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US Rep. Barney Frank Says Bush Guilty of “Ethnic Cleansing”

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Is this a product of the new spirit of partnership and bi-partisanship that Nancy Pelosi was talking about? (h/t – HotAir)

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Transcript of US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) accusing President Bush of “ethnic cleansing”:

“And, what I believe is, at this point you’re not talking about [inaudible], but what you’re talking about is, I think, a [inaudible], what you’re talking about is when you simply, in a calculated way, refuse to do anything for well over a year … [inaudible] … and [stuttering] I, I, the policy I think here is ethnic cleansing by inaction.

“It’s not ethnic cleansing in the sense that they’re killing people or [driving] people out, but what we need to recognize here is that, they’re in this happy position for them, where the federal government does nothing, as they become richer and richer, because well not only black people needed housing assistance, but they were [predominantly poor, who did it], to simply not do anything to alleviate this housing crisis which … was being exacerbated by Katrina … [inaudible] they, they, they let the hurricane do the ethnic cleansing, because then they’re, all they’re doing is not resisting it, that’s why I call ethnic cleansing by inaction, and I know that there are people who were very happy that, as a result, … [inaudible] … [so that] Louisiana would become a more widely Republican [city] … [inaudible] … because if you lose 100,000 black voters … then you have to take a state that was prodominately Republican and made it [inaudible].”

Hey, Rep. Frank…. you are part of the thugs gang in charge now!  Back up your inflammatory statements with facts or apologize to the President and our nation.

So folks, is this what we have to look forward to with the Democrats in charge of Congress?  Even more anti-American, baseless lying on a daily basis?

If anyone is doing ethnic cleansing, it is the residents of New Orleans themselves.  Gateway Pundit reports that New Orleans has a murder rate TEN TIMES the national average.  And NOLA’s violent death rate in 2006 is higher than all of Iraq.

Call Pelosi and Reid!  We need to surrender from the War In Louisiana immediately!

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

Comments

  1. Bruce, ol’ Barney Frank is acting no less American than some of the lower case clan here who often comment about impeaching Bush, frogmarching Cheney out of the Exec Office, the non-existent but widespread corruption that courses through the White House… and on and on. Barney is THE posterboi for the GayLeftBorgTypes.

    Hey, it’s only Day #2 in the BraveNew Democrat World and Osama bin Laden is still on the loose, right? I thought the electoral mandate was all about having the mighty Democrat Congressional power elite go out and finally capture all the terrorists… end global warming… restore SlickWilly’s reputation… save the working class… screw BigOil… fix the auto manufacturers… rebuild the inner cities… end poverty… bring home the troops but support the troops but not the mission… balance the budget… end torture… save the UN… bring wealth to Dafur.

    It’s Day#2. Barney Frank is the clown entertainment during halftime.

  2. I get the idea that after the Nuts finish their first “100 hours” (three weeks, actually) of “bipartisan” (no Republicans allowed) agenda implementation (a minimum wage lower than the level in 29 states, implementing a few more 9-11 commission recommendations but of course none that would compromise congressional perks, and some minor earmark reforms, increasing the deficit by lowering student loan interest) the question is, then what? Three weeks of minor legislative achievements followed by two years of impeachment, amnesty, obstructing qualified judicial nominees, and tax increases?

  3. If Barney Frank was so opposed to ethnic cleansing, you’d think he would have done more to support getting rid of Saddam Hussein.

    Wait a minute, I forgot……Democrats only care about minorities when it comes to vote counting. Since Iraqis couldn’t vote for him, Frank didn’t give a damn how many of them Saddam killed.

  6. Barney Frank has done more for gay people than any thousand gay conservative activists. As for his comments about Katrina, anybody in this crowd seen the lower ninth ward in New Orleans personally? I haven’t…other than in HIgh Def on TV…and St. Bernard Parkish….remarkable considering how much money has supposedly been spent by this administration. But you still don’t get it, folks…you’ve lost Congress because of these debacles. Continuing to bitch about individual liberals and Dems after this election is the old way that brought you a loser of an election. Given that, don’t you think it’s time to change the paradigm? Ah, since I’m the only one out of the closet using his real name here, well, nothing changes does it. You’re closet conservatives. And as such, well, your future looks continuously dull.

