Maxine Waters: “Many members” are as sleazy as my friend Charlie Rangel; Update: House Dems move to quash Remove Rangel resolution, 243-156
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House floor votes are underway. As I noted this morning, GOP Rep. John Carter is set to introduce a resolution this afternoon to remove corruptocrat/tax cheat/race hustler Charlie Rangel from his chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee.
He tweets this afternoon: “About to introduce the Rangel Resolution on the House Floor. We’ll see what happens.”
Meanwhile, Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters mounts her best defense of her buddy Rangel: Congress is full of sleazoids as bad as Charlie!
Ok, she didn’t say sleazoids…but she might as well have:
“Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms.
“I want to tell you, there are many members who, if you go back over all of their records, over all of the years, you’re going to find that there were disclosures that were not made,” Waters said during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday morning.
Birds of a feather indeed.
Flashback: Culture of corruption: Banking hypocrite Maxine Waters
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Update. 1:30pm Eastern.
As promised, GOP Rep. John Carter introduced his resolution to remove Rangel from his committee chairmanship. He read reams and reams of MSM articles blasting Rangel’s whitewashing and repeated disclosure lapses. The Democrats tried to interrupt him by challenging his floor privileges. Rep. Carter was allowed to finish speaking. The clerk then began reading the full text of the resolution into the record — which Democrats also tried and failed to prevent.
Then, Rangel’s Democrat CYA team introduced a motion to punt on the issue and instead refer the resolution to the Ethics Committee.
15-minute vote now underway.
Update. 1:48pm Eastern.
Rangel dodges the bullet again with a little help from his corruption-enabling friends.
Final vote tabling Carter’s resolution to remove Rangel from W&M chairmanship: 243-156. 19 voted present. 3 REPUBLICANS joined the Democrats. Will post roll call vote as soon as it is up.
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Here you go: The 3 Repubs who joined Ds to table remove Rangel resolution: King (NY), Rohrbacher & Young (AK).
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Why don’t you slap your name on there while your at it then Maxine!
Light dawns on Marblehead!
Many members of Congress are just as sleazy as Rangel? Well, Rep. Waters has just said something I actually agree with.
So….. since most of them are corrupt, it’s ok? Haven’t many of us been complaining about the brazen and rampant corruption for a long time? I took to referring to DC politicians as “our entrenched criminal class of corrupt weasels” a long time ago. I’m glad to see that Maxine agrees with me.
“Everybody else does it!”
I learned as a kid how pointless that wail is as justification for anything, but then again what is liberalism but arrested adolescence?
My sincere hope for Ms. Waters is that she remains consistent in her rationalizations when she finds herself in the midst of a large group of people jogging toward a cliff edge.
Fits right in with Pelosi’s “most ethical congress ever” mission right?
I despise that picture of her—why oh why must I be forced to look at her upper plate?! GAK!
So rangle should stay where he is because the rest of you are just as bad???
THIS is your defense???
Holy Fing shhhitttteeee
VOTE THEM ALL OUT.
So according to Maxine Waters it is ok because everyone else is doing it.
If Rangel gets to walk and I were a criminal on trial for a crime that would be my new defense. I did (insert crime), but it is ok with Rep Maxine Waters cause other people have done it and got away with it too.
Yup, Maxine, feel free to join that group of congressional sleazes. After Rangel gets the boot, then the rest of the sleazes can line up and get the boot too. If Rangel has even a pinch of integrity, he would have resigned after being exposed as a tax cheat.
Now isn’t that comforting to know that your government is full of sleaze bags. How proud we should all be.
She not saying they are sleazes. Thats misleading. She is saying that many members of congress make innocent mistakes. Don’t make me defend Waters & Rangel. It will ruin my day.
I will say this, if it is true that we can go back and see may disclosure problems, then we SHOULD go back and see.
Otherwise we have the LGM excuse in play. They did it wahhhhhh!
If Maxine Waters is this stupid and corrupt, what does it say about the people who elect her term after term? Never mind.
And we should start with Maxine. Sounds like she knows something.
the terminally stupid admit that corruption is part of doing business. these pathetic excuses for politicians are disgraceful, inept, and true criminals in every sense of the word. a prison should be built to house them and keep them in isolation, why expose the public to these parasites.
Cripes, an actual admission from the Queen of Sleeze – aka- train loaded with weapons parked so it can be robbed by gangs and then used to kill each other – Federal Plot.
