One thing I dislike about politicians is their fear of saying anything substantive, or that might offend someone. That’s why I was glad to see Barney Frank dispatch a cretin at a constituent meeting (I refuse to dignify these charades as “town hall meetings”), in a clip I found via Kevin Drum. Frank forthrightly dismissed a question about the “Nazi” health plan afoot as “vile contemptible nonsense” and told the young woman that talking to her was as productive as talking to a dining room table.