Today we’re toasting the news that Congressman Barney Frank has decided to term limit himself to just 16 terms in office.
Removing Frank from office has been a project of ours since the day we first formed our company; it is ironic as this was the same day that Frank called Angel a bigot and ordered capitol police to have her arrested… simply because she respectfully challenged him to explain the constitutionality of Obamacare.
You can find out more about Fleming and Hayes Day 1 HERE.
This past Saturday afternoon, I had the “pleasure” of attending one of the rarest of political events: A Barney Frank Town Hall meeting in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was his first town hall meeting since the debacle where he compared his 2010 Democrat challenger, Rachel Brown, to a dining room table.
While the focus of this town hall meeting was to educate his constituents on his desire to slash military funding in order to expand social programs, the best sound bite I caught came from a woman who asked Congressman Frank about the costs of illegal immigrants on society.
I was expecting a well-rehearsed and nauseatingly politically correct response; however, when Frank went on to tell the woman that illegal immigrants who commit Social Security and identity fraud (both felonies) actually help out the Social Security program (because their fraud makes them pay into the system, but they’re not eligible to collect) my jaw almost hit the floor…
Read More: SHOCK VIDEO Barney Frank: Illegal Immigrants’ Fraud Helps Social Security
other local politicians celebrated the end of months of campaigning with a rally in Tauton, Massachusetts. Former governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney weighed on the importance of this election with more than a few kind words about Sean. Governor Romney still has very high favorable ratings among independent voters here in MA; he is extremely charismatic and was received very warmly. This event was in stark contrast to the democrat rally we snuck into on Saturday where Barney Frank called in former governor Mike Dukakis to rally his handful of supporters.In a last-minute move of desperation,
Barney Frank called in former governor and presidential-nominee, Michael Dukakis, to help him rally support…amongst his base in the liberal town of Brookline (well, maybe not so liberal anymore). Finding a Barney Frank event these days is harder to do than one might think. Despite the fact that Frank is truly fighting the reelection campaign of his life to republican challenger Sean Bielat, he’s staying peculiarly quiet and randomly popping up at small events amongst democrats. Ever since we organize a counter-rally to protest former President Bill Clinton’s visit to stump for Frank, Barney has avoided publicly announcing his campaign events, choosing to instead attend events with other (more popular?) candidates.
In lieu of earning votes the ol’ fashioned way (ie shaking hands and buying people an appetizer or two) Barney has relied solely on the funds of last-minute panic-driven donations from fat-cat and progressive PACs, with the promise of more pork to come.
We finally tracked the elusive congressman down when we went undercover at an early morning democrat GOTV (get out the vote) rally in Brookline, MA. It gave an interesting perspective to be amongst the most “energized” of the democrat base, to hear what liberals have to say when they think no one is listening. Imagine our surprise when it was just more of the same! This could have simply been called a “Blame Bush” rally. The only refreshing aspect was the Dukakis angle, which meant that, for a change, George Bush Sr. (and even Reagan) shared some of the blame. Frank, on the other hand, stuck to the current talking points of a typical progressive: lashing out at Bush, the Republicans and the Tea Party.
Mike Dukakis Blaming Bushes:
Barney Frank Blaming Bush, Republicans & Tea Party:
So, there you have it. The Saturday before election day and that’s the best Barney Frank could do. No rolling rallies, no big campaign events or star-studded endorsements. All Frank could muster was a “Blame Bush Fiesta” in the last liberal stronghold in his district; commiserating with past and future losers; looking backwards at events in their lives that were other people’s fault.
On a lighter note, James Ready seems to be getting really annoyed at seeing us crash every Barney Frank event we can find.
(Dude where’s your camera?)
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the district…
October 29, 2010 – Today Barney Frank announced
that he has been endorsed by his “Republican” challenger from the 1992 election cycle Edward McCormick, III. We actually think this is a good sign for Frank’s current challenger Sean Bielat. With only 3 full days until election day, Barney Frank is all but out of time to release an endorsement or other news that would help his struggling reelection campaign. We wish we could tell you more about Edward McCormick but, unfortunately, we were both in grade school during the ’92 election cycle and as a google search will tell you that was apparently the last time McCormick has been relevant. What little we do know about McCormick doesn’t boad well for his credibility as the voice of “moderate” republicans. The last person to be graced with his endorsement was our current Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick will go down in history here in MA as the only governor we’ve had who’s negatives are second only to the New York Yankees.
For those that aren’t lucky enough to live in or around Frank’s district it’s hard to convey the energy and groundswell of support that is taking form in this election. Last night Cook announced that the Massachusetts’ 4th congressional district only “Leans Democrat”, an upgrade from his previous rating of “likely Democrat”. This story broke on the heels of our leaked internal memo from the Bielat campaign showing Sean in a statistical dead head with Frank.
As surprising as the McCormick endorsement is for the sheer irrelevance factor, this actually makes a tiny bit of sense. Even in his cozy gerrymandered district which has protected him for the past 30 years, Frank has become somewhat of a social pariah. The last time Barney held a joint event, with our governor Deval Patrick, they were both greeted with a giant dancing dinosaur (you can’t make this stuff up).
