Barney Frank

[B.C.]

How does somebody like Barney Frank get elected? I don't understand how these people get into congress. Is this the best this country has to offer? I can't belive with all the people in this country that the two that ran for president are the best we have to offer. If they are the best we are in a heep of trouble.

[Ultralite]

TV Movie Led to Prostitute's Disclosures
'Mayflower Madam' Gave Gobie Idea
By Bill Dedman
Washington Post Staff Writer
August 27, 1989

Prostitute and pimp Stephen L. Gobie settled in with his "girls" in his Georgetown town house one evening in late 1987 to watch "The Mayflower Madam" on television. As Candice Bergen portrayed upscale madam Sydney Biddle Barrows, Gobie's companions had an idea.

"The girls turned to me and said, 'You're just like her,' " Gobie recalled in an interview yesterday. "That's when I realized that I was in the middle of a developing story that could be worth something someday. I told them, 'One day, don't be surprised if you see me on TV.' "

Gobie's dream has come true. His accusation that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) knew that Gobie had operated a prostitution service out of Frank's Capitol Hill apartment became national news after it was first reported Friday by the Washington Times.

Frank, one of two openly gay members of Congress, confirmed Friday that he paid Gobie for sex, hired him with personal funds as an aide and wrote letters on congressional stationery on his behalf to Virginia probation officials, but Frank said he fired Gobie when he learned that clients were visiting the apartment.

Frank, a leading House liberal, likened himself to Henry Higgins, who in "Pygmalion" tries to transform a cockney waif into a member of English society. Gobie dismissed that as "garbage." "This is not the case of the poor waif who is being sheltered," Gobie said. "This was the first time he felt good in a relationship. Here's a guy who didn't have a social life until he was 45."

Gobie's craving for public attention also has produced an uproar in Montgomery County. Gobie said he maintained a relationship with Gabriel A. Massaro, the principal of Chevy Chase Elementary School, and used an office at the school in late 1987 to make telephone calls and have one client meet a prostitute.

Massaro, who has been placed on administrative leave, has been unavailable for comment.

Gobie said his motive was largely financial. Gobie had offered his story to WUSA-TV (Channel 9), then the Washington Times. Later he came to The Washington Post, saying he was looking "to start a bidding war" for "a better offer" than the Washington Times made. He and the Times say he was not paid.

Gobie also said he wants "to show up people in positions of power who abuse other people."

Gobie expressed no regret for any damage done to the careers of Frank and Massaro.

Although Frank and Gobie differ in some details of their relationship, they agree on the story line. They met on April Fool's Day 1985. The representative answered a classified ad in the Washington Blade, the local gay weekly. "Exceptionally good-looking, personable, muscular athlete is available. Hot bottom plus large endowment equals a good time."

Then in his third term, the 45-year-old representative had not yet stated his homosexuality publicly. He paid Gobie $80 in cash for sex.

Gobie, then 28, was one of many young men "freelancing" in male prostitution. Gobie said he was born in Boston and grew up in a military family. He has felony convictions for possession of cocaine, oral sodomy and production of obscene items involving a juvenile.

Gobie and Frank say they became more friends than sexual partners. Gobie says he attended a bill-signing at the White House, and helped coach and played left field for Frank's team in the Congressional Softball League. "I was the star player," Gobie said.

Frank began to help Gobie financially, paying his attorney and court-ordered psychiatrist. The House member also said he hired Gobie as a personal aide, housekeeper and driver, but Gobie said that was a "cover story" concocted for probation officers.

In late 1985, Gobie says, he began to use Frank's apartment and two other locations for prostitution. Frank knew about the prostitution all along, but it was never explicitly discussed, Gobie says.

"He knew exactly what I was doing," Gobie said. "It was pretty obvious. If he had to come home early {from work}, he would call home to be sure the coast was clear . . . . He was living vicariously through me. He said it was kind of a thrill, and if he had been 20 years younger he might be doing the same thing."

Frank denies that he knew, saying he learned from his landlord and kicked Gobie out in August 1987. Gobie supports this part of Frank's story.

Gobie said his disclosures are only beginning. "I think I'll just slap a book together. Sydney Biddle Barrows made in excess of a million. I thought 'Capitol Offenses' would be a nice title."

© 1996 The Washington Post Co.

[marine4003]

Speaking of political , whores........Roland Burris ????

[JD5652]

....at the very least Barney Frank should get some dentures...it's not like the congressional health care plan won't pay for them...every time he's interviewed he's slobbering all over the mic...WTF!...you're a UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN!!

[Avenger]

How does somebody like Barney Frank get elected?

Massholes vote for people like him and Fat Teddy.

[striper swiper]

Massholes vote people like him and Fat Teddy.

Not everyone in Mass votes for the left I've worked on Ray Shami's bid for Teddy K's seat as well as Mitt's bid on the same seat Shami owned the company my dad worked at He was an outstanding individual He employed over 400 both in Mass and California His companies invented many of the manufacturing processes for the defense industry They also were ahead of the curve in the medical field for biomechanics and other cutting edge tech
Ted k blew him away with votes from the welfare ranks They own that part of the vote All the worthless and useless vote for these scumbags Then you have all the entitled and all the bluebloods that employ all the softheads makes it easy to be a left winger candidate The more outrageous the further they go
Please explain Hillary You know the ***** that was underr investigation for espionage while she was first lady Right up till Vince foster took a dirt nap

[perfectscore]

How does somebody like Barney Frank get elected? I don't understand how these people get into congress. Is this the best this country has to offer? I can't belive with all the people in this country that the two that ran for president are the best we have to offer. If they are the best we are in a heep of trouble.

he gets elected b/c he goes down on the guys in congress, he is a fag. Married to another man. alot of people dont know that about him.

[Avenger]

Not everyone in Mass votes for the left I've worked on Ray Shami's bid for Teddy K's seat as well as Mitt's bid on the same seat Shami owned the company my dad worked at He was an outstanding individual He employed over 400 both in Mass and California His companies invented many of the manufacturing processes for the defense industry They also were ahead of the curve in the medical field for biomechanics and other cutting edge tech
Ted k blew him away with votes from the welfare ranks They own that part of the vote All the worthless and useless vote for these scumbags Then you have all the entitled and all the bluebloods that employ all the softheads makes it easy to be a left winger candidate The more outrageous the further they go
Please explain Hillary You know the ***** that was underr investigation for espionage while she was first lady Right up till Vince foster took a dirt nap

I only meant to infer that the people who vote for these pant-loads are Massholes.

You're right, we got nothing to be proud of over here either.

[B.C.]

Look at what we have in New Jersey. If we didn't have a buisness here and family I would be out of here.

[Big Fish Billy]

Massholes vote for people like him and Fat Teddy.

We didn't all vore for him....he fulfills the gay requirement.....