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CNN Worries Censure May Be Bad for Charlie Rangel’s Health

As the House Ethics Committee passed down its censure verdict for Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.,, CNN anchors and commentators seemed less concerned with the congressman’s wrongdoing and more concerned with how the verdict will impact the 80-year-old.  (h/t:  Newsbusters)

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  • Star Spangled
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:01am

    If he’s too old and weak to take the heat he needs to get out !

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  • RoyHowell
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:57am

    90% of all these problems can be solved by getting rid of just one word: Re-election

    ALL politicians should SERVE only ONE TERM and then Go Home. Go back to your regular life and stop wasting time, money, getting hooked on power, making backroom deals and under the table deals, selling yourself to the devil and being an elitist. Remain a common American after having the privilege of serving one term for your country.

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  • SafeguardOurLiberty
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:51am

    Does that surprise any of us? The left could care less about what is right since most of them are corrupt anyway. CNN has no clue what the meaning of morals, or ethics are. If they did they would be delivering real news and not picking and choosing what news suits their political agenda.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:49am

    if I failed to pay my taxes in he amount he has I would be in jail. why is he NOT in jail? if his health is so bad he should not hold office..

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  • MommaGrizzly
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:46am

    Poor ittle bitty Charlie got censured…:-(

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  • Marcobob69
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:45am

    I agree with PinnyBogg, if he is too old to be censured, he is too old to hold the seat. Plain and simple. Here’s a suggestion for Congress…….TERM LIMITS!!!!

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    • bigbud
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:45am

      We already have term limits, it’s called the voting for some one else. There are always going to be areas where the people want to vote for idots like Charley. But some times people wake up. Mid Fla. is one that comes to mind, They woke up and got rid of Alan Grayson.

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    • starman70
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:12am

      BIGBUD,

      The best thing that has happened to Central Florida since Disney World!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:43am

    Considering his health, maybe he should retire.

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  • Lonewolf2347
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:41am

    Wait until FBI investigation proves he used campaign money to pay legal fees! I bet he will feel a little ill on his way to the big house! This moron is disgusting!

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  • shellmen
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:37am

    Prisons have had obama care for years. He would feel like he had gone to progressive heaven with everything furnished 24/7-365.

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    • what4
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:30am

      Really, they should be the congress’s official Retirement home!!

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  • mcpbob
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:34am

    if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen… time for Rangel to retire, and go to a nice jail cell to live out his days, when you hold an electic office and you break the law, you are held to a higher expectation, there is no way he should get a slap on the wrist, and if that is the normal procedure on the Hill, it is time we change those rules…. elected officals are and should be expected to conduct themselves in a lawful manner and when they do not they have broken that trust, regardless if he was reelected by his district his policies affect the entire country and he should at this point of time atleast be kicked out of congress, he has no right to be there when in fact any citizen with the same charges and convicted would probably do jail time. this is the problem with the Fed Gov. and why people do not trust what they do, nor beleive what they say,

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  • dynaflow
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:34am

    He’s still a crook and they will not do anything about it. They are all a bunch of crooks!!!!!

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  • canuck44
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:31am

    So what? He has been bad for our health and the economic health of the entire country.

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  • Derfel Cadarn
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:28am

    One would believe that long term imprisonment would be bad for Charlie Manson too. I don`t see anyone worrying about that. He should go to prison just like you or I would.

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  • FREEDOMFIGHTERFORLIBERTY
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:24am

    What a great opportunity for good time Charlie to try out the new Obamacare healthcare system.

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  • BoomerSoonerSchoonerCrooner
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:22am

    If he is too old to receive punishment, then maybe he is beyond the ability to make decisions regarding MY money!

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  • what4
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:17am

    3 Squares and a cott is what the crook should have got!

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:15am

    I’m hoping a massive heart attack myself. Get that old piece of crap out of there! He needs to retire his worthless *ss!

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  • coachpan
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:14am

    Charlie has been bad for the “Peoples” health for a long, long time. He deserves a taste of his own medicine.

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  • hamrs_62
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:12am

    to bad, if it were one of us pee ons we would be in jail along time ago, dont do the crime if you cant do the time, he should be in jail

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  • HKS
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:12am

    And why would we care about that?

