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Gay Congressman Barney Frank Details His ‘Coming Out’ to Colleagues & the Public

Dec. 3, 2012 4:06pm Billy Hallowell

Barney Frank’s three-decades-long congressional career is coming to a close. As the liberal, 72-year-old politico prepares for retirement, he is speaking out about his sexuality and his “coming out” to colleagues. In an interview with The Washington Post, Frank detailed the process, while giving advice to other gay officials who may still be “in the closet.”

While Frank has, at times, been the pit of jokes (in 1990, he was officially reprimanded by his House colleagues for improperly providing assistance to a male prostitute), the politician has also served as a prominent voice in the gay rights movement. In an interview with Washington Post’s 2chambers, Frank shared his reasons for waiting until 1987 to announce his sexuality. Overall, he wanted to avoid being typecast and labeled for life.

Barney Frank Details His Coming Out to Colleagues & the Public

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: Getty Images

“When I decided to run, I said either you come out and become an activist and have a major role there or I run for Congress” he said. “There was no way I could have been out and won. In the end I almost lost on suspicion.”

Once he was in Congress, Frank recalls a conversation with Rep. Mike Synar (D-Okla.), who later died in 1996. The Post explains how the dialogue, during which Frank admitted his sexuality, unfolded after Synar asked Frank if he had a girlfriend:

“No,” Frank told Synar.

“Are you gay?” Synar asked Frank.

“Well, yeah,” Frank said.

That was it. They moved on.

Frank recalled telling others about his homosexuality as well. Perhaps the more comical and fascinating exchange, though, came when Frank told his mentor, House Speaker Tip O’Neil (D-Mass.). At the time, Rep. Bob Bauman (R-Md.) was about to publish a book that was set to imply that Frank was, indeed, gay. So, out of fear over what the publication would do to his image, Frank consulted O’Neil.

At first the House speaker dismissed the information as a bad rumor, but when Frank admitted that it was true, O’Neil’s reaction was noteworthy. The Post continues, noting the comical response:

“But I said, ‘Well, in this case it’s true,’” Frank recalled, adding that O’Neil responded with some sadness and told him: “I thought you might be the first Jewish speaker.”

O’Neil then alerted his press secretary, future talk show host Chris Matthews, that Frank soon “may be coming out of the room.” Aides had to explain to O’Neil that in fact Frank was coming out of the closet.

During the interview, Frank also encouraged other gay politicians to come out and, if they feel strongly, not to worry about the political consequences. He said that these individuals should not waste time on people who are prejudiced against them simply because of their sexuality.

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Comments (122)

RaydocX
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:02pm
i hope Barney has found happiness with his special someone.
his sexual preferrence means precisely nothing to me.

but his suggestion that he ‘almost lost because of suspicion’ is gross hyperbole… His consittuents just put Warren into the Senate, despite obvious lies and an utter lack of plans beyond mouthing talking points of her party.

Barney could have worn a coat of baby kitten pelts and taken the mike with his hand still covered in their blood and the sheeple of Massachusetts would have elected him… and reelected him… and rereelected him. that state is more out of control than California, if you look at the fine print.

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- jwt
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:18pm
  Isaiah 3 – 9
  
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- AmericanFightingMan1
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:42pm
  Any connection between moral degeneracy and our nation’s fall?
  
  I think so.
  
  You don’t. Ok. Watch.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 9:08pm
  The “chosen people” controlled Marxist Media wants all Americans to worship gays. They are now pushing “same sex” marriage to the masses. The Republicans and Democrats are now fighting each other to see who can be more gay loving. Obey the “chosen people” support all gays and their degenerate lifestyle.
  
  Also, the “chosen people” have ran in the media about illegal aliens “they do the work that no Americans will do” rather than “they do the work that no Americans will do for $3 per hour.” Judens want American overran by illegal aliens from South America. Obey the “chosen people” support amnesty for all illegal aliens…..for diversity’s sake. Obey your handlers, obey the “chosen people.”
  
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- gosutag
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 9:21pm
  @AMERICANFIGHTINGMAN1:
  
  I know I do. I see people like you all the time making yourself seem better to others than you really are. You’re not better than anyone because you read a certain book.
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:13pm
  no kidding…if any of you clowns are from the people’s republic of Mass I sure hope you’re proud of this joke. The pole smoking pos is/was a disaster, thanks for screwing the American people Bawney as well as several hundred rear ends you’ve undoubtedly nailed in your pathetic life.
  
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- Beck_Art_-_Obama_In_Pee-Pee
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:42pm
  http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/600×3871.jpg
  
  Woah, TheBlaze!
  ****-erotic sodomy pictures of Bwany Fwag going face-to-face with another man! What next? Hillary lesbian-gang-raped by fat communist-Chinese guards snapshots?
  
