Holding Corruption-Enabler of the House Nancy Pelosi accountable; GOP resolution on Massa ethics probe passes 404-2 402-1; roll call vote added
Yesterday, Glenn Beck asked me how the Massa Mess affects Americans personally. My answer: Massa-gate isn’t just about Massa. It’s about Nancy Pelosi (full transcript):
GLENN: Do you think how I ended the show last night is how I started the show. I said, you have to ask yourself these questions and then you have to say, does it affect me. And I’m not interested in theoretical news. I’m only interested in the news that I can apply to make myself better or our country better.
MALKIN: Yes.
GLENN: And I don’t think this affects anyone at this point. Now it’s just theoretical because I don’t think they are really going to clean anything up. It’s like Charlie Rangel. They are not going to clean it up. If it affects them, if it helps them, they will clean it up. If it doesn’t, they don’t care.
MALKIN: Yeah. Well, I’ll say that it affects folks to this extent. This isn’t just about Eric Massa, and we know that. This is about a House ethics committee that is essentially a corruption enabling cesspool and has been under both Republican and Democrat administrations. And to the extent that your audience and activists and people who care about integrity and government and returning this government to the limits and the constitutional accountability that it should have, I think that pointing to the House ethics committee and this shadow office of congressional ethics that was set up in the wake of the Abramoff scandals is something that you can do. I mean, here you have a woman who got up, wields her gavel and then invokes her gender as some sort of sense of moral superiority that now that a woman is in charge, we really will drain the swamp? Somebody needs to hold her accountable for those promises. And that’s people who are going to be able to go to the polls in 2010 and 2012 and people who are going to be able to run office and show these creepocrats and corruptocrats how to run a clean government.
Today, the GOP stepped up to the plate with a privileged resolution directing the Ethics Committee to fully investigate what House Democratic leaders and members of their respective staffs knew prior to March 3, 2010 regarding the allegations against former Rep. Eric Massa, and what actions each leader and staffer took after learning of the allegations. The resolution directs the committee to report its findings and recommendations no later than June 30, 2010.
Here’s the full text:
H. Resolution ______
RESOLUTION
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Whereas, on March 8, 2010, Representative Eric Massa resigned from the House;
Whereas, numerous newspapers and other media organizations reported in the days before and after Mr. Massa’s resignation that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct was investigating allegations that Mr. Massa sexually harassed Members of his congressional staff;
Whereas, on March 3, 2010, Majority Leader Hoyer’s office issued a statement saying, “The week of February 8th, a member of Rep. Massa’s staff brought to the attention of Mr. Hoyer’s staff allegations of misconduct that had been made against Mr. Massa. Mr. Hoyer’s staff immediately informed him of what they had been told”;
Whereas, on Thursday, March 4, Roll Call newspaper reported, “Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she only learned Wednesday of misconduct allegations against freshman Rep. Eric Massa, though her staff had learned of it earlier and decided against briefing her. ‘There had been a rumor, but just that,’ Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference. ‘A one-, two-, three-person rumor that had been reported to Mr. Hoyer’s office and reported to my staff which they did not report to me because you know what? This is rumor city. There are rumors.’”;
Whereas, on March 11, 2010, The Washington Post reported, “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was notified in October by then-Rep. Eric Massa’s top aide [Joe Racalto] of concerns about the New York Democrat’s behavior”;
Whereas, on March 11, 2010, Politico newspaper reported, “Democratic insiders say Pelosi’s office took no action after Racalto expressed his concerns about his then-boss in October”;
Whereas, on March 9, 2010, The Corning Leader newspaper reported, “Hoyer said last week he told Massa to inform the House Ethics Committee of the charges within 48 hours. ‘Steny Hoyer has never said a single word to me, never, not once, not a word,’ Massa said Sunday. ‘This is a lie. It is a blatant false statement.’”;
Whereas, numerous confusing and conflicting media reports that House Democratic leaders knew about, and may have failed to handle appropriately, allegations that Rep. Massa was sexually harassing his own employees have raised serious and legitimate questions about what Speaker Pelosi as well as other Democratic leaders and their respective staffs were told, and what those individuals did with the information in their possession;
