November 18, 2010

Rangel - Take Pity On Me UPDATED
— Dave in Texas

Gawd.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Charles Rangel is pleading for mercy after the House ethics committee earlier this week found him guilty of 11 violations of House rules. The panel is meeting at noon Thursday to decide on a punishment.

"There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. I've failed in carrying out my responsibilities. I made numerous mistakes,'' Mr. Rangel said in remarks prepared for delivery at Thursday's hearing before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

If all they can realistically do is reprimand or censure him, what the hell kind of mercy is he cryin for, a hug?


UPDATE: just because


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Posted by: Dave in Texas at 07:14 AM | Comments (169)
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1 Shithead.

Posted by: ParisParamus at November 18, 2010 07:17 AM (bN5ZU)

2
Cocksucker.

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:17 AM (uFokq)

3 95 percenter.

Posted by: Barbarian at November 18, 2010 07:19 AM (EL+OC)

4 I have sinned!

Posted by: Charlie Rangel at November 18, 2010 07:19 AM (X+3Pf)

5 Fuck you Charlie.  For years you gamed the system and made out like a bandit and now you've been caught and convicted.  Take it like a man and own it.  Spineless piece of shit!  This is leadership?

Posted by: CDR M at November 18, 2010 07:19 AM (Mv/2X)

6 Ignore the piece of shit and maybe he'll go away.

Posted by: rplat at November 18, 2010 07:19 AM (4vq8i)

7 There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. WTF kind of mealy-mouthed phraseology is that?!? "I'm sorry I did wrong" is simple and direct. This is just some non-denial denial that apologizes while apologizing for nothing. And that "no excuse" thing is pretty rich, given his foot-dragging, threats, and passive-aggressive grandstanding ever since this fiasco came to light. What a fricking douchebag this guy is. And a bona-fide war hero -- just more evidence that too much time in D.C. rots away whatever part of your soul that knows right from wrong. Whatever he was as a younger man, he's just another corrupt machine Democrat and has been for a long, long time.

Posted by: Monty at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (4Pleu)

8

He's touting his four decades of 'service'.

What the hell did he actually accomplish other than fucking up the tax code?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (pLTLS)

9
You guys hear this?

The town of Brookline, MA, (part of Barney Franksucker's wacky district), is now allowing ALL residents over 18yo to vote in their town's elections, as long as they have a Green Card (wink, wink).

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (uFokq)

10 He's hoping for a slightly less sternly worded letter signed xoxoxo.

Posted by: Andy at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (7Rylv)

11 I didn't do it.  And, if I did it, I didn't mean to do it.  Please, don't hold me responsible for my actions.

Posted by: Cholly at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (QgmBR)

12 How about a little mercy for the taxpayer you sack of shit?  I'd like to see him picking up soap for the rest of his term, in a nice, cozy cell with a big, strapping roommate. 

Posted by: Ms Choksondik at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (3jZ02)

13 "There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. I've failed in carrying out my responsibilities. I made numerous mistakes,''

If you acknowledge your faults and wish to make amends, Rangel, you should resign your House seat and report to Rikers.  Its easy to accept responsibility, even for grievous crimes, if you know there will be little to no consequences for your actions. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 18, 2010 07:20 AM (9hSKh)

14 Things like this makes it inebitable that Dems will win 100 seats in November.

Posted by: snapfaggot at November 18, 2010 07:21 AM (X+3Pf)

15 Resign.

Posted by: Fritz at November 18, 2010 07:21 AM (GwPRU)

16
Question: Can the residents of MA sue Brookline for malfeasance on the grounds of an undue burden put on the taxpayers by allowing illegals to vote?

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:21 AM (uFokq)

17 Yesterday: I did absolutely nothing wrong you racist Pilates.

Today: There is absolutely no excuse for all that wrong stuff I did. But I've changed.  There's a new me. Don't punish the old me.  That wouldn't be fair.


--


Hayek: We do not hold a man responsible because he might have acted differently at the time; we hold him responsible to make him different.

There is no "new man" without the action of responsibility, regardless of protestations otherwise.

Posted by: ef at November 18, 2010 07:22 AM (c7Pp2)

18 If someone will do it, I'll compile a website called 'Rangel© Got Slapped!'

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 18, 2010 07:22 AM (pLTLS)

19 Sod off you tax cheat.

Posted by: boniface ballers at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (bPbwB)

20
Keep laughing at my suggestion we have a Bill of Rights for Taxpayers/Citizens.

This shit is just gonna continue and we'll truly be an 'open' society soon.

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (uFokq)

21

I made numerous mistakes,'' Mr. Rangel said

 

Sure Charlie, they were just mistakes and nothing more. You haven't been misusing your position and power for years. You just made a couple of mistake. Lying sack of shit

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (1Jaio)

22 There can be no excuse for my acts of omission of shame.

Posted by: Chollie Rangel at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (GwPRU)

23 OK, I'm confused--are we all still racists?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (U6LOz)

24 From the WSJ article: "I hope my four decades of service merit a sanction that is in keeping with and no greater than House precedents and also contains a drop of fairness and mercy,'' Mr. Rangel said in the closing words of the prepared statement.

