Hey guys, take two guesses where Red Eye's Greg Gutfield stands on the Prop 8 issue. While talking about the existence of aliens (and 9/11?), Gutfield smarmily announced yesterday morning:

"Look, I don’t dispute that aliens exist, but there are more urgent matters to deal with, other than wrinkly creatures with a knack for anal probing. But enough about Barney Frank…I couldn’t resist."

Ha…ha? Because, you get it, Frank Barney is totes gay, and recently humiliated Fox pundit Bill O'Reilly. So that's a joke. Get it??
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Oh, come on! Radio host Lars Larson last Friday ran a faux commercial for gay Democrat Barney Frank's fictitious presidential campaign. Here's what "Frank" had to say for himself:

Hi, everybody. I'm Barney Frank and I'm running for president of the United States. Why? Well, because Nancy Pelosi pissed me off. Harry Reid pissed me off, and so did ol' Barack. Ol' Barack himself pissed me off too. I'm pissed at the Repubicans and the Democraps, and I'm going to run as an independent sort of fellow.

Now remember, this Erection Day — Election Day, vote for Barney Frank for President. I'm Barney Fag — uh, Frank and I approve this massage — message.

Larson later reiterates the right's claim that Frank's relationship with former Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses clouded the politician's vision as head of the House Financial Services Committee.

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Barney Frank let his claws out last night!

During a debate at Wellesley College, Frank, a gay Congressman from Massachusetts, took on political opponent Earl Sholley's offensive take on gay marriage. When asked where he stands on the issue, Sholley, a Republican, made no effort to hide his disdain, saying:

I believe having gay marriage diminishes the value of the institution of marriage. I believe it's a sacred pact between a man and a woman and it is so ordained by God.

This isn't a civil rights issue. This I has nothing to do with environment. This has nothing to do with genes. There is no gay gene. This has to do with choice. In fact, there is a lot of evidence to indicate…I believe that it's obsessive compulsive behavior it's been estimated that 80 percent of homosexuals were sexually abused as children. I think we should be helping these people.

Frank was not amused, obviously, and shot back:

I hope it won't be ungracious to reject Mr. Sholley's offer to help me overcome the nonexistent child abuse. Same-sex marriage is of no concern to anyone who does not choose to enter into one. The notion that it weakens the institution of marriage is nonsense. We've had same-sex marriage in Massachusetts for four years; there has been no negative effect.

Indeed. And, frankly, we're shocked Sholley thinks his right-wing rhetoric will win him votes.

John McCain simply can't escape the negative inertia of his disorganized campaign.

Trying desperately to turn around from last week's ugliness, McCain this weekend countered a woman who said she couldn't trust Barack Obama because he's an Arab.

Hoping to disarm the woman's worry, McCain insisted his opponent's a decent family man and not an Arab, which represents a slight move forward for McCain, who last week stood by silently as his supporters called for Obama's head.

McCain's resistance to anti-Obama rhetoric, however, may be undercut by his ignorance over his own camp's stance.

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The right sure has been having a field day reaming homo-politico Barney Frank.

First there was Fox News' Bill Sammon claiming the press had spared Congressman Frank negative press because he's gay.

The lusty bits stem from a relationship Frank - who heads the House Financial Services Committee - had with former Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses. Moses and Frank's relationship ended in 1998, the same year Moses left the doomed mortgage lender.

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The Saturday Night Live crew took some shots at the vice-presidential candidates this weekend when Tina Fey and Jason Sudeikis reenactedSarah Palin and Joe Biden's debate last week.

Each politico's ridiculous attributes were on display, from Biden's apparent worship - and hatred - of John McCain, to Palin's sad reliance on the word "maverick". The incomparable Queen Latifah popped in to play moderator Gwen Ifill and saved a bit of time to take on the candidate's comparable perspectives on gay marriage. This gave Fey an opportunity to skewer Palin's gay "tolerance:"

…Don't think I don't tolerate gay people. Because I do, I tolerate them with all my heart. And I know quite a few, too. Not personally, but I know of them. I've seen Ellen. Oh and there was this one girl on my basketball team, she wasn't officially a gay, but you know, we were pretty sure.

The SNL team also had some fun at gay politician Barney Frank in a bit about the so-called bailout. It's spot on!

Watch both clips, after the jump…

On a somewhat related note, our editor went to the taping Saturday to support his friend, host Anne Hathaway, and spotted CNN analyst and DNC honcho Donna Brazile. It must been past her bedtime, because Ms. Brazile had to "rest her eyes" periodically.

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Fox News man Bill O'Reilly and homo-politico Barney Frank got into it big time during last night's The O'Reilly Factor, during which O'Reilly called Frank a "coward" and Frank called the pundit a "bully." The men were discussing our nation's current financial crisis.

