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Dems urge Rangel to resign; Obama: Case troubling
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| 7/30/10
| LAURIE KELLMAN (AP)
Posted on 07/30/2010 5:21:46 PM PDT by mdittmar
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.
"He's somebody who's at the end of his career," Obama said in an interview that aired Friday on "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric." "I'm sure that what he wants is to be able to end his career with dignity. And my hope is that it happens."
Obama, speaking on the issue for the first time, praised the 20-term Rangel for serving his constituents well but called the more than one-dozen tax and disclosure charges against him "very troubling."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: case; charges; charlesrangel; charlierangel; cunningham; democrats; dems; disclosure; ethics; kennedy; mills; obama; pelosi; rangel; reid; resign; rostenkowski; tax; traficant; troubling; urge
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To: mdittmar
and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!
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posted on
07/30/2010 8:09:54 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Brilliant
cause he never got a piece of any of it...
42
posted on
07/30/2010 8:12:36 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Brilliant
“I dont know why it would be troubling to Obama.’
Hearings would be in Septemeber. Too messy for the election.
To: mdittmar
To: mdittmar
What’s troubling, Mr. Prez? That Mr. Rangel did those things, that he was caught, or that they are building a case against him?
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posted on
07/30/2010 11:37:46 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Be a conscious news consumer: Say NO to Journolist propaganda.)
To: Disciplinemisanthropy
I’m wondering if someone has more big goodies on Mr Rangel and that the Dems want to get him out of the way before it destabalizes their whole fall campaign, i know i’d hold onto the info until closer to november and then drop the bomb.
If he doesnt go, watch the dems drop the goods on him themselves, they’d eat themselves to survive.
46
posted on
07/31/2010 2:50:21 AM PDT
by
sunmars
To: mdittmar
“Obama, speaking on the issue for the first time.... called the more than one-dozen tax and disclosure charges against him “very troubling.”
Translation: “Charlie’s got too much power and too many connections for me to figure out how to throw him under the bus...yet.”
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:02:53 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Serpentine, Shel! SERPENTINE!)
To: clintonh8r
Yes! Yes! We want one great, long, drawn out juicy show trial, on TV radio and internet, with lots and lots of lurid shady witnesses. Oh, boy, I can hardly stand the suspense! Will reality exceed anticipation?
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:01:01 AM PDT
by
CanaGuy
(Go Harper!)
To: mdittmar
“I’m sure that what he wants is to be able to end his career with dignity. And my hope is that it happens.”
What a crock of IRish BS....
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:34:32 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: Candor7
I agree, I’d like to see him stay and fight..
This whole thing makes Nixon look like a saint.
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:36:42 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: kbennkc
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:37:55 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: Candor7
can you condense that to one paragraph?
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:41:46 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: mdittmar
If Mr. Rangel leaves, it will be the fault of the nasty, criminal, Bush Adminstration.
53
posted on
07/31/2010 6:39:09 AM PDT
by
ripley
To: nikos1121
George's brother. They weren't close.
54
posted on
07/31/2010 7:04:13 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
To: hoosiermama
Pelosi should be next... Actually FOX said the Mixine Waters is next to go before the ethics committee.(smile)
FORM a line on the left please.
Please approach the cliff one at a time and jump!
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:14:39 AM PDT
by
politicalmerc
(It's not their house; it's your home: GaHouseTrust.com)
To: kbennkc
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posted on
07/31/2010 7:50:45 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: nikos1121
is George Mason? He is the guy who made famous the saying "say hello to my little friend."
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:17:30 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
To: kbennkc
God, I must be stupid...How do you tie Nixon and Charles and George Mason into a post on Charlie Rangel? :-)
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:34:25 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
To: nikos1121
freedom requires readiing. You will have to ask the author. Ms. Shiver,
lol!
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posted on
07/31/2010 8:59:41 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama .......yes.......is fascist... ..He meets every diagnostic of history.)
To: nikos1121
God, I must be stupid... I thought you were joking about my light stroking the n , thus typing Charles Manson as Mason. Does not everybody know about Nixon being criticized about the Manson trial. Obama makes prejudicial comment about Rangel, and none of the press reacts. I regret assuming you were having fun at my expense. I did not call you stupid nor do I think you are. The Manson-Nixon line is another topic all together. We must not jack threads.
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posted on
07/31/2010 9:33:33 AM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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