Rangel wants to make a deal

Rep. Charles Rangel seeking last-minute deal to settle ethics charges against him in Congress

Read this carefully. The INTENT of the Democrats in charge of House is to find some MINOR wrist slap deal to protect Rangel and the Dems.

A laundry list of ILLEGAL activities, unethical behavior and down right dishonest practices by Rangel would be swept under the rug if ONLY they can come to some minor wrist slapping decision on how to make this all go away.

Can you IMAGINE what the Democrats and the Liberals would howl if a Republican Congress was THIS open about sweeping past misdeeds under the rug?

I don't doubt he's guilty of peddling influence.

After all, that's how the system works, now.

Maybe that is WHY the system is NOT working now?

Maybe?
 
Rep. Charles Rangel seeking last-minute deal to settle ethics charges against him in Congress

Read this carefully. The INTENT of the Democrats in charge of House is to find some MINOR wrist slap deal to protect Rangel and the Dems.

A laundry list of ILLEGAL activities, unethical behavior and down right dishonest practices by Rangel would be swept under the rug if ONLY they can come to some minor wrist slapping decision on how to make this all go away.

Can you IMAGINE what the Democrats and the Liberals would howl if a Republican Congress was THIS open about sweeping past misdeeds under the rug?

I don't doubt he's guilty of peddling influence.

After all, that's how the system works, now.

Oh, let's conveniently ignore the swindling, and felonious non-payment of taxes..... EVERY ONE is doing that also Editec....after all let's MINIMIZE every LITTLE thing because he's one of us Obamarrhoidal Liberrhoids !

I'm not minimizing the problem, guat.

I'm merely pointing out how completely corrupt the whole system is.

Influence peddling is SOP in Congress.

That is how the whole damned system now works.

You want Charley removed?

Me, too.

And the other 544 guys and gals ALSO need to be removed.

We need to change the system.

Changing which crooks are in power to sell influence to the highest bidder isn't going to solve a damned thing.
 
More from Politico...

No deal in sight for Rangel - POLITICO.com Print View

Rep. Charles Rangel’s chances of striking a deal with the House ethics committee grew more distant Tuesday, even as the public airing of charges against him drew closer.

New tinges of partisanship gripped the ethics process, making it appear far less likely that Rangel can find a settlement that suits both him and the panel’s Republican contingent.

The New York Democrat’s legal team has been working with the panel’s lawyers to strike an agreement that would save Rangel and House Democrats the pain of a public “trial” but also force Rangel to confess to some of the allegations that he mishandled his personal finances and abused his office.

Yet Republicans have the trump card: Any deal would have to win support from at least one GOP member of the panel, and the minority party is concerned that Democrats have sought to short-circuit the process by negotiating with Rangel without any Republicans present.

On Tuesday, ethics Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) denied reports that she had met with Rangel the previous night in the committee’s warren of offices in the basement of the Capitol.

But there were conflicting accounts about whether lawmakers were present. Sources agreed that, at the very least, Rangel’s lawyers met with ethics staff.

Alabama Rep. Jo Bonner, the top Republican on the panel, was not present.

A source familiar with the ethics process said Monday night’s meeting was “highly improper” if Republicans were excluded.


Bing bang bong, we've all heard the same ol' song and dance. Rangel Rangel Rangel. Getting booted from Ways and Means this year not enough for ya? Man just wait till the Dims lose the House, there will be investigations out the wazoo! Pelosi's "most ethical congress eva" will be a clown car of dirty pols. heh.

You can lie all you want to
You can lie through your behind
'Cause your friends all lie and since they all lie
Well they're no friends of mine
Say... try to hide all you want to
In a place we will never find
We'll get you, even chased to, the end of the world
Never too far behind
And then we dance

We will dance when we get you
Watch you leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends all lie and since they all lie
Well we're gunna get them too
Say... we can go where we want to
To a place they never did expect
And win seats back, man out of this world
And a Congress we might respect
And we can dance

We can win when we want to
The night is coming so goodbye
We protest so neat flagged from our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with the victory cry
Say, we can act if want to
If we don't nobody will
You did act so rude you'll be totally removed
Your all a bunch of imbeciles

Say... we will dance, we will dance...

