Boston Globe's McGrory Slams Barney Frank

Sounds like The Boston Globe's Brian McGrory knows Barney Frank pretty well, as do other MA democrats. But this quote tells it all:

Just about every Democrat in Massachusetts has a Barney Frank story, and very few of them would earn him the Citizen of the Year award. Frank belittles members of Congress. He berates Capitol Hill staffers. It’s not that he doesn’t suffer fools; he doesn’t really suffer anyone.

Sounds like Mr. Frank is an obnoxious man, but interestingly enough, he's either insecure or very afraid of what's happening to him right now, as indicated by the following exchange with McGrory. The dialogue refers to an incident where Frank's boyfriend, Jim Ready, heckles opponent Sean Bielat.

When I asked if Frank planned to apologize for Ready’s behavior, Frank said: “Jim should have broken it off and not responded. But Bielat shouldn’t have initiated the conversation. I don’t see what was inappropriate about taking his picture.’’ I’ll mark that down as a no. A few moments later, my phone rang again. It was Frank, adding, “Jim’s new to political campaigning. He takes it more personally than someone who’s used to it.’’ After we hung up, Frank called again, saying, “You know, he calls me dude. I didn’t realize that was troubling people. He calls all sorts of people dude.’’

As McGrory writes, Barney Frank has been an obnoxious politician over the past 30 years. For some reason people have excused his bullying behavior. But maybe this is the year people from Wellesley and Newton have had enough?