Beck will interview Massa for a full hour this evening at 5PM EST.

Since we are spectators this should be fun.

We won’t know without an investigation. If there was a violation why should an individual be allowed to simply resign and walk away? If it is an unfounded allegation we need to know that too. Unfounded allegations which serve to remove duly elected representatives undermines the democratic process and nullifies the will of the governed. There must be an investigation.

While I disagree with his opinion that Massa has conned conservatives (Beck, Limbaugh and Drudge), the rest of the article is pretty much right-on. The guy’s a crapweasle.

“And so it is that Eric Massa, who fled the Congress out of fear of what Ethics Committee investigators would find out about him, has wrapped himself in the robes of a patriot martyr.”

http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4

Then, read “WHAT I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT ERIC MASSA” – from Lonsberry’s blog. Wowee.

http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=2823&go=4

After reading this, I tend to believe Steny Hoyer’s account (as much as I can believe any fool Democrat).

The real issue for an investigation should be Hoyer discussing the specifics of the allegations which should be kept confidential/private until resolution of the investigation occurs. Even crapweasles deserve “innocent until proven guilty” … or something.

Something’s bugging me and I figured out what………

My gut feeling smell test reaction is that this is another staged distraction from the administration – a total set up.

I can’t get past that he’s been basically a leftist slug and all of a sudden he’s got honor for an almost nothing event ?

Why ?

Pro: Glenn Beck recognized that Eric Massa blew through and hour of air time and said absolutely nothing useful.

Con: It took Beck 45 minutes before he realized how awful his show was this evening, and too late to do anything about it.

I would have enjoyed it if he stopped 15 minutes into the show, announced that he wasn’t going to waste his audience’s time any longer, and then tossed Massa off the set.

I had no high hopes, so this wasn’t a letdown. Still. . . .

And Messa bombed his show.

He deserved every point drop in ratings after this.

To gamble your integrity, fight a strong voice of conservativism for what turned out ot be a sham.

You should be able to find the broadcast here eventually:
http://www.therightscoop.com/

Something I wrote about it here (shameless plug):
http://veronicaestrada.com/blog/2010/03/09/glenns-integrity-in-question-is-conservativism-just-another-now-controversy/

And, Beck apologized to his audience for wasting their time.

As far as I’m concerned, Beck handled it as well as anyone could have (although I have no idea about a dispute with Malkin – if she tried to warn him off being “suckered in” by Massa, I think he did the right thing by sticking with his own instincts even though it turned out there was no “there” there).

Beck must’ve had a solid reason to believe the interview would produce facts; he did a telephone pre-interview, and thought Massa had something substantial to say. That suggests, to me, that Massa had second thoughts between yesterday and this afternoon — whether due to his own reconsideration, or due to a little nudge (“If ya ever wanna see da wife ‘n kids again…”) from a 312 area-code phone call, I have no idea.

In any event, thumbs down on any “profile in courage” award for the former congressman.