it. And all those folks in the history of being charged with a crime and denied it, I guess they didn't do it either. But nice to know you lefties are so quick to absolve your own-and yes, Frank, McGreevey, Teddy are your own.

This man grabbed his boot straps and was his own pimp.  He was technically a CEO of his own small business.  You should be saying he should have received tax cuts.  I didn't say they didn't do it.  I just can't find anything other than NBC/CBS/ABC stories which are fair and balanced.  It is difficult to determine ones guilt based on even handed new articles.  Show me a page with the detailed evidence in all the cases that isn't completely slanted by politics and I will look at it and form an opinion.

[JeffM]

This man grabbed his boot straps and was his own pimp.  He was technically a CEO of his own small business.  You should be saying he should have received tax cuts.  I didn't say they didn't do it.  I just can't find anything other than NBC/CBS/ABC stories which are fair and balanced.  It is difficult to determine ones guilt based on even handed new articles.  Show me a page with the detailed evidence in all the cases that isn't completely slanted by politics and I will look at it and form an opinion.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2010/10/14/frank_haunted_by_stance_on_fannie_freddie/?page=1

[Conan71]

"In 2003, while the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, Frank opposed a Bush administration proposal, in response to accounting scandals, for transferring oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to a new agency that would be created within the Treasury Department. The proposal, supported by the head of Fannie Mae, reflected the administration's belief that Congress "neither has the tools, nor the stature" for adequate oversight. Frank stated, "These two entities...are not facing any kind of financial crisis.... The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."[52] In 2003, Frank also stated what has been called his "famous dice roll":[53] "I do not want the same kind of focus on safety and soundness [in the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] that we have in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision. I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidised housing."[54]

Frank was criticized[who?] for campaign contributions totaling $42,350 between 1989 and 2008. Critics[who?] claim the donations from Fannie and Freddie influenced his support of their lending programs, and say that Frank did not play a strong enough role in reforming the institutions in the years leading up to the Economic crisis of 2008.[55] In 2006 a Fannie Mae representative stated in SEC filings that they "did not participate in large amounts of these non-traditional mortgages in 2004 and 2005."[56] In response to criticism, Frank said, "In 2004, it was Bush who started to push Fannie and Freddie into subprime mortgages, because they were boasting about how they were expanding homeownership for low-income people. And I said at the time, 'Hey—(a) this is going to jeopardize their profitability, but (b) it's going to put people in homes they can't afford, and they're gonna lose them.'" [5]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank

Sorry about the wiki reference. I was actually Googling to try and find some sort of resume for Rep. Frank to see what private sector private experience he had to be such an expert on banking and home lending legislation and oversight.  He has none.

Due to the absolute corruption which springs forth from elected officials overseeing industries, Congress should not be in the "oversight" business, as essentially this system is allowing corporations and SIG's to write their own rules of conduct by paying off legislators.  Barney Frank doesn't deserve all the blame for this debacle, but he's sure got a lot of that blood on his hands.

[guido911]

I'm just getting a kick out of the concept of anyone defending Barney.  Every single American who owns a home or a business had lost money as a result of Barney's Fannie & Freddie.

This is also funny.  He now has his boyfriend pretending to be a photographer, heckling his opponent.

"Upon exiting the most recent debate with Barney Frank, located at WGBH studios in Boston, MA, Republican Congressional candidate, Sean Bielat, gets heckled by a Barney Frank "supporter" while talking to the media. While watching this video, we realized that we recognized this "supporter". We received confirmation from two eyewitnesses that the mysterious cameraman was none other than Barney Frank's pot-growing boyfriend, James Ready."

I remember that story about Frank's BF growing pot at a home where Frank was at. Even then Frank apparently did not know it was happening.

[Conan71]

Wow Barney sure seems in the dark on a lot of things. Think he's been puffing some fatties?

[guido911]

Think he's been puffing some fatties?

Why Conan, what are you suggesting?

[dbacks fan]

Wow Barney sure seems in the dark on a lot of things. Think he's been puffing some fatties?

Isn't this a rhetorical question?

[Breadburner]

This man grabbed his boot straps and was his own pimp.  He was technically a CEO of his own small business.  You should be saying he should have received tax cuts.  I didn't say they didn't do it.  I just can't find anything other than NBC/CBS/ABC stories which are fair and balanced.  It is difficult to determine ones guilt based on even handed new articles.  Show me a page with the detailed evidence in all the cases that isn't completely slanted by politics and I will look at it and form an opinion.

[guido911]

Bwahahahaha