“I will vote against the interests of my district…”
The Washington Times has this report on an exchange Representative Eric Massa of upstate New York (district 29) had this past weekend at the Netroots Nation conference:
PARTICIPANT: So if we got your meetings to sixty forty, you’d vote…and there was single payer in a bill you would vote for it?
MASSA: Oh absolutely I would vote for single payer.
PARTICIPANT: If there was sixty forty sentiment in the room?
MASSA: Listen, I tell every audience I’m in favor of single payer.
PARTICIPANT: If there was eighty twenty in the room?
MASSA: If there was a single payer bill?
PARTICIPANT: And there was a single payer….
MASSA: I will vote for the single payer bill.
PARTICIPANT: Even if it meant you were being voted out of office?
MASSA: I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.
(inaudible participants’ comments regarding the “interests” of the district statement from Mr. Massa)
Massa: I will vote against their opinion if I actually believe it will help them.
Video of the exchange:
Corning mayor Tom Reed, who’s announced he’s running against Massa, needs to have that video playing 24-7 on his website, on tv ads, and the transcript in his mailers.
talk about an arrogant, pompous ass.