Rangel the race-baiter
In New York City, a police officer who happened to be black was accidentally shot and killed by another police officer who happened to be white. It was an awful, deadly mistake. But for Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel, it was a golden opportunity to play the race card — and at a memorial event for the dead cop, no less.
Shame.
Via the NYPost:
There’s nothing like a tragic police shooting to bring a tasteless guffaw out of Rep. Charlie Rangel.
Speaking yesterday at a rally in honor of slain cop Omar Edwards — gunned down by a fellow cop in a case of mistaken identity — the embattled congressman outrageously quipped that President Obama, in town for a date with First Lady Michelle, should watch his back walking around the Big Apple because he is black.
“Make certain he doesn’t run around East Harlem unidentified,” the controversial lawmaker snarked.
“If [he] did not have the Secret Service . . . around him, [city cops] wouldn’t know if he was president of the United States.”
The remark brought raucous cheers and laughter from the crowd of around 100.
Police union officials were quick to blast Rangel’s remarks.
“If Congressman Rangel said . . . ‘and waving a gun’ he might be correct,” the union official said.
But Rangel wasn’t the only official riffing on the fact that Edwards, who is black, was shot by a white officer.
“First we couldn’t ‘drive while black,’ now we can’t ‘police while black,’ ” said Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron.
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The second I heard about this tragic incident I knew it was coming, I’m just surprised it took him so long. It’s so wonderful to live in this post racial utopia under Dear Leader.
Yes, grave mistake by Edwards for not having his shield visible, but hardly a mistke by Dunton.
Rangel the tax cheat has his own ethics issues and needs to let the Judicial System do their job.
From information available it is clear that the shooting was not justified and that will be made clear in Court. Trying the case in the media is a typical Democrat activity and only stirs the pot for more racial tensions and is inappropriate. It does not serve justice in any positive fashion. Attempting to poison the jury pool with prejudicial statements should be a crime.
Rangel needs to square up his ethics issues and shut his pie hole.
Rangel is a disgrace. A self-serving, hateful, thoughtless disgrace.
It all started because a homeless junkie decided to run instead of facing the music. Terrific. For U.S. Rep. Rangel to make a quip—at the officer’s memorial, no less—invoking his own prejudgment is irresponsible. His recipes call for consistent stirring until boiling. You’re not helping, Charlie. My sympathies to the Edwards family.
Every white person I know is over their racist feelings; it appears the only ones still suffering from this disgusting attitude are black politicians!
Are comments closed on the Tiller story?
Think so Dagney.
Thanks, AJ. Wonder why?
Cause it would be a mile long by now and Kos would capture every word, take them out of context, and relentlessly slam MM some more.
Probably not worth the headache – keep your powder dry for another day.
I think what seems to be the problem is a shortage of “thinking while _______”
Filling in the blank with color, age, sex or other is left for an exercise for the reader.
or kill the story before it goes full term?
How many blatantly bigoted comments do liberals get to make
against “Whitey” before one realizes that the real racists in America aren’t Caucasian?
Let’s not forget Al Sharpton. He was in the forefront too after the shooting. These guys are like maggots on dead meat. They appear as if from no where.
Charlie Rangel was probably correct in one aspect, the average person in Harlem wouldn’t know what Barack Obama even looks like – they had no idea who he was or what he stood for when it came time to vote – except that he was black.
Is this the same beached condo whale who doesn’t pay taxes? Nothing like a race war to distract from wat is real.
The Tiller thread is now open again! Let the left run wild.
Rangel = Sharpton = Jesse Jackson = Rev. Wright = (add your selection here) = RACE PIMPS!!!
Black hate is so overwhelminly out of control they think everything that happens is a planned out attack against them. Rangel and company feed that to them to ensure it continues and they prosper from it.
Not so fast…spoke too soon.
You just don’t understand because only a black male has the ability to think this through.
/obama affirmative action judge mode off.
…Rap artists = Obama…
Michelle,
At least delete lgm’s post. That was vile and over the line. Why leave it up on a closed thread?
According to the MSM, only white people can be racist. Old Charlie is doing nothing more than stirring the pot.
Charlie Rangel is a pig. The ONLY thing he has to offer the world is the color of his skin. If not for that, he’d be in prison where he belongs.
The thoughts and prayers of my family are with the families of both officers.
