Eric Massa Story Gets Even Weirder
The whole Eric Massa saga just keeps getting ickier. Earlier in the week, he claimed the harassment allegations against him stemmed from some "salty" language he used while at a wedding with some junior staffers. (It involved the word "frack," which I'm not convinced is salty but certainly isn't a word normal people use.) Then, Massa told a bizarre story about actually being the victim of harassment himself, when he got into a naked argument with Rahm Emanuel, whom he called "son of devil's spawn." Here's how Massa described the close encounter: "I'm sitting there showering, naked as a jaybird, and here comes Rahm Emanuel, not even with a towel wrapped around his tush, poking his finger in my chest, yelling at me because I wasn't gonna vote for the president's budget," Massa said. "Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man? ... It's ridiculous."
Now, has three blind sources claiming that the harassment had nothing to do with the silly salty wedding story. Rather, Massa is apparently under investigation for unwanted groping of male staffers in his office. Ew. This story is super weird. It will no doubt become truly surreal when Massa appears on later today, attempting to portraying himself as a victim of Dem bullying. It makes one think that Dem staffers started leaking to the to undercut his credibility before Beck's show.
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