I agree! He should be eligible for parole in only 20 years instead of 50 years.

The entitlement mentality that permeates Congress needs to be destroyed. Anyone who isn't a member of the D.C. Royalty would have been jailed for doing a small part of what Rangel and the rest of the privileged crooks in Congress do every day.

Orange jumpsuits for (almost) all!

Posted by: MrScribbler at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (Ulu3i)

25 In the immortal words of Dexter Morgan, 'You've done this too many times to be sorry.'

Posted by: Secundus at November 18, 2010 07:23 AM (kx1pE)

26
btw, Laura Ingraham's impression of Skunk Napolitano is super funny.

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:24 AM (uFokq)

27 Please water down the strongly worded letter!!

Posted by: Charly Rangel at November 18, 2010 07:26 AM (23mT8)

28 He sounds like Uncle Leo on Seinfeld when he got caught shopliftng; in content that is; in voice he sounds like Daffy Duck on a mega-bender.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 18, 2010 07:26 AM (ccPlf)

29 Rangel - the fact that you and your ilk are not wearing orange jumpsuits is more "mercy" than you've ever deserved.

Posted by: Cheri at November 18, 2010 07:26 AM (oiNtH)

30 Mistakes wuh made.

Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 18, 2010 07:26 AM (SPzrI)

31 OK, I'm confused--are we all still racists?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 18, 2010 11:23 AM

The answer to that question is always Yes.

Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 18, 2010 07:27 AM (SPzrI)

32 I deeply regret getting caught.

Posted by: SurferDoc at November 18, 2010 07:27 AM (RKpGM)

33

If all they can realistically do is reprimand or censure him, what the hell kind of mercy is he cryin for, a hug?

Why don't you all mind your own goddamned business?  Â© 

Posted by: Charlie Rangel at November 18, 2010 07:28 AM (9hSKh)

34

"You're a naughtly boy, Fawlty! Don't do it again!"

Didn't the Republican controlled House of Reps fine Gingrich $250,000 for paperwork errors in response to all kinds of ethics charges that were all dismissed? Hint hint, Dems...

Posted by: mallfly at November 18, 2010 07:28 AM (bJm7W)

35 Acts of Emission? Isn't that what Pee Wee Herman got busted for?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at November 18, 2010 07:28 AM (eQrQ9)

36 This is just sick. We know he broke the law, we know he refused to even acknowledge the validity of the investigation, we know he holds both his constituents and the Congress in utter contempt, and all he's gonna get is a gently-worded letter?
Go to hell, Rangel. How many thousands of people in your district were counting on you to use your influence to help them? Instead you sold it to the highest bidder. Any decent political Party would've ejected you long ago.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 07:28 AM (Z6Mgb)

37 "I made numerous mistakes"

Is that before or after taxes?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 18, 2010 07:29 AM (23mT8)

38  Oh, my goodness, Rangel's singing a very different tune from a week ago, or a month, or a year. 


Posted by: JEM at November 18, 2010 07:30 AM (o+SC1)

39 I'm sure Rangel will just get a little slap on the wrist, maybe a small fine. There will be hugs and high fives all around when he beats the rap.

But it would be nice if he weren't burdened with the memory of harsh language to spoil his idylls at his Dominican resort.

Posted by: arhooley, conflicted Californian at November 18, 2010 07:30 AM (SPzrI)

40 #34  I'm sure that The Rangel Mercy Rule could be claimed by a lot of people that underpaid on their taxes.  I'm sure the IRS would be just as forgiving to those people as it will be to Charlie Rangel.

Have you seen the infamous Jason Mattera "mind your own goddamned business" clip, where he asks about using the "Rangel Rule" to avoid paying penalties at the end? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 18, 2010 07:31 AM (9hSKh)

41

Complete O/T but I love this map.

Keep it mind every time you hear a regressive say they just didn't message their achievements properly.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 18, 2010 07:32 AM (pLTLS)

42 Goddam Turbo-Tax screwed me up!

Posted by: SurferDoc at November 18, 2010 07:32 AM (RKpGM)

43
I don't understand why Ted Stevens had a huge DOJ investigation for his alleged "numerous mistakes" but the DOJ is not interested in Rangel's.


Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:32 AM (uFokq)

44 Managing expectations.  He knows he'll get a meaningless non-punishment; if he does the 'cry for mercy' thing first, he can say he 'swayed the panel' and declare victory.  It's all posture and theater, and all it was ever going to be.

Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at November 18, 2010 07:32 AM (GBXon)

45 You know, I think we should have a Constitutional Amendment (its what it would take) that any violation of Congressional Ethics rules will a) be tried by a citizen jury and b) be punishable, on conviction, by immediate removal from office.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:34 AM (8y9MW)

46 The classic definition of chutzpah: Stealing from your employer and then pleading for mercy when you become unemployed.

Posted by: logprof at November 18, 2010 07:35 AM (BP6Z1)

47 The House has the option to expel a member, you know.  They did it to Meyers in 1980 and Traficant in 2002.

Posted by: OwaTeyGooSiam at November 18, 2010 07:35 AM (/vkVQ)

48 47) Only if (a) is staffed by citizens from outside their state and district.  Preferably well outside.

