Posted on 03/08/2010 5:13:55 AM PST by The Old Hoosier
Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., under investigation for alleged sexual harassment of a male staffer, accused House Democratic leaders of lying about the charges against him and using them to run him out of Congress because he voted against health care reform when it last came before the House.
Roll Call reports this morning that on the local radio show he hosts in his district, Massa said he had not been informed of the sexual harassment allegations before they became public. He claimed that Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., spoke falsely when he said he had brought the matter to him previously, Massa said. “Steny Hoyer has never said a single word to me, at all, ever, not once," Massa said. "Not a word. This is a lie. It’s a blatant, false statement."
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Apparently he is a former Republican who switched parties because of the War in Iraq.
I wonder why Rahm appeared naked in front of Massa? Trying to frame him for harrassment????
“I wonder why Rahm appeared naked in front of Massa?”
http://backyardconservative.blogspot.com/2010/03/old-capone-tactic.html
UPDATE: NY Times Mag. Rahmbo preview below***Rahmbo in the shower room of the House gym with Massa. (Audio of Massa’s weekend radio rant here where he tells the story). (More here.) Neil Cavuto has a fascinating interview with Gianni Russo, who played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather. When asked about the shower summit, Russo laughed and said “that’s an old Capone tactic”. You can’t wear a wire or a gun.
Cavuto asks how come Charlie Rangel is still there with all his ethics problems. Is it because Massa is a no vote against health care? Russo says well Massa is not welcome. It’s the Mafia style, they “dug up a bunch of stuff” on Massa. “It’s like watching the Sopranos”.
Cavuto wonders whether with The Godfather being a cult film, some people watch it so many times they realize these tactics work. And why this wedding Massa went to comes up 3 months later. Russo says he thinks if Massa were a yes vote he wouldn’t have a problem. Then he says “Why is Rahm in the shower? Why wasn’t he on the phone?”
The other day I heard O’Reilly admit that the ABC, CBS, and NBC have 20 million nightly news viewers while FNC has merely 5 million on a good night.
That’s what I say. Whay quite if you are being railroaded over nothing but a stupid joke.
Massa’s going on Beck tomorrow. Hopefully we’ll get better insight into what really happened at that time.
fox news, they just said Massa resigned because he knows the ethics report will not be released this way. Or something like that. He did it to save face.
and then this. Massa’s feud with Emanuel dates back to 2006
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/85479-massas-feud-with-emanuel-dates-back-to-2006
But he can still talk. He probably knows a lot to talk about too.
He is scheduled to spend an hour with Beck tomorow at 5pm EST on FNC.
The GOP’s underestimating the continued power of the LSM in 2008 may have cost them the White House.
Funny that he used the “devil’s spawn” term. That’s what Bob Grant used to call Mario Cuomo in Italian on NY talk radio(”Mario, tu sei profiomo sfacim’!”).
You are right. I knew that sadly we had corruption, greed and a usurping of power in America never seen before several months ago. This isn’t right.
We have to remove everyone. I think that this started when the socialist party infiltrated the Democrats. But it has gotten worse. America was blind to the truth and has lost its way which lead to them winning so big.
The fact they were handed such a large power grab was not good. I am glad some people have woken up, but he have a long way to go to rid everyone at fault. The rinos, the socialists, the main stream media, the elites, the hollywood liberals all played a part in getting us to where we are now.
They are all sleazeballs, aren’t they...
They are all sleazeballs, aren’t they...
Thank you so much. Our Military deserve better treatment than they get.
And our OLD people too. I know SS is a ponzi scheme, but we old geezers have paid into it, and paid our Medicare premiums. It needs to be changed I know that, but you can’t jerk the rug out from under 70+ year old people who can’t work even if there were jobs for them. I’m only 62 and couldn’t put in 40 hrs a week if I had to, my health just won’t permit it.
good idea...the yahoo site wasn’t that helpful
What about a Freep temporary back up site or was that it?
Of course, the format is so elegant and superb at freep its hard to use another site.
LOL!
He is scheduled to spend an hour with Beck tomorow at 5pm EST on FNC.
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No way will this take place. But I sure hope it does. Glenn better draw him out and get more war stories
The backup site at Yahoo works well, when FR is down .. register at Yahoo Groups .. it’s free.
search for: freerepublic2
http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=freerepublic2
Massa sure was anxious to run his mouth on local radio. He prattled on for 90 minutes, I hear.
If he is that eager to talk, a national TV platform would be the perfect setup for him to spill his guts.
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