Oh, and BTW, the launch of the investigation of the Rangel antics pre-dated Obama’s Presidency:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Rangel
Letterhead use and Rangel Center fundraising
In July 2008, The Washington Post reported that Rangel was soliciting donations to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York from corporations with business interests before his Ways and Means Committee, and was doing so using Congressional letterhead.
Renting Harlem apartments at below-market rates
The New York Times reported in July 2008 that Rangel rents four apartments at below-market rates in the Lenox Terrace complex in Harlem.
House parking garage
A September 2008 New York Post article reported that Rangel had been using a House parking garage as free storage space for his Mercedes-Benz
Taxes on Dominican villa rental income
In September 2008, Rangel’s attorney, Lanny Davis, disclosed that Rangel had failed to report on his tax returns or in congressional disclosure forms $75,000 in income he had received for renting his Dominican villa. That month, Rangel paid $10,800 to cover his liability for the related back taxes.[117][118] He had owed back taxes for at least three years. The Ways and Means Committee writes the U.S. tax code, and as such his failure to pay taxes himself led to heavy criticism.
A September 14, 2008, New York Times editorial called for Rangel to step down temporarily from his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee while his ethical problems were investigated.
On September 24, 2008, the House Ethics Committee announced that it would investigate whether Rangel had violated its code of conduct or any law or other regulation related to his performance of his duties.
I do understand that the Rangel / Maxine Walters investigations predated Obama. Dop you think that is significant? It is not.
What is significant is that the Black Caucus forced the Ethics Committee to sit on the charges against Rangel and aters, hoping the charges would die an ignoble death while held permnanently in abeyance.Obama and Pelosi had them brought forward , moving the Black Caucus out of control of the process, so Obama could make Waters and Rangel tow the Obama action community organizer line inside of their electoral districts. Obama took over Water’s and Rangel’s electoral machines.
Obama is actively having Menendez purged because he is anti - communist and anti-Castro. Is there any gravity to the charges made against Menendez? Maybe. But why are these items brought forward now? Seems a bit strange. This is how Obamas thugs worked. Its outrageous to see that people do not see how these politics are being played, even after the same thing happened to Patreus.People seem to have awfully short pattern memories.
I have to laugh at the rather rudimentary inderstanding of politics exhibited here. Its as if a wider view of how power is mis-exercised by Obama the fascist is impossible.
Thats why he is the TEFLON president. Why? Duh?