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ProudMNDemocrat

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6. What a delightful man Barney Frank is.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:00 PM

Tuesday

I met him at the 2010 Humphrey-Mondale Dinner. Quite tall as well.

I was able to give him a gift of a Stuffed Loon named Lottie. I pressed its tummy and it made a loon sound. I also mention3d that it was the Minnesota State Bird.

Sharp as a tack and very funny, he retorted, "Michele Bachmann!"

Congestive Heart Failure is nothing to laugh at.

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