Whereas, the aforementioned media accounts have held the House up to public ridicule;
Whereas, the possibility that House Democratic leaders may have failed to immediately confront Rep. Massa about allegations of sexual harassment may have exposed employees and interns of Rep. Massa to continued harassment;
Whereas, clause one of Rule XXXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, titled “Code of Conduct,” states “A Member, Delegate, Resident Commission, officer, or employee of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House”;
Whereas, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is charged under House Rules with enforcing the Code of Conduct;
Therefore, be it RESOLVED,
(1) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is directed to investigate fully, pursuant to clause 3(a)(2) of House Rule XI, which House Democratic leaders and members of their respective staffs had knowledge prior to March 3, 2010 of the aforementioned allegations concerning Mr. Massa, and what actions each leader and staffer having any such knowledge took after learning of the allegations;
(2) Within ten days following adoption of this resolution, and pursuant to Committee on Standards of Official Conduct rule 19, the committee shall establish an Investigative Subcommittee in the aforementioned matter, or report to the House no later than the final day of that period the reasons for its failure to do so;
(3) All Members and staff are instructed to cooperate fully in the committee’s investigation and to preserve all records, electronic or otherwise, that may bear on the subject of this investigation;
(4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall immediately take all steps necessary to secure and prevent the alteration or deletion of any e-mails, text messages, voicemails and other electronic records resident on House equipment that have been sent or received by the Members and staff who are the subjects of the investigation authorized under this resolution until advised by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that it has no need of any portion of said records; and,
(5) The Committee shall issue a final report of its findings and recommendations in this matter no later than June 30, 2010.
The House passed the resolution this afternoon. Details from The Hill:
The House voted Thursday to open an ethics investigation into what and when House Democratic leaders knew of allegations of sexual harassment against former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.).
The House overwhelmingly backed a privileged resolution offered by GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) that will have the Ethics Committee look into what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), and other Democratic leaders and staffers knew about allegations of sexual harassment against Massa, and when they became aware of the situation.
Boehner offered the resolution early Thursday afternoon, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) called quickly for a vote.
Members of both parties voted overwhelmingly to support the resolution, which passed 4[0]4-2. No Democrats voted against the resolution, while two Republicans voted against it. The members of the Ethics Committee, which would conduct the investigation, voted “present,” as is custom.
During the GOP Mark Foley scandal, I condemned the apologists for Foley who pooh-poohed sexual predation on Capitol Hill. Now, we have liberal media buffoons doing the same. I agree with Tommy Christopher:
As the Eric Massa story continues to unfold, the media’s wall-to-wall coverage of it becomes thinner and thinner. On last night’s Countdown, fill-in host Lawrence O’Donnell spent 3 entire segments on the Massa story, alternately cracking wise about the Navy and obsessing over the sexual slang term “snorkeling.”
…Lost in all of this, however, is the fact that there are big parts of this story that aren’t funny at all. The things that Massa is accused of are revolting abuses of authority. I have two sons of an age where someone like Massa could exert this kind of pressure, and you’d better believe I wouldn’t be laughing if someone tried to molest one of them as they slept. This isn’t a gay thing, it’s a predator thing.
While the absurdity of Massa’s public performances are undeniably funny, where is even an iota of outrage over what this guy is accused of doing? I haven’t seen it anywhere else, and I didn’t see it during last night’s Massa Opus. That is a disgrace.
So is the silence of Massa’s many tacit enablers over the years — including the sanctimonious Speaker of the House who promised us nothing less than “the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.”
***
Update: Here’s the roll call vote overwhelmingly supporting GOP demand for Pelosi/Massa ethics probe — 404-2. The only two no votes came from Republicans Dana Rohrbacher of California and Tim Johnson of Illinois. Curious, no?
CORRECTION: That was the roll call vote to end debate before final vote on GOP resolution.