The neo-feudal bonds of bribery pull both ways, y'know.

Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at November 18, 2010 07:37 AM (GBXon)

49
I want Rangel to be forced to wear a dunce cap in public for the next two years.

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:37 AM (uFokq)

50 I have also failed in carrying out my responsibilities.

Posted by: Worm Infested Pond Scum at November 18, 2010 07:38 AM (23mT8)

51 I have become a cultural racist.  I loath "black culture" as it exists on the streets, buses, and subways of NYC.  Rangel is a benefactor of The Black Stupid.  The Black Pseudo-Victim.  The Black Culture of We Are Still Slaves, and The White-ie Cannot Be Voted For Stupid.

Posted by: ParisParamus at November 18, 2010 07:38 AM (bN5ZU)

52 @49 - Yeah, which is why the ethics committee did this now.  There stands a chance that a still Democrat majority will get to decide his fate: which would mean he'd get a bonus and extra days of paid vacation.  If they had waited, then the new congress would have bumped him to the front of the line, and a Republican majority congress (knowing that throwing C. Rangel under the bus would be red meat for their base) would expel him in a heart-beat.

It's also why he didn't actually mount a defense: he saw the same timing and knew that he'd get convicted either way: so better to have his own buddies deciding his fate than the Republicans in January.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:39 AM (8y9MW)

53 @50 - Agreed.  Say, minimum two states away from their home district.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:40 AM (8y9MW)

54 Answer to the TSA problem: Bomb Sniffing Pigs If they can find truffles then a snort a day can keep the Jihadist away!

Posted by: The Great and Secret Show at November 18, 2010 07:41 AM (61UnK)

55

You know how most sentencing phases have victim impact statements?

Every taxpayer deserves the right to to appear before the Ethics Committee and scream about this guy.

Posted by: LibertarianJim

 

Hear him!!!

Posted by: Blue Hen © at November 18, 2010 07:41 AM (R2fpr)

56 You mean he's actually admitting he did something wrong, and not blaming racism?

Are you sure it's Charlie Rangel who said this, and not one of his robot duplicates going on the fritz?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 18, 2010 07:41 AM (bvfVF)

57 this also confirms something I've said for a long time about the way Libs and Lefties think and act: Democrats make mistakes, Republicans break the law.

Posted by: mallfly at November 18, 2010 07:42 AM (bJm7W)

58 Wasn't he all defiant and shit just like 2 fucking days ago? That's just pathetic...

Posted by: James at November 18, 2010 07:43 AM (Vfyfq)

59

Did he just say "I was wrong and I have violated the very laws I was sworn to uphold and violated the trust of my constituents. I hereby resign immediately. Thank you."?

No?

Never mind.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 18, 2010 07:43 AM (3jxR/)

60 Anybody have the youtube clip of Jerry's uncle (Seinfeld) getting caught shoplifting and pleading 'I'm an old man.  I'm confused....'?

It seems appropriate.

Posted by: Voltaires Crack at November 18, 2010 07:43 AM (TkYvC)

61

11.18.2010

Re:  A Punishment to Fit the Crime(s)

Dear Congressman Rangel:

All of us Tax Slaves have pooled our brainpower and come up with a punishment for your numerous very serious crimes, which is, how shall I say this?, fitting, if nothing else.

You are hereby sentenced to be porked in the ass with the tax code, every mother-fucking book of it, and when the last volume has been shoved up your formerly squeeky hole, Joe the Plumber will administer a Louisville Slugger (size 34) donkey punch to the back of your coconut.

Then you may take your seat in the House chamber, if you can, and serve out the remainder of your term.

With Malice Aforethought,

Sharkman, et al.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 18, 2010 07:44 AM (sqNU7)

62

There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. I've failed in carrying out my responsibilities. I made numerous mistakes

Claiming he made mistakes IS making an excuse.  He is not owning what he did if he calls it mistakes.  I am so tired of socialists lying and bastardizing the English language.

Posted by: Speller at November 18, 2010 07:46 AM (J74Py)

63 WTF?  I go to jail and Charlie gets keep his seat in Congress?

Posted by: Randy "Duke" Cunningham at November 18, 2010 07:46 AM (JSetw)

64 The ethics problems forced him to give up his chairmanship of the powerful tax-writing Ways & Means Committee in March.

What is the mercy he wants? It's about this. As Chairman, or ranking minority member,  of an important committee like Ways and Means a member gets a much bigger budget and staff then other House members. He also gets a bigger, and choicer, office.

The mercy he wants is to have a penalty that doesn't preclude him from being ranking member on Ways and Means and keeping his perks. A reprimand would do this, a censure would not.

Members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold, but they are not removed from their elected position.

Rangel is 80. Even if he lives another 20 years he knows the only way he get's a chance at a significant chairmanship if the Dems retake the House is to keep it now as ranking member. 80 some odd year old guys with censure on their record get platitudes and shuffled to the back bench.

