Barney Frank kicking some ass on his way out.

[WilliamPitt]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/barney-frank-goes-out-swinging-pledges-not-to-be-a-lobbyist.php?ref=fpa

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“I will neither be a lobbyist nor a historian,” he said, a jab at Gingrich’s self-proclaimed $1.6 million “historian” gig for Freddie Mac. “My intention is to do some combination of writing, teaching, and lectures.”

He got in some more one-liners at Gingrich as he waded into the GOP presidential primary. “I do not think I have lived a good enough life to be rewarded by Newt Gingrich being the nominee,” he joked, calling his potential nomination “the best thing to happen to the Democratic party since Barry Goldwater.”

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He held nothing back in his criticism of the state of the House under Republican rule.

“It consists half of people who think like Michele Bachmann and half of people who are afraid of losing a primary to people who think like Michele Bachmann,” he said, “and that leaves very little room to work things out.”

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Should be fun to have unfiltered Barney running out his term...but he's always had a talent for dropping the devastating brick.

:)

[CTyankee]

1. good for him. He'll be around just to annoy Newt...heh, heh...

I think we're all gonna love this...

[Snotcicles]

2. It's like farting as you exit and slamming the door behind you. nt

[Hotler]

3. k&r n/t

[karynnj]

4. Mass posted Kerry's comment on Frank retiring on DU JK,but it really fits the comments here

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 28, 2011
BOSTON – Senator John Kerry today released a statement following Congressman Barney Frank’s announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2012:

“No one’s ever doubted for a minute what Barney Frank thinks or where he stands, and if you weren’t sure, trust me, he’d tell you. That’s the special quality that has made Barney not just beloved and quotable, but unbelievably effective as an advocate and a legislator. He’s brave, he’s bold, and he’s ridiculously smart. People have marveled for years about what a quick and witty debater Barney can be, but many overlooked his secret: he has a core. He’s the same advocate I met in the 1970s stumping for Father Drinan, only he’s taken that fight and that same sense of fundamental fairness to battles over equality, affordable housing, and fishing in New Bedford. Barney is who he is, no matter the issue. His voice will be deeply missed in the Congress and in our delegation, but true to his word he’ll be taking his perspective to a new arena where his impact will continue to be felt just as deeply.”

http://kerry.senate.gov/press/release/?id=e77eb38e-e51f-44ca-b22f-82c51f0f100c

[spanone]

5. k&r...