Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection [ former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive]

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[Sub-Driver]

Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection Democratic House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive.

By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute 9/24/2008 3:08:50 PM

Are journalists playing favorites with some of the key political figures involved with regulatory oversight of U.S. financial markets?

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews launched several vitriolic attacks on the Republican Party on his Sept. 17, 2008, show, suggesting blame for Wall Street problems should be focused in a partisan way. However, he and other media have failed to thoroughly examine the Democratic side of the blame game.

Prominent Democrats ran Fannie Mae, the same government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that donated campaign cash to top Democrats. And one of Fannie Mae’s main defenders in the House – Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a recipient of more than $40,000 in campaign donations from Fannie since 1989 – was once romantically involved with a Fannie Mae executive.

The media coverage of Frank’s coziness with Fannie Mae and his pro-Fannie Mae stances has been lacking. Of the eight appearances Frank made on the three broadcasts networks between Jan. 1, 2008, and Sept. 21, 2008, none of his comments dealt with the potential conflicts of interest. Only six of the appearances dealt with the economy in general and two of those appearances, including an April 6, 2008 appearance on CBS’s “60 Minutes” were about his opposition to a manned mission to Mars.

Frank has argued that family life “should be fair game for campaign discussion

[Sub-Driver]

Well well..........

[Hegemony Cricket]

Barney only loved him for his fannie...

[rightwingintelligentsia]

The July 3, 1998, Reliable Source column in The Washington Post reported Frank, who is openly gay, had a relationship with Herb Moses, an executive for the now-government controlled Fannie Mae. The column revealed the two had split up at the time but also said Frank was referring to Moses as his “spouse.” Another Washington Post report said Frank called Moses his “lover” and that the two were “still friends” after the breakup.

[Edgerunner]

And one of Fannie Mae’s main defenders in the House – Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a recipient of more than $40,000 in campaign donations from Fannie since 1989 – was once romantically involved with a Fannie Mae executive.

Which one was he?

[A. Morgan]

[avacado]

Herb Moses.

[dblshot]

“his pro-Fannie Mae stances”

Wide stances no doubt.

[Free State Four]

Barney only loved him for his fannie...

You made me laugh so hard I scared the dog!

[GATOR NAVY]

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass...was once romantically involved with a Fannie Mae executive.

If that image is not worthy of a projectile vomit alert I don't know what is.

[ClearCase_guy]

For no good reason, I'm thinking of the pre-battle scene in Braveheart:

Stephen the Madman: The good Lord tells me He can get me through this mess.
William Wallace: And what about me?
Stephen the Madman: Oh, He says you're f*****! HA! HA! HA! HA!

[Red Badger]

I don’t want to hear about Barney Frank’s Fannie Love.........

[Oldexpat]

I guess he planted some Herb’s in the old Fannie..

[The Sons of Liberty]

Looks like old Bwarney Fwank is in this up to his eyeballs!!!

[IbJensen]

I knew there was something queer about Fannie’s Mae.

[vox_freedom]

Barney looks a bit hungry, so here is a piece of cake for him:

[Oratam]

The media coverage of Frank’s coziness with Fannie Mae and his pro-Fannie Mae stances has been lacking.

The love that dare not speak its name.

[KCengineer]

Did the White House keep meeting minutes from the discussions with Frank and Dodd?

Why has this President refused to use the bully pulpit to call these guys out when there were problems coming?

Now he uses the bully pulpit to bail our ass out.

This whole thing is sickening and the Democrats are going to get away with it. Shely, Bush, Rove, Gramm and many others knew this was going to happen and they did nothing.

Why didn’t Shelby launched an investigaiton in 2005 when he was chairman of the committee?

Republicans are wimps.

[drpix]

"I object to these charges that I didn't have
  things in hand in Washington D.C."

[geezerwheezer]

Prissy Chrissy tries to blame the repubs for the mess at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. This P.O.S. Matthews also wants to run for congress from his home state of Massachusetts. In that state you have a homo representative named Barney Frank, a war hero Senator named John F’n Kerry, and a drunkard Kennedy. Why does this not bother the folks up there? Are they all that damned shallow they don’t care? Chrissy knows he needs them to win, so Chrissy will help them out any way the dummies want him to.

[mewzilla]

Barney Frank and fannies reminds me of this pic.

[pissant]

Are you sure it wasn’t Freddie Mac?

[dalebert]

Its the money guys that they are talking about. your money and the fact that it wont be worth 1 red cent.

[Maverick68]

I thought everyone knew Freddy Merc was gay...

[Maverick68]

I thought everyone knew Freddy Merc was gay...

[texas_mrs]

[Faith]

Has Drudge mentioned this? Perhaps e-mailing him would give this story a spark.

[Ann Archy]

Is this the Barney LOVER that was running a PROSTITUTION RING in BARNEY”S BASEMENT????? Butt Bartney didn’t know ANYTHING????

[Ann Archy]

THAT PICTURE should be on EVERY DAMN THREAD ABOUT FANNIE MAE! DISGUSTING.

[lonevoice]

LOL!!

[TMD]

Here’s an interesting article from 1993 (National Review) foreshadowing the mess we’re in today…..Like every other liberal policy it can be traced back to “good intentions” or “it seemed like such a good idea….”

The gist of the article is: Because of “racial injustice”, big, bad lending institutions discriminate against poor, disenfranchised people and won’t give them mortagages. Enter Bill Clinton, Janet Reno and other stooges to strong arm (threaten) lending institutions to change lending rules so they aren’t so ‘mean’. Of course, this isn’t the only contributing factor but government meddling with good business practices usually has predictable results…...

I’m sure it will be discussed on CNN, MSNBC, E I E I O, SJMercury etc……
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_/ai_14779796

This should be required reading for everyone so when they hear bug-eyed Nancy they’ve got some idea of the history behind this debacle….…..

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

[RightWingConspirator]

Bent over at the waist, no doubt.

[Enchante]

Barney Frank is the scumbag who declared that the Palin children are “fair game” for the vicious jackals of the left, merely for appearing onstage with their parents, even though no Palin child has ever engaged in politics or made a campaign speech, etc.

Barney Frank, you douchebag, what you deserve now is to get everything thrown at you including the kitchen sink.

Barney Frank bears as much or more responsibility for the mortgage meltdown as anyone, since he was “on point” pushing for every more lax standards for “sub-prime” loans. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are both in bed with Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.

[bert]

.......Barney Frank is the scumbag ......

Should be..... “Barney Frank the Queer from Massachuttes is the scumbag “

[SERKIT]

"Frank, Dodd, Schumer ought to be in jail"

....as well as half of Barry's campaign staff and few on his VP search team. Many were involved with (or fired from) Fannie/Freddie.

[A. Morgan]

[tina07]

AGREED...YES THEY SHOULD! (don’t know how to make text any bigger like yours, but I’m saying it as loud as you did!)