  10. Barney “the dinosaur” Frank is a condescending twit. HotAir has a great video in which Fox News’s Neil Cavuto tears him a new one.

    He’s from the same state which keeps sending Kerry and Kennedy to the senate.

    Boycott Massachusetts!

  12. Before the election, Claire McCaskill (D-MO), running for senate (she won) accused Bush of “letting people die on rooftops because they were poor and black”.

    I fired off an email (unanswered, naturally) asking McCaskill if she really believed that. I asserted that if she did believe it, she’s too stupid to hold a position of responsibility and that if she didn’t believe it then she must think her constituents are dumb enough to belive it.

    Same question to Barney Frank.

    Politicians from both parties (more Dems than Reps) love to stoke the victimhood fire. In this case, if you’re black and victim of some calamity then it must be racism. (I guess the non-black people who died or lost everything must be “collateral damage”).

    I think the Dems have a tiger by the tail. When their victim-constituency discovers that they’ve been had, they’ll bite.

    A question for both Dems and Reps is: just how do you think you will be able to govern a populace that’s constantly pissed off about something?

    The bottom line is that New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen (below sea level, bowl-like topography, long overdue for a hurricane strike). The city was unprepared and many of the people there, conditioned by the welfare state to wait for someone else to “do something” were tragically incapable to doing anything for themselves.

    Did the government screw up? Yes. The city screwed up. Governor Blanco was worthless (weren’t the feds pressuring her to call them in) and FEMA was inept (surprise, surpise).

  13. Heya Barry G at #6, when your wrote: “Barney Frank has done more for gay people than any thousand gay conservative activists” did you have in mind Barney’s unique skill of impressing on the general public that gays are prostitute hunting, leacherous, drug-addicted, limp wristed and lispy prissey ego maniacs? Or did you mean he’s done more for “gay people” because he’s made it ok to be a flaming dyspatriot while being a partisan hack for the GayLeftBorg?

    The next time you think about using a term like “closet conservatives”, make sure you actually think its application through to a level of basic comprehension, ok? I think you meant to slur all gay conservatives with the “closet” designation –which is far from the truth or reality since most of us are out and kicking the proud liberal collective’s gay asses… evidently, yours included.

    But being far afield from reality is a strong suit for you, right?

  14. Every time I see Ms. Frank, it reminds me of Charles Nelson Reilly on speed. Scary. Very Scary.

    #9 – I suppose you didn’t spend the last 14 years condemning every move by the GOP-controlled Congress, now did you? Oh, of course you did – because you believed yourself to be part of an oppressed minority.

    Well, what’s good for the goose is sauce for the gander, honey. Consider all of us gay conservatives to be part of the “loyal opposition.” And yes, we will be watching every move that Dingy Harry and Nazi Pelosi make – and it is our protected First Amendment right to point out the error of their ways.

    Day #4 of America held hostage by the Dhimmicrats….and counting….

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  16. Frank had to say those things. Without a 90% dedicated vote from African Americans for Dems in every election there is no path to POWER for Dems. Divide and conquer the enemy (Americans).

  18. It still amazes me.
    Former county judge and Clinton crony James Witt took three (that’s 3, for the liberal readers) WEEKS to respond to the catastrophic flooding after hurricane Floyd. At the time, Floyd was the costliest storm in U.S. history.
    Conversly, “Browny” had FEMA USAR in south La. while Katrina was still devastating MS and the libs whined for Witt to take control. Not only that, the drive-by media has YET to correct the record of their reporting after Katrina.

    BTW, it took Clintoon 4 days to visit after Floyed made landfall. He wasn’t there to stop it either.

  22. Hello,

    A word of warning. If you post anything that can be traced to yourself, you may have a big problem.

    I posted a personal ad on Craigslist. I was contacted by a woman, fine, that’s what I wanted. Well it turned out she was working for this journalist. His name is John Berlau and he has this theory that GLBT folks are the losers of the digital domain or something like that.

    I told him I did not want to be interviewed for his story. He said that since I had posted I was a public figure. He works for this place called the Competitive Enterprise Institute and they believe that all so-called public figures must agree to work with journalists. He’s basically threatening to out me if I don’t. Now I have made some noise about this and he’s kind of backed off but just be careful. He is somehow connected to a magazine called Reason.

