{"id":9976,"date":"2007-10-11T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2007-10-12T04:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9976"},"modified":"2007-10-11T22:12:22","modified_gmt":"2007-10-12T04:12:22","slug":"barney-frank-not-ghey-enough-karl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9976","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: Not Ghey Enough! [Karl]"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s right — Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) is under siege by gay rights groups<\/a> for leaving transsexuals and transgender individuals vulnerable (in a bill that stands no chance of becoming law while Pres. Bush is in office):<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThis is a moment of truth for responsible liberals in the Democratic Party,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Frank said in an hourlong news conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Good luck with that, Rep. Frank.<\/p>\n

It’s the peg for an NYT piece on tension the between Democratic lawmakers and their base, not only on the Iraq conflict — where the defeat movement is stuck in a quagmire<\/a> made of their own inability to compromise or strategize — but also over a host of other issues, including a fight over increased fuel economy standards in the energy bill, and demands for more spending on environmental programs in the farm bill.<\/p>\n

Call it the surreality-based community.<\/p>\n

As I previously<\/a> noted with respect to Iraq:<\/p>\n

The already evident disenchantment among the nutroots will grow as they realize how badly they have been had.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 And the lefty bloggers\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 theory that the foundation for a lasting majority can be built in 2008 by alienating their base in 2007 seems counter-intuitive at best\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6 because nobody likes a tease.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 You can keep talking about that new direction, but if you don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t go all the way, you quickly become unpopular.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s right — Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) is under siege by gay rights groups for leaving transsexuals and transgender individuals vulnerable (in a bill that stands no chance of becoming law while Pres. Bush is in office): \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThis is a moment of truth for responsible liberals in the Democratic Party,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Frank said in an hourlong news conference on Thursday. Good luck with that, Rep. Frank. It’s the peg for an<\/p>\n

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