Posted on 07/23/2010 6:07:26 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: What are you talking about? You're just trying to make copy? What job? The one I got?
RUSSERT: Yeah. I mean, these are really serious violations.
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: I mean, how do you think I got my job? I was elected. How do you think I lose it?
RUSSERT: Well, there's two ways. You could lose it if your colleagues voted you out of here because of ethics violations or if your constituents do not find you upstanding.
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: What station are you with? Well, you're young; I guess you do need to make a name for yourself.
RUSSERT: (chuckles)
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: But basically you know it's a dumb question, and I'm not answering.
RUSSERT: How is it a dumb question?
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: The allegations that were made by some people!
RUSSERT: Sir? Sir? You did not file taxes on properties in the Dominican Republic, allegedly.
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: It doesn't... It doesn't sound like... It doesn't...
RUSSERT: If that comes to be true, is that not a problem?
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL: It doesn't really sound like NBC --
RUSSERT: Sir?
CONGRESSMAN RANGEL -- asking these dumb questions. It just shows what has really happened to a channel that did have some respect.
Luke Russert is the son of Tim Russert, the late and much beloved television journalist who died tragically and suddenly several years ago at a relatively young age.
Anyone who may have thought the younger Russert was simply living off his father's coattails must reassess their position. After this episode it seems clear Luke Russert is willing and able to mix it up with the big boys.
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Love it lol!
Rangel didn’t even know who Luke Russert was..
Translation from Rangel..
I thought MSNBC was my mouthpiece??
Luke’s Dad in heaven set that beautiful moment up...He is helping his son!!
GO LUKE...
Can we get him to Fox???
See he’s Luke Russert.
WHO is going to tell him not to ask the tough questions? lol!
Yep!
Check out the comments under the youtube video. They are not kind to Charlie.
Everyone not getting goodies realizes just what a snake this low life piece of trash Charlie Rangel is.
No. Unlike his father, he's an idiot. I follow him on Twitter and he's not all that bright.
NBC....”channel with respect”?
I can’t believe Rangel suggested that.
Oh I can. Those libs love msnbc.
And I can also believe old Charlie made a few calls after this interview! So it doesn’t happen again lol.
Problem is it was Luke Russert who asked the questions.
Keith Olbermann.
Fox should hire him pronto and let him go after these bums Dem and GOP!
I bet he (Luke) will be gone from MSNBC before the Summers over.
I wondered... what does he say on Twitter?
Luke Russert is a committed liberal and has gotten himself caught in the past for biased comments and apologized. He gets credit on this one for what a journalist should do, but will fall back into place soon enough I’m sure. He must have been disgusted because a liberal was making bad headlines at a tough time for Dems.
Rangel was shocked a liberal network would question him.
I know Rangel could not believe it lol!
More to the thread though, Rangel isn't all that bright either, so this exchange is between a couple of mental midgets.
So he’s trying to be an ‘msnbc’ journalist?
I am pleased with his conduct and wish him well. If he keeps this up maybe we will all see that the Great and powerful Wizzard of BOZ has no threads, and his crib is a sty. Yo.
Awww...
where on earth was that, it looks total mayhem there?
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