Slog - Comments on Craig Backed by... Barney Frank? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank I'm not sure if this helps the Senator from Idaho hang onto his job, but Barney Frank is behind him — and tossing out great quotes as usual... WASHINGTON - Rep. Barney Frank says embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is a hypocrite on gay rights issues, but he doesn’t think the Republican senator should resign. Frank’s comments, made in a telephone interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, came as some Republican lawmakers, including Sen. John McCain of Arizona, called on Craig to step down after being caught in a men’s room undercover police operation. But Frank, one of two openly... Copyright 2008 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:25:49 -0800 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:16:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by larry Yes, serve the whole term. Don't let the people forget what kind of jerk-off (hee hee) he is.

]]> larry http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793801 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:41:15 -0800 Comment by Aexia If Vitter gets to stick around, then so should Craig.

]]> Aexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793814 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:49:34 -0800 Comment by infrequent great quotation!

but he can't be trusted to go to the bathroom with others, either.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793820 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:54:36 -0800 Comment by longball They are playing recording of Craig's arrest interrogation right now on CNN... ugh, it's painfiul.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793824 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:55:59 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Of course Frank would think that Craig should serve out his term. As a good Democrat, Frank want's Craig's bloated Republican corpse festering in DC and Idaho right up to the 2008 election.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793835 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:08:00 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Frank's support is about as helpful as Castro's

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793842 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:15:39 -0800 Comment by Sean Barney Frank is just taking the principled stance that being gay does not by itself warrant a resignation from office.

I would expect any gay-friendly person to take the same stance.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793843 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:16:50 -0800 Comment by Ben Dover I admire Senator Frank. He is both a principled man and a very funny man. He is definitely near the top of my 'politicians I would want to have a drink with' list.

]]> Ben Dover http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793848 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793848 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:16 -0800 Comment by Gitai @7 Being gay doesn't warrant resignation. Being involved in a sex scandal doesn't warrant resignation. Being a huge fucking hypocrite about both and then getting caught does.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793850 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:26:15 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman He'll just need a hall pass to use the Senate Toilets I guess. AND if he is cruising the Union Station bathrooms, well more power to him. The stench in there makes the toilet in Traispotting look absolutely endearing.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793852 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:26:46 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman That was Trainspotting. I'm having my post lunch coma.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793857 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:27:50 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon could someone explain the logistics of putting your hand under the stall divider? doesn't seem like the best angle for a handjob.

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793889 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:48:06 -0800 Comment by Former Frank Constituent Barney Frank is a great guy, and I don't really give a shit if he is gay or not. He says what he thinks, is much more intelligent than the usual Congressidiot, and is always entertaining. So, I take him at his word. But this Potato-state asshole should burn in the special corner of Hell reserved for public demagogues and hypocrites. @5 makes an excellent point.

]]> Former Frank Constituent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c793890 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:49:23 -0800 Comment by jonathan God, I love Barney Frank. Articulate, Jewish, gay, liberal -- kind a reminds me of Eli (but not as cute).

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794174 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:33:59 -0800 Comment by Issur More and more column inches about the potty putz pulling scandal of 2007. The goi will never grasp the power of sitra ahra as long as we keep churning this nonsense about the Minneapolis Airport restroom. We don't want the goi wonder if everyone might have a sitra ahra even conservative Senators. Sitra ahra drives each of us into seemingly hypocritical actions.

Sex scandals have worked for centuries, millenia really to confuse the goi. As long as there are Senators and beautiful men in the world there'll always be a scandal for the front page of the paper.

Tikkum Olam today requires distracting the goi from the war and nothing works better than a potty putz pulling Senatorial sex scandal.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794177 Politics Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:40:24 -0800 Comment by Kaija Nice. So NOW someone comes up with the brilliant idea that one's sex life isn't absolutely and irrationally linked to how well they perform their job? Wasn't it just a few years that the President almost got impeached over a blow job?

Nevertheless, this hypocritical behavior by our politicians only underlines the double standard regarding sex in our society.

]]> Kaija http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/craig_backed_by_barney_frank#c794268 Politics Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:16:32 -0800