Posted on 09/30/2008 10:02:02 PM PDT by kozanne
Barney Loves Fannie Once again my obsession with the elite media has me wondering how many people know the truth about Barney Frank. There is a huge double standard in congress and the media and it is not something new. The Media has a way of manipulating events in this country.
Barney Frank and His relationship goes deeper than the 40,000 dollars in campaign donations received from Fannie. Barney Frank has had a relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac going back decades. Barney Frank makes no secret he is openly gay. Interestingly enough he had a long term relationship with Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses .They were lovers and Barney referred to Moses as his spouse. Herb Moses was the assistant director for product initiatives at Fannie Mae and was a leader in relaxing lending restrictions, a theme echoed by his Spouse Barney Frank . Frank was pushing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make bad loans to underprivileged families for much of the 90's while his lover Herb Moses was responsible for relaxing lending restrictions at Fannie Mae. Was there a conflict of interest? They have since broken up.
Barney Frank, the Chairman of the House Financial Service Committee, has been pressuring banks to give risky loans his entire career. This in itself may not be a crime but his refusal and inability to not only see and hear the warning signs coming from all directions may be what finally forces him out of office.
Double standards? Mark Foley became the lead story on every main stream media outlet and was forced into resignation for sending inappropriate e-mail to an underage page. Barney Frank paid 80 dollars for sex with a young prostitute Steve Gobie. Gobie ran a prostitution ring out of Frank's Capital Hill apartment. Frank even went so far as to wright letters on Congressional stationary to Gobie's probation officer on his behalf. Frank received a reprimand. Had he been a Republican like Mark Foley I can assure you we would not be in this banking mess we are in today because Mr Frank would never have had the opportunity to be in charge of Finance in this country because the media would have crucified him.
In 1991 Barney Frank and Joe Kennedy lobbied Fannie Mae to ease the lending rules on multi family properties even though they had twice the default rates as single family homes according to the Boston Globe. In 2003 Frank opposed George Bush and the republican led charge to overhaul The Housing Finance Industry. The new plan would set up an agency to supervise Fannie and Freddie. Barney opposed any oversight fearing that it might limit some of these risky loans. He said , "These two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of crisis."
He also said that "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."--- Barney Frank
Barney Frank has obstructed all attempts that may have averted this crisis. He has shown complete incompetence and the American people should be calling for his resignation. Yet the media who does such a wonderful job vetting Sarah Palin for the American people are once again looking the other way to save one of their own.
Mark Foley was forced to resign for sending sordid emails to a young male page while Barney Frank received a reprimand for his relationship with a young male prostitute who ran a prostitution ring from his house. The difference in the outcome of these events was due in large part to the media's coverage of each event. The Mark Foley scandal was front page news everyday. Outrage swept the Nation. The Barney Frank scandal was treated much differently by the media and today, Barney Frank holds one of the most powerful positions on the House floor.
The policies of Barney Frank are largely responsible for the economic crisis we are in today. Will the media report the truth or will Mr Frank be allowed to continue to sodomize the American people?
“Barney Loves Fannie”
This was news?
The news was his HUGE conflict of interest because he was in a romantic relationship with an executive of the very organizations that bear a large part of the reason for why we are where we are today.
Nope. But I could have done without that pun.
I was watching him talk and noticed he doesn’t seem to have any teeth. You never see them. Then I almost threw up.
“Frank was pushing Fannie...”
Try and get past that one.
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Earl Sholley, his opponent in the 4th district, has been contacted and has been sent the information.
Barney Frank, prepare to have your campaign buttfreaked!
Bawney has always worked hard for Fannie. I am really getting sick of seeing him on tv. And being election season Arianna Huffington is on tv a lot also it’s so hard to tell her and Barney Fwank apart.
been out of the closet for some time.
It baffles me how their constituents keep sending the likes of bawney, teddy, kerry back to DC. I guess it speaks to the kind of folks that choose to live there in mass o two sh!ts.
I suppose THIS ONE might send you over the edge???
I think when the writer was talking about being ‘outed’, that it was more relative to his [Frank’s] blatant conflict of interest with his activities in the House.
Maybe just helping Mr. Frank go the rest of the way ‘out’ if you know what I mean.....
I told my Senators and Congressman that Barney and Chris should serve jail time. I hope to see large numbers of Americans doing the same. Jail time for those involved in this disaster would send a message to the rest, that Americans are tired of being screwed.
Don't get your hopes up. Rep. Fwank's future is not up to the American People. It's up to the Massholes of the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts.
ewwww! I’ll never look at that word the same way ever again!
If there is to be a villain in this it should be Barney Frank.
Time to bell this cat.
Colmes and Democrat guests constantly try to talk over him and cover up for and divert the attention away from the facts but Hannity won't let them. He has been a consistent and loud voice for the truth even though he knows that if Obama were to get in he would be toast. Hip Hip Hooray for Sean Hannity!
What decadence in high places.
How disgusting to reflect upon what a sight it would be for these two queers to be rolling around on a bed 'making love.'
Barney Fwank, and this is really saying something, is the most despicable pervert to ever waddle down the halls of the House!
If this were a heterosexual relationship, the congresscritter would never be allowed to get away with it. Big time conflict.
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