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Democrats are eating their own now in order to get this healthcare bill jammed through the House.By: Politico Staff
March 8, 2010 06:04 AM EST
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."
Massa insisted that he did not know the basis of a House ethics committee investigation into his conduct until after he announced his retirement last Wednesday, and he took House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to task for going public with information related to the probe before it is completed.
Maybe so, but the coincidence is suspicious.Massa sounds like a loser. You're a Congressman acting like that at a wedding? Do you have any self respect?
the selective interest of the demos - recognizing there are about 30 in congress who are under investigation over serious matters, makes me inclined to side with that sleazy massa fellow
damn, now i need to shower
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is a bipartisan committee. No way would the committee stand for Democrats using this as a way to get rid of people they don't like.
If it were a bunch of Republicans being investigated, everyone would be screaming this was intentional, as opposed to this being about the lack of ethics in Congress.
the selective interest of the demos - recognizing there are about 30 in congress who are under investigation over serious matters, makes me inclined to side with that sleazy massa fellow
damn, now i need to shower
RealClearPolitics - Video - Massa: Rahm Emanuel "Would Sell His Own Mother" For VotesRep. 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."
Democrats are eating their own now in order to get this healthcare bill jammed through the House.
I'd be careful in the shower if I were you..... :lol:
RealClearPolitics - Video - Massa: Rahm Emanuel "Would Sell His Own Mother" For Votes
I'd be careful in the shower if I were you..... :lol:
RealClearPolitics - Video - Massa: Rahm Emanuel "Would Sell His Own Mother" For Votes
I am going to nip this simple-minded view of Eric Massa's resignation in the bud right now, and I'm doing it as someone who:Let's review the facts. First, we have the three versions Massa told us this past week about why he was quitting:
- Was, at least in theory, represented by Eric Massa
- Doesn't give two hoots about Eric Massa
- Isn't an Obama worshiper
So to begin with, we're talking about a guy who can't keep his story straight.
- His cancer is back and he needs to quit to deal with it and with family stuff
- He is about to be the subject of an ethics probe and he doesn't want to drag his family through it
- He's being forced out of the House
Next, consider the timing. An ethics probe would take months, weeks at the very least, and the vote on the health care bill is (last I checked) scheduled for next week. Massa could easily hang in, vote, and then quit and escape the ethics probe -- since he'd be outside its reach and completely irrelevant in any case once he resigned.
There is something else going on here that we don't know about, and that is the real story -- not who is eating who.
I assure you of this. If he was voting for the healthcare plan, there would be no ethics probe. Guaranteed.
It took a mountain range of evidence to get the Dems to finally turn on Rangel. C'mon.
I assure you of this. If he was voting for the healthcare plan, there would be no ethics probe. Guaranteed.
Guaranteed? GIve me a break, Erod. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I don't know anything about what Massa is accused of, but I sure as hell know how the ethics process works. So stop talking out of your butt, will you?
We knew of Rangel's issues WAY before he was finally asked to step down. This is relatively new, and they rushing Massa out the door as quickly as possible.
There are no scruples with your party whatsoever. If it doesn't bother with how reconciation works, why would this be any different.
rahm was just displaying the skills he learned while a soldier of the IDF
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Democrats are eating their own now in order to get this healthcare bill jammed through the House.
Rahm should resign on sexual harrassment charges for that shower incident. He ought to frogmarched out of the Congressional showers with his towel wrap straight down Pennsylvania Ave.rahm was just displaying the skills he learned while a soldier of the IDF
Rahm should resign on sexual harrassment charges for that shower incident. He ought to frogmarched out of the Congressional showers with his towel wrap straight down Pennsylvania Ave.
:lol:
Guaranteed? GIve me a break, Erod. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I don't know anything about what Massa is accused of, but I sure as hell know how the ethics process works. So stop talking out of your butt, will you?
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Guaranteed? GIve me a break, Erod. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THIS COMMITTEE. I don't know anything about what Massa is accused of, but I sure as hell know how the ethics process works. So stop talking out of your butt, will you?
It is definitely too convinient. Massa did some poor things, but compared to countless others? I want to believe that the Senate Ethics Committee ****s gold and wipes their ass with silk. But, because I'm not in kindergarten, I realize that they are human beings. They are human beings and subject to pressure, even the kind that makes for great "politics."
Were this to be true, you wouldn't be posting on public political forums... if you were smart that is.
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