Eric Massa Describes His Naked Shower Encounter With Rahm Emanuel (Update)
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Where to start. The latest chapter in the Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) surprise departure (retirement) from Congress unfolded yesterday when Massa announced during a radio show appearance (audio below) that ethics inquiry into a complaint that a male staffer in his office was made “uncomfortable” by Massa is actually the result of the Democratic Party wanting to get him out of the Health Care vote. Also? Rahm Emanuel once pushed him around naked in a shower.
First Massa’s explanation of the fracking “uncomfortable” moment.
One of them looked at me and as they would do after, I don’t know, 15 gin and tonics, and goodness only knows how many bottles of champagne, a staff member made an intonation to me that maybe I should be chasing after the bridesmaid and 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, ‘Well, what I really ought to be doing is fracking you.’ And then [I] tossled the guy’s hair and left, went to my room, because I knew the party was getting to a point where it wasn’t right for me to be there. Now was that inappropriate of me? Absolutely. Am I guilty? Yes.”
Why so much interest into this innocuous event? (The suggestion being this is no bathroom stall scandal!)
“Mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill 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.”
No doubt President Obama, et at., desperately wish the HCR bill will come down to just one vote when it finally winds its way back to the House. Alas, at the moment a whole lot of House votes likely stand between Obama and his HCR bill, not the least of which is Bart Stupak and his group of 11. Not to mention, Massa represents a fairly conservative district in New York, so if there is a special election the Dems are rather running a risk of getting a proper Republican rather than a more left-leaning Dem. Probably, they just want to stay away from one more imploding politician (we have a whole bunch here in New York at the moment!).
Not content to let that conspiracy lie, Massa opted to throw some Drudge-appealing mud directly at a naked Rahm Emanuel. Because when in doubt become a raving conspiracy theorist….or something. Behold.
“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…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.”
> Update: Glenn Beck just tweeted:
Tomorrow at five: congressman Massa for the full hour. I just spoke with him off air. All Americans need To hear him. Exclusive 2morrow fox
YES. Must-see TV. (-SK)
And just like that David Paterson doesn’t look so bad. Audio below.
Related: “Bullcrap! Bullcrap, Sir!”: Glenn Beck Is NOT Tickled By His Interview With Eric Massa
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This is why people need to read the Drudge Report. The rest of the media will eventually be forced to cover this lurid account of the President’s chief of staff threatening a member of Congress while he is naked and in the shower. But Drudge forces their hand. As a result, the rest of the media is always late to the party. And if they think they just ignore it and it might go away, they won’t cover the story at all.
Oh Glynnis, you are so good at spinning the bad news of Dems. You’re starting to look a little sad. Everyone knows that stories of Rham playing “hardball” are legendary. A product of Chicago politics.
This is huge. It may kill the passage of health care in the House.
I just love the blue on blue action. That’s the funny thing about the left, they really will eat their own young for their cause.
Beck is a must-watch today. A full-hour seems unrealistic though, will be interesting to see what Massa has to say. If the Rahm/Shower story is true, Rahm is one sick puppy.
Mediaite is really getting into these “Drudge” stories.
This massa story is really growing some legs…….
Moderate you made me laugh out loud…we get into ALL stories that are interesting!
Most ethical Congress EVAH!! (trademarked by Nancy Pelosi)
This just gets better every day.
The big irony of those who sarcastically repeat Pelosi’s “the most ethical Congress ever” is the fact that there’ll be more ethics probes and scandals are a result of increased oversight and stricter rules. So attacking this Congress for doing what Pelosi promised basically means you’d rather want a corrupt Congress more than anything.
Which one dropped the soap? Never mind. I don’t want to know.
Rahm deserves an Oscar….best performance in a shower confrontation since Tony Perkins.
M, that’s by far the stupidest spin I’ve ever heard. The Dems will love it though because it’s really dishonest! Good Job!
Give it time. Somehow or other that shower scene will connect back to Glenn Beck.
writer, how long before they bring it full circle back to Bush & Rove?
Ahh, haaaaa!!
best performance in a shower confrontation since Tony Perkins.
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Which Tony Perkins? The President of the Family Research Council, or Anthony Perkins, the actor?
Timzank says:
March 8, 2010 at 2:34 pm
writer, how long before they bring it full circle back to Bush & Rove?
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The connection is via Dick Cheney. To my knowledge, neither W nor Turd Blossom have this type of “connection”.
“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.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/
Dee-LICIOUS!!!!! I can hardly wait for the Glen Beck interview with Massa! First a dead fish and now a naked shower attack against an equally naked Congressman… Could even Saturday Night Live top this? I can hardly wait for the SNL satire. I’ve tended to feel all along that, as Rep Massa so eloquently puts it “Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn…” Nice to see my opinion validated in print.
Obozo surrounds himself with the FINEST of people!!!! Pure QUAAAAAAAL-ITY!!!
We really NEED to impeach these turds.
Steve, I have an interesting one from you. Over the weekend, Dan Rather said that Obama couldn’t sell watermelons. Image if Rush or Glenn had said that. It would definately be on your front page within 5 minutes.
In the adult film industry, he’s know as Rahm the Ram.
Dan Rather said that Obama couldn’t sell watermelons.
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Sad, but, true.
Rather said that? Man, is the left ever going to be outraged.
OS, it’s worse than that.
He said he couldn’t sell watermelons even IF the state police were stopping cars for him.
Chrissy didn’t do too well as far as I could tel all he managed was a strangled snicker like choking noise.
I’m so ashamed that Chrissy didn’t jump up and shove those vile racist words back down Rather’s throat. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, though. Maybe he couldn’t jump up b/c he was having that “tingling” thing he gets when Obama is mentioned in BOTH legs.
