BTW, this is the same Rangel who opposed the Persian Gulf War in 1991 on the ground that minorities were overrepresented in the US Armed forces! (I'm serious, I heard him say that on radio back then.)
What a two-faced phoney. A lot of people were commending Rangle for his comments about Chavez's speech. I didn't buy it for one second, all he cares about is the election, if he felt Chavez's speech would have helped the Rats cause, he would have praised it to the gills.
I posted it because it presents a highly relevant fact to compare to one of this week's news stories: that Rangel has compared supporters of the Iraq war to people who allowed or enabled the Holocaust. Rangel is a vicious nut, but he is also a prominent leader in the Democratic Party. Now Rangel and other Demagogues are now criticizing Hugo Chavez because they (IMHO) are worried that more of the electorate will get wise to the fact that they are also vicious left-wing nuts. They bash Chavez right now, 6-7 weeks before the elections, but most of the time they are just like Chavez. That's why it's relevant to recall some of the things Rangel has said in the past.