"Salty Old Sailor" Accused Of "Snorkeling" Navy Roommate

Although former Rep. Eric Massa has been abandoned by conservative pundits, new reports indicate he's still a teabagger. Men who served in the Navy with the former Congressman claim Massa repeatedly made unwanted advances toward subordinates, including one instance involving "snorkeling"—a maneuver "performed by placing your testicles over the eyes of your partner, forming a mask," according to Urban Dictionary.

With Massa facing an ethics investigation surrounding allegations that he groped male staffers, Navy veterans who served with the southwestern New York politician told the Atlantic that he groped them, touched inappropriately, or gave them what he called "Massa Massages."

Navy veteran Stuart Borsch told the magazine:

In 1990, aboard the U.S.S. Jouett, I was awakened when a senior officer, Lt. Commander Massa, seemed to be groping me. (I was a lieutenant at the time.) I believe he may have been drinking. I shouted at him and he left. I mentioned the incident to several other officers. I did not officially report it.

Massa's shipmate Peter Clarke claims the politician tried to snorkel his roommate, Tom Maxfield:

Tom lived on upper bunk ... When you're on ship, you're almost exhausted 24-7. So a lot of times you sleep with your uniform on. Tom and Massa shared a stateroom together. Massa climbed up on the top of his bunk, which is hard to do—you never crawl up on somebody else's bunk. He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him.

Massa resigned shortly after a congressional ethics panel was alerted of his alleged behavior in the Navy.

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By Ben Muessig in News on March 10, 2010 5:55 PM

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I think he's being harassed with these stupid rumors in order to discredit his position on health care reform, etc. He's not a friend of the Obama administration.

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He stuffed his ass with broken glass and circumcised the skipper!

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People need to keep their testicles to themselves.

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If his staffers and naval underlings were tasting salt, it wasn't from his language.

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"He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him."

How would he know? "Intent" to snorkle? Bull!

Massa is being railroaded.

I think he's being harassed with these stupid rumors in order to discredit his position on health care reform, etc. He's not a friend of the Obama administration.

"Rahm Emanuel is the son of the devil's spawn..." -Massa

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Are we sure he's not Canadian? Sounds like he spent some time in a hockey locker room.

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First it was 'tickle fights'. Now its 'snorkeling'? I suppose by this weekend we'll be updated about Massa's spelunking.

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He's starting to remind me of the closeted guy in Brain Candy, for whom the military was a giant homoerotic romp.

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"snorkeling"

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I believe Rush Limbaugh is also involved in these sexual deviations. He married late in life so that he wouldn't be suspect but he is also one of these deviates. It's only a matter of time before someone comes out with the proof.

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actually, there is plenty of that:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=rush+limbaugh+male+prostitute&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

just the conservatrolls have to ignore these things, they already have unbearable amounts of cognitive dissonance rattling their little brains as it is.

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I'm no Rush fan, but that link leads to nothing even close to proof that Rush is gay.

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I think he's being harassed with these stupid rumors in order to discredit his position on health care reform, etc. He's not a friend of the Obama administration.

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Not on HMS Pinafore?

Pretty hard to snorkel him on a Mic!

Remember "Never go to sea and you will be the ruler of The Queens Navy."

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What kind of sick mind does this guy have!I guess there goes his career? ( early retirement)This puts a black eye on the Navy!( Not in Nelson's Navy)

There are aways jokes but not true like this!

In the Ships Of The Line he would of been Deep Sixth! Maybe

Keel Hauled,Black Balled or hung from the rigging?

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That depends on how his his rigging was hung. Talk about a case of Massa confusion, this guy is one big clusterf...

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Ewww. What a pig!

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