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- OlderCowGirl
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:38am
  Has anyone ever seen Barney Frank’s teeth???
  I was beginning to wonder if he had any teeth…
  Perhaps he had them pulled for some reason?
  
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- December4
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 5:51am
  Who cares about Barney’s Frank. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- SoNick
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:21am
  Hey sillyfreshness, are you able to post anything without injecting antisemitic rants in your discourse? Silly you are. Fresh, not so much.
  
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:02pm
Can we label this story as a “Fairy Tale”???

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- athiest-infedel
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Yes, like the bible.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:12pm
  lol…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI
  
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- GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:15pm
  Why do you care what I believe? I don’t care what you believe. You can bark to the moon if you like, and I wouldn’t mind…you are way more fanatic than those whom you attack, and while you’re doing it, you pretend that being atheist is not the same than a being part of any religion….pfff!!!
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:53pm
  Actually, I was WONDERING how this story was posted under the “Faith” heading. Is anything involving anti-Biblical conduct automatically a “Faith” story?
  @ GBTVFAN
  You first post was not a particularly good joke/pun (but I’m guilty of that sort of quip all too often). Your SECOND post, however, is very good. If self-described “atheists” are so confident in their position, why are they so aggressive? As Milton said “Let Truth and Error battle on the field of ideas. Who ever knew Truth to lose in a free and open exchange?” So many (not all by any means) atheists remind me of Moslems: other faiths are so fearsome that their members must be ruthlessly attacked and vilified. Why not just rely on your own arguments? Are the arguments really that weak?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:59am
  i think GBTV was purposely making a bad pun.. that’s why it was funny.
  
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- GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:47am
  You are giving me too much credit. I admit it, it was bad pun, but somehow it sounded great in my mind….: ) (Besides, I laugh when they use “fairy” in movies for gay things: “Man up!, You are dancing like a fairy!!!”)
  
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Steve28
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:58pm
Barney your lisp always gave you away. We all knew!

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- pavepaws
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:10pm
  Buh-bye.
  
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- MDECKER
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 6:43pm
  Now, Barney has been “typecast” and “labeled” for life. One who finds it so easy to lie to oneself, can surely lie to others just as well.
  
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Locked
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:50pm
Frank’s corrupt actions while in Congress are infinitely more disgusting than his sexual orientation.

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paulppp2008
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:50pm
Maaan!! I have nothing against homesexuals; they are people too; but what a freakin’ mess this country is dealing with in regards to sexuality. The family is the unit of society and without it we will surely fall – there is no other way around. A country where most of its people are confused about their sexuality will not make it…dang it!! what a mess!!

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TheBurningTruth
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:47pm
Funny how we’re not supposed to care about a person’s “sexual orientation” yet it’s OK for those same people “come out of the closet” for political or financial gain. If GLBT people really believed what they say about just wanting to live their lives, then we wouldn’t subjected them publicly declaring their “orientation”.

Of course, they usually “come out” when there’s an advantage to it. I think of CNN’s Andersen Cooper here. He didn’t “come out” until his ratings tanked. Was he trying to implicitly blame straights for his ratings drop or tying to guilt them into watching is liberal reporting?

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:26pm
  Agreed. If you’re gay, who the hell cares? I certainly don’t care so stop telling me.
  
  The hypocrisy is overwhelming: “I’m gay! I’m gay!” “Don’t think of me differently because I’m gay.” “By the way, did you know I’m gay?” “I hate being treated differently because I’m gay.” “Hey, did you know I’m gay?” “I’m gay!” “I’m gay!” “Don’t judge me because I’m gay.” “I’m gay!” “I’m gay.” “Its so hard being gay.” “Guess what – I’m gay!!!”
  
  The moral of the story: If you’re gay, I don’t care. Shut the hell up.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 8:39pm
  FIAH BONE . . . Agreed. If you’re Christian, who the hell cares? I certainly don’t care so stop telling me.
  
  “I’m Christian! I’m Christian!” “Don’t think of me differently because I’m Christian.” “By the way, did you know I’m Christian?” “I hate being treated differently because I’m Christian.” “Hey, did you know I’m Christian?” “I’m Christian!” “I’m Christian!” “Don’t judge me because I’m Christian.” “I’m Christian!” “I’m Christian.” “Its so hard being Christian.” “Guess what – I’m Christian!!!”
  
  The moral of the story: If you’re hristian, I don’t care. Shut the hell up.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 9:15pm
  Hey FISH_BONE,
  
  Don’t pay any attention to Wango with dirty yellow diapers.
  
  He gets his diapers second hand from Barney Fwrank…… LOL
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:31am
  Actually. I get them from David Vitter. He’s the conservative family values Republican senator from Louisiana who frequented the working girls of Bourbon Street. Seems he had a liking for getting diapered. Yeah, what are the chances, eh? He used to make his appointments on his cell phone while on the floor of the Senate. Yep, YOUR cell phone, the one you paid for. Makes that Obama phone hysteria pale in comparison. Yes, yes, diapers. And family values. That’s the conservative way.
  
