Posted on 08/30/2005 1:51:25 AM PDT by txradioguy
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU
Rep. Charles Rangel, dean of the city's congressional delegation, blasted Vice President Cheney yesterday as a "sick man" who "grunts a lot." "Sometimes I don't even think Cheney is awake enough to know what's going on," Rangel (D-Harlem) said during an interview on New York 1 last night.
"[Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld is the guy in Washington to watch. He's running the country," Rangel added.
"He's a sick man, you know," Rangel said of Cheney, prompting host Davidson Golden to point out that the vice president suffers from heart disease.
Rangel retorted, "He's got heart disease, but the disease is not restricted just to that part of his body. He grunts a lot, so you never really know what he's thinking."
Asked whether he thinks Cheney is healthy enough to do the job, Rangel said, "Why do you think people are spending so much time praying for President Bush's health?
"If he ever leaves and Cheney's in charge, there's not very much to pull together for the rest of our nation," he said. "This is a sad state of affairs."
Rangel, who was on a roll last night, also took a potshot at the President, who has spent the last month at his ranch in Texas.
When asked if Bush takes too much vacation time, Rangel replied, "Oh, no, it makes the country a lot more safe - the further Bush is away from Washington the better it is."
A spokeswoman for the vice president declined to comment.
Rangel may be reacting to rumors that Cheney may resign this winter, leaving Bush to appoint a successor to fill the VP post.
Of course these rumors have been flying around since the 2000 election.
Rangel by comparison always looks and sounds like a street wino mumbling and stuttering out utter nonsense.
Yeah the "Cheney is resigning" rumors sureface as much as the "This has legs Bush is toast" mantra is chanted.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Libs have an uncanny knack of reading people. They have this kind of "knowing". They're most likely psychic...they can read minds, motives and hearts of people--especially conservatives.
Rangel - the leading racist of the New York delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. Is it true that he and Al Charleton were seperated at birth?
More likely Psychotic
Says a lot for the public education system that the folks of his district continue to reelect this bozo.
If you had half a brain or any education at all you wouldn't vote for this clown for wineo
Is this the same guy that Hannity has on so much?
Rangel IS a street Wino who mumbles out his ignorance,he was elected to the House by other Wino's even less smart than him and belongs to the CBC probably the most racist organisation in the country other than CAIR.
Cheney Rove. Rove Cheney. The libs are becoming the dog chasing his own tail.
That same poor education system is what keeps Shelia Jackson-Moonbat in D.C. arepresenting my home state of Texas.
If those idiots in downtown Houston ever wake up she'd be history.
Yuppers that him. He's the same one that drafted legislation to bring back the draft...then didn't vote for it when it came to the floor for a vote.
I concluded long ago that his constituency on re-elects him just to p!$$ the rest of us in the country off.
That is so funny. Cheney grunting is still more coherent than Uncle Charlie.
He represents the thinking of the entire delegation of NY demonrat elected officials.
Don't you wish these comments would be publicized more? I saw Brit Hume mention them on Fox last night.
The guy seemed somewhat civil every time I've heard him on Hannity's show.
I wonder if Hannity will have him on and if so will he challenge him on these remarks?
Never happen.
After all, it's not as if he's Pat Robertson.
sarcasm intended
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.