Department of Not Going Gracefully - Rep. Eric Massa
Back on March 5th, Eric Massa
resigns his post of New York Democratic Congressman.
While I still take umbrage at his opinions of blogs, he is not going down quietly.
From
Real Clear Politics:
Massa: Rahm Emanuel "Would Sell His Own Mother" For Votes
"Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn, Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) said. "He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive."
Rep. Massa describes a confrontation with Emanuel in a shower: "I am showering, naked as a jaybird, and here comes Rahm Emanuel, not even with a towel wrapped around his tush, poking his finger in my chest, yelling at me."
From
Politico:
Eric Massa: Democrats ousted me over health care
Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments he made to a male staffer on New Year's Eve � and that he's the victim of a power play by Democratic leaders who want him out of Congress because he's a "no" vote on health care reform.
"Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill," Massa, who on Friday announced his intention to resign, said during a long monologue on radio station WKPQ. "And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me, and it will pass. You connect the dots."
And his original ethics violation -- from
City Hall (excerpted)
According to Massa, the sexual harassment complaint stemmed from an incident during a wedding on New Year�s Eve last year. Sometime soon after midnight, Massa said, a drunken male staffer made a lurid comment to Massa about dancing with one of the bridesmaids at the reception.
�A staff member made an intonation to me that maybe I should be chasing after the bridesmaid. His points were clear and his words were far more colorful than that,� Massa said. �And I grabbed the staff member sitting next to me and said, �Pal, what I really ought to be doing is fracking you.� And then [I] tussled the guy�s hair, and left.�
Massa said that another staff member�disturbed by Massa�s statement�reported it to the House Ethics Committee. Massa said the staffer to whom he directed the comment never was involved with the complaint.
�That staff member never said to me he felt uncomfortable,� Massa said. �He never came to me, he never said a word to me. In fact, he never went to anybody.�
From
Otto von Bismarck:
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Anyone got a bowl of popcorn; this is going to be a fun few days and the media frenzy is going to divert people's attention from the wrangling to get the health-care monstrosity passed.
Posted by DaveH at March 8, 2010 8:07 PM