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- 9-12er
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:06am
  FISH_BONE, I agree with you on how gay people flaunt their sexuality. It gets so obnoxious and annoying! I say if you gay.. then keep it to yourself. I don’t care if you’re gay at all, just stop making it public!!
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:44pm
“Overall, he wanted to avoid being typecast and labeled for life.”
======================================
Too late. HHHWWAALLLLLAAAAHHHHHHUUUURRRGGG!!! Barney, I don’t think ANYONE, but over-sensitive, twinkies want to hear how you “came out.”

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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:00pm
  “Overall, he wanted to avoid being typecast and labeled for life.”
  
  Which is why he made sure he was photographed checking into a hotel with a belt (or was it a dog collar?) around his neck during the Democrat National convention.
  
  Plus he made a scene at the Ferry to Fire Island to get publicity. He went to the notorious Fire Island which is Ground Zero for HIV infection in the United States. This after he is in a civil union with his one & only & he is basically going to brothel.
  
  He typecast himself.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:12pm
  “Frank resides in a studio apartment complex in Newton, Massachusetts. His husband, Jim Ready, is a surfing enthusiast whom Frank met during a gay political fundraiser in Maine, where Ready still lives”
  - wiki
  
  So why was Barney at the Fleshpot of Fire Island?
  
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theotherberean
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:39pm
This is in the “Faith” section because…?

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- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:45pm
  It’s in the Faith section because the Blaze has a habit of baiting its hateful readers into leaving bigoted comments. You must be new here!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:48pm
  Tick tock, tick tock…. EtchySketchy
  
  Your 4:45 pm deadline is here…… see ya tomorrow paid troll…. LOL
  
  http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+fred+flintstone+5+oclock++work+whistle&mid=9E4697A57DDA87600BA99E4697A57DDA87600BA9&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:54pm
  User Profile: Pork_Anvil
  Member Since: November 02, 2012
  
  Pork Anvil tries to act new & fresh, but is is one of the tired old trolls trying to stop publication of news sources like FoxNews, Reason magazine, The American Thinker, Frontpage & others.
  
  Pork_Anvil is a new moniker for an tired old troll.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:56pm
  Hi Walkabout,
  
  Here’s his old name…
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/users/etchasketch/
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:06pm
  Evening Monk
  
  I m wealwy wealwy gwad to see bawney fwank wetiwewing. Cant wait till he weaves.
  He is a useless democwat wth no bwains.
  
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- vaman
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:34am
  Excellent point. The blaze does like to get the slowest segment of our population all fired up about gays.
  
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dovndce
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:38pm
Why give any publicity to this lisping, prancing, and limpwristed degenerate Bwarney Fwank?

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- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Welcome, 5th grader!
  
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- dovndce
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:58pm
  The Blaze shouldn’t be giving a child-raper like Bwarney Fwank any publicity PERIOD. Despite what Democrats claim Gays like the lisping knobgobbler Mass Rep. Bwarney Fwank and Sesame Street Elmo puppeteer Kevin “Tickle My Privates” Cash are dangerous predators who seek out underage boys for deviant sexual encounters.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:37pm
Super aids meet Barney Frank,oh what am I saying I don’t mean that you should have been introduced before you went to congress and did all your damage.

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- Pork_Anvil
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Spoken like the scorned lover you are, ProgSlayer. I’m sorry that your dad didn’t love you.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:51pm
  You almost hurt my feelings porky pig and I’m sorry that everybody’s dad loved you.
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:26pm
  @progressiveslayer
  
  LMAO That was great!!!
  
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elosogrande
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:34pm
Barney,

I doubt if anyone wants to know who’s doing what to whom in your bedroom. How about “coming out” on how you and your cohorts destroyed the American housing market and the economy, throughout your corrupt and incompetent years in Congress.

The People really want to konw, Barney. We don’t like it getting stuck to us.

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TROLLMONGER
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:34pm
Good for you Mr Frank and your partner!!! Just ignore the hate speech from the primitive right wing tea baggers. They are irrelevant.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:55pm
  That’s the spirit congratulate the pole puffer for destroying the housing market you simpleton.
  
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- Joe_The_Patriot
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:23pm
  It kills me how the party who wants to tell you what you can put in your mouth has no problem with what you stick in your @$$…… You liberals make me sick
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:25pm
  Progressive
  
  I could care less if he is gay but “Pole Puffer” never heard that one before. Like it!!!
  
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- tootsie roll
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 6:43pm
  right right kissy kissy you must bew the same since you use the word TEA BAGGERS IT GOES WITH YOU ILK
  
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- Wisdom7
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 11:22pm
  @Troll
  
  This story was your Christmas present.
  
