Posted on 07/23/2010 6:26:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
Scandal: The former Ways And Means chairman faces possible expulsion for playing fast and loose with his finances and taxes. Since that's what the Congress has done with ours, maybe they should all face expulsion.
It is said absolute power corrupts absolutely, and for much of his 40 years in Congress, many spent riding herd on the nation's tax code, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., had absolute power over our tax laws and finances. He was, in political terms, 10 feet tall and bullet-proof. Not anymore.
We don't know if his shenanigans got too much for even House Democrats to handle or if they just felt they had enough problems this November, particularly on the issue of taxes, to have as one more albatross around their neck — someone who made avoiding them an art form.
The House Ethics Committee, an unintentional oxymoron, has voted to form an adjudication panel that will now conduct something similar to a trial of an investigative panel's findings that Rangel has committed serious ethics violations that warrant some kind of action.
This may or may not be significant, but this is the first time in eight years such a panel has been formed, the last time being one that resulted in the expulsion of Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, who later went to prison.
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Nothing will happen; he is the product of the soft bigotry of lowered expectations, and as a minority is really allowed to do just about anything while defending himself with the race card.
Kemp was a great guy in many ways, but when it came to politics he was little better than McShame.
He’s black, he’s loud, and he’s corrupt.
That’s all it takes to get re-elected in Harlem twenty times. If he doesn’t go to prison, they’ll re-eelect him.....again.
But KEMP’s main thing in life, AFTER his footbal career, was POLITICS. So if you didn’t like his POLITICS, than why would you say he was a great guy, unless you knew him personally?
I’ve never heard of such a crazy thing! Wow!
You may be right about this. Perhaps they think they just need to toss someoneone out of the lifeboat, but, if that were the case, I am thinking that Rangel would have been the most visible choice. How many people outside of those of us who pay attention could even tell you who Rangel is. Thanks to the MSM, aka the Ministry of Propaganda, the general public has been told nothing of Rangel’s deals.
Impeachment? Never happen.
He doesn’t have to go because he knows where the bodies are buried.....Could probably “lower the boom” on most of congress.
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Good point
“Impeachment? Never happen.”
Which will be ensured by sacrificing Rangel and perhaps a few others. I wonder who else will get thrown to the wolves. With the election in November, there will likely be others thrown out to prevent Zero from getting a pummeling by the public.
I think Kemp was a good guy because he had a very positive attitude that reminds me of Reagan’s. Also, he would actually jump in to tackle problems with methods he and the various organizations he was connected with saw fit to use. So, he didn’t just talk a good game, he did try to make meaningful changes, was well-intended, well-spoken, honest and I think generally wanted the very best for this country and believed we are the very best.
For me, I think his political views assumed a better view about the rats, their intentions and so forth than was warranted then or now. I don’t think he was a political “street fighter”, which is what conservatives need.
I was a Dole Kemp delegate in 1996 from the ‘Rangel’ district. During one of the floor demonstrations at that San Diego gathering, thousands of mini Dole-Kemp footballs were released and I got my hands on one.
Ironically, at a campaign event at the famous HARLEM restaurant, Sylvia’s, a few weeks AFTER the Convention, Jack autographed my football.
He was a good American. Thanks for your response; what you say now is clearer to me.
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