Keeping it classy:
At least they didn't sink as low as Limbaugh:
Look, I've looked into this, and I think it is a redistricting -- (interruption) no, he's not gonna go coach football, Snerdley. What are you talking about? Have you heard that? I thought it was basketball. Where is he gonna coach football? Oh, don't get me started on that. No, no, don't let me start the week with that kind of information. Don't tell me that's true. No, no, no, no, no.
Limbaugh always had a problem with Rep. Frank:
Michelle Malkin also posted Barney doing disco, courtesy of his 2010 opponent, Sean Beilat.
But I'm sure it wasn't meant to be homophobic.
Fox News never liked him either (1, 2, 3).
Something about a gay man with power just didn't sit right with the right wing.
Heck, even the self-loathing Gay Republicans weren't big fans:
He was flawed. He made mistakes. But he was the one of the first (h/t DemocraticLuntz). And what really pisses them off is that he won't be the last.