Silk-Robespierre
Barney Frank is doubly protected. As a liberal’s liberal, he is worshipped in the press. As an openly gay man, he can’t be, uh, touched. (But not beyond the occasional cheap, uh, gag.)
And then there’s that speech thing.
But BTL wushes in whehre angels feahr to twead:
Congress will consider legislation to extend some of the curbs on executive pay that now apply only to those banks receiving federal assistance, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.
“There’s deeply rooted anger on the part of the average American,” the Massachusetts Democrat said at a Washington news conference today.
He said the compensation restrictions would apply to all financial institutions and might be extended to include all U.S. companies.
Rep. Barney Frank sings along to Elton John’s “Rocket Man”
This guy is elected by a fairly wealthy, hugely liberal, partly Jewish area of west suburban Boston—and he is bringing Soviet communism to the United States of America?
Great people know when their moment has arrived, and when to seize the initiative. You won’t read the words “great” and “Barney” and “Frank” in the same sentence here (at least, not after this), but he is smart enough to know that he may never again have such an opportunity to impose socialism.
Obama may be the figurehead, but Barney Frank is the leader of his Terror. Call him Silk-robespierre.
Corporate America is equally guilty, by the way. You can’t expect the government to leave you alone when you’re begging for handouts. And all those executives who underwrote the Democratic Party (you thought they were Republicans?) get exactly what they deserve.