Posted on 08/31/2009 2:40:15 PM PDT by Libloather
Stop embarrassing us, Mr. Rangel. Resign
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
08/28/09 4:52 PM EDT
Want to understand why 2009 has witnessed the eruption of Tea Party and Town Hall protests of unprecedented intensity? Look no further than Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that writes tax law for the rest of us.
A parade of steadily more serious revelations was capped with news that Rangel somehow forgot to report as much as half a million dollars in assets and income on his 2007 financial disclosure report. It's impossible to know exactly how much he forgot to report because Rangel and most of the rest of the career politicians in both parties who have run Congress for the past several decades conveniently designed their disclosure form to be as opaque as possible.
That's why they can report "ranges" of income and asset value. Let you or I try reporting a range of income on our 2009 income tax return and see what happens.
That's why people are angry. The realization is sweeping the ranks of productive Americans that they've been taken for a ride by the professional politicians at all levels of government but especially in Washington - and by their enablers and allies in the liberal media, on campus, the ranks of leftist non-profit activists, in the foundation and think tank worlds, and the ranks of the Fortune 500.
And people are up to here with it. Democrats, Republicans, Independents. That's why they are going to these town hall meetings and talking back to their congressmen. That's why Glenn Beck's fact-based emotional appeals are making him the most-watched man on cable TV. It's why public support for Obama and Obamacare are plummeting.
Rangel's explanations for his various financial disclosure dodges have ranged from making honest mistakes to not understanding the Spanish spoken by some of his tenants. And none of it is credible any more. His evasions and rationalizations are embarrassing to anybody who cares about preserving the credibility of government.
It's time for him to leave.
It's not like he's got nowhere to go. There's always that little rental villa he owns at the Punta Canta Yacht Club in the Dominican Republic. He forgot to report $75,000 in income he derived from that asset but I am betting it's looking a lot more attractive to him as a retirement spot these days.
And you can bet a range from your next paycheck that Rangel is far from the only congressman who should go home for good.
The State Run 0bama MSM is virtually ignoring this. Had it been someone like Tom DeLay, there would be non-stop calls for his removal by now. This is how terrible the nation has become by the media now acting like whores to the 0Bama administration.
“Cheatin’ Charlie” knows that he can pull the race card at any time and weasel his way out.
He’s the epitomy of a racist creep who flaunts the law, disregards any and all ethics, has no conscience and is a slimeball.
But he’s from Harlem, U.S.A., so they are ignoring it.
There are many delusional and/or brain damaged people in positions of authority in our society, and that’s a fact.
I understand an investigation would be useless, but our side has to speak up and loudly.
That is indeed why the town hall meetings are so vocal, no one is speaking for us any longer.
How about ALL of them.
..but where
He does not embarrass dim-bulb-crats.
Heck, compared to most in the head loon’s cabinet, he a shining tower of morality.
Which tells us an awful lot about the cabinet, eh?
Do conservatives still HAVE a side?
It seems like we're alone in a sea of corruption.
I wonder If he has a off shore bank account?
I bet he does. I’ll give you 100 to 1 he does. Any takers?
The Ethics Committee is the biggest non-sequitor in existence today.
It definitely is not there to question the ethics of any person coming before it , but to whitewash them.
It’s a joke. In fact this whole Congress is a joke, but it’s not a funny joke. Just a pack of clowns screwing American citizens.
Why should he resign? He isn’t being credibly threatened by anyone with any disciplinary action, investigations into such matters are jokes when the perps are Democrats, his base loves him for stickin’ it to the Man, he has the full support of the partisan media - Rangel isn’t going anywhere.
BINGO!
That's exactly what I'm talking about.
Dude, this is unbelievable! Republicans should draw a line in the sand and demand that Republican senators and congressman go after this crook or there is no reason to support Republicans anymore.
People of Harlem could not bear to lose their “Charlie”. He makes them feel important.
They know it wouldn’t do any good to criticize “Charlie”; so they stay quiet and hope to stay in their own seats. If voters do punish anyone, it will be weak-kneed Republicans, I beleive, not corrupt people in the other party.
Their not doing so suggests that there are many of them who are equally guilty, does it not?
Just another crook and traitor to the Republic.
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