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Rangel's wrist-slap
NY Post ^ | March 04, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 03/05/2010 3:18:35 AM PST by Scanian

Charlie Rangel yesterday was granted a face-saving "leave of absence" as House Ways and Means Committee chairman, pending the outcome of multiple ethics investigations.

A "leave of absence"?

He should be in handcuffs.

Consider where you'd stand with the IRS and the FBI if you:

* Failed to report and pay taxes on rental income from a Dominican villa (as The Post first revealed two years ago).

* Failed to report on millions of dollars in assets, bank accounts and property, going back seven years.

* Used congressional stationery to seek donations for a CUNY educational center named after you.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 111th; abuse; congress; corruptdems; ethics; leaveofabsence; pelosi; rangel; waysmeans

1 posted on 03/05/2010 3:18:35 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Only true punishment he will ever see is when he dies. Seems to be that way with all the corrupt POS in DC. Hell of a racket they have going ya know!


2 posted on 03/05/2010 3:29:48 AM PST by jedi150
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When a clown like Rangel has to step down, it's a sign that maybe,just maybe the closet is opening and the brooms can be seen
3 posted on 03/05/2010 3:46:00 AM PST by shadeaud ("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
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To: Scanian

I have more respect for looterguy than I do for Rangel. No wait... he is looterguy. Good heavens.. he stole from the company he works for. Fire his butt and prosecute.


4 posted on 03/05/2010 3:54:51 AM PST by pnut22
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To: Scanian

There will ba a political Firestorm, if he tries to come back. I think this Leave of Absence is the last we will se of Charlie as head of Ways and Means.

I never thought I would live to see it happen.


5 posted on 03/05/2010 4:38:43 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Scanian

I called my Congressman (a Blue Dog democrat) earlier this week and told him if I did what Rangel did I would be in jail.


6 posted on 03/05/2010 4:54:47 AM PST by thethirddegree
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To: thethirddegree

I hope you gave him a mouthfull about Obamacare while you were at it!


7 posted on 03/05/2010 5:00:59 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Rangel is 79 years old, grossly overweight. Being black and obese he is probably suffering from hypertension. At his age he has probably already suffered considerable (if unseen) end-organ damage and from listening to him speak and breath he is probably in early CHF. I predict he will be be dead within a year. Good riddance to such an evil and worthless POS!


8 posted on 03/05/2010 5:07:16 AM PST by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: Scanian

I’ll start to believe in our justice system when Rangel is in jail.

Chance? Zero.

Rangel hasn’t even risen to the accomplishment of dead Ted.


9 posted on 03/05/2010 5:22:08 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Scanian
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10 posted on 03/05/2010 5:39:37 AM PST by RetSignman (Tea Parties ..."We have seen the Patriots and they are us")
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To: Scanian

I do that once a week.


11 posted on 03/05/2010 8:21:09 AM PST by thethirddegree
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To: jedi150

Luke 16

25”But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’


12 posted on 03/05/2010 8:23:26 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Doc Savage

look up “imprecatory prayer”


13 posted on 03/05/2010 8:24:56 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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