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Democratic Congressman Barney Frank wants to set the record straight.

Though he said last week that potential Republican veep Sarah Palin's family should be a matter of concern, he did not say they are "fair game." Rather, the point the gay Democrat wanted to make was that Palin's family woes - her sister's divorce, her daughter's pregnancy - are relevant because they undercut the right-wing's moral-based arguments. So he wrote in yesterday's Boston Globe:

The problems that have affected Palin's family are part of the experience of millions of people who face the stresses and strains, moral dilemmas, and difficult choices of contemporary life. The right wing, of which Palin is one of the acclaimed leaders, rejects this view, and argues that it is the failure of many of us to adopt their particular moral view that is the cause of these problems.

The glaring inconsistency between the social philosophy that blames liberalism for divorce and teen pregnancy and the facts of Palin's family life further underlines the serious shortcomings of that philosophy.

The right, writes Frank, sets up strict boundaries for others, but refuse to adhere to their own ideological underpinnings. And Palin's one of the worst offenders.

Politicians, pundits and journalists have been debating whether or not it's appropriate to discuss potential veep Sarah Palin's pregnant teen daughter.

While families are typically off limits in electoral politics, the irony of young Bristol's situation hasn't been lost, especially since her mother's a "family values" candidate.

Still, many think the scandal should remain personal. Queer Congressman Barney Frank, however, says otherwise:

[The GOP] made an issue of her family… Apparently she’s a great favorite with the conservative social movement. They have said that it’s liberalism and liberals who have undermined families — same-sex marriage has been a problem, they don’t want gay people to adopt … This helps undercut those arguments.
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Well, hers is a family in great turmoil. She fired the state police commissioner because he wouldn’t fire her sister’s ex-husband. She has a daughter who became pregnant. That’s not her fault.

No, of course not, although we appreciate when any parent schools their child on safe sex. Babies are hardly the only thing one can catch from a bit of slip and dip.

Gay Congressman Barney Frank in Washington will no doubt garner some gay ire in coming weeks.

Frank, Human Rights Campaign and others have been busy hashing out the ever-contentious Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the latest controversy has nothing to do with trans inclusion, which has derailed discussions in the past. No, this latest brouhaha revolves around another hot-button topic: marriage.

A little-discussed provision of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would allow employers to give health insurance coverage and other benefits to married opposite-sex couples and deny those same benefits to the partners of their gay and lesbian employees who are legally married in Massachusetts and California.
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A similar provision has been in the bill since 1994, when ENDA was first introduced on Capitol Hill, but the earlier language said employers did not have to provide benefits to the domestic partners of their employees.

ENDA, which bans job discrimination based on sexual orientation, now says an employer cannot be required "to treat a couple who are not married in the same manner as the covered entity treats a married couple for purposes of employee benefits."

Before people start burning effigies, however, Frank's quick to point out that he personally did not add the language. It is, however, necessary, he says: "It was the decision of the committee and of everybody else, myself, Tammy, was that we couldn't pass anything without this…We had to make it clear that non-discrimination in employment had no effect on marriage one way or another."

Jerry Nadler's sure feeling celebratory today. The New York politico and some of his bipartisan pals met in Washington today to launch the Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality Caucus, on which Nadler will act as vice-chair under homo-politicos Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin.

From the press release:

“I am proud to serve as a vice-chair on the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on LGBT Equality,” said Rep. Nadler. “Many of us in Congress have been fighting hard for LGBT equality for years, and this Caucus will help provide a unified voice on these important issues. I am confident that with this new Caucus we can, someday soon, live in an America where true equality is a fact of life for the LGBT community.”

The mission of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus is to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT equality. By serving as a resource for Members of Congress, their staff, and the public on LGBT issues, the Caucus will work toward the extension of equal rights, the repeal of discriminatory laws, the elimination of hate-motivated violence, and the improved health and well being for all regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Let the conservative outcry begin!

Hilarious homo-politico Barney Frank put funny business aside recently to blast Republican John McCain's gay record.

And, to make sure McCain gets the message, Frank put in some necessary fear mongering:

In every other area, McCain has a consistent voting record against our efforts. In 1996, the only time the Senate voted on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, McCain was one of those who voted no. He has also consistently voted against extending hate crimes protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender individuals.
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Given the alignment of Supreme Court Justices, and their ages, it is virtually certain that if John McCain is president, he will appoint justices who will overturn the Lawrence decision and the leading Supreme Court opponent of fair treatment for gay and lesbian people, Antonin Scalia, will gain allies from McCain's appointments.

That's what we're talking about!