Breathe easy, dog lovers, this has nothing to do with dogs!
I was at my daily dog park group, chatting with another woman about the miserable state of our country. She, like the vast majority of people in this small college town, is a diehard right-winger, whose husband is addicted to Fox News. (Yes, the University folks vote Dem, but because this is mid-Pennsylvania, just go a few miles outside of downtown, and you're in Red country). Anyways, this woman is a lovely person who simply is not cognizant of the facts, plain and simple. She is intelligent, empathetic, and would be appalled if she knew the lies and prejudice she was repeating.
We were talking about the sub-prime meltdown and I said that I blamed the people who signed on the line as much as the bankers, especially those who bought the hideous McMansions that are a blight in everyone's area. She said that the bankers were forced to give out those loans. This was a new one, for me. I asked her who was forcing them and she said ... Barney Frank.
Yes, Barney Frank.
Well, I didn't go into it yesterday but this sent a chill up my Jewish spine. So this nice person, who really doesn't know any better, believes that Barney Frank and Barney Frank alone was responsible for the banking crisis.
A coincidence that Barney is not only one of the tribe but gay?
Sadly, I think not.