P-Luv's gonna get riled up on this one initially... No, we don't think ever attorney needs to be drowned. But we can think of a lot of congresspeople we'd like to toss off the side of a boat. Both sides... BTW, is it just us, or does Barney Frank look like one of the pigs from Angry Birds??
Well, the big news out of DC this week was the impending retirement of Barney Frank (D-MA). One of the more colorful members of Congress, and the first openly gay member of the House, Frank has decided to call it a political career.. Why now? A press corps member on POTUS put it best. Once you become a Chairman, and you lose it, it's hard to back to being a committee member. If you think your party will take over control of the House again, you stick it out, and try to get your old job back. If not, you retire. Lots of House members quit every term, but this is a pretty good sign that the Dems don't think they will take it back next year...
Frank is one of the more interesting members in DC. Like most people, he's not all bad, but in the end, he is a pretty good example of what s wrong with Washington. Frank was one of the more honest members of the House, in that at least he told you what he thought, even if it were wrong. And he actually was pretty funny, speech impediments aside. We also appreciate his work for protecting consumers. No, Dodd-Frank is far from perfect. Is it as bad as Republicans say it is? Probably not. like most legislation, it's somewhere in between....
But, we're not crying for Frank leaving, for a couple reasons. First, we think he was a bit classless at his announcement. We heard a good portion of it, and we think he spent way too much time attacking Newt Gingrich. If Newt were at he bottom of the GOP polls, would he be on him so much? We doubt it... He also mentioned that now, he could say what he felt instead of being so nice.. ?????? Oh yeah... there's the question of him taking so much campaign money from Wall Street while Chair of the Finance Committee. Fox watching the henhouse again...
Frank reminisced about the Good Old Days, when he first got to Congress in 1981. He said they used to work together, and hang out with each other. True, but let's ask a pretty valid question: If it was that way when you got there, and now you're in charge, don't you think you should take some responsibility for the breakdown? Not if you're a politician, and in the end, that's what Barney Frank is. No better, no worse. The sad part is, there are plenty more of him there, and possibly even more hardliners who never heard of the word compromise. It almost makes us wish they took the 'D' or 'R' away when they re on TV, so we could just take each of them at face value.
The good news is eventually, they all go away. We just hope they are replaced with new and improved parts. For those of you not familiar with Angry Birds, this is what we're talking about....
C'mon now... You know we're right!
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