Here’s the correct roll call vote – 402-1.
Democrat Rep. Fattah was the only “no” vote. House Ethics Committee members did not vote, as is protocol. 12 other members voted “present.”
***
What did Nancy know and when?
Via the NY Daily News:
Disgraced ex-Rep. Eric Massa insists he never sexually abused anyone, but he filled his Capitol Hill rowhouse with low-paid male staffers in an arrangement ripe for trouble.
“It’s like he had people trapped,” said a Hill source.
Sordid new details emerged yesterday of a pattern of behavior that went back to his 20 years as a naval officer, as ex-shipmates came forward to describe incidents of groping and perhaps worse.
After resigning, Massa called his “inappropriate” behavior a carryover from his Navy days.
At the house on E St. Southeast yesterday, which Massa had shared with five of his staffers, clothes were piled on the floor and half-a-dozen pairs of shoes mingled with dirty towels next to an open pink suitcase in the living room.
A male staffer in his 20s who mans the front desk of Massa’s decommissioned House office appeared late in the day and went inside. He declined to comment, citing strict orders from the staff’s temporary employer, the House clerk.
In hindsight, Democratic insiders wondered about activities that before had just seemed odd. They said Massa hired a surprisingly large percentage of young gay men, and paid them so little that staffers were forced to live in the house with him.
“It’s not the gay part that’s a problem, it’s the abuse, if it’s true,” said one Hill source.
“The guy’s a freak,” a close friend of one embattled Massa aide told the Daily News.
Even as ethics officials apparently decided yesterday to drop their investigation of Massa because he is no longer in Congress, numerous new reports and interviews suggested there is much more to learn about the Navy vet.
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Pelosi’s lack of response equates to tacit approval of democrat predators roaming the hallowed halls of OUR Capital.
Nancy Pelosi, do the right thing, resign today.
Two-inch putt yet the both votes against this resolution were REPUBLICANS. Oy.
I tried to go on The Hill for info, but it would not come up. Who were the two r’s that voted against this? Things aren’t going well for dear nan these days!
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Never gonna happen – SanFranNan will fight this thing tooth and nail – it’s not about doing the right thing, it’s about the power – you don’t seriously expect her to give up all that power she has quietly, do you?
Besides, she wouldn’t know what the right thing to do was if it slammed her in the face. And she’s not about to lose face over this sort of thing. Seppuku – ain’t gonna happen
Saw a short clip of SanFranNan on the Charlie Rose show from last night: she desperately wants you to know that Massa is Sick with Cancer! That’s what’s wrong with everything… Yeah, right.
Wow. Who would have thought this would have passed? As MM would say: “Schadenfreudelicious”.
Has BHO packed the House with Reps from all 57 states? When did we get 496 Reps?
The vote count is off. Last time I checked, there were still 435 Representatives.
Anyway! This:
should be good enough for throwing out the majority of the good-for-nothings.
LOL! *That* explains it!
Seppuku was for those with a sense of honor and responsibility.
Some tourists from Kenya and Indonesia were “deemed” eligible to vote – it’s ok isn’t it?
I have full confidence that Congress will be able to police itself at least as well as they have policed Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Sallie Mae, Social Security, Medicare, MedicAID and the Post Office…
Going to need more popcorn…
Never heard of “snorkeling” as a sexual term…I’m so out of it.
Oh Noes – This Isn’t Going To Help Michelle’s Children LOL!
Rep Massa was expressing his San Fransisco side. Nancy would just see this as normal behavior.
Nannie thinks that’s
aanother tummy-tuck…Groping a house full of young, gay, underpaid staffers gets a pass while taping a foot in a public restroom at an airport gets slammed. Hypocritical chutzpah!!! Botox Betty – the protector of the swamp things.
The two No votes were Tim Johnson (R-IL) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) Hmmm….Illinois and California. No RINO’s there! Ha!!
As I mentioned on another thread, Pelosi and Reid apparently have files (a la J. Edgar Hoover) on everyone in Congress and are prepared to bring out the blackmail whenever someone threatens to vote against them…or for other reasons. These people make be SICK!
