Word: gaines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frank scandal "stained" the institution he serves? Perhaps, but certainly not as much as the many members of Congress who regularly use their positions for financial gain and sell their votes to the highest bidder, as the staff editorial rightly points out. Has he abused the public trust? If, as is expected, the Ethics Committee finds that Frank knew nothing about the prostitution ring being run out of his Capitol Hill apartment and clears him of any wrongdoing, the answer is no. Finally, will this episode irreparably impair his ability and effectiveness in fighting for the liberal causes that...
...first set was a masterful display of power and finesse on the part of both players. Sheer brute strength was not enough to gain the upper hand in this contest; cunning was also required, as evidenced by a point in the ninth game when Zimmerman, pinned deep behind the baseline, chased down three overhead smashes, only to have Mueller drop it softly just over the net to win the point...
...scale of 1 to HUD, Frank's transgression is a low single digit: there is no suggestion that he used his public office for personal gain. In the eyes of some, however, private failings are far more serious: they go to a leader's judgment and character, as Gary Hart and John Tower learned. For many people, the fact that the scandal involves gay sex makes Frank's behavior more offensive; among others, tolerance of homosexuality has shielded Frank from sharper criticism...
...plight of the inner cities. For their constituencies, long denied access to political power, the mere election of one of their own to offices from which they had long been excluded was a reward in itself. "Early on, black voters' expectations were not necessarily tied to material gains," says William G. Boone, a political scientist at Atlanta's Morehouse College. "It was more of a psychological gain...
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...