Posted on 11/29/2010 6:02:11 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Ben Stein, an actor and former White House official, on Monday became one of the few Republicans to defend convicted Rep. Charles Rangel.
Stein wrote in an op-ed that Rangel (D-N.Y.), who was convicted of violating 11 counts of House ethics rules, built a heroic record of service during his four decades and Congress and Army service in the Korean War.
"Just for me, I hope that history will record that a truly great man, Charlie Rangel, a hero of the first rank, was laid low by trivial, no-account matters, censured by people who mostly have no clue of what true courage, fighting, blood and frostbite mean," Stein wrote on CBSNews.com. "Charlie Rangel does know, and to me, he is still a hero."
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I do fear that Old Ben is getting senile.
Are Ben Stein and Karl Rover in the same club?? Who knew?
I’ve had this guys number for awhile.
What a lowlife moron.
From the comments section....funny because it's true.
So Ben defends the blatant racist Rangel. Classy.
Senile...? Anyone.....? Anyone.....? Anyone.....? Anyone.....? Bueller......?
It seems people have forgotten Stein’s most common form of communication- that, or worse...
http://regnirts.blogspot.com/2008/12/inability-to-detect-sarcasm-sign-of.html
Good Lord. That's asinine. By his calculus, Benedict Arnold who had fought with bravery and deprivation in the American Revolution could never do any wrong.
What Charlie Rangel did is, in my opinion worse. He did it for simple personal gain, and in his position of authority, pressed financial demands on the rest of us.
At least Benedict Arnold had an axe to grind, and felt he had been wronged as a motivation to sell out his fellow colonialists. Rangel just sells us out because he is a liberal.
Ben Stein, certified jackass.
Ben Stein blows with the wind. Others put it more simply and say that he blows.
I would hope that Charlie Rangel would eventually take up residence in the Jim Traficant Memorial prison cell. I won’t hold my breath.
Bens’ Arse has become twisted into a sheepshank.
Almost 18 years ago, I had my very first fight on FR. I called out Stein as a POS. A billion Freepers assailed me. He who laughs last...
With friends like Al Franken and Charlie Rangel, who needs enemies?
Many american women are in exactly the situation.. thats why the democrat party is mostly women.. There are many that can't or refuse to make the hard decisions.. Must be they are afraid of being WRONG.. you know... no courage..
So they lick the heels of tyrants and ride the legs of malefactors.. and piss on the Constitution..They are lap dogs.. They need to be taken care of..
Since when did tax evasion become a trivial no account manner? If any of us did what Charlie did, we would be in jail for a long time.
Duke Cunningham was awarded the Navy Cross and was the last ace, but it didn’t save him...
It is important and illegal for us little people.
Yea, those were the good old days on FR, back in 1992. I remember it well. Jim Rob did wonders hosting the place before browsers were invented.
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