UPDATE: The Boston Herald Responds, saying "Frank's road rage acceptance speech was an out-of-body experience".
"Sorry, Barney Frank, but you can't be trusted."
So you think you are a victim? What better time to raise hell about it than in the course of your victory speech?
When I saw reports from people on certain blogs insisting that Barney Frank was in trouble, I had a strong idea that they might be getting a little carried away. Actually, a whole hell of a lot carried away, to the point they seemed as though they might be on the verge of becoming modern day berserkers. Unfortunately, their zeal was infectious, and I too started to ponder the impossible, and actually hoped it might be true. I even tried to write the outline of a potential campaign advertisement, probably way too late for it to be produced, and probably far too risque for a New England campaign spot in any event.
I also did a tarot reading for the race, and drew the Seven of Swords. Of course you have to understand, Tarot is subjective as hell. It's neither wrong nor right, its merely a means of focusing the unconscious mind to the discernment of trends and of probable though by no means definite outcomes. Of course, you still have to interpret the card. In this case, the Seven of Swords is a card that entails the need for diplomacy, but in the sense of a low-class, conniving individual who uses his intellect to subvert and to gain by way of cunning tactics and strategy what he could never accomplish by direct, straightforward effort. That describes Barney Frank to a "T". Sure, he's combative in debate or on committee, but that's a different story. His arrogance and combativeness is as much of a diversion, a guise, as much as a spirited defense or assertion of his values, such as they are.
I should have called him as the probable winner, but could not bring myself to do it. That's because I had, like so many others, unrealistic hopes as to Franks imminent political demise.
Well, I was wrong to entertain such hopes, though actually I wasn't wrong enough to think they were valid. In the meantime, I thought I should share a comment I received in response to a comment I made on the socialist blog Thoughtstreaming, from Ducky, who is from Massachusetts and presumably from Frank's district.
Pagan, under Reagan there was a massive upward shift of wealth. Now it's happening again and they are going to do you raw. Get ready, because Rand is going to shove a plank up your ass.
What does Jimmy Carter have to do with this? The fact is that there has not been progressive government in America for quite some time.
I take a little comfort in the election in Massachusetts. Some little ex-marine with a Wharton MBA started talking supply side trash in a race against Barney Frank. Even started on about gerrymandering in Barney's district which made the Glenn Beck show.
This guy Bielat was touted as the Republican renaissance in Massachusetts. Tip of the spear an barney kicked his fucking teeth in. Wiped the floor with him and the entire Republican challenge went down.
Then in his victory speech Frank kept pounding and gave the little fool a history of the district and how the redrawing in the 60's resulted in a Republican rep for a few elections. Then called him a liar and told him he was an ass to think people wanted SS privatized. Leveled him, left him with nothing.
I'd like to see more progressives like that instead of this crop of clowns who invite fucking Rick Warren a bigoted piece of filth to speak at the inauguration. Bipartisan solutions. The good news is that the blue dog dems got absolutely pounded. Mst of their useless asses got kicked to the curb.
Maybe what we have that can still pass for progressive will do the right thing and when the time comes that people like Baby Doc have completely fucked things up they will be able to say we were against this and voted that way, this is what we stand for and we have the voting history to prove it.
It will take a while but it can be done. Meanwhile, for you, it's the Full Ayn Rand and they WILL do you raw.
That is probably an all too typical attitude from a Massachusetts voter toward Frank, and in fact, is a typically partisan attitude. Its the precise reason certain politicians and office-holders will retain their office as though it were ordained from on high, no matter how corrupt or even incompetent they might be in any given case.
In this case, never mind that Barney Frank ran a gay brothel out of his own apartment, one which was very likely set up in order to facilitate blackmail and coercion of closeted influential gays (I refuse to believe a sitting Congressman would run a gay or for that matter any kind of brothel out of his house just to supplement his income, or for simple fun and games).
Never mind that Barney Frank is one of the major architects of the housing bubble and resultant mortgage mess and financial and banking meltdowns.
All that matters is Frank is a progressive politician who wants to raise taxes on the rich and on big business, and is otherwise a reliable supporter and staunch advocate of the progressive agenda. Nothing else matters at all.
That is why it is my staunch hope that when the new House of Representatives is sworn in, there will soon after be a subpoena issued to Barney Frank, and for a good many others as well. They should go over his life with a fine toothed comb, though of course only as it pertains to his political career. They should not, out of the absurd fear of being called homophobic, shy away from investigating his sexual relationships with men who have benefited from his congressional authority and influence.
But mainly, he should be brought to account for his role in the collapse of the banking and housing markets.
This is a right-of-center country which a couple of nights ago took another step just a little farther to the right than usual. They were sent there to, in the oft-repeated phrase that is almost by now a cliche', "drain the swamp".
There are some inhabitants of that swamp who will unfortunately be dispatched in no other manner, but go they must. Barney Frank is one of the ones who must go. If the people of Massachusetts can't see fit to vote him out, then we can simply demand he be investigated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and at a bare minimum censured by the House.
Hopefully, though, there is a good long prison term in Barney Frank's future. But like everything else in this politically correct and corrupt Washingtonian culture, the people will have to rise up and demand it.
