Rangel: Not corrupt, just irresponsible
 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...83-503544.html

The new 'I am not a crook' speech. Give it up Charlie; you're poison to yourself and everyone around you.

And censure too. Talk about a smack on the wrist. It must be nice knowing you can get caught committing fraud and get nothing more than letter and some procedural bullpoop as punishment.

I agree. He should show some integrity and step down.

He should be tried in a court of law like the rest of us would have been. :03:

Yep.

Charlie Rangel has no integrity so no shock,.Yet the poor fools in Harlem will prob elect him until the day he dies.

Step down? He should be booted from his party. Assuming they were not just as corrupt as he is.

If we boot all who are corrupt, there'd be no one left to run congress. That would be fine with me too.

a conversation i had with my mom on Tuesday:

HER: "The IRS has decided now all that i cannot write off the rental properties i own as part of a 'business', and they have also decided that i owe them $30,000."

ME: "Run for congress... then you dont have to pay ****."

His district re-elected him. Only congress can remove him now. It says something about his district. I think you can figure what that is.

I have a guess:salute:

the method of combating corruption here is quite ineffective
because no matter how much you hate your local politician, they deserve to get payed more in real liquid capital
I believe that Singapore's method of increasing the wages of politicians is a good method

Corruption has been around since the dawn of organized government. No policy is ever going to change it.

The neo-cons don't care. He is on the Obamacare death list.

You're right, they don't care, but if he was a fetus, gay or a stem cell, the Neo-Cons would be all over him.

I think it is terrible the way Congress pushes this under the covers.

I can not understand any rational for not expelling him from office :nope:

And yet, we still keep re-electing these people into office. :nope:

What does that say about the average American voter? <and keep it clean>

I guess I am more bothered by the accepting attitude of

1. They all do it
2. The "other" side does it

Nether should be acceptable. :nope:

But as long as the people vote for the little "R" and "D"s little will change. And that makes me feel sad for my country.