Ethics Committee may open an investigation into Nancy Pelosi on Eric Massa

  When the news broke about Eric Massa and his inappropriate behavior towards his staffers Nancy Pelosi claimed that she only learned about the accusations shortly before we did. But according to this article Nancy Pelosi was told about the concerns of a Massa staffer last October and she decided to ignore the complaint. It appears as if congress decided to do nothing until it was realized that he would vote against Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill.

  This inaction is puzzling considering how vocal Nancy Pelosi was when it came to the allegations of Mark Foley and Larry “wide stance” Craig. She remained silent on this issue because Eric Massa was one of her own. It wasn’t until Democrats found out that Massa wasn’t on board with healthcare that they decided his actions were inappropriate. It seems as if the only action that Massa committed that was inexcusable to the Democrats was his healthcare position– not the position that he wanted to get his staffers into.

  Now the House Ethics committee may decide to investigate what Nancy Pelosi knew and when she knew it. The House voted 402-1 to recommend to the Ethic Committee that an investigation be opened into the inaction of Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and other Democrat leaders.

   It seems to me that after the Ethics Committee opened up an investigation into what Republicans knew about Mark Foley before the story became public they cannot afford– for the reason of appearing unbiased– to not open up an investigation into the Democrat leadership based on the same questions.

  Normally I would be pessimistic about the chances of an investigation being started, and if started I would be pessimistic about the chances of them actually finding fault in Nancy Pelosi and the other Democrat leaders, but the recent guilty finding of Charlie Rangel on ethics violations has me a little more optimistic about the outcome of this investigation– especially in an election year.

  If Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and the others knew about Eric Massa months ago and decided to do nothing because they thought he would be a critical “yes” vote on healthcare reform, and only decided to pressure him to resign after it was realized that he was actually a “no” vote, the American people deserve to know this. They American people deserve to know exactly what type of hypocrite the Speaker of the House is.

  Hopefully the Ethics Committee will do what the House has asked them to do and open up this investigation. The American people deserve to know the truth about the Democrat leadership in congress.