So Much For The Most Ethical Congress In History

• September 17, 2008

After Democrats had campaigned their way into majorities in both houses of Congress, newly-anointed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made this promise:

This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.

Now flash forward to today:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Rep. Charles Rangel will not step down as chairman of a powerful tax-writing committee as he undergoes an ethics investigation by fellow lawmakers, his lawyer said Tuesday.
The New York Democrat has faced increasing questions about his future, as Republicans urge his removal from the House Ways and Means Committee over his personal finances, including unreported income on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic that has led to his owing an estimated $5,000 in back taxes.
After 38 years in Congress, Rangel is something of an institution in Washington and his home district of Harlem. Republicans are seeking to highlight the controversy over his finances in the coming election, after Democrats have pounded them on issues of ethics and corruption.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected those calls.
“I see no reason why Mr. Rangel should step down,” she said Tuesday.

Right. Illegally-owned, rent-controlled apartments. Undisclosed vacation homes. Unpaid taxes. Nope. No reason to think Charlie Rangel should step down from his leadership position.
Politics as usual. Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

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Politics as usual. Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

By Rob on September 16, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Well said.
Now move along.
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Eneils Bailey

If that woman has one more face-lift, she will have to un-button her collar to take a shit.
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If he was a GOPer he would have been drawn and quartered already.

By his own party no less.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

The Most Ethically Challenged Congress in History? She’s got a good start!
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If that woman has one more face-lift, she will have to un-button her collar to take a shit.

Whenever she raises her eyebrows, she pulls up her socks!
sayanything-2407

If he was a GOPer he would have been drawn and quartered already.

If it was a GOPer, he would have been forced out of his station and resign until he was either proven innocent, or guilty.

Whenever she raises her eyebrows, she pulls up her socks!

Proof that was hilarious!!
Hoss

Wow, dems are dirty and won’t do anything about it as usual. Next up: water is wet, bassett hounds got floppy ears……
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HA!… She should have gone into comedy!
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected those calls.
“I see no reason why Mr. Rangel should step down,” she said Tuesday.

If he was a GOPer he would have been drawn and quartered already.
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She was kidding? Wasn’t she?
Kay

We all know ethics violations only apply to Republicans in their minds. If Charlie Rangel were a republican he’d be pilloried in every major newspaper, talked about on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, Fox, ad nauseum and his situation would be on the front of Time, Newsweek and all that other stuff…
Jerry

There should be an anual vetting process for “All” Politicians..

They work for “Us”. And, should be held to very close scrutiny.

They want to Live like Kings, and Retire like Millionaires they need to go into some other like of work.
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Rob: That picture on the front page…how was the photographer able to get there just after Pelosi sucked on the lemon?
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