Rangel gets off free

[rojawe]

Advice by Panel Is to Reprimand, Not Oust, Rangel
Alex Brandon/Associated Press
Representative Charles B. Rangel after leaving his office for a vote Friday. Six fellow House Democrats have called for him to quit.
By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
   LinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink. The panel that oversaw a two-year ethics inquiry into Representative Charles B. Rangel’s conduct recommended that the Harlem congressman be punished with a reprimand, rather than a more serious censure or expulsion from office, the chairman of the panel said Friday.

[Hazcat]

link?

[tombogan03884]

Haz, it was in Yahoo news this AM.
Isn't going to happen though, this is the story they are running now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_rangel_defense

WASHINGTON – To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel  is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

It's an approach that nervous Democrats are watching closely in one of the most politically explosive cases in years.

Should it go to a public trial this fall, smack in the middle of the election season, and should his defense fall short, that won't help Democratic candidates forced to defend their party's ethics against Republican campaign attacks.

The GOP already is demanding that specific Democratic candidates give up contributions provided by Rangel's political organizations, and about a half-dozen Democrats have asked the 20-term lawmaker to resign.

He's facing 13 counts of wrongdoing, including providing official favors in return for donations, hiding income and assets, and failing to pay taxes.

If Rangel's predicament wasn't bad enough for Democrats, there's an added complication on the ethics front: Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., also may face an ethics trial this fall on allegations of improperly trying to help a bank, where her husband owned stock, that was seeking a federal bailout.

[Hazcat]

I have also read on Drudge that at least six Dems are calling for him to resign and even the anointed one is saying he should end his career with dignity.

[Timothy]

Whether he goes or stays, the question is this.

Have the people of Harlem, Spanish Harlem or surrounding areas within the 15th district improved their lives by re-electing this guy?  The median income in that district is one of the lowest in the country.

If this guy isn't a poster child for term limits, who is?

[Sponsor]

[twyacht]

It's an election year, and Pelosi's failed PROMISE to "Drain the Swamp" should, cause the Dems to even throw Rangel under the bus. However, Rangel, is a fiesty NY bastard, and is favored in the primary, and may stay anyway.....

Maxine Waters, is hopefully next.

[Solus]

I have also read on Drudge that at least six Dems are calling for him to resign and even the anointed one is saying he should end his career with dignity.

Dignity?  Is it being suggested that he be given a choice of .38 Special or .45 ACP?

[tombogan03884]

No, they are suggesting he resign as a crook instead of a convicted, lying crook. 

[fightingquaker13]

No, they are suggesting he resign as a crook instead of a convicted, lying crook. 

He is the dem's version of Ted Stevens. An old warhorse who is too arrogant to know when to quit. Expect the knives to get sharper as the election gets closer. Even Palin stuck one in Stevens. Exbect BO to have lunch with an ambitious black DA or councilman from Rangel's district soon. Now, they are offering him the chance to do the right thing "for the good of the service". Next month, Rahm will walk into his office with a .357 and one bullet, slap it down on his desk and leave.
FQ13 who is making popcorn

[tombogan03884]

. Next month, Rahm will walk into his office with a .357 and one bullet, slap it down on his desk and leave.
FQ13 who is making popcorn

ROFL