535 audits per year, every year.
Then I will expect all of their resignations on my desk within the hour.
(signed)
The American Taxpayer
And people will still vote for her, and Rangel too for that matter.
We get the government we deserve.
give her the choice spill the beans or face a 50 year sentence in general population….
Change a diaper, Change Congress!
And for the same reason.
Re-elect No One, 2010!
My father used to tell me this:
So, if all your friends jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, would you do it too?
Geez! How about a little personal responsibility? All Rangel had to do is to just say NO! Oh, I forgot. I’m talking about liberals.
Never mind.
She should know …
Besides being a marxist, black nationalist, vulgar and a thief that broad has to be one of the dumbest members of the House. Oh well she does represent the gangbangers and welfare whores so this is to be expected. California 35 should be walled off from America. No, California is too nice–send them to Chicago or New York en mass along with the fools who voted Pelosi and Waxman. Then perhaps California can fire Boxer and Feinstein-aka The Drama Queens.
Splitting this country in two is sounding better all the time.
Regarding my previous post, yeah, yeah, I know. We’re smoking the good stuff over here at Ragmen for America(RFA).
Oh my goodness, that photo of Waters is ALMOST as scary as that one of Helen Thomas trying to smile.
Really? NAME THEM!
Elected officials are supposed to be representative of their constituency. I don’t know about you, but I am not a crook, nor a liar. And I certainly do not condone anyone who is. If Waters has information about other tax cheats (or compatriots who have had similar lapses in disclosure), it is her DUTY to report them.
But she won’t…she’s one of them.
Her statement is an effort to minimize the crime. Meanwhile in Florida, a lifetime criminal, who is also homeless, gets over twenty years in prison for stealing food. Now, that’s parity. and equal treatment under the law, right?
Well how does she know this?? Name Names Maxine!! The media should press her on this.
yes maxine, we are well aware that most, damn near all our elected officials in washington are crooks and scoundrels. this is why we want you all out of there. TERM LIMITS, LINE ITEM VETO, AND AN INDEPENDENT COURT TO INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION OF PUBLIC FIGURES. SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED 3 NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Mad Max Waters:
“Representatives want to f— taxpayers. Senators want to f— taxpayers. Everyone wants to f— taxpayers!”
Key phrase: “co-founder of the
ProfessionalCongressional Black Caucus”The tragedy is that most Americans (meaning “more than 50%) agree with her logic. Moral Relativism is all the rage, or haven’t you noticed?
It is one of the most disturbing trends in America. It’s one of the reasons you hear Hitler’s name bandied about so often. As long as you don’t cross Adolf’s morality, you can still be a “good person.”
Castro? A great man.
Chavez? A giant.
Etc.
Fine then, Maxine. We’ll start with Charlie. Next, you. Then….we’ll see.
How comforting…I can’t believe that Bush wasn’t mentioned in that statement. How does that woman manage to dress herself?
Alright you racists. Knock it off.
The sad part is she’s not lying.
Look in the mirror, Ms. Waters. You’ll see one of them.
You don’t have to be a Liberal to be corrupt…
….it sure does help, however.
And that is EXACTLY why we want most of your worthless arses OUT!
Mr. Obvious says: “Lowest approval ratings must mean something”.
Great picture…!
Isn’t that the woman that was arrested with Hugh Grant a few years back….?
Are some Black members of Congress NOT members of the Congressional Black Caucus?
If so, that would mean that to join, a member must be Black AND Stooo-pid.
How ’bout that Boolean?
This wasn’t meant as a defense. This was a very open threat to those who might vote to remove Rangel.
Vote against Rangel, and you might just find someone going through your own filings. Nudge nudge.
THIS is exactly why members of Congress usually avoid punishing other members.
Not quite. Even Hugh Grant has some scruples.
And that is the root of the problem. Congress is supposed to be squeaky clean for the likes of me. How can you sleazoids be making laws when you are all criminals? If you sleazoids don’t resign then we will do it for you. The Amercican citizens.
I think Mad Maxine just had a Freudian slip. She meant to say all those evil Rethuglicans do this all the time. Instead she said “we all” do this.
If Rangel gets off then we must declare the US Congress a farce. Like we already know it is.
Can you all imagine Mad Maxine in the Tina Turner wig from “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?”
UGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Looks like he got off. What do you have to do to be indicted on being a criminal these days…be white?
Dems kill bill. Hence the ENTRENCHED part of “entrenched criminal class of corrupt weasels”.
Not that surprising of a vote result.
The silver lining is this is just one more vote that true Conservative candidates can use against their liberal or Rhino opponents in 2010.
Why would the Democrats want to remove Rangel . . . their entire Party is a sack of sleazy trash.
I just can’t believe it. I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the people in Congress combined. Absolutely corrupt and they must be stopped.
It’s time for a good old revolt. The day will come.
Furthermore, I’m anxious to find out who the 3 GOPs are who voted against this resolution. They need run out of DC on a rail.
Hers is the party and house that stood and applauded Gerry Studds for having sex with an underage House page. And as it always is in Massachusetts he was re-elected for it. Man Boy sex does seem to be more than tolerated in Massachusetts-that and killing “just a back room girl”.
Somebody tell me why we want to be United.
My prediction? Rangel will end up keeping his job. Ethics committee will find that his situation was an error in judgment or accounting “oversight”, and not a deliberate move to scam the system.
Rangel will easily be re-elected next year.
I just today sent in a check to the IRS for a mess up on my taxes. I was charged interest and penalties. Should have asked for the Rangel treatment. How can he look at himself in the mirror without getting sick is beyond me. Once again:
Re-Elect No One 2010
Boo…Boo….US Congress is a farce !!!!
Criminals and sleazoids….I will not aaccept any law from these people. Its about time to enact the US Constitution’s Right of the People.
“That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
and he should be more careful in the future.
Talk about dumb!! Ms Maxine surely qualifies. If the Dems let Charlie off the hook it will be golden for the righty bloggers and talk show hosts. I’ve decided that the Dems in the House have come to the conclusion that they can’t please anyone so they might as well please themselves. Can’t wait until many are gone in 2010. Anyway, old Charles will only be re-elected by his Harlem constituency. What a creep!
“By 133 B.C., Roman politics had polarized around two factions in the Senate. On the one hand were the “Optimates,” the better people – aristoi, if you will – people whose only interest lay with wealth and the senatorial class.
careful to hide it not report it.
The Republicans that supported the crook should be tarred and feathered…with HOT tar.
I’m shocked I tell ya…shocked!
First rule of being a criminal – hang together or hang alone.
Next time we go to DC it will be for th4e “Right of the People and we will abolish the present government. Its gonna take a few millions of us ..Any takers?
Congress to the electorate: rule enforcement for thee but not for me.
That’s not Maxine Waters in the picture. That’s Tyler Perry as Madea isn’t it?
I wonder how long it would take the irs to be all over me if I ‘forgot’ to list what I have for income? I as sick to death of these less than 700 people doing what the heck they want to do and the rest of ‘us’ are to toe the line. I just pray enough of us American’s are going to stop these beyond crooks and have almost the whole lot on the un-employment line in 2010!
L
Just what we need; 19 House members to run for the Democrat nomination in 2016.
It would be far easier to simply name those who are NOT corrupt, I would think – though that might take some time to consider.
If you can’t at least remove this guy from a seat of authority then law and justice really are dead. He needs to be in a jail cell. This is too much to believe. If Rangel walks then they need to pardon Randy Cunningham and return the money to him, along with an apology and an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland.
“We’re all crooks, it’s in our job description, so please leave us alone.”
With this kind of stuff the American people dont have a chance.
Rohrabacher (one of the traitorous Repubs who supported Rangel) is my “representative.”
I used to like him. Now I hope some true conservative opposes him for re-election.
Can’t trust anyone these days.
…should be stuffed and roasted to a golden brown and then carved and served with a fine white wine. Then you throw out the birds without ever tasting them and guzzle all the wine to help rid yourself of the image of the birds.
Holy crap – Steven King, from Long Island? That germ is my rep. Oh, he’s gonna get another one of my famous letters, he is!
Oh well, that’s just one more thing to make the 2010 elections something to look forward to!
To paraphrase the Joker, the country deserves a better class of criminal.
The thing that really shocks me is that this does not shock me. At all. Angry? Of course. Shocked? Hardly.
I have so lost confidence in our government that this blatant cronyism and burrying of bovious corruption is just same ol’ same ol’. At the end of the day the Republicans aren’t much better.
