Rangel: Cheney should be 'ashamed' for age remark (Unabashed Hypocrite Alert)

Newsday ^ | October 5, 2005 | SARA KUGLER

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NEW YORK -- Vice President Dick Cheney's feud with Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was perpetuated Wednesday when the 75-year-old congressman said Cheney "ought to be ashamed of himself" for a remark about his age.

Months of verbal attacks from Rangel turned into a back and forth on Monday when the 64-year-old vice president said Rangel is "losing it," later adding that "Charlie is a lot older than I am, and it shows."

After an appearance at City Hall on Wednesday, Rangel was asked when the dispute would die.

"I think it ends when he apologizes for attacking me as a senior citizen. It's true that I'm much older than he is, but that has nothing to do with mental alertness," Rangel said.

Rangel has suggested in recent interviews that Cheney, who suffers from heart trouble, might not be healthy enough to do his job.

"I would like to believe he's sick rather than just mean and evil," Rangel said last Friday on the cable channel NY1.

During an interview on Monday with nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh, Cheney said he was bewildered by Rangel's attacks.

"I'm frankly surprised at his comments. It almost struck me _ they were so out of line, it almost struck me that there was some _ Charlie was having some problem," Cheney said.

"Charlie is losing it, I guess."

[Morgan's Raider]

Just think, this pig will be chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee if the 'rats regain control of Congress before he dies. And that blithering idiot John Conyers (probably doesn't know basic traffic laws) would become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bolshevik Bela Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House (and third in line for the Presidency, BTW).

[Wolfhound777]

Rangel should be ashamed for being himself.