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Eric Massa slams Democrat leaders for ethics probe (investigated for voting against Obamacare)
Politico ^ | March 8, 2010

Posted on 03/08/2010 6:21:46 AM PST by Zakeet

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments he made to a male staffer on New Year's Eve — and that he's the victim of a power play by Democratic leaders who want him out of Congress because he's a "no" vote on health care reform.

"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."

Massa insisted that he did not know the basis of a House ethics committee investigation into his conduct until after he announced his retirement last Wednesday, and he took House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to task for going public with information related to the probe before it is completed.

In the monologue — an audio recording of which has been posted by Rochester's WHAM-TV — Massa said he first heard that the ethics committee was questioning his staff in early February but had no idea why.

He said he now understands the basis of the committee's investigation — and dismissed it as a matter of "political correctness" gone awry.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010; bho44; bhofascism; bhohealthcare; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption; democrats; elections; ericmassa; ethics; healthcare; hoyer; intimidation; liberalfascism; massa; obamacare; politics; probe
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To: maggief
FROM Drudge (link to article is getting hammered and times out) THE CONGRESSMAN AND RAHM: NAKED SHOWDOWN IN GYM SHOWERS... '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...' http://www.drudgereport.com/
21 posted on 03/08/2010 8:02:02 AM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: Zakeet

The devil just issued a press release denying the scurrilous allegation.


22 posted on 03/08/2010 8:05:17 AM PST by almcbean
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TWO OF THE 3 BIGGEST LIBERAL CLOWNS
IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS.
EVER .
23 posted on 03/08/2010 8:14:37 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: PghBaldy

Naked Showdown?!

Good grief.


24 posted on 03/08/2010 8:16:18 AM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: Zakeet

I can only hope that this dem party dust up goes critical mass and causes a devastating chain reaction. Leaving a mushroom cloud of vaporized liberals.


25 posted on 03/08/2010 8:19:32 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: Zakeet

ping


26 posted on 03/08/2010 8:48:34 AM PST by Ulysse (a)
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To: Zakeet
No doubt, he's ramming the speaker


27 posted on 03/08/2010 9:32:47 AM PST by klimeckg ("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.")
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To: rwrcpa1; molybdenum; Impy; TigersEye; floriduh voter; snippy_about_it; ovrtaxt; syriacus; ...

Flash ........ !

[More Massa links coming up.]

Dan Rather is being quoted on Rush making a “watermellon” crack about Obama.

Just heard Rather saying this on Rush:

Dan Rather: Obama couldn’t sell watermelons - Baltimore Sun talk forum
http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?t=240508


28 posted on 03/08/2010 10:48:13 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Massa Fights Back

EMBATTLED DEM CONGRESSMAN: I WAS PUSHED OUT FOR HEALTCARE!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34051.html

‘THEY KNEW I WOULD VOTE NO SO THEY GOT RID OF ME AND NOW IT WILL PASS’...
http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1178-detailing-harassment-massa-claims-democratic-conspiracy-forced-exit.html

Hints He Could Rescind Resignation...
http://www.rollcall.com/news/43921-1.html

Lashes out in emotional radio appearance...
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/massa_implicate.php

AUDIO...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/03/08/massa_rahm_emanuel_would_sell_his_own_mother_for_votes.html

AUDIO EDITS...
http://www.breitbart.tv/rep-massa-blast-dems-he-was-set-up-hoyer-lied-may-rescind-resignation

THE CONGRESSMAN AND RAHM: NAKED SHOWDOWN IN GYM SHOWERS...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/03/08/massa_rahm_emanuel_would_sell_his_own_mother_for_votes.html

‘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...’
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/03/08/massa_rahm_emanuel_would_sell_his_own_mother_for_votes.html

RAHM ‘WOULD SELL HIS OWN MOTHER’ ‘SON OF THE DEVIL’S SPAWN’
http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/print-article-1178-print.html


NEW WORLD ORDER: IMF suggests how to raise ‘climate change’ cash...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jdSzbOeYw2fRy2g-N8afCNxbsu6wD9EAEB480


29 posted on 03/08/2010 10:49:12 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: gonzo; MinuteGal; Matchett-PI; seekthetruth; mcmuffin; M Kehoe

ping!


30 posted on 03/08/2010 10:50:16 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Bob Ireland

We have just experienced yet another ...
Close Encounter with the Loony Left [link-list]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464035/posts?page=2


31 posted on 03/08/2010 10:55:08 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

OMG, No.... Rush mentioned watermelons and Obongo in the same sentence.... Lord help us, the world is coming to an end. I’m so sick of this PC horsesh*t. His slutty mother was white, he was raised by whites, went to school with mostly whites, he’s HALF white. GET OVER IT. I’m done with the PC crap. That’s their main tool, take it away from them.


32 posted on 03/08/2010 11:13:05 AM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Zakeet

Massa might as well try to hold on to his seat. Now that he has aired the dirty laundry out in public they are going to go after him anyways.


33 posted on 03/08/2010 11:15:59 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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To: Bob Ireland

Rush is playing the clips over and over — ever since noon. :)


34 posted on 03/08/2010 11:17:41 AM PST by Matchett-PI (Sowell's book, Intellectuals and Society, eviscerates the fantasies that uphold leftist thought)
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To: mojitojoe

Dan Rather ought to interview Sheets Byrd.


35 posted on 03/08/2010 11:29:48 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: mojitojoe

And BTW, for the record, Rush played the Rather clip — again and again. He might have commented on it some. I’m sure the left will see if Rush said something wrong. FRegards ....


36 posted on 03/08/2010 11:31:15 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
***Loony Left***

Hi, Arthur... good to hear from you... hope all is well.

The 'Left' is not so 'loony'... they are on the verge of overthrowing our Constitutional Republic... severe trouble dead ahead!

37 posted on 03/08/2010 11:49:09 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Bob Ireland

I agree. But it’s a good handle to go on. =]


38 posted on 03/08/2010 11:51:51 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (ONLINE TAX REVOLT 150,000 AND GROWING. http://www.onlinetaxrevolt.com)
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To: Matchett-PI
***Rush is playing the clips over and over***

I figured you would hear that... Do you have a way to record the whole audio from that intvu? When my son returns from Israel I would like him to hear the whole thing... if he hasn't heard it already.

Glad you are feeling better... FReegards, IR

39 posted on 03/08/2010 11:52:33 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Bob Ireland

Let me know when he gets back and I’ll see to it that he gets to hear it. :)


40 posted on 03/08/2010 12:09:16 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Sowell's book, Intellectuals and Society, eviscerates the fantasies that uphold leftist thought)
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