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:22pm

      Exactly , so according to CNN we should worry about the crooks , how about Rangeldid he worry for us when he was stealing ?

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  • exliberalgrl
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:11am

    This is all getting so comical.

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:10am

    I can only hope this is true and he resigns for health reasons.
    A crook is a crook whether healthy or not.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:00pm

      Are they worrying about what Obamacare is going to do to the rest of us?

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 1:20pm

      In regards to the Democrats quest to combat global warming and green house gases, carbon is the least of his worries. Water vapors are 10 times more powerful than carbon in climate warming. It’s water that seriously bad for Rangels health if global warming is what they say it is.

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:09am

    What else would anyone expect from the Commie News Network?

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    • starman70
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:08am

      CNN needs to worry about its own health. Since the American public learned that they are one of the five COMMUNIST “News” outlets, who are trying their best to emulate Radio Moscow under the Stalin regiem, their viewership has declined to nothing.

      As far as Rangel is concerned, the old saying, “Twas ever thus” applies fully. These elitest lefties in Washington are never going to really convict one of their own. This has happened many times in the past and will continue to happen because the American people won’t put a stop to it. Senators, Congressmen and all government officials should not only be treated as any other citizen when they commit crimes, THEY should be held to a higher standard and punished more severely because they are ELECTED representatives of this country.

      WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! Demand TERM LIMITS! Cut out the full salary perk these people voted for themselves when they retire or voted out. When they leave office, THEY LIVE LIKE THE REST OF US! If they commit any crimes, prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

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  • teahugger
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:08am

    Well maybe he should have thought about the consequences before violating house ethics! Seems to me he’s getting off pretty lightly compared to what would happen to him if he were not in a position of power. Shame on him!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:58am

      Took the words right out of my brain. It’s called consequences! Maybe jail would be bad for his health too but I guess he never thought anyone would have the audacity to find him guilty of any wrong doing; afterall, he does represent Harlem, whose residents he has managed to keep down while he bought island rental property. Think of the good he could have done with all those millions but he was too self-serving – and they keep re-electing him – very sad.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:01am

      There are a lot of people who are in poor health in prison. There are a lot of people who are in prison for things far less serious than what Rangel did. What ever happened to the old addage, “You play, you pay”?

      Mr. Rangel, weren’t the perks and the benefits of being a Congressman enough for you? Other candidates have been knock out of their races simply on the suspicion that they may not have paid all their taxes promptly. You got a free ride on the off shore property for 17 -yeh, 17 years – and you are whining about it? Who was at fault here? Not Bush, not Reagan, not Palin, not Rove. You and you alone, sir, were responsible for the mess you yourself created. Now, buck up and take the medicine.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:58am

      Guilty is guilty, and after all, it only took three years or so just to bring him to trial. And less than a day, if I get the story right, to convict him. Seventeen years he did this, and will get away with nothing more severe than a stern “I told you so” from the senate.

      And of course there will most likely be no criminal prosecution against him either.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on November 22, 2010 at 6:52pm

      Oh, pleeze, doesn‘t anyone remember Red Fox’s show? Every time something happened, he’d grab his chest and tell Elizabeth “he was a commin” This is an old ploy with older people, they use their age to their advantage when there’s troubled waters ahead. This man is an out and out thief and he knows it.

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  • Justthefactsmam
    Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:08am

    Well, if he wouldn’t have forgot about that villa and reported things right, probably wouldn’t have gotten censured, along with not doing everything else that got him there

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    • patriotgeek
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:21am

      He did not forget about the villa.
      He said he tried to call them several time about the taxes, but they kept speaking to him in Spanish and he couldn’t understand them.
      http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_a2Y4xIbqqUCk2BjKKUdstJ

      The man had 17 years to either learn Spanish or find an interrupter.

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    • pinnybogg
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:22am

      if he is too old to be censured, then he certainly is too old to hold a seat in the House geez o’ pete

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:06am

      So Wesley Snipes goes to jail and Rangle goes free. I heard??? that the IRS was going to forgive any penelty for Rangle and all he has to do is pay the back taxes. They will not press charges. How is that for a double standard? How is that for elitism? If it were you or I we would pay massive penelties and face jail and a fine if we underpay our withholdings by more than $1000.

