The ultra-liberal media makes censure sound like a trip to the gas chamber. In realiy, it is a slap on the wrist for a corrupt political hack. There is no jail time, no probation, not even a fine. It is significant that Rangel replaced the corrupt Adam Clayton Powell. as the representative from that NY City district.
If a run of the mill private citizen pulled the crap that Rangel did he would be sitting in federal prison. Members of the US house do not have the guts to come down hard on one of their very own, especially a minority member.
And he keeps his seat on the Ways and Means committee
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
What a joke-both wrangle and the proceedings. Big fat hairy deal. No wonder he didn't try to come up with the cash to keep his lawyers. He gets told he was a bad boy in front of Congress....whoop-de-do. Sickening.....
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
The US House Ways and Means chairman is the second or third most powerful position in that body. The Democrats like to have a well connected scurrilous congressman in that position. Case in point: Dan Rostenkowski. Rosenkowski was corrupt as a Mexican cop for decades. It all came to a head during the reign of Bill Clinton. But Clinton and Janet Reno refused to go after Rostenkowski until after he rammed the "assault weapons" ban through the House.
Rostenkowski did finally go to jail but he did not serve nearly as much time as he deserved.
Poor Charlie Rangel Gets "Punished" Today
