March 10, 2010
The DC Tickle Fight
It's a shame Eric Massa is leaving when he is. Never mind the definite impression he's a wacko, lying sleaze bag; what causes him to stand out in Washington is his acknowledged experience with the "Tickle Fight". He's a regular old Elmo.
By now, we all have heard that's all he was doing to prompt charges he had groped staff members. So at the very moment Democrats are groping for some way to pass health care reform, he bails, just when his expertise would be useful.
Now that he's a former member of Congress and before he goes into rehab, so he can run for re-election, he would be tremendously useful as a TV analyst. He could provide the insider's view on all the moves during the ticklish legislative process ahead and the naked politics in and out of the shower room.
Who knew there were so many Congressional emperors with no clothes on? Sort of makes one long for the days when we compared lawmaking and sausage. At least both would grind something out. Now things have ground to a halt.
Here's how we get things moving. How about a full fledged tickle fight in public. Let's invite C-Span in to see everything. We should place cameras everywhere, including the Capitol gyms.
We probably should assign one to simply follow Rahm Emanuel around to watch all of his moves and, just as important, listen to his every subtle persuasion. That way, we don't have to hear what he's thinking via his favored reporters. We can get it straight from the horse's...uh...mouth.
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March 9, 2010
Massa Eviction Update
So let's get this straight: Following embarrassing disclosures of some Democrats' ethics problems, the conservatives are dumping all over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who, after all, had promised to "clean the swamp" of Congress.
AND: At the very same time, they are sliming her for cleaning the swamp of some muck, Congressman Eric Massa.
Here's what's so strange: Even though he's a hated "D" just like Pelosi, Massa has still mastered the far right. The extremist commentators like Glenn Beck along with the other usual opportunists, have embraced him as a cruel sacrifice for the Speaker's cutthroat politics.
That's because he suddenly claimed his party's leaders forced him out of office simply because he was a vote against the President's health care reform, which is hanging by a thread.
Never mind that before Massa declared himself the victim of vile conduct he acknowledged he was the victimizer...engaging in vile conduct with a staffer. In fact, the Washington Post is now reporting this may be even more of an "EWWWWWW" story. The Post reports Massa might already be under investigation on charges he was groping male staffers from just about the moment he took office a year ago. And as the day has gone on, conservatives are bailing on him.
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Massa Eviction
So let's get this straight: Following embarrassing disclosures of some Democrats' ethics problems, the conservatives are dumping all over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who, after all, had promised to "clean the swamp" of Congress.
AND: At the very same time, they are sliming her for cleaning the swamp of some muck, Congressman Eric Massa.
Here's what's so strange: Even though he's a hated "D" just like Pelosi, Massa has still mastered the far right. The extremist commentators like Beck and Limbaugh, along with the other usual opportunists, have embraced him as a cruel sacrifice for the Speaker's cutthroat politics.
They are there for him, loudly parroting his sudden claim his party's leaders forced him out of office simply because he was a vote against the President's health care reform, which is hanging by a thread.
Never mind that before Massa declared himself the victim of vile conduct he acknowledged he was the victimizer...engaging in vile conduct with a staffer.
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March 8, 2010
Axelrod and Emanuel: News "Fit to Print" On One Side
You know how it is when a couple is going through a divorce. So often the friends feel obligated to choose sides. Sure you do. Larry David did a program about it. That's where I plagiarized the idea. With great "Enthusiasm" I might add. But I digress.
This split-up is happening right now with the disintegration of the Rahm Emanuel-David Axelrod marriage-of-convenience which is agonizingly playing out for all the world to see...at least those in the world who read the New York Times and Washington Post.
The Post went first...shamelessly turning into what could only be called the "Emanuel Manual". There was one article after another about how the beleaguered White House Chief-of-Staff had been done wrong.
Now it's the Times' turn. And sure enough, true to the spirit of competition, it has now become the Axelrod Almanac". There it was on the front page: a love feast called "White House Message Maven Finds Fingers Pointing at Him". Since we're talking Emanuel, as the adversary, it's easy to imagine which finger. But again, a digression.
For those who have tried to ignore this foolishness until now, a brief catch-up: Various Rahm Emanuel supporters have gone on background to complain things are not going well for the Obama presidency because Emanuel doesn't always get his way about how things are done.
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