That shooting was tragic. I’m sure that policeman feels terrible for accidently shooting a brother officer. Rangle is just making him feel worse.
Good ol’ One-Note Charlie: “When the only tool you have is a hammer, every challenge begins to resemble a nail.” Racists, racists everywhere … except for Charlie, of course.
If he couldn’t inject racism into the mix, what would he have left to talk about? Prosecuting tax cheaters?
It appears that the Tiller thread was reopened just long enough for lgm to post a totally bogus smear against the regular posters here, but closed before any rebuttal.
I think LGM’s comments should be removed.
Hey lgm! Name names or apologize right now for your blatant hyperbole!
I didn’t get to see lgm’s post, but dare I hope that he was banned?
Mr. Rangel, rent-cheat, tax-cheat, race-baiter, and socialist…
will have a seat in Congress as long as he lives and cares to run.
And that is a shame, and a revelation of sorts.
Why does it seem that in this supposed “post-racial era” that the arrival of the Obamessiah was supposed to herald, racial tensions are escalating exponentially with the Left making ever-more-outrageous comments? How long is Whitey supposed to sit silently while they’re smeared as racists by Statists?
The problem is that a sizable cohort of minorities think it’s time for the White Devil to get a taste of their own discriminatory medicine; some payback for all those centuries of privation and fear. Lovely. The remedy for discrimination is discrimination. Bring on the empathy judges! Could they at least be honest and call it what it is: REVENGE?
As I tweeted y’day: Our Orwellian times: If you point out a racist is a racist, then you get called racist because that racist is a certain color and you aren’t.
Does anyone here really expect the boogie Obama’s to step foot in Harlem?
rangel is the epitome of a complete moron, the race card is all the scum ball has to offer. he is a cheat, a liar and a thief. being a politician serves him well, were he not in politics he’d surely be in jail.
Rangel’s seat is in a racially gerrymandered district. If he had to share his district with white areas, his chances for reelection would be significantly diminished.
I guess the point I would make is that I look for the day…have for many years…when the district of Mr. Rangel would turn him out in favor of a good, ethical, qualified candidate of any color.
Today, that still seems a long, long way off…
This is just despicable on Rangel’s and Councilman Charles Barron’s part. Rangel should be up for trial on tax evasion charges. The press should be hounding him incessantly not only about that, but also about how our taxes are being spent on frivolous and wasteful projects to the country’s detriment.
Rather than signaling the start of the “post-racial era”, Obama’s election has put “blood in the water” and now the sharks are swarming.
Jet,
Doesn’t it seem that the left is even angrier than just last year?
What do you expect out of a classless buffoon like Chowie Wangow? His mouth is worse than Joe Biden’s. At least Joe means well! But Rangel just spews out his racist comments without even thinking twice because that is what he is…a stinking racist.
Wildcatter,
Yes. That is my perception, at least. I think they are “drunk” with their success and are emboldened to push a lot harder. In their minds, if anger got them this far, then more anger will get them farther. Sadly, this is probably true. The bully intimidates because he knows that most people will back down …to a point. Yet bullies are cowards at heart. They’ve learned to cover it up by being loud, pushy and aggressive. Way too often, they are rewarded for their obnoxious behavior. Eventually, someone confronts them, and their house-of-cards collapses.
One hope for conservatism is that the leftists will reach too far too fast, which is evil’s natural tendency, expose their true agenda and be shot down by a surging grass roots response.
I heard a talk radio guy (I think it was Dennis Prager) with an interesting take on why the left is still angry. He said that even though they’ve been given everything they wanted, in terms of political control, that things are not much, if any, better. They thought they could achieve Utopia, but now realize they’re nowhere close to that.
Until we get past pandering and cow-towing to the blacks and mexicans, this country will continue to get worse and worse as far as bigotry and unfairness is concerned.
I have been calling for LGM’s bannishment for several weeks on other threads.
I didn’t read his posts on this thread, but if his past comments are any indication, then he should be banned.
GSP
“This is Sparta!”
White= all racist
Black= all victim
Rangel, Sharpton, Jesse et. al. = race baiting scumbags, demagogues.
Common sense: RIP
Sounds like Rangel was making a threat to me.
Think about it. What if he was talking about Clarence Thomas?
(yes, I’m joking)