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Ann Althouse takes Barney Frank to the woodshed

Posted by GayPatriotWest at 1:00 pm - March 25, 2009.
Filed under: Arrogance of the Liberal Elites,Blogging,Blogress Divas,Gay PC Silliness,Mean-spirited leftists

So says Glenn in linking Ann Althouse’s must-read post.

The Massachusetts Democrat claims that Justice Scalia “makes it very clear that he’s angry, frankly, about the existence of gay people:”

If you read his opinion [in Lawrence v. Texas], he thinks it’s a good idea for two consenting adults who happen to be gay to be locked up because he is so disapproving of gay people.

Well that sage blogress, who actually read Lawrence informs the mean-spirited Decmorat that “you are either lying about having read it, lying about what Scalia wrote, or an embarrassingly incompetent reader.”  Actually quoting the actual words of Scalia’s actual dissent, Althouse finds the Associate Justice objecting to the majority opinion overturning Texas’s sodomy law as rooted in “plain old deference to the democratic process and a resistance to creative interpretation of constitutional text.”   His opinion is thus consistent with his constitutional jurisprudence.

Read the whole thing.  Maybe it’s Althouse’s direct manner which so offends those on the left.  And they, like Barney, are so easily offended.

If a Republican were as outspoken and mean-spirited as the Massachusetts Congressman and so regularly engaged in name-calling, he would be the target of regular media attacks.  Tom DeLay got in more trouble with the media for saying things far less offensive about his adversaries than Ol’ Barney has done.

Does this unhappy Congressman hide behind his sexuality, as if the marginalization he’s suffered somehow justifies his meanness?

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17 Comments

  1. Dan: “Does this unhappy Congressman hide behind his sexuality, as if the marginalization he’s suffered somehow justifies his meanness?”

    Yes. In other words, he’s a bitter old queen.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — March 25, 2009 @ 2:23 pm - March 25, 2009

  2. Maybe it’s Althouse’s direct manner which so offends those on the left. And they, like Barney, are so easily offended.

    “Victims” simply will not tolerate being told they are not victims.

    Comment by American Elephant — March 25, 2009 @ 3:22 pm - March 25, 2009

  3. Never mind the “race card”, Barney loves to throw out the “GAY CARD”. Anyone who disagrees with him on any issue is instantly branded as a “homophobe”
    This happened to Bill O’Reilly a few months ago. O’Reilly dared to criticize Barney in person over Frank’s mismanagement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Barney threw a hissy fit and attacked O’Reilly as a right-wing homophobe.

    Comment by Jec — March 25, 2009 @ 4:11 pm - March 25, 2009

  4. AE opines: ““Victims” simply will not tolerate being told they are not victims.”

    Yes and being part of the victimhood industry of the DemocratParty is a badge of honor for most farLeft groups. For most of us here, it’d be a symbol of failure to persevere in the face of adversity.

    It’s why Democrats will always talk about the equality of outcomes for social groups and GOPers need to keep on message that it’s all about the equality of opportunties.

    One leads to victimhood. The other to freedom and accomplishment through self reliance.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — March 25, 2009 @ 4:17 pm - March 25, 2009

  5. filtered comment. thanks

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — March 25, 2009 @ 4:20 pm - March 25, 2009

  6. One good turn deserves another. And so let me say:

    Barney Frank is a greasy, slimey scumbag of a politician.

    And unlike Barney, I didn’t have to lie to insult an opponent. ;)

    Comment by Classical Liberal Dave — March 25, 2009 @ 6:12 pm - March 25, 2009

  7. Barney should audition for the job of tooth fairy. i mean as a congressional bag man he has experience delivering arbitrary amounts of cash for his own aggrandizement.

    Barney Frank is a disgrace.

    Comment by bear1909 — March 25, 2009 @ 6:15 pm - March 25, 2009

  8. What marginilization has Bawney Fwank suffered? He has parasitically lived off the taxpayer’s dollar for most of his adult life. He’s up to his eyeballs in incompetence or corruption in the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae meltdown (having a boyfriend at the body he was supposed to be regulating didn’t make it onto that vaunted representative’s radar screen, it appears-well neither did having another boyfriend running a brothel out of his townhouse either).
    If Gov Palin had made such an obtuse comment about a Supreme Court decision it would be on the loop of media leftie channels forever. With Barney it will be a blip. I feel so sorry for the people of his district that they have such low morals and self esteem that they consider Bawney an asset.

