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1. #1
   On February 25th, 2010 at 7:57 pm, Lindsay said:

   I predict Rangel will be appointed “Ethics Czar” by the Obama administration.

2. #2
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:03 pm, BrianNY said:

   Honestly, Michelle, I’ll be more taken aback when I read someday that Charlie Rangel actually did something legally or ethically.

   As they say, power corrupts…but Charlie Rangel is just a corrupt, sleazebag…absolutely.

3. #3
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:04 pm, EMT Bill said:

   The fact that all of this has taken this long makes the process look like a circus.

4. #4
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:07 pm, AlohaGuy said:

   The AP reported that Rangel knowingly accepted Caribbean trips in violation of House rules forbidding hidden financing by corporations.

   So blatant financing of trips to the Caribbean is ok – that’s a relief.

5. #5
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:11 pm, zyzzyg said:

   How was it that the trip was approved in the first place? What questions were asked? I would think one important question would have been, ‘who is paying for the trip?’

   Rep Rangel’s explanation and putting it off on staffers is wrong. Why didn’t he ask who was paying for the trip.

6. #6
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:18 pm, BrianNY said:

   Rep Rangel’s explanation and putting it off on staffers is wrong. Why didn’t he ask who was paying for the trip.

   If you won your seat every two years by a 95%+ margin…and Nancy Pelosi was guarding your hen house…would you really give a flying flip?

   Besides, the guy is a “Korean War Veteran” AND he is “Black,” so…step off, zyzzyg, just step off bro.

   Or more blatently, “stop snitchin’.”

   sarc/off

7. #7
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:32 pm, BrianNY said:

   BTW – Doesn’t Nancy Pelosi repeatedly win her seat by 95%+ margins as well? And, in 23+years in the US House, I believe she hasn’t had to debate a challenge to her Seat once…so what the HELL does Nancy Pelosi care what Charlie Rangel does with other people’s money?

   See the problem here?

8. #8
   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:48 pm, zyzzyg said:

   On February 25th, 2010 at 8:18 pm, BrianNY said: #6

   If you won your seat every two years by a 95%+ margin…and Nancy Pelosi was guarding your hen house…would you really give a flying flip?

   Besides, the guy is a “Korean War Veteran” AND he is “Black,” so…step off, zyzzyg, just step off bro.

   Or more blatently, “stop snitchin’.”

   sarc/off

   I appreciate the humor, though the things you mentioned are still no excuses.

9. #9
   On February 25th, 2010 at 9:03 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   So, now what? Wrist slap? NAACP National Treasure award? What?

   Rangel: How ’bout I get my piece prize?!

10. #10
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:09 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    “I’m satisfied that when you read the report, that you will see that I have not been found guilty of anything,” Rangel said. “We were approved, the trip was approved. Whether or not it should have been approved is a serious issue.”

    Rangel said that “the critical part in the report is they’re saying the ethics committee should not have authorized it if they had known all the facts — that some private funds were involved in the payment of the conference.”

    Did he just throw the whole ethics committee under the bus? Whoa, he sure has some of Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls!

11. #11
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:12 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Reps. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), Donald Payne (D-N.J.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) also participated in the trips, but a source told the Associated Press that they have been exonerated by the committee.

    Just another bi-partisan trip with a bunch of D minuses.

12. #12
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:16 pm, guitarplayer said:

    The sad thing is that he’ll be reelected without any problem.

13. #13
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:24 pm, bjc said:

    *His time to answer for other crimes is just down the road; I predict he will retire before then.
    *I don’t mind so much that he may represent a bunch of couch sitting, donut eating, Oprah watching folks, but I am sick to death of carpetbaggers such as this being allowed to raid the treasury while at the same time willfully destroying the country!

14. #14
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:35 pm, rightisright said:

    It is our business you sleeze ball….we pay your wages.

    some ethics committee.

15. #15
    On February 25th, 2010 at 9:55 pm, tarpon said:

    So he gets the Mark Foley ride out of town, right …

16. #16
    On February 25th, 2010 at 10:10 pm, jangar said:

    Didn’t Rangel play “The Penguin” in the 60′s Batman series?

17. #17
    On February 25th, 2010 at 10:36 pm, graysonret said:

    Gee, I wish I could just take money out of my company and take trips to the islands. If I get caught, I get a wrist slap. Maybe, someday soon, he’ll write a book or offer a seminar on “How to be corrupt and get away with it.” I guess if you’re not an active democrat, it won’t work, or a member of the “elite”, like an active union boss.

18. #18
    On February 26th, 2010 at 8:04 am, MrOlympia said:

    Cmon now ya’ll quit pickin on Charlie. He has just been TAKING his reparations.

