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Columnist Prelutsky: Rep. Frank should "stop phoning every number he finds scrawled on bathroom walls"

December 11, 2009 2:54 pm ET by Media Matters staff

From columnist Burt Prelutsky's December 11 column posted on WorldNetDaily:

Back in 1990, the police raided Barney Frank's home because his gay lover, Steve Gobie, was running a male prostitution ring out of his condo. In 2007, the police raided the home of James Ready and arrested him for possession of marijuana. Ready, who is Barney's main squeeze these days, didn't just smoke the weed; Farmer Ready was growing the stuff. The congressman was there at the time of the raid, but denied he had any idea that those plants in the backyard weren't rhododendrons. I believe he told the police that he was perfectly clueless when it came to plant life. I guess, like Clinton, he never inhaled, either.

Because I am always prepared to grant a liberal politician the benefit of the doubt, I'm sure it's only a coincidence that Barney has long led the fight to decriminalize the use and sale of the narcotic.

On the other hand, considering his sorry track record when it comes to romance, don't you think it's high time Rep. Frank, who'll be 70 years old in a few months, should start using a reputable dating service and stop phoning every number he finds scrawled on bathroom walls?

Prelutsky is also a contributor to Andrew Breitbart's BigHollywood.com and has written regular columns for Townhall.com.

Previously:

Writer at Breitbart's Big Hollywood: "why, in 2009 America, are mulattoes invariably identified as blacks?"

Breitbart's Big Hollywood: Same old birtherism, comparisons of Obama to Hitler

Townhall columnist: "[O]nly [a] loop ... hanging from the branch of a very tall tree" is "appropriate for most ... ninnies in Congress"

World Net Daily columnist compares Obama to spousal abuser, while calling abused women "dunderhead[s]"

Columnist Prelutsky: Obama "sort of reminds me of David Duke"

Buchanan repeated discredited claim that Rep. Frank "had a fellow running ... basically a full-service whorehouse in his basement"

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    • Author by Major Tom (December 11, 2009 2:56 pm ET)
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      classy.
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (December 11, 2009 3:19 pm ET)
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      Wonder if Prelutsky has any fine word to say about that fine upstanding Republican "Bathroom Larry" ?

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    • Author by Midnight Kevin (December 11, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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      Marijuana is not a narcotic.
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      The Midnight Review
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      • Author by John Paradox (December 11, 2009 4:47 pm ET)
           
        Actually, one of the plants closest botanically to Cannabis is 'Hops', used in beers.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (December 11, 2009 3:28 pm ET)
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      Hey Burtie, you realize that the people of Barney's district have already had a chance to weigh his transgression in the balance and found him worth re-electing, he won easily in 2008. Maybe you should have written your nastygram more than a year ago. But then, they probably wouldn't have paid you any more mind than they would now. By the way, Marijuana isn't a narcotic. And even though I have never sampled it, (despite the opportunity) I don't think it should be a criminal offense. I think that Marijuana should be taxed and regulated like alcohol or cigarettes (something else I have never sampled.)
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      • Author by boulderhippy (December 11, 2009 5:34 pm ET)
           
        You said, "he won easily in 2008".
        Whoever runs in his district will win as long as they have a (D) following their name. You can't really think that the good people of the 4th congressional district in Mass. have the moxie to vote out a democrat do you?
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    • Author by princeofwheels (December 11, 2009 5:24 pm ET)
         
      Why does Preslutsky at like this?

      How about an interview right here?

      I'll email the Preslut right now...
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