Barney Frank: Republicans have a “psychological disorder” or something

Gatorboy

we need it front and center for all to see. Let’s not hide things. Now was this the same lover who was on the board of Fannie Mae and got special favors or is this just a random lover?
Of course this is from Wiki and has obiviously cleaned up it is still pretty good reading.

Steve Gobie
In 1990, The House Ethics Committee recommended Frank be reprimanded because he “reflected discredit upon the House” by using his congressional office to fix 33 of Steve Gobie’s parking tickets. Frank confirmed that he paid Gobie for sex, hired him with personal funds as an aide and wrote letters on congressional stationery on his behalf to Virginia probation officials, but Frank said he fired Gobie when he learned that prostitution clients were visiting the apartment.[8]

The investigation into Gobie and Frank’s interactions were prompted by Gobie’s attempt to cash in on assertions that Frank knew and approved of Gobie’s illegal activities in the Frank residence. “Two years [after Frank fired Gobie], Gobie tried unsuccessfully to sell his story to the Washington Post. He then gave the story to the Washington Times for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract for the male version of The Mayflower Madam.”[9] After an investigation, the Ethics Committee found no evidence that Frank had known of or been involved in the alleged illegal activity and dismissed all of Gobie’s more scandalous claims.[10][11]

Attempts to expel or censure Frank, led by Republican member Larry Craig (who himself was later embroiled in his own gay sex scandal), failed.[12][13] Rather, the House voted 408-18 to reprimand Frank who later won re-election in 1990 with 66 percent of the vote, and has won by larger margins ever since.[14]

petunia on April 2, 2009 at 4:47 PM