Posted by: Rocks at November 18, 2010 07:47 AM (Q1lie)

65 Kust remmember that this ethics panel COULD have been stopped by Pelosi. All of these charges also happened when Hastret was Speaker but he chose NOT to go after ANY Reps of either party

Posted by: archie bunker at November 18, 2010 07:49 AM (0YS61)

66 Do we get to repeal all the bolloxed tax code this criminal presided over? You know, all that crap I have to swear under penalty of perjury to abide by?

Posted by: navybrat at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (PpBAq)

67 I love that he's calling them "acts of omission."  This comes from the popular Christian prayer: "Please forgive us our sins of commission and omission..."  The idea, of course, being that when we do something bad, that's a Sin, but when we fail to do something good, that is also a Sin.

Chuck?  You didn't sin.  You didn't just, say, fail to help some lady by the side of the road.  You didn't just fail to alert the convenience store clerk that the guy at the counter was buying beer for teenagers in a car outside.

You broke the law.  That was an active choice, and an "act of commission."

You're not apologizing, you're evading.  Own it, punk.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (8y9MW)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (A/iZj)

69 I have become a cultural racist.  I loath "black culture" as it exists on the streets, buses, and subways of NYC.  Rangel is a benefactor of The Black Stupid.  The Black Pseudo-Victim.  The Black Culture of We Are Still Slaves, and The White-ie Cannot Be Voted For Stupid.

The only nit I'll pick with this is the phrase "black culture."  There is no black culture.  There is no black counter culture.  There is only black anti-culture.  That's why doing well in school, not committing crimes, and not having illegitimate children is "acting white."  What part of Snoop Dog Kanye West, Skip Gates, King Shabazz "culture" is not harmful to the very people they pretend to represent?   

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (xxgag)

70
STFU, dunce

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (uFokq)

71 Poor, poor, poor me!
Poor, poor pitiful me!

Posted by: ya2daup at November 18, 2010 07:50 AM (UzjcV)

72 Since I only omit You must acquit!

Posted by: Charlie Rangel at November 18, 2010 07:51 AM (TMB3S)

73 Posted by: archie bunker at November 18, 2010 11:49 AM (0YS61)

Yes, it could have, if she'd wanted to commit political suicide and take the rest of the Dems with her.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:52 AM (8y9MW)

74 Yawwwn.  In a couple of weeks he'll be strutting high, wide and handsome again as restored and rehabilitated Chairman of the the Ways and Means Committee.  For Pete's sake,  this is a Democrat we're talking about here.  You should know by now, the rules don't apply to them. 

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at November 18, 2010 07:53 AM (PZLW0)

75
Cholly, just go before the cameras, look to heaven, and cry like a baby.  It worked for me when I was caught picking up hookers for blowjobs.

Posted by: Jimmy Swaggart, Man of Faith at November 18, 2010 07:53 AM (v1gw3)

76 I suspect his punishment will be a stern talking-to.

Posted by: Steve L. at November 18, 2010 07:53 AM (Gkhxf)

77 I suspect his punishment will be a stern congratulatory talking-to.

FTFY

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at November 18, 2010 07:55 AM (8y9MW)

78
Best comment about Cholly seen on another blog?

Charlie Rangel improved the transportation system in Brooklyn by moving the trees closer together.

Posted by: Tonto the Tattler at November 18, 2010 07:55 AM (v1gw3)

79 78 I suspect his punishment will be a stern talking-to, followed by a wink and a pat on the shoulder.

Posted by: Steve L. at November 18, 2010 11:53 AM (Gkhxf)


FIFY

Posted by: Josef K. at November 18, 2010 07:56 AM (7+pP9)

80 He's using '40 years of public service' as a mitigating factor?  Just because his constituents are stupid or racist to keep electing him doesn't begin to justify tax fraud.  I'm hoping against hope that this leads to an IRS trial, which is the only apparent way he will be punished.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 18, 2010 07:57 AM (AskuI)

81 What can be done to an 80yr old jackass; he's already stolen all the stuff he'll need to get by.

Posted by: dogfish at November 18, 2010 07:58 AM (Ncv/n)

82

And that picture sums it all up doesn't it?

Meanwhile the House is working on sending a bill to Obama that will make it easier for federal employees to work from home.

Anything they want. The precious chosen ones.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 18, 2010 07:58 AM (pLTLS)

83

44
I don't understand why Ted Stevens had a huge DOJ investigation for his alleged "numerous mistakes" but the DOJ is not interested in Rangel's.

The current DOJ is totally corrupted and politicized, and the American media is in on the cover-up.  With a Republican President, any hint of impropriety in the DOJ resulted in multiple investigations by the Democrat Congress, lovingly covered and re-covered every day by the media.  Like the Iraelis say, all you have to do to know what the Arabs are up to is listen to what they are accusing us of doing.

Rangel, and the disparate treatment of his crimes by the DOJ and in the media, needs to be front and center in the Republican play-book for a long, long time.

