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Wait! There's even more dirt on Rangel
NY Post ^ | July 27, 2010 | GEOFF EARLE

Posted on 07/27/2010 2:26:16 AM PDT by Scanian

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To: Scanian

If he had been Republican or some other normal person, he would have been forced to resign after weeks of negative press. Since he has two forms of protection, he’s coasting to a light tap on the wrist.


21 posted on 07/27/2010 5:28:25 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (leftism: uncurable mental deterioration)
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Maybe but the talk is that Charlie has to run again in order to raise money to pay all the legal bills he owes.

Heck all he has to do is have someone ghost-write some memoir-diatribe-tell-all-polemic-manifesto concoction and he'll get a seven figure advance from any publisher out there, especially if he spends most of it dumping dirt on republicans. Charlie knows where plenty of bodies are buried and that's worth serious coin without the hassles of running a campaign.

22 posted on 07/27/2010 5:53:10 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Randy “duke” Cunningham- went to prison for taking kickbacks
the only navy ACE from vietnam- Geeee I wonder why
rangle is NOT going to have a REAL Trial- in a court of Law?


23 posted on 07/27/2010 5:58:48 AM PDT by mj1234
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1] Old guys eventually become expendable, and Charlie's number is up.,p>2] We all know there will never be any real punishment

The logical conclusion would be that this is all just a dog-and-pony show so the mindless masses will have less time to think about the economy and the imminent failure of their 'historic' administration.

This has Alinsky written all over it.

24 posted on 07/27/2010 6:06:01 AM PDT by MamaTexan (Only a Muslim would refuse to fly in the same plane as his dog)
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“House Democratic leaders were pressuring Rangel to make a deal before the politically embarrassing trial is set to begin...”

Ah! The DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, the fix is in. Nothing to see here, move along.


25 posted on 07/27/2010 6:16:22 AM PDT by DH (The government writes no bill that does not line the pockets of special interests.)
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List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority

http://myturl.com/0pBIE

On the surface it would appear to be Pete Stark (D-CA), but when Rangel temporarily stepped down from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means (taxes) Committee, Stark was only in for a couple of days before he was replaced, because he is both crazy mean, and tends to sexually harass. Nobody wanted him in that job.

(Oddly enough, they went all the way to #19 among Democrats, Sander Levin (D-MI) to take over Ways and Means, and there must be a heck of a story behind skipping over all the others.)

Technically, absent both Obey and Rangel, George Miller (D-CA) would take the job. However, being passed over for Ways and Means likely indicates that there is either something seriously wrong with him, or he has no interest in the Ways and Means chair—which may or may not carry over to Appropriations.

Just from this exercise, you can see that they spend a lot of time figuring out who to put in what job. They divide by faction, interest, tradition, rules, some degree of competency, favors owed and get even payback, etc.


26 posted on 07/27/2010 7:51:41 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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