Friday, May 27, 2011

This Time It's For Real

In The Midnight Hour
Minutes before the midnight deadline Thursday, President Obama approved a four-year extension of the government's Patriot Act powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. (FoxNews.com, 5/27/11)

Kudos to President Obama. How do you know that this was the right thing to do? Simple, it was opposed by Bernie Sanders and the ACLU.

Unlucky In Love
The Fannie Mae executive who hired U.S. Rep. Barney Frank’s former lover was a campaign donor and once worked for the congressman — but denies the Newton Democrat’s recommendation played a role in the controversial 1991 hiring.

Gerald McMurray, a retired Fannie Mae senior vice president, told the Herald yesterday that Frank “didn’t have any influence” in the hiring of the congressman’s former companion, Herb Moses, to a position with the mortgage giant….

McMurray acknowledged Frank vouched for Moses but said Moses got the job because of his credentials. Moses was an economist for the Department of Agriculture and had just received a master’s degree in business from Dartmouth College….

McMurray said Moses mentioned Frank during their interview. (BostonHerald.com, 5/27/11)

As an openly gay liberal, Frank is part of a protected class when it comes to the media scrutiny that would be received by a conservative. Hence Frank gets a veritable pass for his transgressions while Sarah Palin is the subject of a three part investigative report to determine if she under tipped a bellhop. You’ll never see the appellation “scandal-ridden” or “ethically-challenged” next to Barney’s name. This despite a boyfriend running a male prostitution ring out of Barney’s basement, Barney’s claim that he did not realize that his boyfriend was growing dope in their summer home, and now this.

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