Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil’s spawn. Eric Massa More Quotes by Eric Massa More Quotes From Eric Massa Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday. Eric Massa 50th-birthday guy dumb I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman. Eric Massa congressman navy Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive. Eric Massa mother children son I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. Eric Massa helpful vote thinking With the departure of Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D), who is running for the governorship of Hawaii, and with the tragic and very sad passing of my personal friend Jack Murtha (D-Pa.), mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they’ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots. Eric Massa hawaii house running I happen to believe that health care is an imminent crisis. It is. Eric Massa crisis care believe My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that I was not - that I didn't not have a future. Eric Massa good-friend team player You think that somehow they didn’t come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill then, ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as not to understand what is going on in Washington, D.C. Eric Massa gentleman today thinking I am 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. Eric Massa yelling naked political I do believe in God. That's why I'm alive. Eric Massa believe-in-god alive believe That's a tumor. It goes across my liver, up through my lungs, all the way around my heart. And when they were done trying to cut it out, nuke it out with radiation and chemotherapy it out, it left so much scar tissue that when I walk outside now in cold weather and take a deep breath, it feels like someone is stabbing me. Eric Massa walk me heart weather Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship. Eric Massa decision soldier friendship life You think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill? Then, ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not understand what's going on in Washington, D.C. Eric Massa me you health today I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was. Eric Massa never myself familiar should I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against. Eric Massa i-am fight health leadership I'm collateral damage. I'm road kill. And in 72 hours, nobody is going to remember who I am nor are they going to care. Eric Massa road i-am care remember In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else. Eric Massa insurance care health world Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money. Eric Massa phone day begging money If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. Eric Massa soldiers true war believe When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983. Eric Massa phone words new me
