Breakfast w/Greg: Barney Frank’s retort; Gay panic on Conan; Robby Ginepri’s sexy tummy

Good morning everyone! It’s a late breakfast, I know, but I had a late dinner.

Congressman Barney Frank certainly has a way with words and that gift came in real handy at a town hall meeting on health care in Dartmouth, MA this week. A constituent asked the openly gay Frank: “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?”

He replied: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?”

Barney then called her approach “vile, contemptible nonsense and closed by saying: “Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table.”

I know we want to try and take the high road when dealing with nut jobs but sometimes a coupla good, old-fashioned insults are exactly what is needed.

A PROMOTIONAL NIGHTMARE: Let me start off by saying this: In this day and age, there is nothing more boring than a straight actor talking about how terrible it was to kiss another man. If you didn’t like it, save it for the memoirs but don’t talk about it on national television while promoting your movie!

This brings us to an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (why isn’t Jay Leno still the host? I don’t get it) by Demetri Martin on to promote Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. The young actor plays Elliot Tiber, the gay creator of 1969’s Woodstock festival.

Martin is telling Conan about how awkward it was to kiss a guy after kissing a girl etc. and guest Shaq O’Neal has a gay panic reaction by moving down the couch away from the young actor.

Everyone laughs. Only it’s not funny. It’s stupid.

Shaq should know better. As for Martin, I’m sure some studio execs are having a nice chat with him abut how unwise is to piss off a large segment of potential ticket buyers.

Watch this fiasco for yourself:

GINEPRI OFFERS A PEAK: I wonder if American tennis star Robby Ginepri is aware that each time he lifts his shirt to wipe the sweat off his face and gives a glimpse of his sexy tummy, gay blogs around the world rejoice!

Well, this one does as does my pal Kenneth Walsh of Kennethinthe212 who not only featured Robby this morning but also a really smoking hot shot of a shirtless Tommy Haas.

By the way, Robby lost in the Cincinatti Masters tournament yesterday to Russian stud Marat Safin who is retiring at the end of the season.