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Angry Rangel Says He Doesn‘t Deal in ’Average American Citizens’
- Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:40pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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When Washington Times reporter Kerry Pickett confronted Charlie Rangel last night about whether he received a lighter punishment than an ordinary citizen would have if found guilty of the same charges, the censured Democrat made a startling admission: “I don’t deal in average American citizens.”
Here’s a transcript via Pickett’s blog:
REP. RANGEL: What is the question?
PICKET: I’m just asking what is your response to criticism that if the average American citizen. Someone who is not a congressman
REP. RANGEL:Please, I’m not a psychiatrist. I don’t deal in average American citizens. Citizens are diverse. They are broad. I don’t know what is average, and so I don’t really agree… I’ll come back to you when you think of a good question.
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Comments (201)
poverty.sucks
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:03pmRangel isn’t your average black man, nor is he involved in crimes normal to the average black man. Rangel is exceptional and he expects his punishment to be non existent.
Report Post »Lorist
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:03pmwhat a travesty. i can’t believe whats is going on. so he gets censure and then a standing ovation.
Report Post »rosecityken
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:02pmnotice how he has to ask where shes from, THEN he belittles her question which was basically “ do you think you got off easier than a ”lowly“ average american ”taxpaying” citizen.” And for someone, responsible as mr rangel was, (for writing tax laws who then didnt follow those tax laws and knew EXACTLY what he was doing at all times) to blow off this question is the biggest slap in the face of the american public. this from a lawyer , who said he didnt have representation….well guess what charlie? the american people have no representation anymore either…just like your legal team which we helped to pay for, our representatives have stopped representing us. how does it feel chuck? your the quintessential “crooked politician” the writer of laws he doesnt have any interest in following. you should be getting your ^%#$#$$ repossesed by tghe irs which is what would happen to any one of us “average citizens”.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:40pmBeautifully said… Amen to that !!!!
Report Post »bookofwisdom
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:59pmTypical Democrat. Sometimes they forget who they work for. May God Bless.
Report Post »FIREDUDE
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:58pmIsnt Wesley Snipes in jail for the same reason?????????????? What a moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmCharlie is absolutely right. He does not deal with or is an average citizen. He is below average as well as most of the company he keeps. I do not say this lightly but in his case it is true. The nation will be a better place when he is gone. Where he goes, how he goes and when he goes is up to God.
Report Post »sportlock
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmI’ve noticed alot of these politicians these days asking what paper/news org reporters are from. As if, they were threatening them or something. What’d you say? What paper are you from?
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:55pmThese dinosaurs are amazingly slow to react to the Re-founding.
He is engaged in a conversation from the 1990s and no one is listening. The power of the Federal Government is being stripped away and they don’t like it. Rangel (D – NY) is a scummy criminal like every other servant at the Federal level. He pretended to nobility, enriched himself and his friends and family and minions on the back of the American taxpayer and DID NOT uphold and defend the Constitution. He pissed on it.
He has committed crimes and does not pay for them. His peers applaud his depravity.
I am glad this sickening charade is collapsing.
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmWhat a douche bag
Report Post »fan-of-glenn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:58pmLOL – Could have saved a ton of words if I had thought of that. Pretty much says it all. Except I would be very insulted if I were a “douche bag”.
You know the difference between Charlie and a bucket of pig feces?
Report Post »- the bucket!
hulagu
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmTypical elitist response, I would expect no less. Just imagine what he says when the camera are off.
Report Post »fan-of-glenn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmAnyone that voted for this arrogant piece of crap should be forced to pay reparations to the good people of NY.
Report Post »Oh wait – his voters don‘t work so that punishment wouldn’t work.
How about each of his supporters take a turn doing Rangels jail time?
Nope that wouldn’t work either …. most have already done time.
WOW – amazing that no matter how I try to re-think this it ends up costing tax payers more money. Not Rangel or his voters though – they don’t pay taxes.
Hmmmmm ….. what to do? Any ideas?
J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmCut off the entitlements they live on?
Report Post »fan-of-glenn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:01pmJ.C. –
Report Post »Now there’s a excellent idea!!! Let them fend for themselves. Harlem would be a ghost town when the first of the month showed up and there was no check.
Rob
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:53pmIn the ring with the lions… nuff said.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:53pmHe doesn’t deal with average Americans unless he takes their hand earned paychecks in taxes. If I am ever charged with tax evasion I am going to use “The Wrangle Defense.”
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:51pmWhat an idiot and this is the very reason we need term limits.