Hope and Change you can pay for.
FIFY, Bruce.
most ethical congress EVAHHHH!!!!!!
VOTE THEM ALL OUT!!!
I don’t care to hear their excuses, or explanations. Voting to NOT hold Rangel accountable, only re-affirms my instinct that these crooks are afraid that the skeletons in their own closets will get exposed.
Is it any wonder they can’t get results combating innercity crime? They only care about their “good ol’ boy” club.
We must band together and get these leeches thrown out of office…or else we are just as bad as are they!
“Well, ain’t we a pair – Raggedy Man…”
Corruption breeds contempt, and my God we have plenly of corruption. It’s time to recycle congress!
Wangel is as dirty as a pig in a hog wallow, but the Rats protect their own no matter what. Doeas anyone have a list of Repubs that the rats wanted to oust on a simple rumor of ethics problems?
A Klingon in drag wouldn’t look anywhere near as hideous as Maxine Waters looks like in this picture.
GSP
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Even Maxine Waters (DimocRAT–CA) gets it right once in a while. She and her “democRAT” / liberal / socialist / statist / marxist / communist clowns fit right in with the super ethical Charlie Rangel. And with the RINO’s and rethuglicans who rip off the taxpayer as they “help out the little guy” and get rich themselves.
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I seem to remember that she was one of the Congressional Black Congress group that went to Cuba and praised Castro and his handling of the economy–and medical care there.
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Read Yoanni Sanchez’ blog GenerationY blog today–about how it takes all day long–AND A DAY’S SALARY–for the ordinary Cuban to buy a bottle of dish washing soap to try to keep from getting the H1N1 flu!
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8 YEAR TERM LIMITS FOR ALL SENATORS AND “REPRESENTATIVES”. And IRS audits every year for all of these dishonest clowns. Vote them out in 2010.
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John Bibb
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No surprise that it was defeated. Congress has shown that they are above all morals and laws. At least, one thing did surprise me though…I actually agreed with something Maxine Waters said.
Chap…any recommendations for the wine?
Nancy Pelosi…cleaning up the “culture of corruption” under Bush and ushering in a new level of integrity in Washington DC. Oh, and let’s not forget a new age of bipartisanship!
nail49—been watching the stooges again?
‘she don’t know it’s a toitle!’–Curly; ‘Pain in the Pullman’
I most certainly did not get the government I deserve….I do not cheat on my taxes, I don’t lie, steal, and cheat at work, I do not have buildings named after me paid for with other people’s money, and I have a 20-year military service record. No, I DON’T deserve these despicable liars and crooks to represent me and I am tired of being told that I’ve gotten the government I deserve. I DESERVE A WHOLE LOT BETTER, and I intend to find a way to see that I get a lot more representation from people with a lot more character than any of them we have now.
Funny – I thought she WAS a Klingon in drag. Or maybe a Go-Rilla in drag. Oops – can I say that these days?
Bruce–LOL
you used my pronunciation of ‘gorilla’. LOLOLOL
oops; can I laugh at that?
Turn mad Max’s statement into hundreds of campaign commercials that make the incumbent candidate prove his or her innocence.
Actually, Lursa and B’etor were Hot!
These people have any clue what’s waiting for them in November 2010? I mean this just lit a lot of American’s fuses.
I don’t remember a more corrupt Congress than the one voted in Nov 2006. Supposedly they would put an end to political corruption – cronyism ect.. anyone remember Nancy Pelosi promising to drain the swamp.
I suspect these 3 live in glass houses. Any bets there will be a rash of ‘oops, I forgot to disclose this income’ reports soon?
More material for Republican campaign ads.
I think a new bill just like this one should be brought to the floor… Every…Single…Day…
There’s approx 177 Republicans right? So there should be enough of them with a spine that will sponsor a new bill on each of the next 100 working days of Congress.
Keep hammering them and Rangel.
And as for not getting anything else done….. Does anyone really want THIS Congress to actually do anything on it’s current agenda?
Dead on target. Rangle has been in the house 38 years, and you can bet he has dirt on everybody. Thats how our hallowed halls of congress work. Don’t you wonder how these vermin sleep at night?
this is amazing, the crooks protecting one of their own, frankly the people don’t owe this criminal enterprise formerly known as the congress a damn thing, we need to go in there take the country back and put all the crap in jail.