Word: sexualize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democrats would have a hard time imagining a more frightening scenario. Perhaps the most articulate and bright Democratic legislator, Frank embarrasses himself and the party. The high-flying career of the most prominent gay politician in the country crashes amidst charges of sexual indiscretion...
Frank's admitted violation of the law cannot be the sole justification for his removal. Gay sexual acts are also illegal in D.C.; should Frank be prosecuted and removed from office for being...
WHAT is unfair, however, is that Frank's sexual preference has been used against him. The Associated Press, in a story about Frank, included in its second paragraph that a poll revealed that 46 percent of Americans thought Frank should resign. Several paragraphs later, the story explained that 45 percent of those surveyed thought that no gay should serve in Congress...
Frank is also suffering from an American obsession with sexual controversy. House Member Joseph P. McDade (R-Pa.), a powerful Republican on the Appropriations Committee, is now under fire for allegedly taking illegal contributions from a corrupt defense firm, and then channeling to the firm millions in taxpayer dollars...
Frank's dealings with Gobie are being investigated by the House ethics panel. The representative has said that after ending his sexual relationship with Gobie, he hired him in 1985 as a personal aide--using his own money, not congressional staff funds--in an attempts to help Gobie start a new life...