Another Dimocrat jumps overboard
Burled Frau
Burled Frau
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> Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Resigning Seat in Congress
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/house/eric-massa-to-resign-from-cong.html?wprss=thefix
New York Rep. Eric Massa will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 p.m., he
said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced
his plans to retire at the end of the year.
"A member of my staff believed I had made statements that made him feel
'uncomfortable,' " Massa said in the statement, posted on his House web
site. He added, "There is no doubt in my mind I did use language ... that
... might make a Chief Petty Officer feel uncomfortable."
"It's not that I can fight or beat these allegations, I'm guilty." Massa
said in a separate statement, to to his Washington and campaign staff, which
was reported by his hometown newspaper, the Corning (N.Y.) Leader.
He said in the message to his staff, "It's my fault and I can't blame anyone
but myself," adding, "I can't subject my family and staff to a full
investigation. It would tear us apart."
In announcing his retirement on Wednesday, Massa denied a Politico report
that the House Ethics committee was investigating him over alleged sexual
harassment of a male staffer but it was later revealed the committee was in
fact pursuing an inquiry into the New York Democrat's conduct.
"In that investigators would be free to ask anything about me, going back to
my birth, I simply cannot rise to that level of perfection," Massa said on
his House site. "God knows that I am a deeply flawed and imperfect person."
Shall not be infringed
> "Burled Frau" <acht...@jawol.jah> wrote in message
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> > Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Resigning Seat in Congress
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> New York Rep. Eric Massa will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 p.m., he
> said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced
> his plans to retire at the end of the year.
March is far from the end of the year. At least on the gregorian
calendar.
> "A member of my staff believed I had made statements that made him feel
> 'uncomfortable,' " Massa said in the statement, posted on his House web
> site. He added, "There is no doubt in my mind I did use language ... that
> ... might make a Chief Petty Officer feel uncomfortable."
Ummm, why is a CPO on a congressman's staff???
Can any of you non-serving military experts tell us why it is improper
for a person in uniform to be on a congressman's staff?
> "It's not that I can fight or beat these allegations, I'm guilty." Massa
> said in a separate statement, to to his Washington and campaign staff, which
> was reported by his hometown newspaper, the Corning (N.Y.) Leader.
>
> He said in the message to his staff, "It's my fault and I can't blame anyone
> but myself," adding, "I can't subject my family and staff to a full
> investigation. It would tear us apart."
>
> In announcing his retirement on Wednesday, Massa denied a Politico report
> that the House Ethics committee was investigating him over alleged sexual
> harassment of a male staffer
Yikes!
> but it was later revealed the committee was in
> fact pursuing an inquiry into the New York Democrat's conduct.
>
> "In that investigators would be free to ask anything about me, going back to
> my birth, I simply cannot rise to that level of perfection," Massa said on
> his House site. "God knows that I am a deeply flawed and imperfect person."
He might be on to something.