America the Beautiful Day 27: Christmas Gifts from Politicians

Today we received a great Christmas gift from a very prominent politician.  I don’t mean some new subsidy or a kickback for a particular group.  No, Democratic Representative Barney Frank announced he won’t run for reelection next year.  We should all celebrate!

I wanted make a list of the scandals Rep. Frank has been involved in during his career.  However, I thought I would just highlight a couple:

• He was caught up in a sex scandal where a male prostitute he hired began running a prostitution ring out of an apartment Frank paid for.  If I remember the details right, the apartment was paid for with tax payer funds.
• He has been tied to Freddie Mac and Frannie Mae and their contribution to the housing crisis.  Anytime a Republican began to talk about reforming Freddie  / Frannie he would label them racists. The entire time he was receiving campaign contributions.
• His name is forever tied to the Dodd-Frank bill.  This bill seeks to reform wall-street without actually reforming it.  While Democrats are listing that as a corner stone of his career today, I think a future generation will site it as terrible legislation that lead to some future collapse.

So in this holiday season, I would like to celebrate that another Democrat has decided to retire instead of facing reelection.  This may be Mr. Frank’s greatest contribution to the American public yet!