Report Post »Freedom1984
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmI couldn’t have said it any better. Anyone not wanting term limits is out of their mind. And what galls me is that “average citizens” keep putting this bum in office. Gggrrr
Report Post »Alphonso
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:51pmJust another outrage in the day to day life of this exalted criminal…
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:50pmwe already know this charlie!!!! it’s shoved in our face everyday…
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:50pmOf course he doesn’t deal in average citizens. He was elected again with his constituents knowing damn well he was guilty. If he did have to deal with average citizens, he wouldn’t have been re-elected. Appears they deserve each other but the the “average citizen” doesn’t deserve either of them.
Report Post »ed0315
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:55pmBlacks do this all the time, they have no regard for right and wrong. Remember Marion Barry? How about OJ?
untameable-kate
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:02pmHow about Barrak Hussein Obama?
Report Post »ONLY LEFT-HANDED
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:03pm@EDO315 & UNTAMEABLE-KATE,
as a Christian Conservative and supporter of Glenn who just happens to be black and who has never played the race card, I find your comments to be ignorant and racist. I don’t read all of the comments tied to each article, but this is the first time I’ve noticed such racist stupidity! I live in a state where a white, 80+ year old, ineffective state rep with questionable ethics, continues to be re-elected, but no one says it’s because whites have no sense of right and wrong. And remember, Obama would not have won if only blacks voted for him.
As for Rangel, the only ansfor this type of arrogance and elitism is TERM LIMITS!
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:50pmToo bad this video wasn‘t out before the election so it could have been put in his opponent’s TV ads. This would have been as tough to refute as Phil Hare’s Constitution comment.
Report Post »janddjohnson
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:49pmWow…what an A-Hole. He‘s not so somber looking anymore since his censure ended up being a joke and he got an applause from the Dem’s. Unbelievable.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:49pmI’ve a good question for you Charley. Why are you, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dorn, Timothy “Van” Jones, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Gyorgy Schwartz (George Soros) still breathing our air?
Report Post »Only correct answer: GOD is indeed merciful.
opns_sergeant
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:22pmGod is merciful, however that bunch of oxygen thiefes need to go
grandmaof5
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:47pmCharlie, an average American citizen is the one who works hard and pays their taxes – you know, the one who is better than you.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:53pmHe has no concept of ‘work hard, pay taxes’. He knows ‘do nothing, screw taxpayers’.
Report Post »Country
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:45pmI hope the people who keep voting him in feels good about his answer. Kerry Pickett is one of my fav reporters and she got him good.
Report Post »emmanuel Goldstein
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:43pmWe should be able to vote this slime ball out, what is wrong with you New York? er, oh yeah, never mind.
Report Post »jbh
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmEmmanuel:
Not hard to figure out my friend. Just look at the demographics of harlem.
JBH
Report Post »ed0315
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmNever mind is right. These are the same idiots who just voted Cuomo in! I can not wait to get out of this God for sake state!
Fear The Voices
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:09pmI ask myself that everyday! We have too many kool-aid drinkers, union puppets, and not enough kool-aid fetchers to make a difference in the elections. Of course, we also have ACORN voter fraud allegations too.
Report Post »Between Rangel, Chuck ‘U’ Schumer, Slaughter, Cuomo, and Gillibrand all I can say is that most of the people in this state are either just plain stupid or have been on welfare for far too long.
Taquoshi
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:02pmIs this where someone pops up and reminds us all that we get the government we deserve?
Boy, those people in New York must really be in deep kimchee to get this criminal dingbat, not once, not twice, but again and again.
Report Post »cubber
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:43pmThe BUM should be in jail right now. I know I would be. BE PREPARED.
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:58pmAny investigation of John Ensign should be dropped . . . Rangle (and Maxine Waters) screwed millions of taxpayers . . . John only did one and then tried to do the right thing . . . go figure.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:32pmAYE CUBBER , I AM PREPARED……… Victory Or Death ! ! !
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:02pmGo figure; if a business cheats the gov on sales taxes, a tax agent will tell you they cheated the public. If a politician cheats on his taxes, he‘s only charged with ’ethics” violations and given a scolding and then has the gall to excuse himself because he is above the common man.
Rangel needs to be reminded that no man that calls himself a servant can be above his master. Therefore, as a public servant, he should be under OUR laws, and also punishable by the same. A one year error may be valid; but seventeen is blatant and deliberate attempt to avoid paying his obligation.
Report Post »As Joe “Big F-n’ Deal” Biden says, it’s patriotic to pay your taxes….. Well, Charles, are you no longer a patriot, or just a crook?
EP46
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:46pmYou are absolutely right cubber…the “average citizen’ goes to jail for income tax evasion. And the ‘average citizen’ does not write the tax codes.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:43pmTypical .. Out of touch career politician .. TERM LIMITS!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:54pmHe is eighty years old. Alzheimer’s?
