Massa resigns

I read yesterday at Ace of Spades that Eric Massa, has resigned effective Monday. Of course, he claims it was another bout with cancer that did it. But it was two bouts of cancer that got him elected in the first place.

Of course, after his initial denial of a sexual harassment charge, he admits it;

“I am guilty,” Massa said in an interview with a Corning, N.Y., newspaper columnist.

Later in the day, Massa released a statement saying that after discovering he had a recurrence of cancer, he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male staffer who felt “uncomfortable” during an exchange with Massa. The exchange reportedly had sexual overtones.

One of our readers, Jetty, who happens to live in Massa’s district pointed me to Bob Lonsberry, a local journalist, and his recounting of Massa tales from his Navy days;

In one instance, Eric Massa was a lieutenant commander and the combat systems officer of the USS Jouett. That made him the third-ranking officer on the boat – behind the captain and the executive officer.

According to another officer on the ship, Massa and a lieutenant were on liberty in the Middle East. Massa had made the motel arrangements and the room turned out to have only one bed. The lieutenant reportedly told other officers on the ship that while they were in the room, Massa came up behind him and started massaging his neck and shoulders.

The lieutenant, shocked by this conduct from a higher-ranking officer, shrugged it off, literally.

In the night, he later told shipmates, he was awakened by Massa’s hands in his shorts. The lieutenant was startled and turned away. Massa rolled over and pretended to be asleep.

Whether that happened or not, only two people know. But the story was known on the ship and was passed to me by a fellow officer and graduate of the Naval Academy.

Lonsberry recounts more of Massa’s bizarre behavior at the link. Consider this a kick in Massa’s fat ass on his way out the door.

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