Posted by: sherlock at November 18, 2010 07:58 AM (H9eC4)

84 Time to repeal the voting rights act.

Posted by: Barbarian at November 18, 2010 07:58 AM (EL+OC)

85 Reparations.  Score!

Posted by: dogfish at November 18, 2010 07:59 AM (Ncv/n)

86 That picture of the POS looking like a beached whale....wish there was a follow-up pic of some beach urchin stealing his Rolex.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 18, 2010 08:00 AM (UOM48)

87

Jagg-off!

 

Posted by: dananjcon at November 18, 2010 08:04 AM (pr+up)

88 Time to repeal the voting rights act.

Really?

Posted by: Lt. Col Allen West (R-Elect) at November 18, 2010 08:04 AM (pLTLS)

89 That picture is confusing me. It looks like his appendages are on backwards.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at November 18, 2010 08:04 AM (HaYO4)

90 Mobys are out in force today.

Posted by: Have Blue at November 18, 2010 08:06 AM (mV+es)

91 86 Time to repeal the voting rights act.

Posted by: Barbarian at November 18, 2010 11:58 AM (EL+OC)


RACIST !

Posted by: Powell, Watts & Rice LLC at November 18, 2010 08:06 AM (EL+OC)

92 Think of this, he is also eligible for all the pensions, salaries and health card becuase of his length of service.

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at November 18, 2010 08:06 AM (zqzYV)

93 Rangel should be booted from Congress for stealing postage and if the amount stolen meets felony guidelines, then prison time in Attica.  I'm sure he'll have lots of time to meeting with his former constituents there.

Posted by: TexBob at November 18, 2010 08:06 AM (7cXE7)

94 "I made numerous mistakes criminal acts"

FIFY Charley

Posted by: wrg at November 18, 2010 08:08 AM (mB2ub)

95 So who's taking over House Ways and Means?

Oh, by the way.  In my fantasy future administration, Chris Christie is head of both Transportation and Education.  There's enough of him to go around, and the epic clean-ups would be popcorn-worthy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 18, 2010 08:08 AM (UOM48)

96 Now.... the big question... how does San Fran Nan run the "most ethical Congress EVAH", if this guy stays on as Head of the ways on means comittee?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 18, 2010 08:09 AM (AdK6a)

97 To be honest this shit is boring me. Slap the fat fuck on the wrist like ya always intended and lets move on.

Posted by: nevergiveup at November 18, 2010 08:09 AM (0GFWk)

98 Reprimand or censure?  What happened to... expulsion?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 18, 2010 08:09 AM (RY/Dc)

99 98 So who's taking over House Ways and Means?

Oh, by the way.  In my fantasy future administration, Chris Christie is head of both Transportation and Education.  There's enough of him to go around, and the epic clean-ups would be popcorn-worthy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 18, 2010 12:08 PM (UOM4

I go a different direction...

Chris Christie... Head of the TREASURY Dept.

Imagine him talking to the Fed?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 18, 2010 08:10 AM (AdK6a)

100 This is Kabuki. Nothing will happen. The questions of interest are: -Who was involved in dropping any threat of expulsion? - What is his net worth vs. the total net of pay he got in his years of service? I bet it's at least 100:1. Any time you hear this 'service' crap it means they act nice to the peasants when they can. Nice to see the MFM all over this as usual. Imagine if it were any conservative, or even a freakin RINO. Keep it up Donkeys. In 2012 we're gonna party like it's 1776.

Posted by: cali grump at November 18, 2010 08:11 AM (hL0k8)

101 103 Only impotent white assholes like me should be able to vote.

Posted by: Barbarino at November 18, 2010 12:13 PM (pLTLS)

Hey, I can vote too!

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at November 18, 2010 08:13 AM (zqzYV)

102

oh, the racism of it all!

 

Posted by: garrett at November 18, 2010 08:14 AM (Y0bvq)

103

And that picture sums it all up doesn't it?

Quite possibly the biggest camel-toe ever. 

Posted by: Roadking at November 18, 2010 08:14 AM (uNgbA)

104 Uh, don't forget....Jim DeMint started the recession.

Posted by: Alvin Greene (D-Saturn), 2012 presidential candidate at November 18, 2010 08:15 AM (UOM48)

105 Ethics Committee hearing livestream

Posted by: Bomber© at November 18, 2010 08:15 AM (qzoN5)

106 105 That's definitely moose knuckle territory there, chief...

Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at November 18, 2010 08:16 AM (GBXon)

107

"Quite possibly the biggest camel-toe ever. "

I'm telling you his ass is on backwards.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at November 18, 2010 08:17 AM (HaYO4)

108

push him back in....he's dyin!

 

Posted by: dananjcon at November 18, 2010 08:17 AM (pr+up)

109

He's using '40 years of public service' as a mitigating factor?

No, he's saying "I'm a Democrat who got re-elected 10 times and I'll keep the seat warm for you if your letter isn't so scathing as to help my opponent in the next election and hurt my chances of being re-elected again."

It isn't a mitigating factor, it's a veiled statement of solidarity with his party.

Posted by: Speller at November 18, 2010 08:17 AM (J74Py)

110 Ethics Committee hearing livestream.

Jo Bonner is ripping the Dems right now. 