The added link from the NY Daily News, if true, is the lynchpin..making the whole incident ripe for a lawsuit. Massa’s attempt to throw this in the lap of his prior years in the Navy shows him to be a bottom feeder at best. He’ll tarnish the Navy and excuse his own behavior. We were all worried about these allegations, that could be false, and the hurt to his wife and children. Just like Murtha, if their families don’t know who these men really are they’d have to be deaf, dumb, and blind.
These people make
beme SICK!Wish upon a star
, “do the right thing” and the botox babe? Ain’t agonna happen anytime soon. I do believe this cesspool is proud of their corruption.
The additional votes are most likely from the graveyards of Chicago, just like during Mayor Daley’s tenure as Mayor.
Slightly OT
Saturday evening-
Belmar, NJ, home to the famous “E Street” of Springsteen fame- 50 mph sustained winds, 90 mph gusts.
Wave Watch III model shows 15 foot waves on the beach, 18 to 24 footers just offshore.
Oh, 21 foot waves onshore Southern Long Island, NY later that evening.
Not sure what kind of rise in coastal sea levels that will cause.
Away from the coast, where there is still snow cover, it will be gone by Sunday. Many inches of rain, plus the snow melt. River flooding could be an issue.
No warnings from NWS PHI/PHL (Mount Holly, NJ) or NWS OKC/NYC (Upton, NY).
Not yet, anyway.
Massa’s behavior is disturbing to “normal” people.
SanFran and her constituents AREN’T “normal”.
She sees nothing wrong with debauchery, as long as they vote for her!
Massa could have kept his seat with a “My truth is I’m a Gay-American” speech.
Barney Frank would have saved him.
Why a man who gropes and tickles men insists he isn’t gay, well, I just don’t know.
And how could his wife be so blind???
Somehow, someway, something tells me SanFranNan AIN’T gonna go down in history as one of the better Speakers of the House.
She deserves to go down as just a foot note in the history of the House.
El Mahmoud; perhaps it is his wife and children as well as his “manly naval officer” status. Imagine what the O club will be and the golf outings with the flags. oy vey.
Her excuse could be there are so many members of her caucus with ethics problems that she simply suffered from information overload.
I see a new reality show in the works “Manimal House,” featuring Eric Massa as “Pudgy” and Perez Hilton as “Cabana Boy.”
On next week’s episode, Uncle Barney Frank comes over for a hot tub party, and those wet towels go flying!
Skank mouth Pelosi will do or not do anything that gets in the way of her vision or power.If you don’t live in her district you can’t vote against her
and it doesn’t seem fair.The Tea Party nationwide needs to get after her with a solid candidate and money.I’m in.
Now, THAT is something I would support!! I would give a lot to get rid of that worthless, ugly piece of human garbage.
He should have just hired real staffers and kept his house full of male prostitutes. He’d still be in Congress.
I was looking at the final roll call results and I don’t see SanFranNan’s vote, or lack of vote, listed. I’m sure I’ve seen her vote listed on other vote tallys. Why would this be different?
Couldn’t Barney Frank advise on that???
actually he said he’d been to 57 States and one left to go…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrsBKGpwi58
Glenn Beck -
“And I’m not interested in theoretical news. I’m only interested in the news that I can apply to make myself better or our country better.”
LOL.
Not interested in theoretical news? What was that show you did on art work at Rockerfeller Center?
News to make yourself and the country better? How about doing some research? Complete and balanced researched. Yep, go ahead and ask about fish stories, but read the interim report. And, don’t make illogical leaps to conclusions not substantiated by facts.
You want to help yourself and the country? Try being far more intellectually curious and honest.
I’m still a Beck fan…
but didn’t he recently say he’d quit doing the media’s job when journalist started doing theirs?
What’s M/M doing???
Picking goobers???
“Her office” knew for months which means she knew for months. I bet she’s fuming that this got out.
