Politics

Defiant Rangel Says He Still Loves Congress

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Rep. Charles Rangel says he still loves Congress, despite a showdown with colleagues over ethics violations that led to his recent censure.

Speaking to reporters Saturday at an event in Harlem, the Democrat appeared confident and as defiant as ever about the allegations. He received his punishment Thursday on the House floor.

But he saved his ire for the media, rather than his fellow Congress members.

The House found he had failed to pay taxes on a vacation villa, filed misleading financial disclosure forms and improperly solicited donations for a college center from corporations with business before his committee.

Rangel acknowledged some mistakes, but said he never enriched himself.

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  • libh8er
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:22pm

    To me…. If I don’t pay taxes on property for 17 years,… I think I would be gaining something.

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    • barbaraw62
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:38pm

      If YOU didn’t pay taxes for 17 years…….. you unlike Charlie Rangel would be in Prison!

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  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:16pm

    What other offering of speech could he make ? He’s got to be there 2-More Years. And..people being creatures of Habit x 10000 for Politicians. It would have literally killed him not to be able to remain in congress… Now read through these comments and find the Code Words for the better outcome of the Rengel issue.

    Besides who would be better prepared to represent the “Numbers” Capital and City-Corruption originator,Harlem better than Charlie ? They taught Politics to Chicago… That‘s history of a different nature than you’ll find on Beck.
    I don’t like the outcome, and hope the IRS indicts him on Tax evasion,but he beat the odds. After a 4-5 yr Trial, he’d get a year in prison if that making him 85yrs old or so.

    He’s slicker than the Nazi Death Camp suspects that have been on trial in 3 Countries for 30+years.

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  • rwsasinger
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:58pm

    You know what? Until the congress decides to reign in their spending, backs off the entitlement mentality, and takes higher moral ground when it governs this country; I just might hold back their paycheck for non-performance by not paying taxes on my income…hey; maybe I can wRangel me a sweet deal when punishment time comes.

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  • Richlove1
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:54pm

    He got a standing ovation from his fellow corruptocrats after enduring the torture of being read to by the botox queen Peloser. The horror, the horror!

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:26pm

    If I were excused from the crimes that Rangel committed, I as well would be in as much love with congress.

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  • Donald
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:15pm

    Sure he does, where could you break the law and tax laws and NOT go to jail. Wesley Snipes is wishing Rangel a Merry Christmas.

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  • Hyena
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:03pm

    Simply stating he didn‘t enrich himself doesn’t mean it didn’t happen…….PROVE IT!!

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  • jagr1850
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:54pm

    drain the swamp …..ding dong the wicked witch is gone …….watch for may dumocrats to resign before the investigations begin…………we sure could handle some honest polititians in DC

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:52pm

    im sure he does still lovethe congress he has a heck of a deal going there. I WISH the GOP could do more to him than was done. He needs to be in Jail

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    • PeachyinGA
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:18pm

      The November election is exactly why Charlie insisted on an expedited decision. He knew that the end results in January would not draw a standing ‘O’ after reading only one of the eleven charges he violated. His beloved democrats couldn’t put him through that kind of humiliation!

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  • shorthanded12
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:49pm

    2 weeks from now Charlie willl be back page news because Im sure Good Ole Charlie could spill the beans on others in congress.

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    • teahugger
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:56pm

      I bet you’re right about that! I bet he’d rat out his compatriots if he needed to make a plea deal…but alas there will be no charges.

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  • shorthanded12
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:47pm

    This amounted to nothing more than a slap on the wrist for poor OLD Charlie. All he has done is provide for his welfare state of Harlim, thats one of those 57 states that Barry talked about.

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:44pm

    “The House found he had failed to pay taxes on a vacation villa, filed misleading financial disclosure forms and improperly solicited donations for a college center from corporations with business before his committee.

    Rangel acknowledged some mistakes, but said he never enriched himself.”
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    Seems he kept the tax $$ he should have paid. That is enrichment.

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  • jlroejim
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:44pm

    There is Charlie and his villas, Bernie and his boy friend at Fanny & Fredie; Chris and his cut rate property deals; and who can forget Nancy and her private jet ( on our dime). No wonder Gold is $1400 and Gas hit over $3/gallon today. GRAB A LIFE BOAT, WE’RE GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • jlroejim
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:50pm

      OOPS! Sorry I used the term Bernie and “ going down” in the same sentence.

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  • MBA
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:37pm

    I bet he does. Unlimited access to money, power, and corruption without consequences. What a deal.

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  • WILLIAM E.
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:34pm

    Guess it is ok to be a criminal if you are in congress.

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    • guyperram
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:53pm

      It appears to go with the turf. One ponzi schem after another, promise anything, deliver another ponzi scheme. These are the folks that put Madoff in prison, for the same stuff they do every day.
      I swear the old mafi could run the government better, at least they were capitalists!

