2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBarney Frank Slams Allen West: 'Not Even Joe McCarthy Would Have Said Anything So Stupid'
"Not even Joe McCarthy would have said anything so stupid and dissociated from reality," Frank said in a call with The Huffington Post. "It's an indication of the significant deterioration of the Republican Party as a responsible entity that an ignorant, mean guy like Allen West is considered one of their stars."
The Massachusetts Democrat, who is retiring this year after 16 terms in Congress, said he is proud of his record over the years in cooperating with even the most conservative of Republicans. But West's remarks -- he told constituents on Tuesday that as many as 80 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are members of the Communist Party -- show that the current flank of House Republicans leaves little room for bipartisanship, Frank said.
"I ask people, when you hear something so breathtakingly dumb and vicious as that, how do people expect us to be able to work out some compromise with him?" Frank said. Asked why he felt West's comments were "vicious," Frank said it is because communism has historically been a doctrine of repressing people's rights.
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/barney-frank-allen-west_n_1418537.html
mucifer
(23,554 posts)Carla in Sequim
(228 posts)I hope he will be available to join a few campaign stops.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Like:
"Why so upset Barney?.... is there some truth to the accusation?"
And there's another one about Barney being the head of the Commies in the Democratic Party.
Teabagger fantasy world of fear and loathing.... really pitiful.
There's one that talks with glee about "Liberals tying themselves into balloon knots trying to transfer the guilt."
The GUILT? An hysterical Town Hall accusation from the token black teabagger with ego problems is now tantamount to GUILT?!
sakabatou
(42,159 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)and stupid.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I hope he still lends his voice on various issues when he retires.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)lots of 'there are among us' and 'we know who they are' rhetoric.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)on MSNBC a few years ago about investigating folks in Congress for being Anti-America, but she won re-election. Unbelievable!
October 2008
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)Don't know what his plans are after his term, but I hope they include lots of TV commentary
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)He'd be great, and I think would add to the viewership.