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
One ought to remember that Rather is a Texan. Watermelon is pan-racial and pan-ethnic here, just like enchiladas and Wonder Bread.
Maybe Rather said Obama couldn’t eat watermelon. Wait…that doesn’t help either, does it?
BS. I would have bought a watermelon if reasonable priced, organic and from a local farm. I love them.
You know it strikes me, given Rather’s upbringing, his statement would be, at best, racial, if even that and not racist, but jokes about it which play into the stereotype without the balancing force Rather enjoys, are more than likely racist and not racial.
John C Gaiser says:
March 8, 2010 at 3:33 pm
BS. I would have bought a watermelon if reasonable priced, organic and from a local farm. I love them.
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Try the Luling (Texas) watermelon thump, 24-27 June. Some of the best anywhere. http://www.watermelonthump.com/
If by balancing force you mean left wing bias.
I am impressed beyond saying at all the reasoned soul searching rhetoric devoted to portray one lefty as not really racist, just maybe saying something racial when he makes a gaffe.
We even got to delve into his early upbringing and all the cultural affect it could have had on his word choice.
Hey, nobody needed to make a fool of themselves by trying to find any explanation other than the obvious one, if that is Rather were a Repub or conservative.
But you guys were funny and said a lot about yourselves to boot.
That’s why Reid, Biden, Matthews, Rather, Wright and others get a pass when exhibiting racism. Their hearts are pure.
The beauty of Drudge is that it makes the Leftist mainstream media look impotent. Chuck Todd knows this, and he whines about it. Privately, they all do. Drudge takes a decidedly anti-Obama stance, which is just fine with me when stacked up against the likes of MSNBC, CNN, The NYT, et al. They unfailingly take a pro-Obama stance, covering up (or not covering at all) stories that make him look bad, while propping Obama up every chance they get. Within that context, who could be angry at Drudge? He’s doing precisely what they’re doing.
The Real Royal King says:
March 8, 2010 at 3:27 pm
One ought to remember that Rather is a Texan. Watermelon is pan-racial and pan-ethnic here, just like enchiladas and Wonder Bread.
One ought to remember that there is probably one lib from Texas who would give fellow Texan George W. Bush the benefit of that doubt had he said the same exact thing.
Rather is a racist!
I cant wait to see Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson Again on this one … oh wait, I just heard they will not show up .
My bad, The left said he is not a racist because it does not fit there agenda or no ties to blame Bush for his actions. darn….
Sooooooooooooooo…Rahm ….and Massa, nekkid in the shower together?? …..hmmmmmm….well…they say…it’s the little things that count in Washington.
Who can resist watching one lunatic (Beck) interviewing another lunatic? Will they get around to UFO’s? Alien abductions? Bigfoot? Bigfoot in the shower? That’s what I call entertainment; I might have to actually TIVO the show.
TRRK, if you have been in the shower with the head of the Family Research Council, please spare us the details.
I don’t know what the whole and complete truth is about this but I sure hope it comes out.
From what I’ve heard of Rahm I could easily believe this of him.
Grammie – I do to. Is Rahm the devils spawn or isn’t he? We have a right to know the truth!! If he is he is worse than a commie.
Ted, what we do have a right to know is if these stories of coersion, bullying, and vote buying are true. Enough of the thugocracy of BO and Rahm.
” Ted says:
March 8, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Grammie – I do to. Is Rahm the devils spawn or isn’t he? We have a right to know the truth!! If he is he is worse than a commie.”
You think that?
Well, you never have struck as quite altogether so if that’s how you think I can’t save you from yourself.
MichelleF and Grammie – If anyone can get to the bottom on this Rahm as devils spawn business, it’s Glenn Beck!!! Rahm – worse than a commie!!
” Ted says:
March 8, 2010 at 5:10 pm
MichelleF and Grammie – If anyone can get to the bottom on this Rahm as devils spawn business, it’s Glenn Beck!!! Rahm – worse than a commie!!”
Why do you continue with what is, after all, just your crap that you tried to stick on us and go on as if we had not called you on it.
As I said what you say is your problem to deal with so leave me out of it. Capiche?
Sorry Ted, I’m not quite following your rant. It appears you just don’t want to discuss the merits of the thread, you’d rather divert into something else. I can’t say that I blame you though.
Two naked guys fighting in the shower…… HOT! Next time would you give me a heads up. I’ll bring the soap on a rope and some pages with me.
MichelleF how can you excuse this by saying it is just the way of Chicago politics? Good grief girl.. Chicago politics has the most corrupt history there is in the US. When what is now Chicago was first settled and time came to vote on if to incorporate or not. There were more votes cast than there were people in the community. Chicago politics from day 1 is based on corruption. We do NOT need more corruption in Washington. Rahm must have taken his political style from another Chicago resident, Alphonse Gabriel Capone.
Did Capone show his enemies his “six shooter” in the shower too? Just askin…..carry on…
You can tell this fella is what he is by his flamboyant, uh, flame-out. Democrats are really putting their freak on this winter. Must be cabin fever. Yikes. I for one am glad these devils are in power. NOT! FBI files anyone? Someone is going to jail for this one.
That must have been a nightmare of epic proportions!
The Left’s support for the first affirmative action president is cute. The mongrel cur can’t tie his own shoes but orders Air Force 1 to buzz NY and climbs into it at the slightest excuse for a field trip. He never had a job that let him do anything interesting so now he spends his time flying to golf and any meeting he can get out of the country. Once there, he confirms he is an uneducated buffoon by bowing to every dictator he meets but snubs elected presidents and ministers. He’s a worse clown than Mussolini.
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