From my Boston Herald column today:
Naked congressmen, shower stall encounters, “tickle parties,” wraslin’ with the boys back at the condo - the Eric Massa story sounds like low-rent porn. “Brokebudget Mountain” or “Tickle Me, Rahm-Bo.”
Actually, I’m not sure even the porn industry would work with dialogue like this:
LARRY KING: “Are you gay?”
MASSA: “Ask my friends. Ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy.”
Well, 10,000 sailors can’t be wrong!
For those of us who oppose the Obamacare boondoggle, this is hilarious. But for President Barack Obama and his allies - including Massachusetts Democrats - Massa-mania couldn’t be hitting at a worse time.
The problem isn’t Massa’s ridiculous claim that he was forced out of Congress because he opposes the health care bill. What hurts is that the Massa mess highlights the Obama administration’s desperation and incompetence on health care.
"The truth is something [Warren] probably prefers not to confront. Harvard doesn’t come calling just because you’re a smart lawyer and a terrific teacher — not with Warren’s modest, Oklahoma upbringing and non-Ivy League education. She is not your typical Harvard professor. At a certain point, when the law school was under pressure to promote diversity, she represented a three-fer: a great lawyer with a national profile, a woman, and a minority, at least by virtue of family lore. "
-- Joan Vennochi
