Sean Bielat, the Republican candidate for Congress in Massachusetts' 4th District, has had just one conversation with his Democratic opponent, Rep. Barney Frank.
It was in August, at a parade in New Bedford. "I went up to introduce myself and said, 'Nice to meet you,'" Bielat recalls. "He said, 'I wish I could say the same, but you've made this personal. You've been attacking me.' Then he turned and walked away."
Bielat remembers thinking that was a little odd, since at that very moment Frank's Web site featured plenty of attacks on Bielat. But the brief encounter set the tone for what has become an increasingly contentious campaign. The nervousness plaguing Democrats nationwide has touched even Frank, a 14-term incumbent who hasn't faced a serious challenger in years.
Bielat is 35 years old, a Marine who spent four years on active duty and is now a major in the Reserve. He's a graduate of Georgetown University with a master's from Harvard and an MBA from Wharton. He's devoted a good portion of his professional life to manufacturing the high-tech robots that defuse improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan. In other words, he's a serious man.
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4 comments:
We gotta figure out how to better support this guy - Uncle Barney needs to go....
Barney is obviously a compromised individual. He should not be representing Americans from any region.
He is not "representative".
1991-Frank and Joe Kennedy lobby Fannie Mae to ease up on lending requirements.
Fast forward to 2003-Frank opposes George Bush and the republican led charge to overhaul Fannie and Freddie.
Quotes from Frank (2003)
-"These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of crisis"
and
"The more people exagerate the problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we see in terms of affordable housing"
Fast forward to 2008 when the mortgage crisis begins.
But it's all Bush's fault? Sorry but Frank's DNA is all over this financial mess we are experiencing.
Please don't mention Barney Frank's DNA. It is disgusting.
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