Posted on 05/26/2011 2:56:01 PM PDT by blam
Barney Frank Admits Getting His Former-Lover A Fannie Position
Robert Wenzel
May 26, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank has admitted that he helped his ex-lover, Herb Moses, land a lucrative post with Fannie Mae in the early 1990s. Frank was, and still is, on a committee that regulated Fannie — but he called questions of a potential ethical conflict “nonsense, ” reports the Boston Herald.
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.”
According to Frank, Moses "was hired to an entry-level position.”
Frank’s assistance in helping Moses land the Fannie position was first reported in a new book, Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by NyTi 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, according to the Herald.
Gee, do the jokes just write themselves here or what?
Who proof reads these headlines....?????? LOL?
And this year’s award for “Best Unintentional Double-Entendre Wording In a Headline” goes to....
It looks like someone poof read it.
The jokes just write themselves.
So wrong.
So, so very wrong.
“an entry level fannie position”?
Who proof reads these headlines....?????? LOL?
The poof proofer?
The headline is TRUE in more than one sense :)
You know...if this was only for a “entry-level” situation...where Barney had to talk to some other guy to grease up the situation and ensure a proper introduction....I don’t see a problem.
Alot of guys up in these major metropolitan areas need “entry-level” situations, and it helps if you can meet folks at the right bar or club to make things happen. I’m sure Barny was ethical, honest and straight about the situation.
Barney Frank is so twisted he would blow an Oscar Meyer weiner.
And people think that gays are OK in our military? Oh my! The promotions!
I also do not believe that any fudge packer should hold elective orifice either.Openly gay sexuality and politics just do not mix. Back in the closet with the lot of them!
It was an anal-yst position.
That headline is just not right:) Didn’t even read the article before posting the headline was all I needed.
Herb Moses was “Fannie’s assistant director for product initiatives,” to quote Fox news. If that’s an entry level job, I’d love to have one just like it.
I seriously doubt that it was unintentional.
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