This is all a bit of good news where Pelosi is concerned. Given the nature of her nutroots constituents, other than retirement, a scandal like this is the only way she’s leaving office.
Other thoughts -
When did Speaker Pelosi know, and when did she know it?
A fair question, and it should be addressed.
That being the case, what did they Navy know and when did they know it? The Daily News article hints at this, and should the Navy address the question, as well? Was it accepted behaviour? Did this not rise to the level of don’t ask-don’t tell? Could the Navy have prevented all this had they taken action sooner?
And -
Democrat Rep. Fattah was the only “no” vote. House Ethics Committee members did not vote, as is protocol. 12 other members voted “present.”
Huh? Present?
Will these 12 members be taken to task as Pres Obama has been for having voted ‘present’ in the Ill Legislature. Yeah, I know, voting ‘present’ is an acceptable and legal thing to do. But so what? They voted ‘present’ and they should be taken to task. Right? It would be consitent. Who is ready to be consistent?
sarc off//
Know [the limits of] Your Power, Nancy
To: docflash
Dana Walsh is running a very strong campaign against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco.
As of the 12/31 FEC report, Dana Walsh had already raised about $400,000 and she will report additional fundraising support on the 3/31 FEC report.
You can find out more about Dana Walsh at: http://www.danawalshforcongress.com/
You may also want to watch this video of Dana Walsh speaking against Pelosi’s health care bill at a Tea Party in San Francisco in August.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWylqJys2sw
Check out the size of the crowd in San Francisco in the video!
There is hope, even in San Francisco!
I wonder if the Republicans raised a vote of no confidence for Pelosi, could they get enough Democrats to form a majority and pass it?
If so, would Pelosi have to step down as Speaker?
(presumably to be replaced by Hoyer)
wren,
Thank you for the info and link!
This sounds spot-on!
To: MacEamonn
I called Nancy Pelosi’s office several months ago when I noticed her vote missing from an important vote.
Pelosi’s office told me that as Speaker of the House, she often doesn’t vote on bills unless it is a bill that would require her vote to pass.
Infuriating, but true!
Hmmm…I wonder since this Pelosi scandal has to do with Masssa’s tickling & snorkling guys fetish – will it be known as “Nancyboy-Gate”?
She’s too busy tell other members how to vote.
I guess there’s only one thing left to do.
TICKLE FIGHT!!! Heeheeheeheehee!
In Britain mebbe, Pill. The Democrats have the majority so they choose the Speaker.
Aren’t we glad now that Beck pushed Massa on to the mainstream media’s radar so he couldn’t be ignored?
Passing a resolution and seeing it followed through, are 2 different things. With this corrupt congress, I”ll wait and see what results from this.
It seems to me that something like Seppuku is already happening with the democrats in congress….
To: Rightwingmom
You are exactly right! Nancy Pelosi is bullying the Democrats in the House.
Not only does Nancy Pelosi force Democrats to make unpopular votes when she won’t vote herself, she also told the Democrats to go home and hold Town Hall Meetings in August to talk about health care reform.
But did Nancy Pelosi host a Town Hall Meeting in San Francisco? No way!
The last Town Hall Meeting that Nancy Pelosi has held in San Francisco was in January 2006.
When are the Democrats in the House going to stand up to the bully, Nancy Pelosi?
Wren SO TRUE!!!
I seem to remember SanNan having a fundraiser in Napa Valley this summer. The attendees were a bunch of her rich, progressive, libertards!
Not exactly facing your constituents!
I sure am purplepeep. And I’m ever so impressed with the new media outlets. There’s some real investigatory journalism going on now.
On March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm, purplepeep said:
#54On March 11th, 2010 at 4:30 pm, wren said:
I’m no expert on votes of no confidence, and don’t even know if they can be done at all in the U.S. House, but if they can, then if enough Democrats get tired of Pelosi’s arm twisting and threats, those Democrats could join forces with Republicans to form a majority against Pelosi.
Again, I’m no House Parliamentarian, so this is just a wishful thought on my part.
Can Dana Walsh become the Scott Brown of the House?
