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Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank joined the ranks of contributors to The Huffington Post yesterday. He seized on the forum as a chance to tout his House floor speech that criticized White House adviser Karl Rove for blasting liberals' reaction to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The blog posting quickly summarizes Frank's opinion that Rove dishonestly smeared liberals in order "to resuscitate the discredited claim that the war in Iraq was a response to 9/11." The rest of the post consists of Frank's floor speech. Here's a snippet: "Rove's bizarre, reckless assaults on his opponents ... are the latest example of a pattern of abuse of power and influence which has become the hallmark of Republican rule."

Yesterday's edition of The Huffington Post also included posts from Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., on the congressional outcry over a bid by financier George Soros to buy the Washington Nationals baseball team, and from Rep. Charles Rangel. The New York Democrat offered his advance reaction to the speech President Bush gave later in the evening on the war in Iraq.

Former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., also weighed in on the anti-terrorism law known as the USA PATRIOT Act, parts of which are up for renewal. He said the statute "needs some common-sense fixes to keep our liberty safe."

Posted by dglover at June 29, 2005 04:21 PM

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