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...days after publicly apologizing to political supporters for his involvement with a male prostitute, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank '61 ruled out retirement from the House of Representatives in the wake of allegations of personal misconduct...
...alternatives and damn little criticism. Foley and Mitchell should be out front." Yet the Democrats have been mired in troubles of their own: the convoluted agony of the pay raise, the forced resignations of Speaker Jim Wright and whip Tony Coelho, and now the sex scandal involving Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. Nor is the climate right for combat, with the economy perking along and the President enjoying an extended honeymoon. Grouses former party chairman Bob Strauss: "This is not the time to take on George Bush head...
...drug kingpin's assistants who is also a former KGB agent. And Clancy, who made no bones about his homophobia in an interview last year with Newsweek, at least took a step in the right direction this time, making a gay member of congress--a la Barney Frank--a small but important hero in his story...
REPUBLICANS could not have designed it any better. Barney Frank, a 100 percent, Grade A Massachusetts Liberal, pays for gay sex and then hires the prostitute as his personal assistant...
...Barney Frank did nothing to permanently disqualify himself from the House of Representatives. His errors were human, not evil. His story commands pity, not self-righteousness. Most importantly, Frank never broke the public trust by abusing his elected office for personal gain...