Interestingly, I don’t remember Frank complaining about Jeremiah Wright nor Michael Pfleger at the time, nor can I find any stories where he did complain, but, now
The latest criticism over President-elect Barack Obama’s controversial selection of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver his inauguration invocation comes from Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Barney Frank, one of the only openly gay members of Congress.
Frank, who appeared on CNN’s “Late Edition” on Monday called Obama’s choice of Rick Warren “a mistake,” saying that, “Giving that kind of mark of approval and honor to someone who has frankly spoken in ways I and many others have found personally very offensive, I thought that was a mistake for the president-elect to do.”
Despite the criticism, Obama continues to defend his selection of Pastor Warren, saying “Barney, come on, bub, Man Up…huh?…..ah, um, well, you know what I mean, anyhow. How about a piece of pie?”
To which Barney replies
By way of explaining what Obama might have been thinking when he chose Warren, Frank said that Obama “overestimates” his ability to charm those he disagrees with and overestimates the right’s willingness to be “post partisan.”
This could be a fun four years!