    He knows he is a corruptocrat…um I mean Democrat and he can damn well do whatever he pleases cause the Pres has his back, the Black Caucus has his back, fellow Dem politicians have his back, the lying liberal media has his back.

    He has numerous “get out of jail” cards and will play them accordingly. He is untouchable, just ask him.

19. #19
    On February 26th, 2010 at 8:15 am, tre said:

    He’s black, he’s a looney leftwing liberal, he’s a democrat, and he’s a Congressman.
    Ergo, he can do no wrong.

20. #20
    On February 26th, 2010 at 8:42 am, 4USA said:

    Well of course he doesn’t expect to be found guilty of anything. Why should he? They’ve been robbing us our entire lives and living by a different set of rules in the process. Since when do they have to abide by the law? Although they take an oath to protect and preserve the Constitution, there isn’t any legal mechanism available to convict them for being amoral liars.

    We may still be fighting socialism at our level, but they have been living it already. They honestly don’t believe there is anything they can’t do. Judging by the lack of indictments for tax-fraud, illegal campaign contributions, voter fraud, misuse of public funds, etc…, they may be right.

21. #21
    On February 26th, 2010 at 9:00 am, ThatSamIAm said:

    You have to love his response. Well, if I knowlingly did something wrong it’s not my fault because somebody said I could do something wrong. Blame the ethics committeee for letting me knowingly do something wrong.

    Let’s just say it. Rangel stays in office because he’s black. Anybody else doing what he does is fired or resigns within a week. Toss his criminal black ass out. They should have also tossed out Geitner’s criminal white ass. That should help all you race mongers feel the equality in my hatred for these criminals.

22. #22
    On February 26th, 2010 at 9:44 am, Hannibal said:

    Reps. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), Donald Payne (D-N.J.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.) also participated in the trips, but a source told the Associated Press that they have been exonerated by the committee.

    Isn’t that just special. All went to the same place, did the same thing, and porked out at the same slop trough, but these four were exonerated. How does that possibly happen? I do believe that Carolyn Kirkpatrick testified that she thought her son Kwame payed for the trips. The penal system was supplying him with room and board so he had money left over in his household budget.

23. #23
    On February 26th, 2010 at 9:49 am, Weary Citizen said:

    And the race card will be played in 3..2..1.

    And yes, you guys are correct, this corrupt politician (redundant, I know) will be re-elected in his district. His constituency will see it as “a brother sticking it to the man”. Unless corruption is stamped out (at least contained), the country will fall even more quickly. The “ethics committee” is a joke and serves only as a “figurehead” to placate the public. I have yet to see them take any action that has teeth.

24. #24
    On February 26th, 2010 at 10:45 am, Stubby said:

    It is unbelievable how so many scumbags rise to the top in politics. Rangel has crook written all over him. I wouldn’t get in the same elevator with this piece of trash, and yet the imbecilic voters re-elect him.

    With these kind of characters in charge, there is little hope that waste and abuse in any system of our government can be eliminated. And Obama speaks to cleaning up our health care system to provide the funds to help pay for his new entitlement program of free medical care for all of god’s children. What a joke.

    Why is there no just and swift action taken in these cases? Rangel should be thrown out of office and jailed, along with many others. I guess there really isn’t anything the citizenry can do. Even voting new people in just starts the process all over. Heck of a life isn’t it!

25. #25
    On February 26th, 2010 at 10:45 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    Rangel said. “We were approved, the trip was approved. Whether or not it should have been approved is a serious issue.”

    “Sure, I’m a crook. But, you all knew I was a crook and shouldn’t have approved my slimey trip. It’s not my fault you’re so corrupt.”

26. #26
    On February 26th, 2010 at 11:27 am, GladzKravtz said:

    Dare to New Yorkers: Do you have the guts to vote this guy out?

27. #27
    On February 26th, 2010 at 12:23 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Here’s Rangel’s response: “Dumb Americans….don’t you know this is how the game is played in Washington? It’s always been that way!”
    Yes, Americans, we are THAT dumb. Keep on voting in the same old crooks because that’s how the game is played. God help our country.

28. #28
    On February 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pm, swmntman said:

    Look on the bright side – at least when “Chuckles” is Island-hopping in the Caribbean, he isn’t voting like a Socialist in the House (hey – I’m an optimist).

29. #29
    On February 27th, 2010 at 10:22 am, NJRepublican said:

    So Nancy has a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for the House? As long as the Congressman doesn’t know who’s paying they’re not violating ethics.
    HELLLOOO???!!! It’s their responsibility to ask, just like it’s their responsibility to fill out their disclosure forms in full.

    If the Dems won’t kick him out, can’t we at least get someone to run against him? Of course, being from NJ, I unfortunately know the answer.