I don’t envy anyone tasked with identifying the politician that perpetrates the most pork projects. Sensibly, Citizens Against Government Waste usually puts it to a vote, and the winner of the “Porker of the Year” title is none other than Massachusetts’ own Barney Frank.

Some of the achievements on his roster:

Frank earned the distinction for his role as House financial-services committee chairman during the worst financial crisis in decades. The group says he took no responsibility for the crisis despite making bone-headed comments like, “Let’s roll the dice on subsidized housing” in a 2003 New York Times article, then suggesting earlier this year that it was time to scrap Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and “leave it to the government.”

“He became a kind of a poster child for the financial meltdown,” a spokeswoman for the group said. “For many, he’s a porcine representation of wasteful spending in Washington,” she added.

Of course, this is the point where both Jason and I have our eyes glaze over as we start thinking about miscellaneous fatty delicacies. And I love that CNBC’s Cindy Perman knows this and asked me to weigh in:

“When it comes to pork, Barney Frank has committed indulgences that are the budgetary equivalent of Vosges bacon chocolate,” said Alyx Kaczuwka, a bacon lover and author of the blog LOLFed.com, referring to the chocolate-covered-bacon delicacy.

So yes, when you need a meaty quote – call on LOLFed. Om nom nom nom.