Rangel's Dis-issippi leaves GOP pol fuming

New York Daily News ^ | November 10. 2006 | CORKY SIEMASZKO

[Dane]

Rep. Charles Rangel got Mississippi burning by asking "who in the hell" would live there, and then offered a New York-centric defense yesterday:

"I just love New York so much that I can't understand why everyone wouldn't want to live here," the Harlem congressman said.

But a Mississippi politician said that wasn't good enough and demanded a formal apology.

"I hope his remarks are not the kind of insults, slander and defamation that Mississippians will come to expect from the Democrat leadership in Washington, D.C.," fumed Rep. Charles (Chip) Pickering (R-Miss.).

In an interview Thursday, Rangel said, "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who in the hell wants to live in Mississippi?"

Rangel, who is taking over as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, also told The New York Times that his hometown deserves a bigger piece of the federal pie.

"I didn't mean to offend anyone," Rangel said yesterday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Rangel was traveling in Panama and could not be reached to find out if he plans to apologize.

Another Mississippi congressman, Gene Taylor, said Rangel was engaging in Big Apple blather and laughed off Pickering's kvetching. "That's Chip," he said

[Echo Talon]

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[dixiechick2000]

ROTFLOLOL!


You are a HOOT!

Thank you for the grins. ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

And, thank you for your good nature.


Flame wars have been started on less. ;o)

[Echo Talon]

no problem, FR is always good for some entertainment. :)

[dixiechick2000]

You are very gracious.

Thank you!

I'm off...nitey nite.

[Echo Talon]

nite. ;)

[jan in Colorado]

Colorado has always been my first choice, but now that it is blue...Mississippi is looking pretty good.

[oyez]

All I know is Eastabutchie would be a name nobody knows its relevance but the Choctaws

[freeangel]

"I didn't mean to offend anyone"

Just looking at rangel offends me. Does that mean he'll leave?

[LibLieSlayer]

Easily... the REPUBLICANS have to actually run an opponent against him... and fund that opponent. The man that has run against him 4 times says he does it so people will have a choice. No GOP money and no campaigning.

Taylor the YELLOW DOG, has Values Voter problems that are well hidden also.

LLS

[Arrowhead1952]

"I hope his remarks are not the kind of insults, slander and defamation that Mississippians will come to expect from the Democrat leadership in Washington, D.C.," fumed Rep. Charles (Chip) Pickering (R-Miss.).

That will be standard operating procedure for the entire duration of Democrat leadership in Washington. They have no shame, and will slander or defame every Republican they can at any time.

[dixiechick2000]

[dixiechick2000]

Thank you for the graphic, bourbon.


It's TERRIFIC! ;o)

[grandpa jones]

WooHoo! Good'un

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

The phrase "I didn't mean to offend anyone," is not an apology.

Yes. As long as he doesn't regret what he said, it's not an apology. "I didn't mean to offend anyone" is not an apology, just as "I regret it offended someone" isn't.

[oyez]

I bet Mr. Rangel can't pronounce Yockanookany.

[durasell]

Grisham is not fit to be in the same post as Faulkner. At least you could put up Bob "My Ex-Wife Did What?" Pittman.

[wtc911]

We choose where we live not where we are born. how many on your list stayed in Mississippi once they had the means to leave?

[durasell]

Except for brief interludes in L.A., New Orleans, Europe, etc. Faulkner barely left the place.

[Cedar]

That's great!

(And of course, then there's also Oprah, Elvis, B.B. King, Julia Reed, Faith Hill, Eudora Welty....the list could go on and on.)