Posted on 09/05/2009 4:24:40 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi loath to drop hammer on Rangel By: Glenn Thrush September 5, 2009 06:47 PM EST
Why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing a growing chorus of calls to drop the hammer on ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel?
Because, at the moment, doing nothing creates a lot less trouble for Pelosi than doing anything, current and former House aides tell POLITICO.
Stripping the Harlem Democrat of his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee would force Pelosi to make a series of unpalatable decisions about Rangel’s successor that would create a ruckus in the Democratic caucus.
It would also infuriate the Congressional Black Caucus, which is still sore over Pelosi’s decision to strip committees from former Louisiana Rep. Bill Jefferson – even after Jefferson had been found with a wad of tainted cash in his kitchen.
“Unless they find $90,000 in his freezer, like they did with Jefferson, we’re going to wait [for the outcome of a House ethics probe],” said a Democratic aide familiar with Pelosi’s thinking on the matter.
Staffers say the speaker has been so focused on the health care battle that she simply hasn’t devoted much time to Rangel’s recent troubles – and there’s no push among House Democrats to heed the fire-Rangel cries of Republicans, the New York Times, Washington Post and Buffalo News.
“She hasn’t even spoken to the congressman about this latest episode,” said a close Rangel associate, referring to recent published reports that the 78-year-old Rangel underreported his assets by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“The speaker is totally behind him, and she told him that the last few times they have spoken,” the person added.
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What is needed is for the hammer to be dropped on Pelosi.
Why should she care what the freakin’ Black Caucus thinks when the man is doing something wrong?!
Apparently, being black is a mitigating factor in the Democrat Crime Family. Where is the phuking Main Stream Media?
How disillusioning to see the public so blind that it lets crap like this go on without question.
votes (for her to continue being speaker)
“What is needed is for the hammer to be dropped on Pelosi.”
Hammer” I’d rather a friggin’ meteor to drop on that sorry wench. Don’t want any DNA to survive. Bad for the species.
Ah, you’re right. Silly me — I guess she can’t do the right thing if it’ll cost her votes! ;-)
I thought their official position was still that Congressman "Cold Cash" was innocent? Guess not.
democracy dumbed down
Tell me again... I’m confused... which one was the “party of corruption?”
Rangel is a crook but if we can use this to hurt Pelosi, all the better.
It would just sink in spring back and possibly hurt a bystander.
In a rational world people like Rangel and Pelosi would already be swinging by their heels from a lamp post.
Yes. ; )
The irrationality is already beyond the pale.
Face it, we are in a battle with Satan when we are fighting these loser radicals. They must be his agents just like God has HIS and thank God we outnumber them and HE will help us to overcome this!
This whole Congress run top to bottom by democrats has become a national joke.
Imagine the screaming from the MSM if they were Republicans.
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