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Barney Frank blames redistricting in decision to quit
Boston Herald website ^ | Nov.28, 2011 | Dave Wedge, Hillary Chabot And Natalie Sherman

Posted on 11/28/2011 2:57:10 PM PST by Makana

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To: Makana
When I saw Barney was not running again, I actually for real had a Fizzies party! Just found a box of them at Cracker Barrel.
21 posted on 11/28/2011 3:34:28 PM PST by Plumres
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To: American in Israel
I say hunt him down and bring him to justice no matter where he flees to. Grand theft and embezzlement are not congressional perks like insider trading has become. Millions of Americans are suffering for his excesses now.

At this point, I don't think one needs to be a conspiracy theorist to expect many of our elected officials to flee the country over the next few years.
22 posted on 11/28/2011 3:35:35 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: Brilliant
He’s saying that the district is more conservative than it was, and he can’t win re-election. I hope he’s right, but I suspect it’s due more to the fact that he doesn’t want to expose himself publicly given the mood of the electorate.

I agree with your suspicion. Recall that in the last election cycle he 1.) had a GOP opponent who actively used his culpability in the financial meltdown against him and 2.) actually admitted to the Boston Globe (or maybe it was the Herald) that he assumed the Bush Admin warnings on Fannie and Freddie were just politics, so he played politics right back.

If he was looking at a race that he would win by only 5 points, he'd know that he'd get the cr*p kicked out of him so thoroughly that even in winning there'd be negative cascading consequences throughout Dem races - not only would he have to raise a ginormous amount of money (that could go elsewhere), the heightened emphasis on the role he played in enabling the behaviors that led to the meltdown would command multiple national news cycles. IOW he'd have a Pyrrhic victory that would damage other races ...
23 posted on 11/28/2011 3:37:03 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: Makana

Oh bugger


24 posted on 11/28/2011 3:40:05 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Makana

Damn! You beat me to it.


25 posted on 11/28/2011 3:42:27 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Makana

Barney Frank, a despicable piece of human filth. Cost America trillions, left us in an economic depression.

Whatta scumbag.


26 posted on 11/28/2011 3:46:55 PM PST by y6162
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To: Makana
banana barney
27 posted on 11/28/2011 3:48:53 PM PST by BOOHA
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To: Makana
A somewhat bitter Barney Frank....a move he said was triggered by redistricting that left him with too many new constituents to serve as a “lame-duck” legislator.

Entitled swine. Mass typically votes 45% or more Republican in national elections (and sometimes even higher as in the Scott Brown race). And yet people like BF demand that MA forever be represented by Democrat congresspeople only, and anything else is a violation of the rules.

28 posted on 11/28/2011 3:53:07 PM PST by denydenydeny (The more a system is all about equality in theory the more it's an aristocracy in practice.)
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To: Makana

“We need a Route 95 rest stop named after Congressman Barney Frank.”


Yep,and I know just the place on 95-—LOL.

The Frank Fens could also be dedicated for his years in Boston before he carpetbagged to Middlesex.


29 posted on 11/28/2011 3:58:03 PM PST by Mears (WHEN THEY)
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To: y6162

He’s going to continue costing us trillions. Take a look down the rabbit hole to see where former elected officials go to get richer.

http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/departing.php


30 posted on 11/28/2011 4:18:42 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: American in Israel

Bingo.
You’ve read the stitches on the fastball, as Rush likes to say.


31 posted on 11/28/2011 4:32:11 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (Herman Cain, never a lawyer, not a career politician. Let's Get Real,America.)
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To: Makana

The SOB is fortunate that he is not sitting in a jail cell....


32 posted on 11/28/2011 4:37:04 PM PST by cranked
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To: ReformationFan
“If I remember history correctly, the reason Frank got elected in the first place was due to redistricting which caused longtime prolife Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler to lose her seat.”

Thats different, that was then this is now/s

33 posted on 11/28/2011 4:38:53 PM PST by mongo141
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To: twister881
“what gets plugged”

You, me and every other honest, straight, Christian American taxpayer since this fa**ot wh*re came to Washington.

34 posted on 11/28/2011 5:01:58 PM PST by Tail Gunner John
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To: Makana

Barney Frank is going to retire, the only correct decision that moron has ever made!


35 posted on 11/28/2011 5:06:11 PM PST by CowboyConservative
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To: Makana
Massachusetts Issues Honorary Barney Frank License Tag


36 posted on 11/28/2011 5:11:32 PM PST by Iron Munro (Unattended children will be towed away at the owners expense)
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To: Makana
If a woman who runs a whore house selling women is called a "Madam", what does one call a homosexual who runs a whore house selling boys?


37 posted on 11/28/2011 5:16:18 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (ue)
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To: Makana

There’s nothing sadder than an old queen who has fallen off her throne.


38 posted on 11/28/2011 5:54:27 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Interesting. Margaret Heckler was a moderate/liberal Republican who was and is prolife on abortions. I wish more of the liberal Republicans were like that.

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

I didn’t know Massachusetts had such a conservative Democrat governor at that time. No wonder he later became a Republican.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._King

If Margaret Heckler was the most liberal a Republican could be and if the Democrats were more like Ed King was I think our nation and culture would be a lot better off.


39 posted on 11/28/2011 8:28:08 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

Bookmark


40 posted on 11/28/2011 9:40:51 PM PST by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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