    Comment by eaglewingz08 — March 25, 2009 @ 7:13 pm - March 25, 2009

  9. Althouse Corrects Frank On Scalia…

    Althouse: Barney Frank: Justice Scalia “makes it very clear that he’s angry, frankly, about the existence of gay people.”. … Barney continues and Ann responds: “If you read his opinion [in Lawrence v. Texas], he thinks it’s a good idea……

    Trackback by Everyday Thoughts Collected — March 25, 2009 @ 7:56 pm - March 25, 2009

  10. #7 – Right on, sister.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — March 25, 2009 @ 8:05 pm - March 25, 2009

  11. Well I did read the entire rambling rant of one Justice Scalia and he is a homophobe. Just because you say you aren’t doesn’t mean you are not. “Today’s opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so called homosexual agenda….It is clear that this court has taken sides in the culture war….blah…blah…blah….I do not have anything against homosexuals” That is what all homophobes say to cove their tracks. I get so tired of self haters like yourself excusing every hateful, bile thing that your party does….do you guys not have any self-respect? No you don’t ….always willing to excuse your homophobes and your self hate in the process…deny all you want. It is just to bad you fools will benefit from all the gains “homosexuals” will make in the upcoming years….no thanks to people like you!

    Comment by DaveA — March 26, 2009 @ 12:26 am - March 26, 2009

  12. On Althouse’s blog, I commented as follows:

    Justice Scalia wrote:

    I would no more require a State to criminalize homosexual acts–or, for that matter, display any moral disapprobation of them–than I would forbid it to do so.

    Um, if we were to substitute, say, “reading the Koran” for “homosexual acts” — i.e., if Scalia had written “I would neither require a state to criminalize reading the Koran, nor forbid a State to criminalize reading the Koran” — would anyone on this blog say “Gosh, Mr. Scalia, how very reasonable and even-handed of you”?

    ‘Cause what I’d say to Scalia — had he written that — would be something along the lines of “What the F&*K is wrong with you that you wouldn’t forbid such a totalitarian overreach of power to the State, you idiot? You don’t even deserve to be an American, you disgusting fascist, let alone a Supreme Court Justice.”

    It may be objected that religious observance as well as freedom of the press are explicitly guaranteed by the First Amendment, whereas consensual sexual acts aren’t covered by the Constitution.

    But note that Scalia didn’t write: “As a SCOTUS Justice, I’m not empowered to require that a State do so-and-so, nor empowered to forbid that a State do so-and-so.” He wrote, simply, “I would do neither one nor the other,” and hence he was evidently speaking not of what he had the Constitutional authority to do, but rather was giving his personal opinion about what he thought reasonable to do.

    Comment by Throbert McGee — March 26, 2009 @ 12:39 am - March 26, 2009

  13. Argh. Damn filter.

    Comment by Throbert McGee — March 26, 2009 @ 12:39 am - March 26, 2009

  14. I get so tired of self haters like yourself excusing every hateful, bile thing that your party does….do you guys not have any self-respect?

    LOL…I love how people who defend criminals and morons like Barney Fag because of their sexual orientation then whine at other people about having no “self-respect”. Project much, Dave?

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — March 26, 2009 @ 1:31 am - March 26, 2009

  15. That is what all homophobes say to cove their tracks.

    And liberals brag about all the blacks who blindly vote for them. They GayLeftBorg ignores the homophobic laws passed against them by the very people they vote for.

    How self-hating is that?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — March 26, 2009 @ 2:31 am - March 26, 2009

  16. Thorbert,

    I feel you miss the point of the quote you gave, and are being unfair.

    That was part of his dissent, yes? So he’s speaking officially, as a judge. Does he really need to say ‘as a Supreme Court Justice’ in every sentence? to rational people, no.

    Even if it isn’t the dissent (since you didn’t provide a link, I’m assuming it is) He’s still sayng that he’d not enforce his opinion on others.

    Since he’s speaking about what the Constitution says, and the Constitution is silent on the subject, your Koran argument is flawed at best, a straw man at worst.

    What he is saying is that the Constitution of the United States is silent on the matter, thus leaving it up to the states, per the 10th ammendment.

    Fun fact. Laws don’t have to be ‘kind’ or ‘nice’ or to be honest, ‘fair’ as long as they’re legal. The dissent says that as a citizen you may not like the law, and may want to change the law, but that is not the job of the Supreme Court

    Was the voting age of 21 ‘fair’? Enough people thought it wasn’t that we had the 26th ammendment passed. as Barry McGuire said “Old enough to kill, but not for votin’”. It didn’t mean it was illegal, or that we should go back and let people who were 18 at the time of an election cast votes retroactively. It meant that the people, through the means provided by the Government we live under changed it.

    Comment by The Livewire — March 26, 2009 @ 7:05 am - March 26, 2009

  17. #13: Way to show you’re not self-hating by calling him “Barney Fag,” North Dallas Breeder.

    BTW, I hate Barney Frank just as much as you do.

    Comment by Attmay — March 26, 2009 @ 9:01 am - March 26, 2009

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