I’m not sure exactly how gay Eric Massa is (pretty darned gay, though, it would seem) and the politics of his situation are confusing even to a political junkie like myself, but he sure is a class A dumbass and, as such, it’s good that he’s gone.
O.K., so he eventually admits (when he knows it’s going to come out anyway) that he made a suggestive and inappropriate comment to a male member of his stuff, while drunk. Sorry, Eric. The “it was the alcohol talkin” defense doesn’t work in the court of public opinion, in vino veritas and all that, and everybody who read the account understood clearly that if the staffer had followed you back to your room, instead of reporting you for sexual harrassment, you would have gladly fucked him. Or whatever else it is that you enjoy doing with other men.
Then, he claims that he’s being forced out because he’s not co-operating with Obama on health care. That’s actually believable, and it might have made a difference if he’d made the statement before his inner gayness became a national joke. The image of Rahm Emmanuel, naked, poking him with a finger while they were both in the shower, is a little bit hard to digest without being reminded of his gayness. If it’s true, I salute the Obama team on their decision to play hardball.
On the other hand, according to the New York Times (admittedly, not always a reliable source) he was an advocate of single payer which would mean, in my view at least, that he was opposing the current health care plan for the right reasons.
Still, a dumbass.
He thought he was going to defuse the situation with a bit of a sitdown on Glenn Becks’s program and that might have worked if he hadn’t said a whole bunch more stuff that was comically gay. He said there was nothing sexual, but there was this one time him and a bunch of the guys, at his 50th birthday party, had a tickle fight. Adults. His failure to realize how gay that sounds puts him in the Michael Jackson category of detached from the standard social norms.
Also, it was in a house that he shared with 5 male members of his staff. He said he had to do that because the rents in D.C. were so high.
A U.S. congressman gets $174,000 a year, plus plenty of perks including comprehensive health care. Did he think nobody would look that up?
I’m sure rents in D.C. are too high, and $174,000 is not exactly bank CEO level wealthy, but it ain’t bad and there are a whole lot of people in D.C. living on a lot less, with fewer than 5 roommates.
A dumbass, and an insulting dumbass at that.
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