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ABC News reports that in an interview with Charlie Rose to be broadcast Wednesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls ex-New York Congressman Eric Massa "a very sick person."

Massa announced his resignation from his House seat last week amid allegations that he sexually harassed male staffers.

"This is a very sick person," Pelosi told Rose. "He has been diagnosed with cancer. Perhaps his judgment is impaired because of the ethical issues that have arisen, and he is no longer in the Congress."

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[KJsanfran]

another misleading headline from this site. they specialize in that.

she said he's a very sick person -- WITH CANCER !!

[Nathan Ferguson]

I agree.
It's called "shameless promotion".

[LastWave]

this site does do that an awful lot.

[roshni]

I could not agree more Mme Speaker.

[AbeMartin]

Speaker Pelosi, Eric Massa may, perhaps, be ill. He is not alone, in the Congress, in having cancer.

But that does not give him a pass for gay-baiting, lying, sexual harassment, or pure stupidity.
Considered on those bases, Congressman Massa, fits in very nicely with a substantial number of members of Congress.

[SPQR1052]

I thought his name was John..

Although "Eric" Cantor R-VA is a sick-puppy. Also a potential closet case.

[AbeMartin]

No, his given name is Eric. The DC police call him a "john" when they encounter him cruising the trendy bars around Connecticut Avenue NW in the Beltway. All joking aside though, I wouldn't care less what happens to him except he's got three kids, and a spouse who will have to deal with this mess from familial, economic and social standpoints. That is not fair and right now, outside of Tiger Woods, I cannot think of too many public figures who are more deserving of a heavy-duty public b*itch-slapping at the hand of their wives.

BTW, I like the irony of your screen name. We are suffering an enormous disconnect between our "Senators" and the people that the citizens they are sworn to represent.

[StuManChu]

But Rahm will still get to wander around the gym showers naked. That is sick.

[veracity]

f&f'd. it is sick, and speaker pelosi doesn't have a clue just how grotesque is her complicity

[roshni]

Do people shower with their clothes on?

[StuManChu]

No. And people aren't joining you in the shower like rahm likes to do.

[mcbaby2]

Have you NEVER, EVER been to a health club? Nobody I know walks around with their clothes on when they are going into the showers. Believe me, I wish most would put on towels, but they don't. It's just the way it is....

[StuManChu]

You must belong to one of those bath houses. No one is walking around naked in the gym I go to.

[lemondade]

"GOOD FOR YOU, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE!!!!!!!" TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

[Pupadup4oBama]

Huffpost headline hyperbole.

[mfyourmomscalling]

and so is Pelosi

[stevebol]

The title of this article suggests it has something to do with this man's behavior, not a condition like cancer.
Shame on YOU hp.

[sassafra]

watching massa on beck's show the other night was a sad spectacle. it was a lot like watching a hawker at a carnival goading people into watching a geek or a deformed person for yuks, it's pure ghoulishness and crass in the extreme. massa obviously is exhibiting bizarre behavior at the moment, but whether it springs from stresses both physical and social or from bona fide mental illness is not for the speaker, not being a mental health care professional, to speculate publicly. it's like speaking ill of the dead, it's a cheap shot as they're quite often in no position to defend themselves.
neither a shining moment for either beck or pelosi as far as empathy.

[Pupadup4oBama]

She wasn't referring to his mental capacity. This was a misleading headline just like I knew it would be.

[Amalek]

He certainly was amusing in his 15 minutes of fame.

[hooktender]

"Massa Is 'A Very Sick Person'"

Yes, of course, he's a Democrat.

[Amalek]

Partisan much?

[nanooknw]

So how much to they pay you? After all the diaper wearing, cheating, wide stances and hiking
the appalachin trail, You should be ashamed of yourself.
All Repub are anally repressed,

[roshni]

Unlike ASSburn who votes anti-gay and trolls gay bars?

[OldBro70]

Oops a troll snuck past the gate, let him wander around and in the meantime give them time and they will go home to lala land where the sunshine of truth does not shine.

[SPQR1052]

He became a DEM in 2004 or 205, He was a lifel ong REPUBLICAN prior.

DEMS cannot cleanse everyone form the DARKSIDE 100% effectively.

[denicci1977]

Many people have cancer. Doesn't make them go around harassing people with unwanted sexual advances.

[Cynth]

That sums it up!

[brt929]

No, you are right- but she is talking about his judgment. I mean, wouldn't he be smarter to go away quietly- instead he is opening himself up to litigation and ruining his public image.

Was he always this crazy? That's my question.

[billy goat]

I assume that NP is speaking off handedly. She does not have the credentials nor has he been evaluated to determine whether or not he is mentally or phyiscally ill. He show incredibily poor judgement, but really, if every whore and philanderer were run out of washington, the place would be a ghost town. Many people have difficulty controlling their sexual, emotional impulses. I'm not sure that any of the behavior described rises to the level of anything illegal or even sexual harrassment. Gropping a subordinate at a private wedding while all involved are drunk seems like a lot of poor judgement on many levels by a lot of people who should probably know better. I'm happy he's no longer in Congress although, I have no idea what his contributions to our country might be or have been.

[emma richmond]

This man is very ill, in the mind, people should be careful on how they capitalize on someone else pain, Glenn Beck had some mental problems himself, and there is Rick Sanchez, Drunk Driving, this man have done wrong and won't to blame others for his faults, he have lied on people, but thing he is sticking with is that he is a Democrat, yesterday he said he is the blame for what have happen to him, But FOX Glenn Beck, CNN and some of MSNBC was just hoping for something on the Health Care Bill and the WH., you see Glenn Beck said give me some dirt on the WH., and the Administration, when they heard Rahmn Emanel name and the WH., Administration they all had got a front row seat, this is how much they hate the President and the Administration, and Nancy Peolsi and Harry Reid, they would Rather believe a lie and run with it, We have very few creditable NEWS OUTLETS, that's willing to do research. They're are not ashame to show how much they hate President Obama, if it wasn't President Obama they wouldn't have a Job this is they Job to attack the President everyday and his admininstration, they hate Democrats, they are running Ads against the Health Care Reform.

[pointyheadprodigy]

Anyone that paid any attention to Massa's disjointed rambling would conclude the same. Massa is definitely not thinking very well. Don't know if he ever did, but he is surely not well on the Glen Beck variety hour. He definitely needs some time off around people who will care for him.

[roshni]

Exactly - he has lost it. Someone needs to tell him to be quiet because he is making a complete fool of himself