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?”
I have a need to refocus-—again. So much shit hitting the fan my brain cannot handle it.
Has the staffer who made the accusation been named?