    The fact that these are libertarian-conservative outfits is not a good thing for us!

    Karen in NY

  27. Barney Frank is a disgusting, corrupt individual, but calling him “Ms. Frank” in jest means we hate ourselves? Maybe we just like ourselves but detest him?

    He is an embarrassment to gay people everywhere, and he has been ever since he ran the best little whorehouse in Massachusetts out of his apartment.

    Boycott Massachusetts.

  30. Why not “klan”? Your kind supports a party that fought a war to keep black people enslaved, and spent the next 100 years keeping them down via Jim Crow laws.

    Today they call it “affirmative action.” And, of course, let’s not forget those wonderful “Uncle Tom” and “oreo” comments against blacks who see through this BS.

    Your attitude towards non-leftist gays is similar.

  31. Oh, I see. I’m not supposed to “demean” anyone by referring to them in the feminine. As if we all don’t refer to other gay men as women.

    Remember that the next time you all shout out “hey girl, you go girlfriend, what’s up Miss Thang,” etc. when you are out with your “pals.”

    Pot, meet kettle.

    Checkmate.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

  34. #25 – hank – Correction – You don’t post here, because one of blog owners was having to delete more and more of your comments last spring, just for the general level of nastiness you had reached. And I believe asked you to leave.

    40 seconds in the search facility let me recall this thread as one example of the frequent deletions of a ‘hank’ around that time. The thread looks strange, with inter-comment reference numbers off by as much as 4 or 5 (or with references to comments of yours that are no longer there), because so many deletions of ‘hank’ were needed in that thread alone.

    Unless you are a different ‘hank’ altogether? In which case I would apologize. But your comments here, thus far, suggest you want me to believe or understand you are the same hank. Bye now! 🙂

  35. #33 – Attmay – Agreed, and here’s a further example. Notice that hank in #25 accuses me of quoting Ayn Rand. Umm… where? Not in this thread.

    In ONE other thread recently (only one in a long time), I mentioned an expression coined in one of her novels. So hank apparently reads quite a lot of GP. LOL

  38. -h, I see. I’m not supposed to “demean” anyone by referring to them in the feminine. As if we all don’t refer to other gay men as women.

    Remember that the next time you all shout out “hey girl, you go girlfriend, what’s up Miss Thang,” etc. when you are out with your “pals.”-

    Um…you do realize that many gay men, including myself, don’t call their friends girl of Miss Thang or girlfriend, right?

    I’m a man. Not a woman. Not a transvestite. A man. I also call my male friends by male pronouns.

    If you choose to do otherwise, that’s your choice, but please don’t push your behavior on other people. And please don’t say “checkmate” as if every single gay man out there does what you describe. This isn’t a Will & Grace episode.

  39. BTW, why is it that the people here who complain about stereotypes, and about bad images for gays, how gays wallow in their negative subculture, etc. have nothing to say about this? If a gay leftist went around saying that I’m sure people here would be incensed.

  40. #30 “my kind”? You don’t know a thing about me. Why do presume you do?
    As for the other comments, I’m baffled. Except for the Ayn Rand quote. I liked her too. When I was 18, I thought she was a Goddess…but I liked Blue Nun then also:)
    And I agree with Carl. I don’t know anyone who says “you go girl, or any of those other demeaning expressions. It isn’t 1950

  42. BTW, why is it that the people here who complain about stereotypes, and about bad images for gays, how gays wallow in their negative subculture, etc. have nothing to say about this?

    Um, Carl……you had more than enough opportunity to speak out against it when, as Attmay pointed out, it was a gay conservative (me) being so called.

    Furthermore, as Cal and I showed, it’s not like we haven’t heard it before — and that we care even less.

  43. Carl, could you kindly reset? What’s the big deal with Peter referring to Barney Frank as “Ms. Frank”? I’m sure Peter intended to be sarcastic, yes. Towards Barney Frank, not towards women. Gay men call each other “Miss” or “Ms.” all the time, as an insult or to express sarcastic displeasure toward that person (not toward women), as I’m sure you know. If I see it happening or if it ever happens to me, I just shrug it off. What is your complaint again? other than (rightly) disliking sarcastic expressions of disapproval or hostility, in general? thanks!

  45. I can see from the bitter nasty way you people insult each other, that I don’t want to spend on more second with you.
    Clararato, I don’t know you. Get over yourself.

