Eric Massa Leaving After 1st Term: Poor Health Or Sexual Harassment?

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by Drew Grant | 6:54 pm, March 3rd, 2010

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It is not a good week for Democrats in Congress…first there was Charlie Rangel last night, now New York Rep. Eric Massa claims he will not be seeking reelection on the advice of his doctor after a recurrence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma left him hospitalized in December. But that may not be all there is to the story, since Massa made his announcement today directly after blogs began to report that the House Ethics Committee received allegations that Massa was sexually harassing a male staffer.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said any supposed complaints had nothing to do with Massa leaving, and when Politico asked the Congressman if his leaving had anything to do with the rumors, he replied that no one has brought any misconduct allegations to him. He added:

“When someone makes a decision to leave Congress, everybody says everything. I have health issues. I’ll talk about it [later].”

The Congressman claimed he was guilty of using “salty language” in office, but has “apologized for it.” He is currently married with two children.

Massa is asking Hornell Mayor Shawn Hogan to run in his place.

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Azarkhan

Mediaite, please don’t use Politico as a reference. It is totally unreliable and, like the tabloids, relies on sensationalism. Why, Mr. Tommy Christopher himself sneered earlier today that “I don’t even click if I don’t see “Eviscerates” in the headline.”

There you have it. Who is more authoritative then Mr. Tommy Christopher?
disgusted

As cIhp said: “don’t ask – DON’T TELL!”
http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

Why aren’t we hearing about Massa 24/7 on the MSM & other cable outlets like we did about Mark Foley?

The state-controlled media is wholly owned by the progressive agenda. Hypocritical tools the lot of them.
the real john t

Azarkhan says:
March 3, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Mediaite, please don’t use Politico as a reference. It is totally unreliable and, like the tabloids, relies on sensationalism.
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Azarkhan says:
March 3, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I hope the Enquirer gets the Pulitzer prize and then shoves it up Arthur Sulzberger Jr.’s ass.
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No contradiction here folks, move along.
ImNotBlue

the real john t says:
March 3, 2010 at 11:36 pm

I’m pretty sure Az was using that “sarcasm” thing. Personally, I never use it… but that’s just me. Right?
pyrope

So, Massa’s in da col’ col’ groun’.

Democrats are scurrying like roaches when the lights go on in the kitchen of a greasy spoon diner. Meanwhile, Madame Pelosi (the cocoanut with teeth) is basking in the lap of luxury–all compliments of the US taxpayer and the US Air Force. Since Pelosi is so firmly ensconced in her ultra-radical gerimandered district of SF, our only hope is that an ethics panel will do to her what it has to Charlie Wrongel.