Posted by: Bomber© at November 18, 2010 08:19 AM (qzoN5)

111 I can't help but holdiong out 1% of hope that they boot his ass.
I know, I know, but he did diss the entire Committee that had spent months dealing with his skeevy ass. They might be royally pissed at him for wasting all their time and then showing them his ass when it mattered.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 08:19 AM (Z6Mgb)

112

I'm telling you his ass is on backwards.

I'll buy that.  Take a look at that picture and imagine being the TSA agent that has to pat that shit down..........

 

Posted by: Roadking at November 18, 2010 08:20 AM (uNgbA)

113 Bonner on Rangel's military service (paraphrase):

The quality of his military service is not up for debate.  Nor is it relevant.

Posted by: Bomber© at November 18, 2010 08:20 AM (qzoN5)

114
Jo Bonner R-TX is the ranking minority member on the ethics comm.

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 08:20 AM (uFokq)

115 Pathetic turd.  That is all.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 18, 2010 08:20 AM (M6enm)

116 Jo Bonner R-TX  AL is the ranking minority member on the ethics comm.

I like this guy.  Well, for a congressman.

Posted by: Bomber© at November 18, 2010 08:21 AM (qzoN5)

117
Notice how the word scandal is not used here.



But if Bristol Palin forgets to vote, it's a scandal and 'shocking revelation.'

Posted by: Soothsayer Maximus at November 18, 2010 08:22 AM (uFokq)

118 Bonner looks a lot like Rush Limbaugh.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 08:22 AM (Z6Mgb)

119

"... imagine being the TSA agent that has to pat that shit down"

I will chop my own hands off and set them on fire.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at November 18, 2010 08:22 AM (HaYO4)

120

 

TSA Agent:  "Sir it would sure help if you would tell me where your stomach ends and your ass starts......"

Rep. Rangel:  "None of your goddammned bidnesssa."

Posted by: Roadking at November 18, 2010 08:22 AM (uNgbA)

121 119
Notice how the word scandal is not used here.

The word scandal is racist.

Posted by: Powell, Watts & Rice LLC at November 18, 2010 08:23 AM (EL+OC)

122 Omission, def:
1. something left out: 
something that has been deliberately or accidentally left out or not done
2. omitting of something: the act of omitting something, or the state of being omitted

Synonyms: oversight, lapse, error, blunder, faux pas, slip, inadvertence.


Yeah, he is really sorry.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at November 18, 2010 08:23 AM (JcRgg)

123 Oh jeez. Jawbone of a young woman found in Aruba. 
Maybe that family can finally have a measure of peace.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 08:25 AM (Z6Mgb)

124 In other news, Alvin Greene really is planning to run for president in 2012. 

(from the AP):

Awaiting a South Carolina court hearing related to two obscenity charges, former U.S. senate hopeful Alvin Greene said Tuesday he's not through with politics and already has his eye on his next pursuit:  the White House.

"I was born to be president," Greene said, seated in the back row of a courtroom in the Richland County Courthouse in Columbia.  "I am the greatest person that ever lived."


Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 18, 2010 08:26 AM (UOM48)

125 They're trying to sweep this under the rug now, because he'd be expelled for sure come January.

Posted by: Iblis at November 18, 2010 08:28 AM (9221z)

126 When I first started working and paying taxes, I forgot to declare some income I'd earned freelancing. I honestly forgot - I was young and new to the hell that is tax preparation, and the company that paid me didn't send me any tax paperwork (they told me they wouldn't, so my bad). The IRS came down on me like a ton of bricks - and mind you, this wasn't much money. I got off with a pretty excessive fine, which I could ill-afford at the time. But I paid, and made sure that it won't ever happen again. Meanwhile, Good Time Charlie and a host of other government parasites treat the tax code and other laws like they're just suggestions, and there are token punishments, or none at all. And they wonder why a lot of the general public is so angry.

Posted by: Infidel Librarian at November 18, 2010 08:28 AM (rpLB1)

127

Rangel, the man with the golden gunt.

http://tinyurl.com/76smf


 

Posted by: dananjcon at November 18, 2010 08:30 AM (pr+up)

128 Now.... the big question... how does San Fran Nan run the "most ethical Congress EVAH", if this guy stays on as Head of the ways on means comittee?

I wouldn't worry about it too much.  Charlie won't be the head of Ways and Means much longer anyway.  We've already seen to that.

Posted by: Demosthenes at November 18, 2010 08:30 AM (ldS0M)

129

Maybe that family can finally have a measure of peace.

Really? 'Good' news I guess. I mean better than thinking she's involved in sex trafficking. The things they do to those girls. Anyone is better off dead than forced to lead that life.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 18, 2010 08:32 AM (pLTLS)

130 I'll buy that.  Take a look at that picture and imagine being the TSA agent that has to pat that shit down..........

Like our ruling class flies commercial.  Come on, man... these are career politicos we're talking about.  Don't they all have private jets, at our expense?

