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Home Front: Politix
Frank bashes critics questioning skipped vote on slashing funding for ACORN
2009-09-21
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) castigated critics Friday evening, noting that the only reason he missed a vote on an ACORN defunding measure was because he'd attended a Medal of Honor ceremony.

Frank had faced attacks for missing a procedural vote in the House this year to strip the community organizing group ACORN of federal funding.

Conservatives have targeted Frank and a handful of other Democratic committee chairmen for being allegedly light on the group.

But Frank said that he was at the White House for a posthumous Medal of Honor ceremony. "I find it deeply disturbing that the people who loudly criticized me in print did not even call my office to ask me about the situation," Frank said.

He followed up with a characteristically sharp jab. "I would like to offer them the courtesy which they refused to offer me -- I will ask their opinion," he said. 'What do they think I should have done -- attend the Medal of Honor ceremony, or a vote?"
Posted by:Fred

#11  This guy is a walking, talking insult to Massachusetts as well as the rest of us too. An aider and abettor to federally sanctioned corruption. He has never answered anything about his role in our financial collapse.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-09-21 23:26  

#10  The Irish didn't have a mission to dominate the world. Islam does and it's broadcast on a daily basis in thousands of mosques around the world. The Muslims can afford to be patient until they're the majority. Sharia by stealth is a fact, perhaps moreso in Europe and elsewhere than here, and sometimes it's not even all that stealthy. You and I may not face it in our lifetimes, but it's coming.

They can't entirely 'give up' their old ways because they bring with them the Koran, so they'll never be wholly integrated and I'm not yet convinced they're all that keen to absorb 'the American mindset'.
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-09-21 19:14  

#9  The key is to ensure they and their descendents absorb the American mindset, rather than be encouraged to cling to their old-country ways, Woozle Uneter9007. It's when they refuse to give up the old hatreds and customs, and in fact insist that the rest of us accept them, that overreaction is entirely justified.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-09-21 18:13  

#8  Once upon a time, the citizenry worried that the incoming Irish would ruin the English character of true America, but it doesn't seem to have happened.

Hysterical nonsense, then and now? There are one or two marked differences I may have detected, but perhaps that's just an overreaction on my part.
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-09-21 15:15  

#7  Why didn't they delay the vote until after the ceremony? Then Bawney and friends would be able to show their true colors.

Oh... I see...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-09-21 14:31  

#6  'What do they think I should have done -- attend the Medal of Honor ceremony, or a vote?'

Well, you could at least tell us how you would have voted.

Also, I would like to know why you absolutely, positively had to attend this particular Medal of Honor ceremony. Each one is important, but I would rather you do your job first and attend other functions as you are able to, not as you needed to for political cover.
Posted by: gorb   2009-09-21 12:56  

#5  'What do they think I should have done -- attend the Medal of Honor ceremony, or a vote?'

You should have voted, Bawney, because your presence at the Medal of Honor ceremony was a dishonor.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2009-09-21 12:54  

#4  Interbreeding, JosephM. Hybrid vigour and all that. What matters in this country is the American world-view, not the fiddling details. Once upon a time, the citizenry worried that the incoming Irish would ruin the English character of true America, but it doesn't seem to have happened.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-09-21 10:44  

#3  ION FREEREPUBLIC > DEMOGRAPHICS SHIFT. IN roughly 100 years or thereabouts, based on artic's perceived trends America's population could be comprised of 35.0Milyuhn European-Amers versus 3/4Bilyuhn Non-European Americans. EAST ASIANS [Orientals] + EUROPEANS will be NEARLY EXTINCT???

MULTIPLY TIMES TWO FOR EUROPE IN 100 YEARS.

* 'TIS "OUR LAST HOORAH AS 'FREE AMERICANS'" > enjoy it while you can???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-09-21 01:30  

#2  Barney Frank is to ACORN what a drug baron is to street dealers.
Posted by: ed   2009-09-21 01:08  

#1  Clearly, your supporters would argue you should have nominated ACORN for a Medal of Honor ceremony of their own: "For Violator"
Posted by: lex   2009-09-21 00:49  

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