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Senator Barney Frank? Former Congressman Says He Has Asked to Be Appointed

Jan. 4, 2013 9:57am Jonathon M. Seidl

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just-retired Rep. Barney Frank says he’d like to serve as a temporary successor to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the secretary of state nominee.

Frank tells MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he’s asked Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint him.

The Democratic governor will be required to fill Kerry’s seat with an interim appointment, while setting a day for the special election between 145 days and 160 days after Kerry’s resignation.

Patrick has said he expects the interim appointee won’t run in the special election. Frank says he doesn’t want the job for the long term.

He previously had said he didn’t want the appointment. But the 72-year-old Democrat, who served 16 terms and headed the House Financial Services Committee, now says the next few months will be important for the nation’s finances.

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moreteaplease
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:07am
Just the thought of the guy makes my stomach turn.

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Al J Zira
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:03am
Knowing Barney is only in it for himself he probably sees more pension dollars for serving a short stint as senator.

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- User1
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:27pm
  Exactly spot on…Barney is an expert at raking in the Govt cash. Couple months as a US Senator and his retirement jumps substantially.
  
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Ted Zeppelin
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:00am
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Barney needs the job because his boy friend hasn’t been able to turn a profit on their boys brothel and Barney has had to run it by hand.

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- joey g
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:04am
  by hand …..hahhahahahahhahaahhaahh funnnnyyyy
  
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- mohavegreen
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:23am
  Ole Barney will backdoor or Wrigley it, either way will work for him.
  
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haras42000
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:54am
he must need to bring more pork home or he is going to line his own pockets somehow. MAYBE !!! HE LIKES BEING IN MENS SHOWER ROOM, or things are not that great in the land of ozz with his significant other. take your pick

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ECOMCON
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:54am
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Won’t get fooled again!

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huey6367
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:48am
He wants to be appointed because if ran, he would never be elected.

C’mon Barney, everyone thinks you’re a joke.

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- HumbleMan
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:59am
  I don’t think he’s a joke. He belongs in prison.
  
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- mackadoo57
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 5:48pm
  Peter _U _F_R. I hope he is.
  
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whatthecrazy
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:47am
@catty don’t be jealous you know Barney likes a little lovin on the side er i mean back side.

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RIGS
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:43am
THATS GREAT!!!!!!!! Just what we need a WEINER SWALLOWER in the senate along with the rest of the clowns.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:43am
16 terms of the blind leading the blind is enough. Frank isn’t EVEN from the State of Mass. is he?
Frank is a criminal. He needs to spend time in a 4X4 cell, not playing alinsky on the Potomac on The Nations payroll.

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catty
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:35am
Proverbs
Why don’t you get hardwood floors then?

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paulwbrown
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:34am
The senate if full of fools and clowns. What difference will one more make?

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mrunner
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:27am
“the next few months will be important for the nations finances.” – So he wants to be there to make sure the implosion is complete. This man is evil, or stupid beyond belief. I still hold him personally responsible for the housing meltdown.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:31am
  Indeed.
  
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- copatriots
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:33am
  Rightly so, MRUNNER! Frank-n-Dodds, with the full support of the Clintons and the rest of the DC libs are fully responsible for the housing crisis. They used the greed on Wall Street as well as the irresponsibility of the low information voters to pull it off.
  
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doomytram
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:27am
Oh dear Obozo, Bawney has been ruining this country since the early 70′s. He finally agrees to settle down with his husband, and smoke ou,t and run a banana brothel in the Boston area, and now this.
How pathetic Boston MA has become, yous people suck. Only Obozo lied on his harvard application more than the Cherokee Squal. Bawny doesn’t think he can win by himself so he has to ask to appointed for the good of the country? What a pathetic country destroyer.

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:25am
I don’t care what he does, just don’t EVER POST ANOTHER PHOTO OF HIM KISSING HIS LOVER. !!!!!!!!!!!!

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 12:06pm
  Says the man with a picture of elephants engaging in amorous relations.
  
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elosogrande
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:25am
I’m sure Barney looks at it as an opportunity to screw up the country even more than he did as a member of The House. These inept, corrupt, pompous s.o.b.’s will do whatever they can to see that no dollar is left unspent. Frank has been one of the leaders in ******* away America’s wealth. Now he wants a chance to double down.

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Stelex
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:24am
Your kidding, right?

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woodyee
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:23am
Bawney Fwank needs to get back into that office to clean up left-over paper trails.

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The-Monk
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:17am
“Former Congressman Says He Has Asked to Be Appointed”

In the (similar) words of Bill Clinton, “That depends upon what your definition of “appointed” is.”

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dadsrootbeer
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:15am
Just unable to actually get and hold a real job. Another great reason for term limits. Career politician who have done nothing but drink the sweet milk of taxpayer money with no responsibility. In fact, with adverse effects. Wasn’t this bozo at the heart of the real estate bust.

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- huey6367
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:52am
  Read my mind. He spent too long in DC and now can’t get a job because: 1. he spent too much time in DC; and 2. he and Dodd helped to destroy the country’s job opportunities.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:15am
Would it actually change anything? Kerry and Frank are of like minds.

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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:35am
  True but bawney is really hard to look at and listen to besides he keeps the pet stores in buisness and that helps the economy Right?
  
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RaydocX
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:14am
uhm, sorry, Congressman, but the HOUSE is supposed to originate financial bills, so your presence in the Senate would be of little import.

Not to mention that sadly Bohner has allowed Reid to run the show, and the last thing we need is for you to help author another bill like those that sunk the housing market and the banks out of your misguided notion of what the ‘poor’ and the ‘minorities’ in this nation need in order to get a ‘fair’ shake.

No thank you, indeed.
Wing off to Fiji with your fat government pension and enjoy the surf.

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- MC Wombat
  Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:03am
  Enjoying the surf? Right! He’s spooning on the couch with his husband and enjoying football. There’s nothing he enjoys more than a tight end that can also go deep! And he wants to bring his freak show back to our nation’s capital!
  
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- Kalidor835
  Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:13am
  I didn’t know they made couches big enough for a beached whale and it’s human lover.
  
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truthnstuff
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:12am
Can’t somebody shove something in his mouth and shut him up, Can’t the left and right coasts drop into the sea so society can be elevated a little.

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sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:11am
No. Thirty-two years in the House eh? The next 3 months will be the most important financially in our country eh? Why? How much deeper are you going to go into our pockets? I don’t know which side he is on (probably bad), but if he’s already been in government all these years during this constant USA downfall… it’s probably not such a good idea.

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jackact
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:09am
The fat little toady thought Obama would loose and now he wants back in?
The ‘LOW INFORMATION’ voters of Taxachusetts will surely welcome him back.
Morons……

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deadend
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:06am
Good save us from fools and idiots, he is both.

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