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...call for Barney Frank's resignation. Some of us believe that Frank's sexual escapades do nothing to disqualify him from office, and others prefer to hold judgment until the Ethics Committee makes its full report, but all of us realize that to emphasize his political record in his defense, as the majority does, is only to invite charges of hypocrisy. Would the majority defend Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) with the same vigilance if he slept with a prostitute? Let's not fool ourselves. If Helms spoke with his mouth full, the majority would probably scream...
Ultimately, standards of moral judgment can not just be decided by who has the votes during a staff editorial meeting or whose politics are favored by the majority of the staff. On sensitive matters such as the Frank case, it should be common sense, not the majority's politics, that decides...
There can be no doubt that Frank made serious errors in judgment. He has embarrassed Congress, the Democratic Party and the gay community. His mistakes, however, do not justify his resignation before the completion of a House Ethics Committee investigation. Assuming that Frank was unaware of Gobie's prostitution ring, Frank should not resign at all. He should run for re-election in 1990 and leave his political future in the hands of his constituents...
...least, Frank's judgment was appallingly naive. After an initial encounter in which he paid Steve Gobie $80 for sex, the Congressman says he tried to lift the younger man out of drugs and prostitution by hiring him to run errands. He wrote letters to Gobie's probation officer and paid his psychiatric bills. He allowed Gobie the use of a car and sometimes his apartment when he was out of town...
...fans overseas do not share these views, and anyway, she refuses to pander when voters challenge her judgment. She is, by temperament, uncomfortable with easy promises or hand-knit populism. Instead her rhetoric rings with noblesse oblige. "If you are born strong, with parents who give you the best, you have an even stronger responsibility for the people who didn't get the same start...