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  • 2smart
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:32pm

    I bet he does still like Congress. Where else can you get a free ride at tax payer expense. I mean, look at the perks and he was a veteran, ya know! Don‘t have to work very hard and every once in a while he can tour the neighborhood and talk about how he’s working to make it all better. And, every two or three years you can get with a group that goes to some foreign country where you can vacation and call it a fact-finding mission. Oh by the way, did I mention he has served for over forty years? That’s certainly enough to put you in a position way up in a committee. How can one use this to advance the progressives? And what else?

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  • jlroejim
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:30pm

    Let me see, if I had a job that I could become a multimillionare and never have to pay my taxes on the money I got from “ making the right deals at the right time” I WOULD LOVE IT ALSO!

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  • SGTMACAZ
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:27pm

    this is why we ar in e shape we are in as a country.

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  • seeker9
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:25pm

    It really gets me with these Dems. Raise a huge stink about the wealthy not paying their fair share of taxes, but so many of them cheated when taxes were low.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:27pm

      I don’t want to argue, but people who cheat on their taxes do it whenever they can, whether they have the money or not. A cheat is a cheat is a cheat.

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    • seeker9
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:41pm

      I suppose they speak from first hand knowledge. Kind of like the old “accuse the opposition of what you, yourself are guilty of” tactic.

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  • Nightstalker
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:25pm

    Retire, then make millions going on speaking tours!
    Write a book about how to screw America and live off
    of other peoples money!
    Thanks for your service in the military, 70years ago!
    Go away now!

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:22pm

    Some in Congress still love him. He got a standing ovation when censured. He still does not understand that he did something wrong. Justice will be met someday.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:41pm

      They love him cause they’re like him “ Tax Cheats ” & let’s not forget out Timmy boy .

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  • Fletch
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:18pm

    the poster boy for so much of what is wrong with the professional political class

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:23pm

      Career and politician are two words that should never be in the same sentence.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:29pm

      And he still has the audacity to be defiant. Defiant is when you are innocent of all charges and people keep pounding you about it. He was guilty as sin and, in my humble opinion, should have gone to jail or be forced to resign; and I say that as a parent and grandparent who thinks this sets a bad example to young people – there are consequences to cheating (and we wonder why there is so much cheating in the educational system) and he should lead by example.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:24pm

      GRANDMAOF5, Do you think your five beautiful grandchildren miss all the time and energy you waste on The Blaze?

      broker0101  
    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:40pm

      BROKER0101, possibly but since I live on one coast of FL and 4 of them live on the east coast of FL we do the best we can. As for the 5th grandchild, I keep him every week day while his parents work or go to school so I have no regrets about the time I spend with him. The air I breath is for my family and I will do the best I can to protect them. I hope you feel the same about your family. I understand your position as I have followed your comments for quite some time but I think you are really a more sincere person than you appear to be. I hope you have a very blessed holday season.

       
    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:04pm

      @Broker–
      If you have nothing to contribute to the discussion, why do insists on posting here?

      If Grandmaof5 is wasting her time and energy on the Blaze by actually sharing her thoughts with others, then what are you doing?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:18pm

      KOMPONIST-ZAH, thanks for having my back! BROKER0101 and I butt heads periodically and I always hope someone is paying him/her the big bucks (capitalism at work) to be cantankerous.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:35pm

      @Grandmaof5

      Good evening; hope the weather is better in Florida than here tonight – high pollution and no burn orders in effect, difficult to breath for me. For some reason I guess Broker 0101 is only targeting one poster this night instead of the usual “Blame everyone, call everyone (insert favorite insult)” style.

      @Broker 0101

      Again, if you wish to target one Blazer personally, feel free to slam away at me, so that the others are left alone. No time limit on this offer.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:39pm

      @Fletch

      I see your point; also what I see as a larger problem is us HAVING a professional political class.

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    • Fletch
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:52pm

      @grandmaof5

      Please don’t take the sniping to heart. It‘s what the small do when they can’t compete in the arena of ideas or engage in cogent intellectual discourse

      Thank you for your love of family and imparting your values to them

      You‘re a little further north of me and it’s only 71 here down island

      Keep your family warm

      ~ Sothernmost Blaze/Beck Fan

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:35pm

      Thanks, FLETCH, realize I put comment under wrong comment (apparently the 2nd glass of wine). Love you guys for keeping it real. I feel sorry for anyone who either doesn’t get it or chooses to bury their heads in the sand. I am going to assume they are so young they haven‘t had enough life’s experiences to realize the danger we are all in and hope there will be an awakening soon, before it is too late. I can’t imagine hating your country so much you wish it to be destroyed from the inside out. I cry at any patriotic song, Publix ad, Hallmark ad – I guess I just wish everyone could be healthy and happy. Thanks, again, FLETCH and SNOWLEOPARD3200.

