Posted on 08/02/2006 9:35:37 AM PDT by presidio9
Rep. Charles Rangel, a powerful senior Democrat in Congress and the dean of New York's congressional delegation, said Wednesday that he'll quit Congress if the Democrats don't retake control of the House this year.
"I'm a poker player and I've had good hands all night long. This is all in," Rangel said in an interview. "I would not put everything on the table if I thought for one minute we would lose."
Rangel, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways & Means Committee, is 76 years old and has spent 35 years in Congress. The Democrats need to gain 15 seats in the 2006 midterm election _ a victory that would return Rangel to the chairmanship of the powerful committee.
"Hell, if we don't take back the House, then the Democrats would go down in history, saying that there's no group in the world that can grab defeat from the jaws of victory," Rangel said. "It just seems like America is so frustrated and fed up like I am and if she's not then I may have to say maybe it's me."
The congressman, known for a wicked wit and cheshire cat smile, said the U.S. war in Iraq has soured him on the Republican leadership and voters who keep electing them.
Since the war began three years ago, Rangel has called for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign or be fired, and engaged in an acid-tongued war of words with Vice President Dick Cheney.
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If the Democrats do win, he said, "It would be great to see the face of Vice President Cheney when he finds out. I'd like to be in the room when they told him. I think that would give me an additional 30 years of life."
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Believe anything a politician says?
Talk about win-win.
I will do my part. My Republican Rep is pretty much has a lock on his office, being in Texas in the most conservative county and district.
Heheh, 39 posts in under 10 minutes. I'll bet none of them are begging him not to do it. Get out and vote...EVERY ONE.
This is one all freepers need to remember. I'm still waiting for the likes of the uglies Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand, Gabriel Byrne, etc to remove their despicable presence from this country. Further, that idiot Janene Garafalo has yet to crawl in glass. Why or why are idiots permitted to occupy space and be an onerous burden on society? (rhetorical)
Rangel: I'll quit Congress if Democrats lose
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Promise or ploy?
He's lying, plain and simple. He needs his position in congress like the rest of us need to breathe.
A great reason for conservatives to get active. I hope he'll keep his word.
Does the governor get to appoint his replacement? If that's the case, NO WAY does he step down.
Democrats are liars, they lie to everyone but only after they lie to themselves first.
That's a mature thing to do.
Too bad democrats never keep their promises.
I want that in WRITING!
Promises by democrats are worth the same as promises by muslims.
Just what I was thinking.
Of course, "Arek Bardrin" just makes me laugh since nowadays I just see him as the head of F.A.G.
(snicker)
I'm guessing he's seen THIS??
Now Safe Fav. Leans Proj.
D 203 182 10 10 202
R 231 179 26 19 224
No Clear Favorite 9
www.cqpolitics.com
This makes me want to campaign like there's no tomorrow. Woo-hoo!
This would be a shame. Charlie is a source of good comedy and he would replaced by somebody with less comical skill, but who would share the exact same ideology. I'd rather he stay put.
"76 years old and has spent 35 years in Congress"
There is just something so wrong about this.
TERM LIMITS TERM LIMITS TERM LIMITS!!!!! ASAP!
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