Barney Frank Named 'Porker of the Year'

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Has anyone seen Barney Frank? Tell him this man in a pink pig suit is looking for him!

Barney Frank Named 'Porker of the Year'

He can bring home the bacon.

Da DA da da. Fry it up in a pan.

Da DA da da.

Cause he's a congressman —

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank has earned the distinction of "Porker of the Year" from the group Citizens Against Government Waste.

With 49 percent of the votes, Frank beat out Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Calif. Rep. Maxine Waters, who came in 2nd and 3rd, and the write-in vote, President Barack Obama.

The group likes to make a splash with crazy stunts like live pigs at a press conference (Oh, that reminds me: If you see Barney Frank, tell him a man in a pink pig suit would like to speak with him) but they take their message about government waste pretty seriously.

Frank earned the distinction for his role as House financial-services committee chairman during the worst financial crisis in decades. The group says he took no responsibility for the crisis despite making bone-headed comments like, "Let's roll the dice on subsidized housing" in a 2003 New York Times article, then suggesting earlier this year that it was time to scrap Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and "leave it to the government."

"He became a kind of a poster child for the financial meltdown," a spokeswoman for the group said. "For many, he's a porcine representation of wasteful spending in Washington," she added.

(Oh yeah. She really said "porcine.")

"When it comes to pork, Barney Frank has committed indulgences that are the budgetary equivalent of Vosges bacon chocolate," said Alyx Kaczuwka, a bacon lover and author of the blog LOLFed.com, referring to the chocolate-covered-bacon delicacy.

Past recipients including Rep. John Murtha, the defense-appropriations subcommittee chair who became so famous for his power plays and back-room deals that an area of the House floor became known as "Murtha's Corner," in 2007 and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2008 for their outstanding achievements in the porcine arts including "National Plumbing Industry Week" and "National Day of the Cowboy."

When reached for comment, Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow, the masterminds behind bacon salt and bacon envelopes had this to say:

"J&D's Foods would like to congratulate our pork-loving leader of the House Financial Services Committee Congressman, Barney Frank. We rally behind you crying 'WE WANT BOAR IN 2010!' So here's to you, Porker of the Year, champion of the swine, defender of the pig, stuffer of the hog and protector of the other white meat. Congressman Frank, we salute you."

Edited February 3, 2010 by Lord Infamous

[Danno 1,228]

Barnet Fwank actually looks like a pig, there are many a hefty Senator or Congressman, most often their clothes are tailored to fit properly.....but Fwank always looks like he if busting out of his shirt around the Stomach.

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Barney Frank Named 'Porker of the Year'

He seems more of a bottom, to me..

[mawilson 2,133]

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"He became a kind of a poster child for the financial meltdown," a spokeswoman for the group said. "For many, he's a porcine representation of wasteful spending in Washington," she added.

I don't get it. Let's say, for sake of argument, that Frank is personally responsible for the financial crisis. It's not the banks, the hedge funds, the mortgage brokers, the housing industry, or American consumers. Nope - it's Barney Frank who caused all the mess. Because, well, he's gay. And he's Jewish. And he's a Democrat. So that's reason enough to blame him.

Anyway, let's just suppose it really was all his fault. That might earn him bonehead of the year, or imbecile of the year, or even shmucktaculous of the year. But piggie of the year? Don't you have to be greedily eating at the public trough for that? You know, handing out favors to your cronies, plum job assignments to your dentist's cousin, stuff like that? Not to mention bringing home government grants and contracts to your home district, the better to bribe your voters with. Where's the evidence Frank is particularly guilty of such things? I see none.

Past recipients including Rep. John Murtha, the defense-appropriations subcommittee chair who became so famous for his power plays and back-room deals that an area of the House floor became known as "Murtha's Corner,"

Now Murtha, THERE's a congressional piggie if I ever saw one!

[Danno 1,228]

Actually Barney wins on my score card for looks alone.

He has to be the worse dressed ** in washington.

As far as Blame.... I never expected the Hedge fund, Mortgage broker etc to be watching the store house, Frank in his position should have... but he was cool with it all right up until the end..

Which has nothing to do with his lisp, religion or party.

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As far as Blame.... I never expected the Hedge fund, Mortgage broker etc to be watching the store house, Frank in his position should have... but he was cool with it all right up until the end..

Which has nothing to do with his lisp, religion or party.

Frank's position? He's a congressman. It's NOT his job to have day to day oversight, that's the job of the SEC and other regulatory agencies. His job is to (primarily) to legislate. Which he has done. If you don't like the legislation (and deregulation) of the past decade, keep in mind which President was signing (or vetoing) the bills coming out of Congress during that era.

Anyway, you didn't address the pigishness question. Let's say I concede that Frank has gross malfeasance in the financial collapse. Where's the evidence of piggie at the trough?

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Steve loves Barney's weenies!