I am not a fan of Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts. And it has nothing to do with whether he is gay. I will vote for a conservative aka true liberal who is gay over a leftist aka “liberal” who is straight any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
I was genuinely impressed by how he stood up for Senator Scott Brown when Kathy Griffin called Senator Brown’s daughters “prostitutes”. He sent a letter to Griffin. Here is the money paragraph from The Hill:
“I think it’s possible to have fun, and even to poke fun at people in my businesses, without this kind of completely unfair attack,” the letter continues. “And while I don’t usually feel compelled to comment on what various entertainers do, since you did include me in that show I wanted to make it very clear that I thought what you did was wholly unfair and inappropriate. It’s the kind of thing that makes it less likely that I or others can cooperate with you in the future.”
I like how he says “don’t usually feel compelled to comment on what various entertainers do”. One of the things that troubles me about modern American society is (a) how much attention entertainers receive and (b) how much people feel free to comment on anything and everything including matters with which they are not familiar.
Add (a) to (b) and you get entertainers trash talking political figures while promoting their latest film/show/album.
I also like how Congressman Frank phrased that last sentence “less likely that I or others can cooperate with you in the future”. To what extent is this how “middle Americans” need to deal with our cultural and political elite?
Here is the other things. You know how true liberals aka “conservatives” often complain when the left will not police its own rhetoric and behavior? Well here we go.
Very well said Congressman. And thank you.
