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Bullies and Victims Make Us All Losers

Posted by Kathleen on Dec 1, 2011 | 0 comments

With approval ratings firmly ensconced in the single-digits, it is no surprise that Americans are fed-up with Congress. In the announcing of his retirement, long-time member Barney Frank of Massachusetts has become emblematic of the corrosive morass the People’s House has become and his persona a reflection of the daily battles in which our media and elected officials engage. In his latest column, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank, details the gruff bully Frank embodied as the caustic Democratic power on the House Financial Services Committee. I have always wondered – what came first the bad attitude or the harsh treatment? All one has to do is read Karl...