Barney Frank On Biden: ‘He Can’t Keep His Mouth Shut Or His Hands To Himself’

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Futures Without Violence seventh biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, Friday, March 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) said Tuesday that Vice President Joe Biden could be a great politician, if only he could keep his hands to himself.

“Joe is his own worst enemy,” Frank said during an interview on Ora’s “PoliticKING with Larry King” show. “He can’t keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself.”

He said that Biden is “a very bright guy” with “good values.” But the vice president’s lack of self-discipline keeps getting the best of him, Frank said.

“It’s out of good intentions, but I think he’s unfortunately diminished people’s perceptions of his abilities,” he said.

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  1. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    "“He can’t keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself.”

    Now that’s funny, coming from Barney Frank.

  2. lack of self-discipline

    Did Mr. Biden live with a ‘working’ male hustler, Barney?

  3. IKR? I was going to say, “dude, glass houses much?”

  4. For the first time in recorded history, Faux Not Really News will have something nice to say about Frank. Will probably even quote him.

  5. Am I missing some incident that I never heard about?

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