In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
Barney FrankThey have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who's getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a million dollars, I wouldn't know how to promote homosexuality.
Barney FrankThe most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with people with whom they agree, they are reinforced not simply in the conviction that they are right, which is totally appropriate, but that they are the majority. So you have both sides, the Left and the Right, thinking that the majority of the country is really with them.
Barney FrankThese two entitiesโFannie Mae and Freddie Macโare not facing any kind of financial crisis.
Barney Frank