Anyone really thinking about the present political situation in which a man with absolutely no real-world qualifications, and no real-world performance record is being handed the most powerful political office in the world, has got to ask…”what forces are really operating here?” Now it certainly isnt reason, facts, or even reality is it? It certainly isnt his “record” or even his professional behaviour..these are categories that dont even exist when applied to Obama. If you insist on remaining on the rational plane you will understand NOTHING of what is going on.

I would then suggest that reason will do little to explain Barney Frank, nor will it explain his appeal to his constituents, who will, after all, undoubtedly re-elect him, and I submit would re-elect him by an even greater margin if he did even more damage.
Nothing short of seething malevolence explains Frank and nothing short of self induced trance explains his supporters,
and that means those who support
tacitly as well actively

If you want to understand Frank you could look to Freud, but if you want to understand the phantasmagoric quality of this election year dont look to the platform of the Democratic Party, nor even Karl Marx. Instead I would study Marshall McLuhan and the ways sheer unreality is mass produced and imbibed.