Maybe it’s because he came out 21 years ago and he’s got nothing to hide. Maybe it’s because he’s won every election in recent memory by a landslide and he has one of the most liberal constituencies in the country. Or maybe he really just doesn’t give a fuck about what people think.

Whatever the reason, Barney Frank doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and he’s not afraid to make fools suffer when they spout out nonsense.

Unfortunately, nobody passed this on to the screwball woman who tried to compare health care reform to a Nazi genocide last night at a town hall meeting with the Mass. representative in Dartmouth. As Chris Faraone from the Phoenix aptly put it, “The liberal heavyweight dipped his mitts in glue and glass, and proceeded to swing mercilessly at simpletons who came to spar.”

While we don’t always agree with everything that Barney has to say, you have to respect a politician on the national stage who doesn’t mince his words — just his opponents.

So, without further ado, we present the five best Barney Frank takedowns captured on film.