I love Barney Frank. This guy, who looks like and is, a wise old owl has more spunk than 25 of his fellow Democrats put together. Would that they take a courage lesson from him. He can give his opponents whiplash before they even know what's hit them. In this video he responds to a stupid question by a stupid woman with his typical make-no-mistake-about-where-I-stand frankness. You gotta love the guy.
I love that video. Barney Frank has always shared space on the list of two or three people I've wished were my congressperson instead of whatever schmuck inevitably 'represents' me. With that performance, he may have moved into the top spot.
ReplyDeleteBarney Franks is a cool dude.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to answer a comment here instead of JBW's site Leslie. I get "tracked" by some local creeps from time to time.
I've worked campaigns on a local level since I was thirteen. I'm not a big timer by any means and never had much influence on anything so don't think I'm portraying myself as David Axlerod or something. I've just seen what the other side is willing to do to win. When my side has used those tactics, more often than not, we've won. I don't like it. I hope I'm retired from all this. I just don't have the stomach for beating up a guy for something he did 20 years ago anymore. But if the other side is ready to bring up mud from that long ago, they have to know that there is a price. Their candidates are fair game. The last election I worked, we didn't make the opponent pay for misleading campaign literature and messages. We hoped the electorate would see through it. My guy lost big. This was the second time he lost becuase we stayed positive. He won three times when we exposed his opponents for their lack of knowlege and BS. The sad fact is that most people pay little attention. They have to be grabbed with an issue. A good record is nice but it's boring. An opponent that has a theft conviction or three divorces, people will get real interested.
I think you have more than four people that read your site Leslie. You got it going on here Sister. Continued success to you.
We could sure use a few more like him.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought it very apt that his last name is "Frank".
ReplyDeleteTruth 101: For some reason I didn't get a notice about your comment via email. Sorry. Need to figure out a way to monitor comments so I can be more timely, yet keep out Mr. Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying but dirty politics isn't new, as you probably know. It's too bad we have to act like animals to get a decent person elected. Sounds a bit contradictory, doesn't it?
I used to love politics - and still do but in a less active way. Even campaigned for LBJ. Did I ever regret that one! Yet, with the major exception of Vietnam, he really was a pretty good president. The war side-tracked him from accomplishing those things he had set out to do with the Great Society. Yet, I firmly believe that Kennedy never would have been able to get civil rights legislation passed. But I digress.
Right now, it's dirtier than I can ever remember. I'm angry at moderate Republicans and conservatives for not having the balls to denounce the lunatic fringe. I'm equally pissed at the Democrats for being too slow and disorganized to counteract all this crap. So, where is a party for me and you?
BTW, if LBJ were president, I really feel that he would succeed in getting HC reform passed. He knew how to twist those arms.
ReplyDeleteLeslie, re keeping out anonymous comments without the need to monitor every comment... you can set your comments to 'Google users only' and it will only allow people with Blogger registration to post comments and they will always be posted by their Blogger handle.
ReplyDeleteIt does limit the ability of readers using another blog platform to comment, but it prevents anonymous comments without requiring direct moderation.
I've thought about that. I'll give it a try, altho it seems like whenever I try something new I just screw it up.
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ReplyDeleteI had originally set my boxing blog to 'Google users only' because I had wanted to prevent anonymous comments. I found out that many of the people I wanted reading it and commenting were reading it but unable to comment, so I removed the restriction.
My main political blog is totally unmoderated because I am committed to absolute freedom of speech. I'd rather leave a horribly offensive comment to stand, and refute it, than pull it down.
I certainly understand the desire to moderate content, however.
That's the way I had it in the beginning and will probably go back to it as I feel the way you do. I can still be notified by email of a comment, which I like because it gives me a heads up that there is one and saves me the time of having to check each post. At that point I can still decide whether or not to publish it.
ReplyDeleteWell, as a trial run, I've left it wide open.
ReplyDeleteCan always go back to moderating comments so they show up on my dashboard first.