Congress Gym Usually Tame, Insist Lawmakers

Washington Post:

It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym's shower over his vote against President Obama's budget left Washington watchers wondering how much business politicians conduct while naked.

The answer, lawmakers revealed Tuesday, is not much.

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Comments

[jerryatthebeach]

06:20 PM on 03/13/2010

I don't think people realize that your the man behind the man. People just assume your this quiet individual who stepped in from out of the shadows. If they only knew....

[bismillah001]

11:15 AM on 03/11/2010

had to laugh when seeing this article today.. haha sounds like it would be in the Onion

[Matt12]

10:29 AM on 03/11/2010

Well, that depends on what the meaning of "tame" is, doesn't it?

[lemondade]

08:31 AM on 03/11/2010

HOW RIDICULOUS­!!!

RAHM IS TOO HETEROSEXU­AL A HUSBAND, AND TOO CLASSY A MAN, AND TOO INTELLIGEN­T A PERSON TO BEHAVE IN SUCH A WAY.

NOW, THE 'ENEMY' IS ACCUSING THE DEMOCRATS OF TRYING TO STAB PEOPLE WITH BARS OF SOAP IN THE SHOWER.

[LittleMittens]

12:56 AM on 03/11/2010

Maybe Massa shouldn't have tried to pick up Rahm in the shower??

[DavePalen]

08:52 PM on 03/10/2010

Somehow I think John Edwards is involved.

[myjoyy]

08:06 PM on 03/10/2010

So was Massa intimidate­d by the finger or another appendage on Rahm's body?

[LenoFan]

07:32 PM on 03/10/2010

So, does Rahm Emanuel put his finger on people's chests and try to intimidate them there, while naked, or doesn't he?

[leabsting]

06:40 PM on 03/10/2010

The Washington Post just cracks me up. It is such a tool to the power elites in that town.

Think what you will about Massa - His story about Emanuel in showers sounds perfectly plausible to me - both from everything we've heard about Rahmbo and everything we know about how boys at the seat of power behave.

But count on the WP to be there to smooth it all out.

[offred]

05:27 PM on 03/10/2010

As a former Catholic school girl, I suggest that retired Catholic nuns volunteer to act as monitors in the House and Senate gyms, just like they acted as monitors at school dances.

The nuns would keep everybody on the straight and narrow, and no doubt the language would improve.

And no, we don't want retired Catholic priests volunteeri­ng in those gyms. I don't need to explain why.

[BocaMom]

04:51 PM on 03/10/2010

Does anyone want to think about any of our Congressme­n naked? How disgusting­! Just like Washington politics and politician­s!

[Tom Joad]

04:02 PM on 03/10/2010

The Congressio­nal Gym.....pu­uuhleeeze.

sounds really creepy.

[telstar]

05:15 PM on 03/10/2010

Let the affairs of state be discussed at Gold's.

[Diogenis]

03:39 PM on 03/10/2010

"Out out damned spot!" Why, not even the showers will clean their bloodied hands and sinister agendas.

[hamchunk]

03:06 PM on 03/10/2010

What does the Congressio­nal Gym really look like? I imagine it would be a broken Wii system, scattered empty prescripti­on bottles and 200 smelly and stained recliners.

[AnnfromCA]

02:57 PM on 03/10/2010

The entire spectacle is ridiculous­.

It's obscene, but it's not due to the nudity or even the sexual procliviti­es.

It's obscene because the entire notion that people need to be bullied to change their votes.

That's obscene.

[Diogenis]

03:40 PM on 03/10/2010

And you find this strange Ann? We are a naive peoples.

[themainpoint]

10:03 AM on 03/11/2010

I agree.