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Charlie Rangel Found Guilty on 11 of 13 Ethics Charges

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Charlie Rangel Found Guilty on 11 of 13 Ethics Charges - CBS News


Rangel, longtime hero of the Democratic Party, caught with his hands in the cookie jar. He's always been a weasel. Unfortunately the worst that could happen to him is retirement with full benefits. Never like that crooked weasel, can you tell?
 
They'll never do anything to the guy. He's on the "protected" list.
 
A corrupt New York democrat. I'm sure its the first ever. :roll:
 
I was criticized in another thread on that specific issue. The criticizer said that it was like years ago.

It takes the House Ethics committee years and years to make up it's collective mind? What good is that for an enforcement arm?

Is there something new to this story? I mean we all knew that Charlie was little more than a grifter.
 

This is the sign of a corrupt government the guy is guilty of 13 ethic charges of varying degree and nothing will be done about it.
he will not be expelled or arrested and will keep his full pension and all the other stuff me made.

the hypocrisy of government justice.
 

yea for years... he was found in violation of soliciting gifts and donations for his center and for political actions. he of course denied it.
Yet he a past quote from him "We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters.."
Apparently when Rangel says 'the people' he means people who give him money and gifts.
 

Indeed. Inside the DC reality distortion field that surrounds both the congress and the White house he appears to be fine noble man with ethics and good standing. Step out of that reality distortion field and he's just not.
 
Lutherf said:
They'll never do anything to the guy. He's on the "protected" list.
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It doesn't matter anyway. He's retiring....this is his last year as a congressman.
 
Roadvirus said:
It doesn't matter anyway. He's retiring....this is his last year as a congressman.
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just as someone who gets dishonorably discharged from the military the congress should make him forfeit his pension and post congress benefits
as his punishment.

unless we have a double standard.
 
ludin said:
just as someone who gets dishonorably discharged from the military the congress should make him forfeit his pension and post congress benefits
as his punishment.

unless we have a double standard.
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No...he should be thrown in jail.
 
Wait...isnt this an old news story? I mean...isnt this the third or fourth time this has happened?

Charlie is the guy that says citizens (victims of crime) dont need armed protection, politicians do. Gotta love him. And he will get reelected as long as he runs.
 
Roadvirus said:
It doesn't matter anyway. He's retiring....this is his last year as a congressman.
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And yet, he escapes the justice he deserves. I don't see how that 'doesn't matter'.
 
since last fall, unable to secure legal representation
yea, that's credible

hope they expel his ass and deny him a congressional pension due to his termination

ditto for maxine walters, who is next up before the ethics committee

and before he leaves, initiate an ethics investigation for harry reid, to expose his self dealing in land trades of government property for privately owned property, unfairly enriching that bastard at the public's expense
 
ajn678 said:
Well of course, that would be too reasonable.
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they will issue another censure just like they did for his tax evasion.
he should have been disimissed then and there.

sick of these people ignoring the laws that everyone else has to follow.
then people wonder why we as American's dont' trust our government.
 
...and yet he could run again, and still get 95 percent of the vote.

Democrats don't care.
 

Absolutely!
 
Erod said:
...and yet he could run again, and still get 95 percent of the vote.

Democrats don't care.
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*ahem* David Vitter *ahem*

You may now carry on with your ridiculously narrow, partisan rant.
 
poweRob said:
*ahem* David Vitter *ahem*

You may now carry on with your ridiculously narrow, partisan rant.
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Marion Berry and Al Sharpton say hello.
 
Erod said:
Marion Berry and Al Sharpton say hello.
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We can go back and forth creating a list. The difference is I didn't say something silly like "Dems don't care" implying the Republicans do. I can recognize Dems that screw up need to pay. But when A GOP official gets busted and a thread is created, it's generally all but vacant of our conservative posters in here.
 
I will never be accused of being an apologist for Democrats, but I'm pretty sure the party tried to get him not to run in the last election because of these charges and he was overwhelmingly re-upped by the local party apparatus and overwhelmingly returned by the people who voted in his district. He's black and he's a Democrat - that's all they need to know in his district. He could be a serial killer and as long as he's black and a Democrat he'd win.

The indictment should not be on Rangel and/or the Democrats - it should be on the voters in his district who promote and reward corruption in their representative.
 
If Charlie needs a job he could call his good friend Hillary. The Clinton Foundation could use another honest man like Charlie on their staff.
 
Mason66 said:
If anything happens to Rangel there will b e riots in Harlem.

Rangel is their pet.
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I'd say life in a dumpster would be suitable for this tax-dodging crook.
 
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