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jackact
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:34pm
I guess that is better than explaining why he felt the need to pressure American banks into offering home mortgages to unqualified minority buyers……and destroying the formerly prosperous housing market in the process.
Barney, thank you personally for the depreciation of 40% of the value of my home during the past 5 years.
And I never missed a mortgage payment.
Sincerely,
‘Whitey,the Responsible Homeowner’

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dj_bonneromics1982
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:31pm
Right-wing juvenility on display in the comments section. Geebus, when you are folks ever going to get over the fact that gay peeps aren’t all “those weirdo people OVER THERE” but that they’re as everyday as the cashiers and mailmen and family attorney?

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- fdraiden
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Sure!
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:50pm
  When will we get over it.
  For one, when gay parades become G rated & are not censored by presstitutes.
  For another when gays have the same infection rates & transmission rates of disease as normal people.
  And other is when gays don’t advocate open marriages.
  The list can be quite long.
  
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- pugczar
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 5:12pm
  I’m with WalkAbout. We’ll get over it when gays stop advocating homosexuality as an ‘option’ to our kids. I have nothing against a bona fide homosexual. What I do not like are the “weirdos over there” who claim to be gay but are just confused, or mental, or trying it on to be in vogue, and are so dang flambouyant about it. In short..be gay, just don’t be fake.
  
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- jackact
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 6:28pm
  ‘Gay Peeps’?
  How about ‘Gay Perps’?…
  Male prostitution ring ran out of his DC townhouse (caught & busted) No criminal punishment.
  Current boyfriend is cultivating a cannabis farm in the basement of their shared home in Maine (caught & busted) No criminal punishment.
  Personally responsible for the housing market crash (caught & opted to not run for re-election to avoid future legal prosecution).
  Republican hate-mongering, not.
  Gay hubris, for sure.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:30pm
Oh thank heavens. I’ve been having so many dreadful sleepless nights waiting for this detailed information to come out. This is just so super awesome.I’m so excited i think i just moistened my panties.
This makes me SICK.

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Slick Willie
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:27pm
Barf…..what a pervert….on a rocket-sled straight to he||

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athiest-infedel
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:26pm
Lets see, I “choose”to be gay and then hide it out of fear of the vitrol from the religious right…really?
I would fear to come out because of that very reason. And if you want to quote the bible,don’t because I’m sure your wife/girlfriend has smoked your pole which is a sin before your god(sodomy)
Why would anyone choose to have so much crap heaped on them many CHOOSE SUICIDE instead of being straight. I could no more smoke a pole than be a houseplant because I’m not gay and I was born that way.

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- fdraiden
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:43pm
  And your point is? Me think you protest too much. You can come out the closet now, it’s ok!
  
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scootervanneuter
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:26pm
Hey Barney (and every other gay person on the planet), we DON’T FREAKING CARE.
Nothing you can possibly say will make us think you’re not abnormal, so just shut the hell up.
Now leave us alone -

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The-Monk
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:23pm
Young Barney in England…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE

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- TEARS FOR AMERICA
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:14am
  So why does Barney Frank, and other men like him, get special privileges for their perverted sexual lifestyle, which is anal sex, Atheist Infedel? Why are they given rights a heterosexual person is not? Why do men like Sandusky at Penn State become obsessed with harming boys all for his selfish gratification and Muslim men in Muslim countries use boys all the while proclaiming they are not sodomites? It is perversion, period, and to placate a part of society for that is terribly wrong- it is just wrong. God cries.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:22pm
The old packer’s packin it in huh? Should’ve done that before you inflicted yourself on congress years ago you worthless POS progressive pustule. The queen killed the housing market single handedly.

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:28pm
  The worst of Bawney Fwank is not the fact that he plays the skin flute, its his politics. This is something the left will never understand.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 10:18pm
  I Just hope whoever gets his chair tosses it and replaces it with a fresh one.
  
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INTOODEEP
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:20pm
What a discusting pig he is !!! He fits right in with Bathhouse Barry’s putrid administration….TRASH !

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- iampraying4u
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 7:58pm
  Amen
  
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RightUnite
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:19pm
Aaaack!! Nasty old stinking pervert! Toothless freaking wonder…. How’s that old fecal matter working out for ya??

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neverending
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:17pm
Just the headline sent me to the porcelain throne!

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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:12pm
I can just imagine the announcement:

Hi, my name is Bawney Fwank. I’m what the love child of Buddy Hacket and Earnest Borgnine would look like if they formed a “union”. I smoke poles, and do the fondue bugaloo…..and I approve this message.

….and by some unknown reason, most people will find my description of Barney Frank’s lifestyle more offensive that the actual lifestyle CHOICE Frank has made. Go figure.

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oldguy49
Posted on December 3, 2012 at 4:11pm
and i shoud care …..why

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