Posted by: Lone Marauder at November 18, 2010 08:33 AM (po5rq)

131 The expulsion word is racist as well.

Posted by: Powell, Watts & Rice LLC at November 18, 2010 08:33 AM (EL+OC)

132 He's sorry all right.

Sorry he got caught, and convicted.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at November 18, 2010 08:33 AM (eCAn3)

133 Scooter Libby was unavailable for comment however Martha Stewart was heard cursing out her hired help for not getting her elected to some sort of office so she could have avoided that nasty little forced 'staycation'.

Posted by: Just A Grunt at November 18, 2010 08:37 AM (pOC9r)

134 Just a reminder for everyone, there is an nfl game tonight, so remember to pick a winner if you are in the pick'em league.

Posted by: Ben at November 18, 2010 08:38 AM (wuv1c)

135 Posted by: laceyunderalls


I don't have any children, and I can't imagine what the family goes through every day. I suppose they intellectually know that she's not ever coming back, but that iota of hope probably never goes away. Having to deal with being extorted by that Van Der Sloot scumbag must've made their lives extra hellish. If this is how the story ends and Van Der Sloot is of no potential use anymore, I highly recommend that Mrs. Holloway wire a few thousand bucks to the first Peruvian prison guard who agrees to have him raped to death.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 08:38 AM (Z6Mgb)

136 His constituents re elected him?  This is what I don't get and why I think the vote in NY is not real.

Who in their right mind, knowing you did things to enrich yourself in office, would choose to vote for you particularly since your challenger was a spectacular person who was all about getting you jobs and having all kinds of good and positive events.

Posted by: curious at November 18, 2010 08:39 AM (p302b)

137 oleaginous

Posted by: Al Gore at November 18, 2010 08:39 AM (JwUAW)

138 I doubt Cholly's even going to get a slap on the wrist.  It would be mutually assured destruction.  After 40 years, he knows where all the bodies are buried.  All the bodies.

Posted by: RushBabe at November 18, 2010 08:39 AM (a3Z62)

139 When our son was just three weeks old, my husband had to go back to his office in Chicago.  I was caring for the baby and recovering from an emergency C-section.  Our bank called and informed me the IRS had put a lien on our accounts.  I was stunned and called the local ATL offices and spoke with a vicious hag who informed  me we'd been sent a letter advising us we owed a couple hundred  dollars (this was back when we did our own taxes....and the last time we ever did).  I called D'oh and we both knew we'd never received a letter.

He called the bitch and told her we'd pay immediately, but we never had received any notice, and she laughed and told him that was "our problem." 

I hate the IRS and I hate the elites who get away with criminal acts while the rest of us are treated like crap.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 18, 2010 08:40 AM (UOM48)

140 Rangel could have won my real respect if he said bluntly "Screw you and your panel. All you will do is write a letter which I will shred. I keep my stuff and I will be reelected easily. I'm safer in my seat than you clowns." And he would be telling the truth.

Posted by: George Orwell at November 18, 2010 08:40 AM (AZGON)

141 How's that swamp-draining going, Nancy?

Posted by: Navy Guy at November 18, 2010 08:41 AM (dOOBu)

142 There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. I've failed in carrying out my responsibilities. I made numerous mistakes,''

Those mistakes were that I didn't cover my tracks good enough.  Give me another chance.  I'll do better next time.

Posted by: BarbaraS at November 18, 2010 08:42 AM (P/9nk)

143 Hey! I thought I'd get at least some respect here---I hate Jim DeMint too!

Posted by: charlie rangel (D-eplorable) at November 18, 2010 08:42 AM (eQPq+)

144 138:  The answer is as simple as it is disturbing.  They either approve, or don't care.

He is, sadly, the perfect representative of a corrupt district.

Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at November 18, 2010 08:44 AM (GBXon)

145 The Ethics Committee Should just mind their own God D*mned business!

Posted by: Foole In The Rain at November 18, 2010 08:44 AM (pELFl)

146 140 I doubt Cholly's even going to get a slap on the wrist.  It would be mutually assured destruction.  After 40 years, he knows where all the bodies are buried.  All the bodies.

Posted by: RushBabe at November 18, 2010 12:39 PM (a3Z62)


That's funny cause that is exactly what they are giving as an explanation that nany p won easily.  to me that phrase sounds like "they can blackmail everyone"....aren't we supposed to have legislators representing us who are not able to be "blackmailed"...I mean isn't it in the interests of national security for us to have non blackmailable legislators?  and other government workers?

Since she has defended him vociferously, he must know "where the bodies are buried" as regards her...

Posted by: curious at November 18, 2010 08:44 AM (p302b)

147 "144 There can be no excuse for my acts of omission. I've failed in carrying out my responsibilities. I made numerous mistakes,''

Those mistakes were that I didn't cover my tracks good enough.  Give me another chance.  I'll do better next time.

Posted by: BarbaraS at November 18, 2010 12:42 PM (P/9nk)"

"146 138:  The answer is as simple as it is disturbing.  They either approve, or don't care.

He is, sadly, the perfect representative of a corrupt district.

Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© at November 18, 2010 12:44 PM (GBXon)""

The answer in the first instance is that cholly supported hill.  The answer in the second instance is "everybody does it"....they don't care but the public cares so they feel they have to pretend to care.

