Posted on 08/31/2009 8:22:42 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
Charlie Rangel always has been an entertaining congressman. And not to damn him with faint praise, an effective one, too. But the New York City representative, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is having a problem with his numbers as they relate to the truth. He now can be neither entertaining nor effective. He needs to go. If he won’t, Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to push him. It’s the same old story for Rangel, who last year reluctantly acknowledged what he described as an inadvertent failure to report $75,000 in rental income for a beachfront property in the Dominican Republic. Then, many critics—including this page—called on him to step down from his chairmanship, at least until his professed innocence could be established. He didn’t. Now, it gets worse. Newly-filed disclosures show that Rangel failed to report at least half a million dollars in assets in 2007. They also show that his net worth is between $1 million and $2.5 million, or about twice what he claimed in 2008.
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WHERE THE HELL ARE OUR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN! DON’T THEY HAVE VOICES STILL! WHY AREN’T THEY DEMANDING HIS RESIGNATION!
Hello, earth to Buffalo News: Charlie Rangel is a Democrat, rules of Ethics do not apply.
Obama is holding their collective spines. the liberal press is in there too.
No justice, no peace... To borrow a phrase..
He's probably one of the most dangerous men in the entire Congress to try to push out the door.
Resign? He should go to jail.
Why should he? He represents a one party district with no effective opposition.
IN addition, Rangel has often noted that the downturn didn’t hurt him, because most of his money is invested in municipal bonds.
And of course, the bailout that he voted on was designed to make sure state and local governments didn’t default on their bond payments — directly helping him.
And of course, most everything he does in congress is meant to drive up public spending and taxes, which helps his investments.
The Republicans don’t want to be called “racist” which is why they can’t criticize the “honorable” Mr. Rangel.
Where they always are - hiding under their desks for fear they may upset a Democrat.
Professional courtesy for Sportin’ Life!
I can tell you where they are. Hiding from him because they know he can sick the IRS on them in a New York minute.
THIS IS WHY THIS P.O.S. NEEDS TO BE GONE, AND THE IRS NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED!
Sorry Atlas but Boiling Pot is correct. Ethic laws only apply to Republicans, Libertarians and the regular folk. They were never implemented to control America’s “royalty” or their stenographers.
You know they would be out mewling to the press about the horror of it all and how he must go because of the appearances if Rangel was a Republican.
Minimum 5 years in a federal lockup, for multiple deliberate federal income tax fraud.
The Democrat Party is a Criminal Enterprise.
All pigs are equal except Black Pigs and they are more equal
Yes and this is why we need to clean the slate of all of them, Dem and Rep.
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