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmThey are setting the “standards” of what is to be tolerated behavior. What are they going to do when the tables are turned on them? It’s like their pushing Net Neutrality – will they like it when the Conservatives are the majority?
Report Post »cubber
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmThis BUM should be in jail. BE PREPARED.
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 1:56pmAgree, Term Limits are a must but how are we going to get “them” to limit their own power?!!
Rangel is a living breathing example of the elitism that exists by those animals in DC. Harlem voters how do you feel now? You are all suckers that voted for this degenerate. This is why myself and countless others were begging ppl to vote every single political animal out of office. They have to be removed b/c even if a few are left their disease can spread like a virus to the new blood.
They are all on 2yr probation after the ass kicking handed to them Nov2 I contend we will see many newly elected succumb DC’s corrupt environment! Folks you need to understand we are at war with the progressive animals whether you want to admit it or not! There is one way now on how to fight this unconventional war through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »odin1960
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:21pmHe needs the Tom Daschle treatment
Report Post »George Washington
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:30pmAmen. He does not deal in average American Citizens? Who put him in office? If the average American citizen did what Rangle did, he/she would have been put in jail a long time ago. He got off easy with a censure. However, he still complained. He should have been ejected from Congress.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:52pmEverytime I see this scumbag I see a welfare pimp. He should be wearing a big white ferdora, spats and have his greasy locks slathered down with Afro-sheen. His limo is a spinner wheeled, lime green caddy driven by Al Sharpton.
Sailor
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:53pmString ‘em up. Elitist Scum, I wouldn’t wanna be in his shoes on judgement day.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 2:54pmSomeone explain please how he kept getting reelected by the ‘ordinary and average citizens we all are?”
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:06pm@J.C. McGlynn,
Report Post »People who are unrighteous get worse with age. The human spirit does not stay stagnant. In his speech to Congress Rangel showed no remorse, let alone repentance. He may have had an encounter with God in the 50s, but Rangel has long since bid God goodbye.
@leftfighter
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:12pmThe point he’s trying to make is the same old idiot Leftist meme that everyone is an individual and nobody is average.
That said, it’s a dodge to a question he knew he could neither answer honestly nor lie about without further screwing himself.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:25pmI‘m an average American and I don’t rub elbows with members of Congress, but it’s quite clear to me that he is your average politician.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:46pmHe’s just a run of the mill average criminal. Too bad he’s a house member too. If not he would actually have to pay for his crimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DnA4Ro9tQ
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA
Marcobob69
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 3:46pmHey Charlie, time to RETIRE. WITHOUT DIGNITY!
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 5:51pmRangel…. I don’t deal in average Americans…. We shouldn’t deal with your corruption either! This jackass should have at the least been thrown out of office, and his constituents should have had enough brains in their heads to not re-elect him; but apparently, they’re deserving (useful) idiots.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:12pmWow! Her question seemed pretty precise to me.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 6:32pmKeep Rangel and Dump Boehner
http://www.infowars.com/republicans-move-to-block-ron-paul-from-monetary-policy-subcommittee-chair/
HKS
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 7:55pmHe looks like a pimp to me.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on December 3, 2010 at 8:27pmOnly a man with no honor, integrity or self respect would beg, period. Too bad it took so many years to oust a crook. He belongs behind bars like the rest of us would get.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 11:11amAgree, this clown and all the old school bottomfeeders prove everyday why there needs to be “term limits”even if it is to stop the voter fraud that got Ried relected.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 12:52pmSomeone asked how he keeps getting elected. I’ll tell you exactly how. He’s a black politician from Harlem.
Report Post »I know all of you politically corrects are going to jump all over me but it’s the truth.
Example? Look at Alvin Green in South Carolina. A black democrat in the south. It didn’t matter if he had no qualifications for a Senator. Nor, did it matter that he had felony charges pressing against him. He was “African American” black and that‘s all that’s required from these people. And yes, I said “these people”
Armed Patriot
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 1:05pmWhat an assbag. He should be in prison, the way an “Average American” would be for his crimes.
Report Post »mrdbcooper
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 6:14pmI am a staunch conservative, but, if you listen carefully, Rangel is simply deflecting the question by taking issue with the construct (avg citizen)…an oft used tactic to avoid answering the question, which they do constantly. I can’t believe I am defending this criminal…
Report Post »CPOUSN
Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:02pmWe have term limits. they are every two years. educate the public and vote corrupt politicians out. This is truly a reflection of the dumbed down public. We have no one to blame but ourselfs for these people staying in office
mauneym
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:37am@LVMERRILY
don’t you dare go down that road! “Conservatives” who stomp on the constitution are just as bad or worse than progressives. When we have the majority we’ll set things right, is what we are going to do.
Report Post »gracentruth
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:14pmNo one should be above the law – prison; and he can pay his own room and board.
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