BIG WHEEL BENZ THE RULES (Charlie Rangel, D-NY, has illegally stored car in House garage for years)

The New York Post ^ | September 18, 2008 | DAPHNE RETTER

[Stoat]

 

Rep. Charles Rangel has been using a House of Representatives parking garage for years as free storage space for his old Mercedes-Benz - a violation of congressional rules and a potential new tax woe for the embattled lawmaker, The Post has learned.

The 1972 silver sedan is registered to Rangel, who is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and is parked in a coveted section of an indoor lot, near elevators that lead to his office.

The car is covered with a protective tarp and has no license plates. Rangel's registration on the vehicle expired in 2004, state records show.

House rules forbid use of the garage for long-term storage more than 45 days - and congressional aides told The Post that Rangel's car has been sitting there for years.

The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses.

[longtermmemmory]

a parked car? that is the best we can do?

seriously so what?

can’t we get a REAL issue here?

I suspect this is us being played by pelosi.

Rangel is a sore in the side of pelosi. I say KEEP HIM AGGRIVATING PELOSI.

Why leak this now? because Rangel just beat pelosi.

Why leak the picture of the man sleeping? (because pelosi is pissed)

FOLKS we need to read between the lines because the DBM is never going to tell the truth.

[longtermmemmory]

given the security at the captol, you can bet that car was inspected regularly by the dogs and under car mirrors.

this is pelosi payback.

[an amused spectator]

It’s good to be the King (or Queen).

[Miss Didi]

[Red Badger]

I would have expected his car to look a bit more like this:

That's his home towncar. The one in DC was for pretense............

[Ann Archy]

“Only Little people and Republicans pay taxes and follow thr rules.....Democrats are ABOVE the people and their rules”!

[Tax-chick]

Yeah, so many women wear glasses they don’t need. I’ve been doing it since I was 12 ... I even fooled the DVM into putting a requirement on my driver’s license!

The media is beneath contempt. They should all be required to wear their 0bama buttons for all to see.

[Ann Archy]

He also has several RENY CONTROLLED APARTMENTS that he rents out.

[Tax-chick]

When adultery with a girl the age of your own daughter can be redefined as "ministering", then I suppose that numerous instances of tax fraud and corruption can be redefined as "lapses".

It's just like running a stoplight "accidentally": they didn't really mean to do it, it just happened. Like forgetting your mother-in-law's birthday.

[MarkL]

My family visited Washington, DC when I was a child, back before the Air and Space Museum was built (rats!). Anyway, I remember thinking even back then, that the DC was some nice buildings and museums in the middle of a slum. The only other city that I've been to that compares is Atlantic City. While I'd love to go back to DC and see the museums and sites, it's really not been worth it to me.

Mark

[Tax-chick]

What does it take for someone to tell the truth?

These are people who would face a firing squad still telling their lies. They've invented their own reality, and nothing will shake them out of it.

[Ann Archy]

In a fair world he would be FROG-MARCHED out of the Capitol.....however he’s a DEMOCRAT...a BLACK Democrat so NOTHING will happen to him....NOTHING, and he will be reelcted with 110% of the vote......SICK and SAD.

[JimC214]

He will be reelected no matter what he does. The Brothers will justify it as he's being set up by the man. Or all politicians do it, so why pick on him. Meanwhile he has done absolutely nothing for his constituency. Just like in Newark with Sharpe James. The man got reelected 5 times and did nothing for the city. New Mayor comes in and the people want to know what he's going to do to fix things. Yet not one of them ever asked ole Sharpy why he didn't do a thing for 20 years. If it wasn't for Rudy Harlem would still be a dump. Rangel and the rest of the dems up there haven't done a damn thing to help the community, just to help themselves to the money.

[Tax-chick]

Rangel and the rest of the dems up there haven't done a damn thing to help the community, just to help themselves to the money.

And for more of the same, vote Obama in November!

[Timeout]

Anyone else having trouble opening the NY Post this morning?

It’s one of the first places I go every morning but I haven’t been able to open it for the last couple of hours. This link didn’t work for me either.

[mewzilla]

A Rangel-related link to a Congressional race in my neck of the woods...

Kuhl Denounces Massa's Attacks, Hits Massa Over Rangel Ties (Updated)

Not just Rangel's money either. Theodore Kheel's donated to Massa, too.

[JimC214]

You are 1000% correct.

[mewzilla]

FWIW, I just got the NYP to come up. Loved the headline. Auto Crat. LOL. I think the NYP has the best headline writers in the biz.

[RetSignman]

[mewzilla]

Gee, the Pubbies have found a pair. Who'd'a thunk it. From the NRCC....

Massa’s Campaign Needs Lesson in the Law Calls Accusation Against Rangel “Dishonest”, Despite Rangel’s Own Admission of Wrongdoin