Undrained Swamp Things Give Charles Rangel Ovation After Post-Censure Speech
**Written by Doug Powers
The House voted 333-79 to make Charles Rangel the first Representative in 27 years to be censured. In congressional terms, a censure is just one notch below expulsion and a half-notch above having to write “I will not be corrupt and I will pay all the taxes I owe” 500 times on the cloak room chalkboard.
Following the vote, Nancy Pelosi read the censure resolution like a Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sentencing Rangel to being poked with the soft cushions.
Rangel then gave what will go down in history as the “old, tax evading congressmen never die, they just refuse to be shamed away” speech. Those words fell on deaf ears for those of us who would be sent to a rent-controlled jail cell if we were guilty of the same “oversights.”
Watch until the end, because the pathetic round of applause Rangel received from many Democrats is proof-positive that the swamp is far from drained — something very unbecoming the “most ethical Congress ever”:
Pelosi appeared none too thrilled to be pulling the plug from the the bottom of this particular swamp. Actually, because Rangel gets to keep his seat, this wasn’t as much “draining the swamp” as it was just throwing a capful of watered-down chlorine into the muck.
To his credit, Rangel did apologize… for the fact that there are idiots who can’t understand why he shouldn’t be held to the same legal standards as everybody else.
Update: At a post-censure press conference, Rangel was asked about the charges average Americans would have faced for doing the same thing(s) he did. Rangel’s response? “I don’t deal in average American citizens.”
(h/t Weasel Zippers)
**Written by Doug Powers
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If it was little ol’ me, I would be in jail.
Yep! Most of us would be bunking with Wesley Snipes if we did what Rangel did.
Proof positive that there are only two classes now in this country: Government Elite, and everyone else.
Pathetic.
Rangel is scum whether he knows it or not. The day cannot come soon enough when he is out of office. I sadly yearn for a Nixon style crook who, with a conscious, knows he’s been caught.
You gotta love how the corruptocrats applauded his speech at the end.
Harlem and Manhattan deserve to be the destitute, poor pile of concrete it is by electing people like Rangel.
The American people in such cases deserve what they get.
Q: Have there been any Blacks in the House of Representatives that aren’t/weren’t crooks since J.C. Watts left in 2003?
A: most likely not.
With the biggest one being the POTUS.
As expected Rangel’s punishment is non-existent.
And Pelosi looked as it she was mortified that she had to read that bull$h#$% statement.
Back to business as usual.
Rangel is now a hero in his swamp.
So one turd gets called out by the other turds in the cesspool because he stinks. So goes the ruling class.
I sent the following e-mail to Rep. Mazie Hirono (D.-Hawaii). My district has Charles Djou (R.), a freshman who has defeated.
Why can’t Rangel be referred to Federal prosecutors in addition to censure and be punished like Wesley Snipes?
When will people realize that for the folks in Rangel’s district being a tax cheat and scofflaw is a feature, not a bug.
As head of the ways and means committee, had a Republican president done what HE had, he would have called for his impeachment. There can be no doubt about it; however, he stands there proudly, and says that his “oversights” did not meet the standards of merely being censured. If they didn’t (based upon those who had been), then there obviously should be more congressmen EXPELLED for their “oversight” than being censured.
His self-centered, spoiled rotten speech proves beyond a doubt that he considers any actions that he takes as his entitlement, both as a “suppressed minority,” and as an elected elite. He will never be truly sorry for any of his crimes–that is until he faces Christ in the hereafter, and then he’ll REALLY be sorry…
Corrupt, liars and shamelessly unrepentant.
BUT.
They want everyone else to pay every penny to the point of arresting old ladies for owing that amount.
I prefer to think he’ll just go directly to he**…..
In my best Chawly voice:
” Neaw, I’y may have walked over theah and saw a bus buying a dozen eggs but, I fought in Korea and doen’t that mean somthing? Now, that being said, I did not even know I had a Beach House in the Dominican Republic neva mind the sand in my shoes.”
Rangel is another example of “I’m Rulling Class Elite”, you’re not, so don’t bother me and another in the black leadership community that has the undying support of their constituents. Hey, he’s doin it to tha man. And Yes, a Democrat, what did you expect from him, the Speaker, and his pals in Congress? You think they didn’t know before it was forced into the spotlight?
Well, I hate to be the one to say this, but all this baloney is a simple racial thing. If this were a white guy, he would be toast in an orange jumpsuit. It is “reverse racism” pure and simple; there is no other explanation.
The left has been so successful at creating white guilt that we don’t even notice that this guy is a filthy criminal low-life who should be in jail, period. But noooo, he gets a free pass because of his skin color.
Drain the swamp my hairy (um, never mind); I just hope the new Repubs received the message and will restore honor to our Congress. In 2012 we will finish the job and boot-out the remaining Progressive (commie) bastards (that includes Barry) and get this country moving again.
Speaking of Wesley Snipes, if I were his lawyers I wouls start working on a Rangel Rule appeal.
Truesoldier said:
You said it first true — snipes should be using the Rangel defence.
Did Bernie Madoff get a standing O at his conviction? Dude’s a crook who for some inexplicable reason is not going to jail, and you applaude him?
Did you do the same for Randy Cunningham, a real hero?
Really, as said above, Wesley Snipes should start serving jail time as soon as Rangel does.
No kidding. ‘Nuff said.
The only good moment of the “punishment” was Nancy’s wooden expression of disdain. How low her “glass ceiling” has shattered.[insert evil witch laughter here]
To give this arrogant scum an ovation for corruption speaks volumes for the Democrats…long may they wane.
