"America should not tolerate scandal-ridden, slimy politicians in Congress."  -  Matthew Cochrane

You're right, and I have a feeling that "America" is finally waking up to the political realities that have been simmering for a long time to get us to this point.  I think the perception of the so-called Ethics Committees in the House/Senate is that they serve as nothing more than black holes for serious ethics charges so crooked politicians can stay in office and cowardly politicians don't have to take any action ("I can't remove him until I see the results of the Ethics Committee investigation."). 

Now we're learning that Pelosi's office knew about Massa's behavior way back in October which is months esarlier than she first admitted.  The stench from the politics-as-usual crowd is reaching out to the voters and theer will be a major adjustment on election day.

I just hope we can make it that far before Obama and his cronies do even more damage than they already have.

Great review... Massa really sounded like a crazy near the end there. How do people like this get elected???

Glenn Beck shouldn't be so hard on himself.  What he accomplished in an hour may have taken weeks for it all to emerge eventually, if at all

"  . . .What he accomplished in an hour may have taken weeks for it all to emerge eventually, if at all."  -  Stephen Cochrane

I'm pretty sure you are right about that.  I suspect this was just Beck's way of acknowledging to his audience that he (Beck) knew this guy was loopy.

Stephen, Jameson, nothing emerged though.  It couldn't have taken weeks for everything to emerge since there was obviously nothing to emerge.  Massa's actions leading up to the Beck interview spoke volumes.  He said he was being forced out of Congress but was resigning his seat at the first possible opportunity. 

Most people, I think, saw this and I think that's what Malkin was trying to tell Beck.  Beck also hyped up his interview with Massa way too much.  I think Beck finally realized he had been had and that's why he apologized.

Agree to disagree.

Beck hyped up his show too much?  Really?  Man, you better believe if I had a show on FOX I'd be hyping it up every which way and down the other.  There ain't nothin wrong with a little self-promotion, is there?

Yeah, nothing emerged. And it took an hour for everyone to be sure nothing was going to emerge.  After Beck, I think Massa had one more interview with the press, but no one watched it.  In fact after his Beck interview, it was hard to find anything about Massa at all because the coffin had already been nailed shut. 

If nothing else, we owe it to Beck's interview that this story wasn't dragged out any longer than it was.

"Beck hyped up his show too much?  Really?  Man, you better believe if I had a show on FOX I'd be hyping it up every which way and down the other.  There ain't nothin wrong with a little self-promotion, is there?"

No, there's nothing wrong with a little self-promotion.  However, when you hype something too much people will be disappointed when you don't deliver.  Beck said his interview with Massa could be "a moment that decides the course of our nation possibly."  That's way too much hype and it backfired.  He knew the right thing to do was apologize and he did. 

"could" and "possibly" are the operative words and shouldn't be viewed as giving too much hype.  did he fail to deliver?  not at all.