How awesome would that be to see even the voters of San Francisco get so fed up with corrupt, Socialist government that they elect Dana Walsh to replace Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House of Representatives?
That would, in my opinion, rival Scott Brown’s “Massachusetts Miracle”…
Right again, rightwingmom!
Here is the link to the article in Politico about Nancy Pelosi’s annual weekend fundraiser in San Francisco and Napa last August:
Nancy Pelosi’s plan: Wine, dine big donors
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25859.html Read the article to find the names of her big donors.
Pelosi’s power comes from the money she raises for Democrat candidates.
Pelosi raises money to get Democrats elected to Congress and then these Democrats pay her back by electing her to be the Speaker of the House.
Making it absolutely toxic for any Democrat candidate to be associated with Nancy Pelosi is one of the best ways to drain Pelosi of her power.
Democrats may be tempted by Pelosi’s campaign contributions, but they should be too afraid of their voter’s wrath to take a penny of Pelosi’s money.
WTF is Pelosi doing? She didn’t know about the so-called “torture” after being briefed by the Pentagon & CIA. Now she doesn’t know anything about the Massa mess.
Nancy Pelosi is a steaming pile of shiite. (double entendre intentional!)
5 or more homosexual men living in a house?…pink suitcase?
yeah, i kinda think it actually is a gay thing…
I file it among:
“Things that make you go
hmmmmmmeeewwwwww!”We all know that sentiment (“It’s not the gay part”) will be expressed over and over, ad nauseum. The problem with that is, we all know exactly what those same people would be saying if this had been a case of a heterosexual male congressman hiring young females and groping them. Hell would be breaking loose.
To: ITookTheRedPill
If the people of Massachusetts can rally to elect Scott Brown to “Teddy Kennedy’s seat,” then dreams can come true even in San Francisco!
Scroll down on this page of Dana Walsh’s blog to see pictures of Dana Walsh helping at the phone banks for Scott Brown:
http://www.danawalshforcongress.com/blog/P45/
The big challenge for San Francisco Republicans in the past has been raising money, because people think Nancy Pelosi’s seat is as safe as Teddy Kennedy’s was. But that was before the rest of the country got to know Nancy Pelosi!
Dana Walsh has already shown that she knows how to raise money. She had already raised about $400,000 as of 12/31 which is absolutely huge for a San Francisco Republican! And her fundraising is still going strong so her 3/31 FEC report is likely to be even more impressive.
And since Pelosi thinks her seat is completely safe, Pelosi never actually campaigns in San Francisco.
In fact there is even a Democrat, Summer Shields, running against Pelosi in the June Democrat Primary, so that may help to make some Democrats think about whether Pelosi really represents them.
I would love to see Dana Walsh become the Scott Brown of the House!
To find out more about Dana Walsh’s campaign or to show your support visit:
http://www.DanaWalshForCongress.com
I remember that Cindy Sheehan ran against Pelosi in a prior Democratic Primary. And I remember how thugs vandalized Sheehan’s cmapaign offices. I don’t think anyone could prove that Pelosi was behind that, but who else would have the motivation to do so?
Let’s hope that Summer Shields doesn’t get the same “persuasion of power” treatment.
cpodug, ArizonaNeanderthal,
I understand your comments; Pelosi probably will not resign after reading my comment! Rather than leave an important point unsaid, someone had to make the statement and suggest she do the right thing. I said it and I mean it. She can take it from there…
Payback for Oppressive Nancy for pushing the Democrats off the cliff?
Maybe he doesn’t know that he’s gay. Seriously. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt, ya know?
Is somebody complaining that the Navy sat on it?
It certainly doesn’t. Why on earth would you think that it did?
No. And sooner than what?
If those 12 members run for President, then I’m sure their voting records will be scrutinized. If it appears that they disregarded their representative duty and voted present in order to avoid committing to an issue, then, YES, I’m sure they will be take to task for it.
But I doubt that’s the case given the landslide nature of this vote.
You really aren’t very smart, right?
