I love explanations like this:
“I should have never allowed myself to be as familar with my staff as I was, I never translated my days in the Navy to being a Congressman,” Massa said.
Beck asked Massa whether he ever groped members of his staff sexually. “No,” said Massa. “When you take things out of context in D.C., this is what its all about”
Massa also stood by his descriptions of lewd conduct that he has said routinely occurs in the Navy. Beck joked that perhaps Massa could show him a “tickle fight” in the Navy.
“I’m gonna show you a lot more than tickle fights,” said Massa. He also added: “Can you imagine transporting back to this today? It looks like an orgy in Caligula. And anybody that’s been in the Navy knows it.”
In Massa’s defense, this took place in the Navy:
JMY
It’s sad that Rahm, Obama, and House leadership forced him out, oh wait…
Midnight Marauder
Without a doubt, this is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.
And gayest. Definitely can’t forget about the gay.
asiangrrlMN
Yes. Tickle fights. Because nothing says, “I own you” like tickling a subordinate until he can’t breathe.
Mark S.
You can be my wing man anytime.
Zam
Just imagine what would happen if we let them be openly gay.
stevie314159
THIS also took placy In The Navy.
stevie314159
THIS also took place In The Navy.
Elisabeth
We must have been in different Navys.
Omnes Omnibus
Speaking as an Army man myself, none of this Navy stuff surprises me.
freelancer
Thank you, Quentin.
Tax Analyst
So I guess Massa was in the “Village People” section when he was “In The Navy”, eh?
stevie314159
They don’t ask you to swab the poop deck for nothing you know.
dmsilev
“Rum, buggery, and the lash” as Winston Churchill said about the Royal Navy and it’s traditions. I’m going to guess that alcohol was involved, so we’ve got two out of three. So far.
-dms
bkny
watching the beck clip on countdown — oy, his poor wife watching this public crazy.
tickle fights…
gbear
@Zam:
Probably sitting at home watching TV bored shitless. Sigh. I feel very old tonight.
Dannie22
Massa must really be loony because he actually made Glenn Beck look sane.
Omnes Omnibus
@Dannie22: I disagree; no one looked sane in that exchange.
Roger Moore
Does this mean that Massa would vote in favor of ending DADT?
aimai
I’m waiting for the cannibalism accusations.
aimai
Omnes Omnibus
@aimai:
demo woman
In an earlier thread someone linked to Cilliza’s twitter page. Cilliza said that Larry King’s show tonight is now must see tv.
Sometimes I miss my 60 dollar cable bill. oh well!
FlipYrWhig
@freelancer: That’s a really good analysis of _Top Gun_. Speaking as an academic type, that goes a long way towards negating my embarrassment at that Stanley Fish analysis of Bush nostalgia.
Annie
What a good day. Finally a demonstration FOR HCR, and then the winguts got “out-nutted” by someone they thought would give them more ammunition against the administration.
Despite the emergency and fast flying emails, and Twitters, and blogs warning other wingnuts to stay away from Massa, Beck just couldn’t help himself to his special broadcast. I love it. Massa made both of them look particularly crazy. Administration 1, wingnuts 0….
FlipYrWhig
“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and
the lashtickle fights.”Omnes Omnibus
@FlipYrWhig: It would not have made as good a title for a Pogues album.
WereBear
I’m sure they went through and got clips of everything Massa said that could have a double meaning on purpose.
But there were so many of them.
Origuy
I didn’t watch it, but it almost sounds like Massa decided that if he has to go down (so to speak), he’s going to take Beck with him.
Tax Analyst
@Tax Analyst:
…or mayhaps he be a Pirate? Aarrrgghhh!!!
With just a hint o’ self-promotin’ I be borrowin’ one of me own pieces written under me real name.
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/stevemiller19.shtml
There be a wee bit more than ticklin’ goin’ on there, though.
Ked
I do believe Charles Johnson (who vaguely live-blogged (well, live-commented – the way LGF is set up for members really more resembles a chat room) the Beck appearance) summed it up the best.
So very, very sorry.
Also, that’s gotta be one of the top Beck quotables ever.
YellowJournalism
That volleyball scene is one of the greatest things ever put to film.
kommrade reproductive vigor
And suddenly the soundtrack was all throbby bass beats.
@Roger Moore: Don’t Ask Don’t Tickle?
dmhlt
It comes as no suprise to me that Messa was a former Republican:
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/nyregion/04massa.html
kommrade reproductive vigor
@dmhlt: Sounds like the married father of three has been [ahem] switching more than parties.
Sorry:
Fxd.
Oh look, the 9:00 Hell-bound Hand Basket Express is here.
middlewest
This thread isn’t complete without Kate Beaton.
Comrade Scrutinizer
@freelancer:
The Big Gay Marine (one of my roomies for a time) used to drool over the volleyball scene anytime we watched Top Gun. He also said the Kelly McGillis/Tom Cruise scene wasn’t so much a heterosexual encounter as it was a mish-mash of confused sexuality, which adds a whole ‘nother layer of complexity to Sid’s comments.
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
I just checked in with Larry King and the first question I hear Larry ask is, “Are you gay?”
They be bringin’ the crazy.
keestadoll
Top Gun clip: AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks DougJ!
BeccaM
I wonder if he likes gladiator movies.
flukebucket
@Zam:
Wonderful!
ricky
I found Kelly McGillis much hotter as an Amish furnace
cabinet.
ricky
Was Massa already asked about Rahm?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NypiiX6umOY&feature=related
Anya
The most enjoyable part of the the whole thing is how defeated Glen Beck looked. At the end he looked like he was going to cry.
calipygian
Once upon a time, young Seaman Calipygian serving on the USS Midway heard that a bunch of guys in a division down the p-way got the clap in the middle of an agonizingly long underway period during the Gulf War. The explanation was that there was a blowup doll that some one flew on board with that was dirty.
Now, Im not so sure…
Comrade Mary
@Anya:
In other words, it’s Tuesday.
Yutsano
@Comrade Scrutinizer:
Hey, I gots me one of these, and besides the eye candy he thinks the movie is just meh. I think it’s the whole ulitmately being a division of the Navy thing coming out every now and again.
mcc
@middlewest: Thank you, I was afraid I was going to have to post it myself
AxelFoley
@Origuy:
I didn’t watch it, but it almost sounds like Massa decided that if he has to go down (so to speak), he’s going to take Beck with him.
I see what you did there.
twiffer
way to reinforce stereotypes there, massa. great job!
Edward G. Talbot
I’m wondering if Jim Webb and Joe Sestek would agree with his characterization of the Navy.
gopher2b
The idea that Tom Cruise could spike a volley ball just made me laugh on a day that is difficult to laugh. Thanks for that.
Sad_Dem
I remember being told to shut up in a theater when I couldn’t stop from cracking a joke or two during the love scene between Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. And I am not one to talk in the theater. She came out, but it looks like Massa and Cruise are just a couple of regular guys who like to tickle away those body thetans.