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The good news: Barney Frank is going

A Congressional bete noire of the Right is retiring because of redistricting. The bad news: who’s next in line to take his place as ranking Democratic member of the Financial Services Committee. Megan McArdle brings the bad news. She’s right: for all his faults – and they are legendary, especially with the Fannie/Freddie mess — Barney Frank is not remotely an idiot. His replacement? Hoo boy. She makes Forrest Gump look like Dwight MacDonald.

Fortunately, America is not facing an economic crisis, much of it centered on the financial industry. Therefore, we can afford to have nitwits like her in positions of elite political leadership.

UPDATE: I agree, Barney Frank can be a hilarious guy. I like his wit. The Atlantic has a nice video collection of his greatest smart-aleck hits.

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Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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