In a bout of Democrat-on-Democrat tongue-lashing, longtime online gambling champion Rep. Barney Frank pointed to the Obama Administration, which oversees the DOJ, for pointless prosecutions and an unsmart use of resources, but came short of defending any indicted online poker defendants.
Frank mocked the seizures as the administration \”protecting the public from the scourge of inside straights,\” and lamented that the Justice Department is more focused on prosecuting online poker sites than those responsible for the mortgage crisis and financial meltdown.
\”Go after the people responsible for empty houses, not full houses,\” Frank added.
Doh! Barney was doing so well with that first poker metaphor, but then kinda blew it with the addendum, imho.
Still, you see the venerable liberal Congressman willing to finger the President more so than Bill Frist and the Republicans or Eric Holder and SDNY or Spencer Bachus or anyone else. Why would he direct his balk at Barack like this? Sour grapes, non-partisan principle, or something more he\’d like the DC press corp to know about Obama\’s role in the timing of these indictments?
