Comments on: Rangel to keep gavel in most ethical Congress evah

By: Charlie Rangel is Lady Gaga…if Lady Gaga was A Fat Man and A Tax Cheat. « DouglasernstYLP

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:55:28 +0000

[...] comfort, but the guy who writes tax law as the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee receive a get out of jail free card in the form of DC back room back rubbing amongst political [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » CBS: Maybe the House Ethics Committee should change its name

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:36:08 +0000

[...] seven lawmakers were also lawbreakers, what would have happened? Nancy Pelosi would have applied the Rangel standard, which holds that one has to have committed treason to have to suffer consequences for ethics [...]

By: amr

amr — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:07:43 +0000

I have heard so many people yell at me, as I Stand on my Freedom Corners with over 3000 cars passing me each night, we need to throw them ALL out! Many of them appear to be in their 70's and 80's; those who we call the FDR Democrats. What is going on is finally getting past the MSM filter. The Democrats need to Stand with me to open their eyes; on second thought no, let them be surprised. If they use reconciliation to pass this policy bill when it was designed by Byrd for budget impasses, the slaughter may be even worse that I had imagined.

By: Left Coast Right Mind

Left Coast Right Mind — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000

At least Rangel has paid his income taxes…right?

WashJeff on March 1, 2010 at 1:04 PM

I heard he used Turbo Tax: Version Geithner.0

By: Rangel Corruption Update » Blogs For Victory

Rangel Corruption Update » Blogs For Victory — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:08:31 +0000

[...] keeping his gavel: When campaigning in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said that a vote for Democratic control of Congress would [...]

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:23:37 +0000

Does murder jeopardize the country? drjohn on March 1, 2010 at 1:35 PM

By: chemman

chemman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:05:51 +0000

When rape isn’t a rape. Now when an ethic’s violation isn’t an Ethic’s violation. Assuming that ethics and democrats can be used in the same sentence is an obvious oxymoron.

By: Ira

Ira — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:00:19 +0000

Until I found the picture here,
http://boxer.senate.gov/en/press/photos/images/t_15.jpg
I thought Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi were the same person.

By: jay12

jay12 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:42:09 +0000

Huh? Were Republicans supposed to go on a witch hunt against one of the most popular black politicians in the country, who was in the minority and effectively powerless? That’s a surefire recipe for electoral success, eh?

rockmom on March 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM

Oh, yes, 2004 and 2008 were such banner years for the GOP, all right!

Your statement is a very strong indictment of Republican corruption.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:34:17 +0000

The Race Card on March 1, 2010 at 2:12 PM

Well if the entirety of human history is any guide, the fall these people will incur (and those connected to them)will be of such a scale as to be an object lesson for generations to come. I think we’ll all feel the fall-out.

By: The Race Card

The Race Card — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:31:31 +0000

Is there a “White Congressional Caucus” or would that be racist?

Knucklehead on March 1, 2010 at 1:02 PM

[obvious joke deleted]

“Bulletproof” in this case meaning, “immune to checks and balances.” No surprise here, that when a group of Congressmen are beyond checks and balances, they are going to indulge themselves in a little corruption

tom on March 1, 2010 at 3:02 PM

Everything is bulletproof once you stop firing. CBC should be dismantled. It should have been long ago and certainly after they denied Steve(?) Cohen a seat.

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:08:09 +0000

I wouldn’t mind the Dems going for broke so much if they weren’t taking the US Treasury with them while they’re doing it.

ChrisB on March 1, 2010 at 1:54 PM

“going” is no longer appropriate, unless you know how to pay off a $14 trillion debt.

If the Treasury paid off the debt at $1 million/day ($365 million/yr), it would take 38,356 years.

If the Treasury paid off the debt at $5 million/day ($1.825 billion/yr), it would take 7,671 years.

If the Treasury paid off the debt at $500 billion/year, it would take 28 years.

These numbers assume no new debt is added, and does not include interest the government pays on that debt.

So without a single dollar in new debt and no interest payments, it takes 28 years to pay off the debt. Sounds a lot like a home mortgage from the Bank of China.

I wonder what the default terms are.

By: tom

tom — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:02:47 +0000

Of course, Pelosi can’t tell the truth about why she won’t act, which is that she can’t afford to alienate the Congressional Black Caucus and expect to survive in her own leadership position, which is already precarious enough.

Yep.

Did anybody really expect a different response from Democrats?

The Race Card on March 1, 2010 at 1:27 PM

Nope.

The Congressional Black Caucus also played a huge role in preventing reform of the subprime market, by claiming that those wanting to reform Fannie Mae were really just racially insensitive to the needs of poor minorities. They used their “bulletproof” status to stiffarm attempts at reform.

“Bulletproof” in this case meaning, “immune to checks and balances.” No surprise here, that when a group of Congressmen are beyond checks and balances, they are going to indulge themselves in a little corruption

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:59:10 +0000

Last week it was gay-bashing, this week it’s racism. The Divine Mrs M is gone less than two weeks, and the whole operation is going to hell in a handbasket.

I sure hope for some change. Real soon.

By: RAULALESSANDRI

RAULALESSANDRI — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:56:27 +0000

Rangel replaced Adam Clayton Powell who had to resign because of some chicanery. Hope, Change!

By: BobMbx

BobMbx — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:53:04 +0000

At least he didn’t commit rape rape.

Just a touch of slightly almost borderline nobody got hurt unethical unethical.

Yeah.

By: James

James — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:02 +0000

Let him keep his gavel in prison.

By: Charlie Rangel to keep gavel – for now Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33668.html#ixzz0gxKCbWDn : Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:47:57 +0000

[...] trips wasn’t something that had “jeopardized our country in any way,” and she made it clear that she has no intention of taking away Rangel’s chairmanship unless and until the ethics committee determines that he’s guilty of a number of ethics [...]

By: RAULALESSANDRI

RAULALESSANDRI — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:43:10 +0000

I remember that Rangel replaced Adam Clayton Powell, who had to resign for ethical lapses. Some improvement!

By: RAULALESSANDRI

RAULALESSANDRI — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:41:36 +0000

I seem to remember that Rangel replaced Adam Clayton Powell, who had to resign for ethical reasons. Is this a coincidence?

By: Dopenstrange

Dopenstrange — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:39:10 +0000

Big surprise…

By: JusDreamin

JusDreamin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:37:41 +0000

I would love to see one of our talented members of the blogsphere do some side-by-side video work contrasting madame speakers little shift in ethics, er, violations. She ran her mouth plenty during the last election, lets get those soundbites compared to today’s mealy mouthed nonsense.

By: docflash

docflash — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:28:58 +0000

But has Rangle even drawn an opponent for the election?

Iblis on March 1, 2010 at 1:07

Why isn’t Rangel being forced to resign as a Congressman?
Why isn’t Rangel being held on criminal charges?

albill on March 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM

Rangle could hang a white boy at Times Square and get reelected.

By: thebrokenrattle

thebrokenrattle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:21:02 +0000

The CBC is one of the most racist groups in the country and, most disturbing, they have places of power in the government. The flip side to the segregationalists of the past in government.

By: FireBlogger

FireBlogger — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:19:32 +0000

Pelosi is the worst Speaker ever, period.

She is a train wreck, absolutely incompetent.