The Other McCain

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Barney Frank Makes Me Nervous

“[In March 1987], the ABCC [Alien Border Control Committee] had its first notable success. The CIA tipped off the FBI to a group of suspected Palestinian terrorists in Los Angeles. The Bureau arrested eight men. But instead of being lauded, the Bureau and the Agency came under harsh attack from civil liberties groups who argued […]

Desperate Barney Frank Now Begging for More Democratic Baby-Killer Money

“A vote for me is a vote to save your right to destroy your inconvenient unborn children.” — Barney Frank Oh. Wait. Barney didn’t actually say that. But as Pundette says, that’s what he meant when he said this: My opponent, Sean Bielat, supports the reversal of Roe v. Wade. When asked by a reporter […]

Barney Frank Is Scared, and He Hasn’t Even Seen Ladd Ehlinger’s Next Video

When an incumbent congressman has to lend money to his own campaign, the crisis must be very dire indeed. Allahpundit wonders, “What on earth are his internal polls showing him . . . ?” Hey, when a congressman and his heckler boyfriend fly to the Virgin Islands aboard the private jet of a hedge-fund billionaire in the […]

At Bielat HQ, Ready for the Road Trip

NEWTON, Mass. — Here at Sean Bielat campaign headquarters on a Saturday afternoon, Ace of Spades and several of his readers are running the phone banks: “Hey, my name’s Ace. Would you like Sean Bielat to build you a robot?” The big news today is that Sean Bielat is the top fundraiser in Massachusetts: In […]

Barney Frank’s Self-Created Problem

BOSTON — Scapegoating other people for your problems is a psychological defense mechanism that allows the narcissist to resolve his cognitive dissonance, to wit: “I think I’m wonderful, but not everyone seems to share this perception and I need to distract them (and myself) from evidence that I’m not as wonderful as I’d like everyone to […]

OBAMA COMING TO BOSTON!

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick’s campaign announced today that President Obama will be here Saturday for a fundraiser and public rally at the Hynes Convention Center. Every Tea Party and 9/12 group in Massachusetts is calling for volunteers to greet the president. We remember the turnout in January when Obama came to Boston to campaign […]

Barney Frank’s Pals Fannie and Freddie Helped Cause the Foreclosure Crisis

A very simple question: “[A]ren’t there a lot of seat-warmers at Fannie and Freddie who collect their salaries for the express purpose of reading mortgage documents?” Doug Ross calls our attention to the role of these “government-sponsored entities” in the massive screw-up of mortgage paperwork that now threatens to freeze the entire U.S. housing market: […]

VIDEO: Barney Frank ‘Debates’ Bielat

BOSTON — Here are two segments from last night’s 4th District debate on New England Cable News. First, on Social Security: Next on economic policy: Now, there are a couple of things we need to point out here: First, the host Jim Braude is about as neutral and objective as John Kerry. You’ll notice that […]

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