Barney Frank quotes

[Scuba]

http://www.barney2012.com/quotes




"I have this fear that one days there's going to be a fire in the Senate and there are only going to be 57 Senators there and they'll all die because they won't have the 60 votes to allow themselves to leave the building."

"Gay people have a different role than other minority groups…Very few black kids have ever had to worry about telling their parents that they were black.”

"The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity."

"People are rightly upset about the role of big money in politics. And it’s true that big money will win if it’s got the field to itself. But if you get the average voter involved and engage the collective weight of public opinion you will kick big money’s ass."



And many, many more at the link.

[louis-t]

1. The first one is my favorite. Ha!

Barney....

[tblue]

2. Those are EXCELLENT!

Thanks for sharing. I love it!

[banned from Kos]

3. Barney is fantastic. A great mind, a proponent of freedom and acceptance.

NOTHING some Dems do pisses me off more than disrespecting Barney Frank.

[Old Troop]

4. Let's not forget.....

My friend needs a job

[Remember Me]

5. I'll definitely miss him -- for speaking the Truth so eloquently.

“We’re the only people I know who are expected to take large amounts of money from perfect strangers and have it have no effect on our behavior.”

[ellisonz]

6. My favorite...

Questioner: Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy as Obama has expressly supported this policy? Why are you supporting it?
Frank: When you ask me that question I am gonna revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question: On what planet do you spend most of your time? <...> As you stand there with a picture of the President defaced to look like Hitler, and compare the effort to increase health care to the Nazis, my answer to you is, as I said before, it is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated. Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table: I have no interest in doing it.

[Scuba]

7. That was a standout moment, wasn't it?

[ellisonz]

8. Absolutely.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. I remember Barney as funny back when he was in the MA state legislature.

I've had some disagreements with him over the years but he is one of the sharpest wits in Congress in my lifetime.

[burrowowl]

10. He is very witty, I love him!

[gkhouston]

11. Imagine him hosting Meet The Press. n/t