Eric Massa and the mock-feudal Congress.

    Heh.  I’ve been referring to Congress as being barons and petty-nobility – very, very, very petty nobility – for some time; but it’s nice that other people have noticed. Eleanor Clift (via Instapundit): ?It took just three weeks for upstate New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa to resign his seat in Congress after accusations surfaced that he had sexually harassed members of his staff. The | Read More »

    Do we need an investigation into the Massa/Hoyer thing?

    Full disclosure: I regret Eric Massa’s resignation solely because I was looking forward to seeing his concession speech on Election Night, seeing as he’s an opportunistic progressive sycophant who last year spouted off bizarre nonsense about ‘treason’ to other progressives equally ignorant of the Constitution. Michelle Malkin has two posts nicely summarizing precisely why embracing this guy is a poor life choice for conservatives; my | Read More »

    Massa to resign Monday.

    Although I’d like to note one thing, here: Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) will resign Monday at 5pm, a source close to the embattled incumbent tells Hotline OnCall. Massa has been pressured by House Dems to step aside amid an ethics controversy that caused him to announce earlier this week he would not run for a second term. Earlier this week, the House ethics committee confirmed | Read More »

    So. Eric Massa is retiring. Eric. Massa.

    You know Eric Massa: he’s the progressive Congressman from NY-29 who doesn’t know what ‘treason’ is. Remember this? Yeah, they just ate that up with a spoon at the Netroots Nation thing.  And now Massa’s retiring, officially for health reasons; but amid… allegations.  Which is interesting; because the first, logical assumption that such allegations involved “show us on the doll where the Congressman touched you, | Read More »