  46. -Um, Carl……you had more than enough opportunity to speak out against it when, as Attmay pointed out, it was a gay conservative (me) being so called.-

    NDT, I don’t read every comment here. Sorry that I didn’t defend you. I guess what you’re implying is that you’re bothered when this is said about a conservative (you), but not a liberal (Barney Frank).

    -What’s the big deal with Peter referring to Barney Frank as “Ms. Frank”? –

    It’s a cheap shot. Not based on anything Barney Frank has ever said or done, but based on the idea that gay = female. And it shows the double standards of many who would pass a kidney stone if “gay leftists” said the same thing.

    The idea that all gay men refer to themselves and each other as women is something that belongs somewhere in 1970. If people here really want to break away from old views of the gay community, as they have said, that’s a good way to start.

  47. Pot – oops, I mean hank – kindly check the insults you just threw out there at #15 and your posts after.

    When you’re done, a direct question for you: Are you, or are you not, the ‘hank’ of the thread I provided you a link for at #34?

    You sure do sound like it: Same basic snarkiness, same incompetently-executed games or attempts at lies, etc. Plus your own admission in #15 to having been a player here awhile back, with a deep familiarity with many of the people you see.

    Really hank, you are making me laugh! 🙂 Thanks and keep it up.

  48. #46 – Carl, thanks for the explanation. A few points:

    – Of course it’s a cheap shot. I don’t think Peter was pretending it was anything else.

    – I disagree that it’s based on an idea of gay=female. That’s your story. I didn’t see it. I saw a generalized insult to Barney Frank’s manhood, such as men in general will do when they want to take cheap shots, regardless of gay vs. straight.

    – Finally: Gay lefties DID say the same thing in this place, Carl. (NDT furnished you that link.) And no one “passed a kidney stone”. Please admit that.

  50. England’s wars it waged to subjugate Scotland were tedious, brutal, and lasted centuries. England’s greatest (unwitting) allies were the Scottish nobles who maintained the clan (er, klan?) system, thus perpetuating petty battles amongst the Scots themselves. Scotland was vastly outnumbered, but this was exacerbated by the deaths of Scottish warriors on their own soil at the hands of their brothers. This lack of unity led to the eventual unity of the English and Scottish crowns, fait accompli.

    I wonder how many nations throughout history have suffered defeat and lost sovereignty due to internicine battles. Baseless unity is worthless, but is there perhaps anything we in this forum can learn from their examples?

  51. I guess what you’re implying is that you’re bothered when this is said about a conservative (you), but not a liberal (Barney Frank).

    I wouldn’t call this “bothered”; “highly amused” would seem more appropriate.

    Please, Carl. Your Democratic compatriots have been calling us “Jewish Nazis”, “Uncle Toms”, and “self-loathing” for decades. Questioning our gender is positively amateur in comparison.

    Sorry that I didn’t defend you.

    Well, Carl, to be quite honest, expecting a gay leftist in good standing like yourself to speak up when a gay conservative is being namecalled is an act of optimism on the level of panning for gold in your bathtub.

    In short, apologize when you fail to do something you were expected to do, not when you fail to do something that you never really had any intention of doing in the first place.

  52. NDT, you and others have mentioned that comment made about you several times, in 2 threads now, and you seem to be bothered that I didn’t defend you, even though I didn’t read that thread and had no idea anyone used that type of language against you. So that’s why I thought you were upset.

    NDT, believe it or not, not everything revolves around you. The reason I didn’t “speak up” is because I never saw the comments. I’m sorry if that offends you, that I don’t read every single comment in every single thread.

    -I disagree that it’s based on an idea of gay=female. That’s your story. –

    Ms. if a female term.

  54. Carl, this is just getting silly. When MEN – regardless of gay or straight – want to insult another’s MANHOOD, they equate the person with a woman. Sexual orientation hasn’t entered the equation, any more than race. Get it now?

  55. -When MEN – regardless of gay or straight – want to insult another’s MANHOOD, they equate the person with a woman. –

    Yet Peter’s reply to me earlier in this thread was all about how I had no right to criticize because since I’m a gay man, he assumes I must call my gay male friends “girl” or “Miss Thang” or other such tired old lines. So apparently, to him, this was about a gay man.