Congressman Massa softened his take on the allegations leveled against him. In an appearance on the Glen Beck Show last night, he backed away from the position that he only made a sexual joke. Now Massa asserts that his greatest offense was to tickle a staffer, but some of his statements still fail the smell test. From a NY Times blog post on the scandal:
“Now they are saying I groped a male staffer,’’ he told Mr. Beck. “Yeah I did. Not only did I grope him. I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe and then four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday. It was kill the old guy. You can take anything out of context... Mr. Massa, who is married, explained that he and his aides — 'all bachelors' – lived together because they could not afford Washington’s 'outrageous rents.'"
Whether more information about Massa's alleged groping and acknowledged tickle parties comes out remains to be seen, but his career is dead regardless. If Capitol Hill elements really are conspiring against Massa, his approach to this situation must delight them.
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