Charlie may not be judged by Harlem standards or as a pathological liar (which is a requirement of the Democrat Party); as he “did not receive due process”..and..”there was no proof.” [Yeah, right, Charlie]…or whatever lies spew from his froggy throat. He has been judged, however, by the rest of the nation paying attention; and he will be judged if he makes it as far as the Pearly Gates: just like the rest of us “average citizens” of mankind.
What a f***ing joke!
Rangel is simply the epitomy of ghetto street trash…he and Harlem go together like apple pie and ice cream
Just goes to show how far out of touch the liberal Dems in Congress are with not only the American people but with reality in general.
Charlie brings home the bacon to his constituents who believe they are entitled to much, much more. He’s their hero. I’m surprised they aren’t marching in the streets in his support. But, really, what is censure but a little public shaming that the majority of the people watching don’t agree with. After all, they’ve probably done at least as much as Charlie but haven’t gotten caught.
Hangifire, I applaud your note to Rep Hirono. A standing O for idiots.
Kind of like all those New Yorkers who would crowd the streets to cheer mobster John Gotti after his latest acquittal.
and by the way, mind your own damn business.
RE: If I had a choice, I’d love to bunk w/Wesley. He’d at least have my back.
You damn skippy.
Shame, one of the most powerful motivators, is officially dead. The left have been systematically destroying it for decades. This is why they fight the Christian religion. And we start in schools with all the self-esteem crap (no need to worry about acting out or failing).
The only shame a congresscritter feels is if he gets voted out of office. That is, until he lands his cushy lobbyist position.
What a lousy, arrogant, elitist, dangerous *** (fill in the appropriate, accurate, deserved term of your choice).
So godd*mn many alligators to eliminate before one can drain the swamp…
from a photocopy I saw posted on an office wall years and years ago, of a guy up to his knees in water with several alligators around him:
“When you’re up to your @$$ in alligators, it’s hard to remember that what you came to do in the first place was to drain the swamp.”
This America-hater/destroyer deserves The Comfy Chair….
I would like to point out that one of those protesting the harshness of censuring Rangel was Mary Matalin, you know, the George Bush/Karl Rove/ married to the “ragin Cajun” Mary Matalin?
Democrats aren’t the only ones who are tone deaf.
The Democrats resemble a party from some small, backward banana republic every day. Sadly, America’s most educated and most powerful support this drift.
As the Founders knew, power corrupts. Which is why government should be entrusted with as limited power as possible. The now Marxist-driven Democrat Party is the poster child on why we need a Second amendment.
“…friend of Bill O’Reilly.”
Rangel is so corrupt if he fell in the pond the scum would die.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET EXPELLED FROM THIS SEWER, KILL SOMEONE IN THE WELL OF CONGRESS ON C-SPAN?
What Rangel said:
What the knuckle-draggers heard:
What the intelligent people heard:
If you killed a fellow liberal, his family would be on the news the next day forgiving you. If you killed a conservative the liberal press would be trying to prove he had it coming.
So…no.
From Politics Daily:
Peter King has clearly been living on planet Congress. Rangel has never been on my radar screen, but I’ve seen him showing disrespect quite often. He relished the thought of pushing Dick Cheney out of an office in 2006. Rangel called Cheney “a mean old man and I don’t pay too much attention to him …What does he know? You have never read anything where he has been involved in improving the economy of this country, whether were talking about jobs, taxes, revenue, training. If you were to ask somebody ‘what’s the first thing that comes to your mind when it comes to the vice president?’ And it would be anger, war and going hunting with your friends.”
Difference between Rangel and Snipes? One actually paid after he was caught, and the other continues to deny he owes it.
To me the amazing part of this ending is RANGEL gets a WRIST SLAP, while on the other end of the WESLEY SNIPES is going to prison for three years… Go figure!!!
Rangel wants to blame his censure on “the political tide” and the constituency of the House.
For the record, the Democrats still have a strong majority in the House.
For the record, Nancy Pelosi is still the Speaker of the House.
For the record, more Democrats (170) than Republicans (163) voted to censure Rangel.
Rangel wants to pretend that this was a partisan Republican lynching.
Sorry, Charlie. That just isn’t the truth.
What those dummies in New York don’t seem to understand or care is that by voting this piece of trash into Congress, ALL of us in this country are affected by the sleazy things he does. The fact that some of these con artists in Congress voted to NOT censure Rangel is just ANOTHER example (far too many) of how important it is to know who gets voted in. I am beyond disgusted….
Solution: tax all the poor Blacks and lazy college students in Manhattan.
Time to pay your fair share!
Seventy nine nays? Um, how many of them are members of the Congressional Black Caucus? Apologizing for criminal behavior is one thing, but race allegiance is another…remind us again…who are the racists?
If those who voted “nay,” did so because they didn’t feel he did anything wrong, then perhaps investigations should be opened up on them as well.
How many black Congressman voted for Censure? My guess is very near zero.
Can someone please explain why he has not been brought up on criminal charges.
If we the people had broken the law like he did we would be arrested and jailed.
He broke the law, a censure is not punishment.
I’m going to use the “Rangel” defense with the IRS if I have to, and if that don’t work I will try the “Timmy Geithner” defense. Something telln’ me that ain’t gonna work for me. Guess I had better pay up?
Says something very discouraging about the quality of people we have in the House, they don’t have time to read bills they vote on, their excuse is that they wouldn’t understand anyway and they admire criminals?…..I really hope that they are not very representive