Attention Madam Speaker….ma’am you should know two things….
a) what goes around comes around
b) what’s good for the goose is good for the gander
of course her brain is too botox’d to understand any of that though
To: ITookTheRedPill
Yes, Cindy Sheehan did run against Nancy Pelosi in 2008, but she ran as an Independent so she skipped the Primary and went straight to the General Election in November. Cindy’s campaign headquarters was vandalized at one point. I don’t think they ever found out who was responsible for that crime.
Shirley Golub challenged Pelosi in the 2008 Democrat Primary, but I didn’t hear much about her campaign.
But the 2010 Democrat Primary should be more interesting. Summer Shields is challenging Nancy Pelosi and he has the backing of the Lyndon LaRouche organization. You can get an update on his Democrat campaign at http://www.SummerForCongress.com
And then for more spice, Gloria LaRiva is a Socialist who will be running against Nancy Pelosi as a “Peace and Freedom Party” candidate in November.
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?news_iv_ctrl=-1&page=NewsArticle&id=13441&AddInterest=2181
So the liberals in San Francisco will have lots of choices during the 2010 election season!
Nobody ever said San Francisco elections were boring!
Dana Walsh is a Republican and would be an absolute breath of fresh air if she wins her race against Nancy Pelosi!
http://www.DanaWalshForCongress.com
Remember that in Pelosi’s neck of the woods, gay behavior is the norm. They have street fairs in SF that subject passers-by to public displays of nudity and gay sex. So all the talk about groping amd snorkelling were a complete ho-hum. She was probably busy investigating some bitter clingers of guns and Bibles so didn’t have time to pay attention to the Massa mess.
Seems the pond is getting crowded in S.F. with everyone coming out of the algae to run against Nan. This will split several votes and if Dana Walsh is smart she’ll encourage that. The conservatives might just be able to pull it out if they hold their heads, ahem, above water.
Massa is a TOTAL creep.
He made my skin crawl on Glenn Beck!
That said…amazing how SanFran looked the other way on his debauchery allegations, until he voted against her.
Not so amazing really. If she had dirt on him she probably made him vote her way – and she needed every vote – ’till he wouldn’t play anymore. Then, under the bus you go!
Re Messy Massa, I am more than ready not to have to talk (or think) about him (it) anymore. NEXT.
What did Pelosi know and when did she know it?
(Paraphrased from the movie Stripes)
Pelosi interviews incomming freshman Rep. Massa:
Pelosi: Now, are you homosexual?
Massa: You mean, like, flaming, or…
Pelosi: Well, it’s a standard question I have to ask.
Massa: No, I’m not homosexual, but I am *willing to learn*.
(Akward Pause)
Massa: Would they send me someplace special?
AWESOME!
Pelosi isn’t Socialist enough (and/or anti-war enough) for them!
So, even if Pelosi wins her Democratic Primary, she still could lose some of her far-left “base” to LaRiva in the general. Either that, or Pelosi will have to run farther to the left (to gain back those voters) than she would have otherwise.
Dana Walsh sounds great, and I’ll be sending some money her way.
Thanks again, wren, for the info about the upcoming challengers to Pelosi. I appreciate that.
Interesting. I wonder how much the ‘Crats will really want to investigate anything.
If there are some embarrassing revelations that come out regarding his activity in the Navy, what will that do to Obowma’s payback to the gay lobby to eliminate DADT?
How AP chooses to report this:
GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders
ZyZZyg, It sounds like you are advocating for “gay hunts” in the military. Hmmmm. On the other hand, maybe it was strongly recommended he resign his commission and move on. I don’t know any more than you do apparently- and frankly I don’t care. Bringing up his Naval service is just another way of shifting the issue. This is about his conduct as a member of Congress. Period. More importantly, it is about the LACK OF ETHICS rampant in government today, on both sides unfortunately. All of our problems can be traced back to deviating from the original intent of the constitution and shifting power away from states to the federal bodies. The solution is obvious. Any states that don’t like it can go their own way.