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    • Fletch
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:40am

      Rangel in deeper with new ethics charge
      New York Post ^ | 12/05/10 | ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN

      The Federal Election Commission is investigating a complaint that Rep. Charles Rangel improperly used his National Leadership PAC to fund his legal defense on ethics charges for which he was censured Thursday, The Post has learned.

      The FEC is acting on a complaint by the National Legal and Policy Center filed after The Post reported last month that Rangel paid nearly $400,000 from his PAC.

      ……. The NLP center expects to file a second complaint this week contending that Rangel’s PAC money included at least $195,000 in donations from lobbyists with business before the House Ways & Means Committee, of which he is a member.

      Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/rangel_in_deeper_with_new_ethics_NN5qV3bXesmA99ZPPDytiO#ixzz17FCvGlDb

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    • Fletch
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:28am

      “The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.” ― H. L. Mencken

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:59am

      FLETCH, now that the radar has honed in on Charlie, let’s hope this will put the final nail in the coffin and he will be booted out and land in jail, just like any of us would. The double standard is getting old.
      Hope you and Snow are having a good day.

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  • BuckOfama
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:16pm

    Rangel, dude, time to go. Resign and call it a career. Let someone better take over!

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    • teahugger
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:21pm

      Love your user name!

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    • what4
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:28pm

      Better yet, just die in disgrace Charlie, you old fart!

       
    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:06pm

      SNOW, weather here not bad: low 50 degrees with a 20% chance of showers. Beautiful clear day today high about 68 degrees. Being asthmatic I can sympathize with high pollution, hope it is clearer tomorrow. Feel sorry for BROKER0101 having to be the “bad guy/gal” on The Blaze. I often wonder if this is his/her true self or is he/she just a pawn being paid to troll the site. Have a good night.

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    • Adam Coble
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:10pm

      y He is not done raping and pillaging!!!

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  • PeterThePainter
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:16pm

    I’ll bet he does…where else can influence laws and then call your stock broker up with insider information and make lots of money….all legal for the chosen few……….

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  • 6.8 SPC
    Posted on December 4, 2010 at 7:13pm

    Yup, BUT the majority of congress does not worship you anymore you turd – go back to harlem and “organize the community”

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 8:03pm

      He should have said what about Turbo Tim ???

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:07pm

      Is Rangel a Reverend ???
      Just wondering.

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 9:38pm

      @Tower7

      Best I can find on his bio’s is he is a lawyer and not a preacher of any sort. Though I will not be of any surprise him being a guest speaker in many churches. Not all that uncommon at times.

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    • 2
      Posted on December 4, 2010 at 10:37pm

      Without ‘The Black Carcass’ you would have had a Large majority of congress, like 385 to 15.
      At least your not Ashamed of what you didn’t do. I mean others have done worse? This Man will have to answer some day.

      Congressman John Conyer’s Wife is behind bars. His son was driving His Catty and it was broken into. Stolen was Gov. Laptops and $37,000 worth of concert tickets. The stolen laptops had sensitive government information on them. Maybe Wiki-Dick got them so He can cut out Conyers.

      Who has that many tickets to anything with a Momma in jail and His Daddy is in Congress. Why do you people keep voting for them. There has to be a better black Person in your district.

      Next up Maxine Waters ‘From the South Central Hood’ in California, but She doesn’t have to life there. She came from East St. Louis and it’s 10x worse than St. Louis which is No. 1 in violent crime this year. Is that a coincidence? Maybe, b ut She’s doing something wrong.

      Don’t forget Jackson from Mississippi, I think? with the $80,000 in the Frig. Do any of you even have 80k? I don’t. I’ve never seen that much. WAKE UP FOOLS!

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 2:11am

      hmmm… you should be in prison… you whore mongering thief…

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 2:38am

      Rangel is defiant??// Now kidding….that’s what got him into trouble in the first place. Now he’s even worse.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 5:59am

      He ought to love it…they kept his sorry ass outta prison. Then they gave him a standing ovation.

      BIZZARO WORLD!!!!!

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    • bigbud
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 12:42pm

      Hum?? I wonder if I didn’t “remember” about a “few” rent controled appartments and a “villa” in the Bahamas,,, you know just slipped mind and forgot to put anything about them on my tax return. Then got caught … Do you think that the prosecutors would just read the charges ,,,, you know that would be it…….

       
    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:40pm

      All he still loves is the pwer and corruption that continues to line his pockets.

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    • James
      Posted on December 5, 2010 at 4:09pm

      Why wouldn’t he, has has made a fortune there for more than half a centruty. Please, this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

      What he hates are all the silly ethics rules and the conspiracy, perpetuated by the man to keep him and his oppressed brothers down.

      http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/

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    • CYCLONE
      Posted on December 7, 2010 at 9:47pm

      … don’t you have your own swamp to crawl back to… you felon, lyi’n , thievin’, whore ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!

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