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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 03:57 PM Original message |
Barney Frank was involved in a sex scandal in the 1980's - why did he get a pass? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. The repubs were less vicious then? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Larry Craig tried to get Frank kicked out of Congress |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. He wasn't involved. |
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nomb (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. He got a pass? That's what that millstone of innuendo around his neck is called? n/t |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Also, that was before our country devolved into hate consciousness..before hate radio |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. he didn't get a pass, there was some vote against him , also they investigated |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is life fair? Are people's and politicians' actions always consistent throughout the decades? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. This is just a guess |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, it was a bit different |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thank you for that. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks for that synopsis |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Social Networking...digitial cameras... |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've always wondered why he got a pass |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I think it was his boy-toy, not his significant other... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. No internets or social media. n/t |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. I suppose I should remember this |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Turd Way influence was much less and millions of natural Republicans had not |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think our culture has changed since the Frank and Clinton scandals |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. He managed to have it over with in the mid-1980's |
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