Just like hannity doesn't care that your three year old son is molested before he gets on the plane to disney world.....hannity doesn't care cause he takes private jets, no matter that he says he flies commercial, with the family he'll take private jets so his kids aren't subjected to the abuse.


Posted by: curious at November 18, 2010 08:49 AM (p302b)

148

How's that swamp-draining going, Nancy?

Well um, you know it was kinda going ok but then Charlie here, yeah that's it Charlie kinda got stuck in the drain and well.....Oops my assistant here tells me I'm late for meeting so....... BYE!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at November 18, 2010 08:49 AM (uNgbA)

149

You could throw this piece of debris into the darkest dungeon, and as a practical matter it wouldn't make any difference as far as what sort of wanker represents his district. His constituents would elect somebody just like him immediately. Another thieving Congressman-for-life with banana republic tendencies.

But he should be jailed, by all means. That's where any one of us would be if we did what he did.

Why is there no criminal investigation? Lae enforcement could have moved on this a long time ago.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at November 18, 2010 08:50 AM (w41GQ)

150 Rangel is channeling George Costanza.

"If I had known it was frowned upon...!"

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 18, 2010 08:52 AM (Z6Mgb)

151 Okay.

It really is no more than a slap with a wet noodle but still, Jo Bonner from Alabama wields the slappiest wet noodle I've ever seen!

I'm pretty sure that Charlie had his hearing aid (he served in Korea, no? makes him like 112 years old) turned down as I saw him woefully nodding in apparent agreement when his fellow Representative was mourning in dirge-like tones.

A bit different when Bonner got kind of fired up about the kind of treatment a regular citizen might expect to receive if she had flouted the IRS for 17 years as the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee did.

Ultimately....

Meaningless.

I'd like to think though, that at the VERY LEAST Charlie heard at least one minute of that speech before he just said to himself, "Fuck it!  I'm Charlie Rangle!"

(Oh. BTW Fox News?  I personally could not give less of a shit about Natalee Holloway at this point in my life if you PAID me to.  I'm pretty sure that she's dead and has been for quite a while and that we all know who dunnit.)





Posted by: Deety© at November 18, 2010 08:52 AM (Jb3+B)

152 He should get the same treatment and consideration from his fellow democrats that Congressman Jim Traficant received years ago. As a matter of fact, Charlie should spend time in the same federal facility Jimbo was housed in until recently.  

Posted by: Drillanwr at November 18, 2010 08:57 AM (NcSGp)

153 Rep John Lewis(D-GA) is a certifiable retard no?


Posted by: Barbarian at November 18, 2010 09:01 AM (EL+OC)

154 Or law enforcement, even.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at November 18, 2010 09:02 AM (w41GQ)

155

Having to deal with being extorted by that Van Der Sloot scumbag must've made their lives extra hellish.

Few people know this, but a major source of meat protein in Peru is guinea pigs.  Hope he likes the taste cause that's whats cooking all day every day.

Posted by: Speller at November 18, 2010 09:08 AM (J74Py)

156 I'm Charlie Rangel, bitches.

Posted by: SurferDoc at November 18, 2010 09:09 AM (RKpGM)

157

Most ethical Congress ever, bitches.

He should be sharing a cell with Duke Cunningham.  They are both veterans, war heroes, and thieves.

Posted by: MarkD at November 18, 2010 09:25 AM (0Jy1K)

158 Censure. Meh.

Posted by: navybrat at November 18, 2010 09:32 AM (PpBAq)

159 Why this is so sad....

70 or so years ago, Charlie Rangle was smokin' hawt!

I'm not kidding you!

Click on the link moronettes and tell me you disagree.

If I were otherwise unengaged, on some random day in the early '60's, (before I was ever borne), that guy could easily tip me over when I was in my early 20's!

(Full Disclosure.  I was "pretty easy" in my early 20's.)

((Amendment to the disclosure.  I was never the kind of slut that the Feministers say that they aspire to being.  But I could have been, unlike them!))

Posted by: Deety© at November 18, 2010 09:32 AM (Jb3+B)

160 Refresh my memory, please.

What happened to the last few Republican lawmakers who sort of did what Rangel did?

Posted by: Peasant-in-the-Forest at November 18, 2010 09:43 AM (4sQwu)

161 If a republican/conservative did this they would be crucified by the dems and their internet minions and the campaign machine.

Posted by: >>>>>> at November 18, 2010 10:05 AM (p302b)

162

Ethics Committee????  If Wangle was a Republican he would have been testifying before a Special Prosecutor.

Posted by: Robert L at November 18, 2010 11:03 AM (+CtGk)

163 Charlie,"I'm just a poor old black ,oops not ready to play that yet, man walking  being driven around in a tax payer funded Lexus by a tax payer funded chauffeur, wearing my $3000 suite. trying to enjoy my remaining years in my Dominican republic Villa.

Posted by: Buffalobob at November 18, 2010 12:06 PM (GwH6h)

164

Re # 111

No, he's saying "I'm a Democrat who got re-elected 10 times

if he's been in congress 40 years, he was re-elected 20 times not 10. 

 

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