Jon Stewart isn’t sure why conservative pundits are celebrating Rep. Barney Frank’s retirement from Congress after a long career as a top Democratic player in the House of Representatives.
Congressional redistricting in Massachusetts, which could have made for tough fights down the road, motivated Frank to end his Congressional career.
“So Frank’s reason for stepping down is that if he did run in 2012, he would, for the first time in decades, have to make himself appealing to voters,” Stewart said on Tuesday. But still, conservatives shouldn’t be too quick to cheer, he said.
“Losing Barney Frank is the worst thing that could happen to conservatives,” Stewart said. “He is the perfect avatar of everything they hate: gay, Jewish, ‘tax-achusetts,’ arrogant, condescending, liberal. He’s your everything bagel.”
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