Barney Frank
I am sad to hear that Barney Frank is retiring from his post in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been a hero of mine ever since he was referred to as "Barney Fag" and he came out swingin' like a bookish brawler!
But I am also happy for Barney Frank, as he now gets to marry and enjoy life with his long time love. At least something good comes from this time of sociopolitical Cholera.
It is good to remember some of Barney's greatest bitch slaps, so they have been carefully culled from the august galleries of YouTube and from sources of lesser repute.
The name "Barney Frank" and the words "bitch slap" have been combined so often that his autobiography should be in cartoon form, with the same graphic sound effects as a Batman double issue!
Newt Gingrich
"That's why (Newt) says so many wrong things: He doesn't know a lot about substance. He half-reads some future-oriented books and out of that comes a gabble that's not terribly coherent...He's a mechanic of power."
--- 1995 interview with Mother Jones
"I will neither be a lobbyist or a historian."
---From Dave Wiegel Twitter Status, Nov 28 2011
Republicans
"Republicans will be with us as long as their votes are irrelevant to the outcome...Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can't do anything because they're tied up in knots."
---Two weeks after 2004 elections.
Dick Armey, (R, TX)
Who called Barney Frank "Barney Fag"
"I rule out that it was an innocent mispronunciation. I turned to my own expert, my mother, who reports that in 59 years of marriage, no one ever introduced her as Elsie Fag."
Bill O'Reilly
"Here's the problem with going on your show. You start ranting, and the only way to respond is to look as boorish as you."
"Your stupidity gets in the way of rational discussion"
Here is the entire video, which shows O'Reilly at his worst and most boorish level. The famous zinger is at about 3:20 on the video.
A Tea Party Alien
"On what planet do you spend most of your time?"
Donald Trump
Favorite Zingers
" And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians."
"Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. "
"They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore."
"I'm afraid this bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to our system, and it's expensive to boot."
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I'll miss him. Maybe we can have an occasional "weekend with Barney" on the cover of O/S!
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Barney's love of a wise crack at someone else's expense, and his belief that he was always the smartest guy in the room cost him his seat. He's "retiring" because the Democratic members of the state legislature gave him the worst Congressional district in the state, one he would have lost to a Republican. In other words, he was done in by his own party.
Over the years Barney offended the Democratic rank-and-file, and he always made it clear he considered them to be his inferiors. Then when he really needed them to save his butt and his seat, he found out he had no friends.
Barney learned too late that the smartest guy in the room isn't the one who tells you he's smart, it's the one who makes others feel good and gets what he wants because he doesn't need to be told he's a genius.
Him and that Socialist guy from New England somewhere (Bernie Sanders of Vermont - thank you, Google) should be run thru a duplication machine... Weiner too, sans weiner, but I guess it's too late.
I have a huge amount of respect for a guy who waits until after the election to marry his husband in order to spare his party from hater h8.
That is patriotism and I wish the happy couple only the best after he leaves office.
I'd say I'll miss him if I didn't think that he'll show up in some sort of commentator role where he can really let loose.
Shouldn't that be 'NOR' a historian? Who goofed, you or Barney? I knew Barney, in Newton. Here are two things Barney should have known: His D.C. roomate was a male hooker, and his Maine squeeze was growing weed in the house. Goodbye Barney, we hardly knew ya. But we did. Good Gawd, what a fraud.
Great collection. I will always love "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" though.
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