BARNEY FRANK SHOULD BE THE FIRST

IBD:

Congressman Barney Frank says he wants some of those responsible for our current financial meltdown to be prosecuted.

And we couldn't agree more.

First up in the court dock: Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

Even by the extraordinarily loose standards of Congress, it takes some chutzpah for someone such as Frank to suggest that he'll seek prosecutions for those behind the housing and financial crunch and for what he called "a strongly empowered systemic risk regulator."

For Frank, perhaps more than any single individual in private or public life, is responsible for both the housing market mess and subsequent bank disaster.

And no, this isn't partisan hyperbole or historical exaggeration.

But first, a little trip down memory lane.

RTWT. (VIA HOT AIR.)

SCUM LIKE FRANK SHOULD BE ARRESTED, TRIED, CONVICTED, SHOT, DRAWN AND QUARTERED.