LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...JUST THREE DAYS AGO ERIC MASSA RESIGNED FROM HIS POST AS THE CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK'S 29TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
IN A STATEMENT RELEASED LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MASSA APOLOGIZED TO HIS CONSTITUENTS AND SAID HE WAS RESIGNING FROM CONGRESS WITH...AND I QUOTE..."A PROFOUND SENSE OF FAILURE." MASSA ADMITTED TO USING FOUL LANGUAGE WITH HIS STAFF MEANING VULGARITY, PROFANITY, AND OBSCENITY. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT HIS LANGUAGE COULD CAUSE DISCOMFORT TO OTHERS--SOMETHING WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF A HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER MR. MASSA SEXUALLY HARASSED A MALE MEMBER OF HIS STAFF.
IN HIS RESIGNATION STATEMENT, MR. MASSA ALSO SAID AND I QUOTE: "THIS ETHICS ISSUE IS MY FAULT AND MINE ALONE." UNQUOTE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...I WANT TO COMMEND ERIC MASSA FOR RESIGNING, APOLOGIZING, TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND HOLDING HIMSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS. I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK AS HE ONCE AGAIN BATTLES CANCER. I ACCEPT ERIC MASSA'S APOLOGY.
WITH COMMENTARY...I'M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD...THAT'S MY OPINION...WHAT'S YOURS?
