Max Cleland: Next Week ‘The Bullshit’ Stops On Hagel Nomination

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40. Barney Frank was, very oddly, interviewed by a reporter who worked for

the American Enterprise Institute two weeks ago, reported in Politico. And he specifically asked Frank what he thought of Hagel's "Jewish Lobby" comment--why? Hagel and Frank have never even served in the same chamber. The article didn't even say they KNEW each other. Why did a neocon reporter working for Bill Kristol/AEI seek out, of all people, BARNEY FRANK? Why ask HIM about Hagel? Because, the reporter said, Frank was Jewish. As if there aren't plenty of Jewish Senators who have served with Hagel, Jewish people who knew him well on Capitol Hill that this reporter could have interviewed. Nope, of all people, Barney Frank. And yet, Frank said Hagel would make a good SecDef and the Jewish Lobby thing didn't bother him at all.

A few days later, Barney Frank is, like the sudden turnaround of Log Cabin Republicans, INCENSED over 15 year old comments, that Hagel made publicly while Barney was in Congress? Please. Frank's been in politics for 30-40 years, he knows what Republicans are all about. Frank's last act in office was to OPPOSE Hagel's nomination--odd, considering he wasn't in the Senate and has no connection to Hagel or the SecDef appointment. AND now he suddenly reversed himself (again) and wants into the Senate in the worst way. If you don't think this smells to high heaven, you are not thinking critically about the strategy being employed here.