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And then there is always this... :lol:

Wait! There's even more dirt on Rangel - NYPOST.com

WASHINGTON -- Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday that investigators have unearthed new allegations of misconduct against him, while House Democratic leaders increased the pressure on him to reach a settlement before a congressional trial starts Thursday.

"We waited almost two years, and they finally investigated, and guess what -- they have some more alleged violations," Rangel said.

The embattled pol did not reveal whether the latest accusations were previously unknown to the public or were related to the original charges that prompted the probe by the House Ethics Committee.


Hmmm. The powers that be really want this guys butt in a sling. :lol:
 
Rep. Charles Rangel seeking last-minute deal to settle ethics charges against him in Congress

Read this carefully. The INTENT of the Democrats in charge of House is to find some MINOR wrist slap deal to protect Rangel and the Dems.

A laundry list of ILLEGAL activities, unethical behavior and down right dishonest practices by Rangel would be swept under the rug if ONLY they can come to some minor wrist slapping decision on how to make this all go away.

Can you IMAGINE what the Democrats and the Liberals would howl if a Republican Congress was THIS open about sweeping past misdeeds under the rug?

I don't doubt he's guilty of peddling influence.

After all, that's how the system works, now.

No, that's how the system has ALWAYS worked.
 
Just so I can understand....

The majority wants Rangel to make a deal so the charges against him do not become a major story and put democrats in a position to have to answer toi the people?

So, again, just to be clear.....we elect them into office....we pay their salaries, benefits, expense accounts and pensions....so, in essence, we employ them......

And they are allowed to do things in an effort to hide from us things that they do not want us to know about as it pertains to their ethics.

And we are OK with this?

Even those on the left.....you are OK with this?

This is politics. No one should be OK with it, but it's the way it is, and the way it always has been. You're incredibly naive if you think this is something new, or just a Democrat thing.
 
Just so I can understand....

The majority wants Rangel to make a deal so the charges against him do not become a major story and put democrats in a position to have to answer toi the people?

So, again, just to be clear.....we elect them into office....we pay their salaries, benefits, expense accounts and pensions....so, in essence, we employ them......

And they are allowed to do things in an effort to hide from us things that they do not want us to know about as it pertains to their ethics.

And we are OK with this?

Even those on the left.....you are OK with this?

This is politics. No one should be OK with it, but it's the way it is, and the way it always has been. You're incredibly naive if you think this is something new, or just a Democrat thing.

Well, finally an admission that the Dem's claims of a "new tone" were total bullshit.

For those amongst us who actually believed that.
 
Rep. Charles Rangel seeking last-minute deal to settle ethics charges against him in Congress

Read this carefully. The INTENT of the Democrats in charge of House is to find some MINOR wrist slap deal to protect Rangel and the Dems.

A laundry list of ILLEGAL activities, unethical behavior and down right dishonest practices by Rangel would be swept under the rug if ONLY they can come to some minor wrist slapping decision on how to make this all go away.

Can you IMAGINE what the Democrats and the Liberals would howl if a Republican Congress was THIS open about sweeping past misdeeds under the rug?

ummmm... they would do what was done here... BY THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP. They would hold hearings.

unlike the repugs who would say they didn't do anything wrong...

unless of course it was about having sex.

Rangel SHOULD make a deal. It's not like he's got a huge defense.
 
Just so I can understand....

The majority wants Rangel to make a deal so the charges against him do not become a major story and put democrats in a position to have to answer toi the people?

So, again, just to be clear.....we elect them into office....we pay their salaries, benefits, expense accounts and pensions....so, in essence, we employ them......

And they are allowed to do things in an effort to hide from us things that they do not want us to know about as it pertains to their ethics.

And we are OK with this?

Even those on the left.....you are OK with this?

This is politics. No one should be OK with it, but it's the way it is, and the way it always has been. You're incredibly naive if you think this is something new, or just a Democrat thing.

Well, finally an admission that the Dem's claims of a "new tone" were total bullshit.

For those amongst us who actually believed that.

Of course it was.

GROW THE FUCK UP. Stop trying these ridiculous "gotchas". Not everyone is as much a partisan hack job as you. I don't apologize for Democrats, they're all corrupt. Just like all the Republicans.
 

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