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Eric Massa to retire amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer
Politico ^ | 3/3/10

Posted on 03/03/2010 11:43:32 AM PST by Second Amendment First

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) will not seek re-election after only one term in office.

According to several House aides – on both sides of the aisle – the House ethics committee has been informed of allegations that Massa, who is married with two children, sexually harassed a male staffer.

Massa and his office did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but his office has scheduled a press conference for later this afternoon.

Massa, a 20-year Navy veteran, was elected to office last November. He serves on the Agriculture, Armed Services and Homeland Security committees.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: massmike
Gerry Studds was caught doing the same thing,and he was welcomed back to congress to a standing ovation!

Not to put too fine a point on it, Studds was not harrassing a staffer, he and the other man had an on-going relationship, as testified by the guy, that's why Studds did not receive recrimination.

141 posted on 03/03/2010 12:59:52 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: Retired COB
Please tell me he was an officer! Preferably an airdale.

Officer, but surface warfare. This poof actually served on BB 62, the USS New Jersey.

142 posted on 03/03/2010 12:59:56 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: All

I wonder if this will get the same coverage as Foley.

snort.


143 posted on 03/03/2010 1:00:50 PM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Another one bites the dust....


144 posted on 03/03/2010 1:03:29 PM PST by ezfindit (ConservativeDatingSite.com - The Right Place for Conservative Singles)
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To: pgkdan
Isn’t Massa that guy that said at a Town Hall that he didn’t care what the people in his district wanted he knew better and he was voting for health care?

One of the things he said is that he would vote "against the interests" of his constituents if he felt like it. He actually voted NO on the house Obamacase bill. And used his NO vote for fundraising!

My theory is that Massa was one of those Dems that Pelosi allowed to vote NO, but this time she is going to need his vote. I wonder if she has uglier allegations than those revealed to date to muscle him with.

145 posted on 03/03/2010 1:12:58 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Pat Caddell: Democrats are drinking kool-aid in a political Jonestown)
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To: AppyPappy
... I said it was OK, she’s a girl. It sounds like all the boys are getting the attention these days.

These days yes, but the 83 page scandal, the Republican involved was man/girl, Dan Crane (R-IL) was having sexual relations with a 17-year-old female page.

146 posted on 03/03/2010 1:13:42 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: MozarkDawg

That was a long time ago. Her high school has closed indefinitely so we need to find an alternative


147 posted on 03/03/2010 1:15:51 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Doc Savage

Hey, don’t slight NJ, you left off Torricelli


148 posted on 03/03/2010 1:16:22 PM PST by Freds2nd
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To: Second Amendment First

The severity of the accusations demand that he resign (or be expelled) immediately!


149 posted on 03/03/2010 1:18:38 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

No mas.....sa


150 posted on 03/03/2010 1:19:34 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: MozarkDawg

I should edit my earlier post, when I said Studds did not receive recrimination, this is not accurate, he was censured, I ought to have been more precise in saying he was not expelled. (Thanks, Bob Michel).


151 posted on 03/03/2010 1:19:52 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: AppyPappy

Well, just don’t let her think everything is okee-dokee just because she’s female ... I had a friend in high school serve as a House page, she never had any difficulties and enjoyed the experience tremendously, all the best to your daughter!


152 posted on 03/03/2010 1:23:31 PM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: TonyInOhio
So, will the WaPo, et al, be pulling a Mark Foley on him?

Pulling a "Foley" would mean waiting until the end of October to break the story. They obviously decided not to go that route.

153 posted on 03/03/2010 1:24:32 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Ramius

Just a guess on my part, but what if he used the “f” word to refer to a gay staffer?


154 posted on 03/03/2010 1:25:13 PM PST by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for, it matters who takes office.)
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To: Second Amendment First
Republicans had been aggressively targeting his seat

Sounds like he'd be in to that.
155 posted on 03/03/2010 1:26:37 PM PST by BJClinton (0bama is not the anti-christ. Satan wouldn't be such a screw up.)
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To: Second Amendment First
He's innocent! He just, he just has... a wide stance! Yeah, that's the ticket! He has a wide stance!
156 posted on 03/03/2010 1:30:13 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast (Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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To: steveo

Prior to running for Congress he was a supervisor at my plant in Corning, NY. He was universally despised by the workers for being a putz. He was later fired by the company.


157 posted on 03/03/2010 2:13:00 PM PST by takbodan (.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; neverdem; ExTexasRedhead; nutmeg; yongin; GOPsterinMA

I wonder what his wife and adult children will say about this?


158 posted on 03/03/2010 2:35:41 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
that FPOS is my representative... good riddance to another RATQueer...!!!
and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!

159 posted on 03/03/2010 2:46:49 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Pinkbell
done...
160 posted on 03/03/2010 2:49:58 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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