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:51am

      How did they get that moose to talk??
      Really … Cnn has a talking moose??

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 10:06am

      patriotgeek
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:21am
      He did not forget about the villa.
      He said he tried to call them several time about the taxes, but they kept speaking to him in Spanish and he couldn’t understand them.
      http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_a2Y4xIbqqUCk2BjKKUdstJ

      The man had 17 years to either learn Spanish or find an interrupter.

      Lol, now how did he really represent Spanish Harlem BTW? I think he’s been horrid for our nations health, he and all his socialist ilk. When they fly they call it a “Swine flew pandemic”.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:43am

      Do they care about taxpayers who get dragged through audits and such for /little/no reason? Old Charlie brought this on himself …. finally caught up to him — DEAL WITH IT .. many people are dealing with much worse right now .. more than some spoiled Congressman.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:06pm

      CNN…good God.

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:31pm

      Rangel belongs in prison. His health is not a factor in that decision. BREAK THE LAW … GO TO PRISON!!! DIE IN PRISON THEN SO BE IT!!

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 12:41pm

      lot’s of people who commit crimes and are not is the best of health go to PRISON without that kind of sympathy…..I guess he should have walked the straight and narrow and kept it clean. Funny, I never ever heard him say anything about a health problem until he got caught in his wrongdoings.,..so maybe he should get out of politics, huh??

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    • Fear The Voices
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 1:14pm

      Let‘s give Rangel the same treatment we’d all get…. Too Bad! There is no excuse for language barriers or anything else. These clowns need to be held to higher standards; especially since they write the laws we are supposed to be governed by.
      The average American would be doing time for this, but as an elitist in DC you get scolding….. I agree with some of the others; if this is a threat to his health why isn’t he somewhere else, like retired!

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    • pattyto
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 1:58pm

      Apparently he was healthy enough to know he was cheating. They need to retire the ole fool AND pay back all the taxes AND the rent for having 4 apts. in a subsided city building. That should help reduce the deficet.

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    • Kaen
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 2:07pm

      Aw….poor lil Charlies health? I sure would feel terrible if something happened to him…(Anyone getting the sarcasm?)

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    • jds7171
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 4:17pm

      The only thing wrong with his health is that he is out of shape. Sorry to say it folks, combined with the stress and the overweightness added with his age. . It can’t just be about the censure

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    • longhorn mama
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 7:01pm

      I wonder how spending the rest of his life in prison for his crimes would have affected his health? CROOK!

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    • captjack63
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 8:32pm

      And these elitist’s,crook’s,and thieves keep getting re-elected ? Everyone knows there would be no pass from the IRS if it was one of us.Why is this still going on????

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:39pm

      yes,,,as a public servand AND a leader, at that, they are BOUND to a higher standard. We lead by example, right? There is no deterrent to committing a crime if they know they will get away with it and only have to pay back what they stole (or cheated.) Unfortunately, there are thousands of government SERVANTS who owe money to the government and probably will get away with it until THEY are caught (no jail, no fines, just pay what you owe.) I‘m NOTgetting a sense of ’fair play’ here.

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on November 21, 2010 at 1:06am

      Good… I hope he f-ing dies … very slowly of course….

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    • proudinfidel54
      Posted on November 21, 2010 at 9:16pm

      Maybe they should take the money out of his forced retirement pay.

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    • proudinfidel54
      Posted on November 21, 2010 at 9:20pm

      SILENTWATCHER, Unless you are a terrorist that blows up a planelaod of American citizens, then you go to Lebanon to die in peace.

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    • Compete or Lose
      Posted on November 22, 2010 at 9:28pm

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      Well, lets see now…..THis man that Chaired the congressionsal Tax Writing Committee pleads, Incompetence, Sloppiness, and Negligence……….

      So would some one else get off offering those defenses to the IRS??? I DONT THINK SO.

      Failed to report income for 17 years….17 YEARS!!!!

      This man is a disgrace…..what kind of example does he set to aspiring young black men–it is OK TO CHEAT??? IT IS OK TO LIE????

      As a BLACK LEADER he should be ashamed and SHOULD GO TO JAIL—A WHITE CRIMINAL WOULDN’T GET OFF LIKE HE HAS!!!

      He should be ashamed and should resign.

      Good luck

      RGS

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