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Is Barney Frank accusing himself of racism?
The Next Right — The racebaiting has turned from tragedy to farce.  Barney Frank... Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. [...] "They get to take things out on poor people," Frank said at a mortgage foreclosure symposium in Boston. "Let's be honest: The fact that some of the poor people are black doesn't hurt them either, from their standpoint. This is an effort, I believe, to appeal to a kind of anger in ...

Barney Frank Cries Race in Trying to Exonerate Himself
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] BOSTON (AP) Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. The Massachusetts Democrat, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said the GOP is appealing to its base by blaming the country's mortgage foreclosure problem on efforts to expand affordable housing through the Community Reinvestment Act. He said that blame is misplaced, because those loans are issued by regulated institutions, while far more foreclosures were triggered by high-cost loans made ...

Faith & Financial Crisis
The Republic of T. — ... Want to blame someone for the financial mess we’re in? Well, join the club and get in line. Folks on the right are hell bent on blaming blacks. And if that doesn’t work, they can always ...

Disagree with me? Then you must be a racist!
Pundit Review — ... , Ifill questions why people assume that her book will be favorable toward Obama. “Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?” said Ifill, who is black. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, “I don’t know what it is. I find it curious.” Upset about the mortagage mess, according to Barney Frank, you must be a racist Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated BOSTON (AP) — Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation’s housing crisis is a veiled ...

Boehner takes a shot at Barney's speech
Politico Live's Blogs — ... "They get to take things out on poor people," Frank said at a mortgage foreclosure symposium in Boston according to the AP. "Let's be honest: The fact that some of the poor people are black doesn't hurt them either, from their standpoint. This is an effort, I believe, to appeal to a kind of anger in people." ...

If It’s Regulated, It’s Vindicated
The Agitator — Rep. Barney Frank has taken a lot of heat for his implication that people who say Frannie and Freddie are partially to blame for the mortgage crisis are playing the race card. And deservedly so. But the A.P. article about Frank’s comments includes another passage that’s pretty crazy, too: The Massachusetts Democrat, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said the GOP is appealing to its base by blaming the country’s mortgage foreclosure problem on efforts to expand affordable housing through the Community Reinvestment ...