Ethics Panel Recommends Censure for Rep. Rangel
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The House ethics committee on Thursday recommended censure for longtime Rep. Charles Rangel, suggesting that the New York Democrat suffer the embarrassment of standing before his colleagues while receiving an oral rebuke by the speaker for financial and fundraising misconduct.
Censure is the most serious congressional discipline short of expulsion. TheHouse, which could change the recommended discipline by making it more serious or less serious, probably will consider the recommendation after Thanksgiving.
The ethics committee voted 9-1 to recommend censure and that Rangel pay any taxes he owes on income from a vacation villa in the Dominican Republic.The five Democrats and five Republicans on the panel deliberated for about three hours behind closed doors.
Earlier, at a sanctions hearing, the 20-term congressman apologized for his misconduct but said he was not a crooked politician out for personal gain. He was in the House hearing room when the ethics committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, announced the recommendation.
Rangel said, “I hope you can see your way clear to indicate any action taken by me was not with the intention of bringing any disgrace on the House or enriching myself personally.”
The ethics committee’s chief counsel, Blake Chisam, had recommended censure for Rangel. The ethics committee could have opted for lighter punishments, such as a reprimand, a fine or a report deploring the congressman’s behavior.
Rangel, 80, ended the sanctions hearing with an emotional plea to salvage his reputation.
Before speaking, Rangel sat for several minutes trying to compose himself. He placed his hands over his eyes and then his chin, before he slowly stood up and said in a gravelly voice that was barely audible: “I don’t know how much longer I have to live.”
Facing the committee members, he asked them to “see your way clear to say, ‘This member was not corrupt.’”
He continued: “There’s no excuse for my behavior and no intent to go beyond what has been given to me as a salary. I apologize for any embarrassment I’ve caused you individually and collectively as a member of the greatest institution in the world.”
In the most dramatic clash of the proceeding, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, questioned the assertion of Rangel—the former chairman of the tax-writingWays and Means Committee—that he wasn’t corrupt.
“Failure to pay taxes for 17 years. What is that?” McCaul asked, referring to Rangel’s shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic.
McCaul also noted the committee’s finding that Rangel solicited donors for the Charles B. Rangel Center at City College of New York from donors who had business before the Ways and Means Committee.
After an investigation that began in summer 2008, Rangel was convicted Tuesday by a jury of his House peers on 11 of 13 charges of rules violations.
He was found to have improperly used official resources—congressional letterheads and staff—to raise funds from businesses and foundations for theRangel Center. A brochure with some of Rangel’s solicitation letters asked for $30 million, or $6 million a year for five years.
He also was found guilty of filing a decade’s worth of misleading annual financial disclosure forms that failed to list hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets, and failure to pay taxes on his Dominican unit.
Chisam said donations to the Rangel Center were going poorly, then spiked after Rangel rose to the top of the Ways and Means Committee. He noted the center would benefit minority students and asked, “What kid of example is that of what public service ought to be?”
Chisam asked what a neighbor of Rangel would think after she was evicted from her apartment in Harlem’s Lennox Terrace, for violating terms of her lease—and then learning Rangel was allowed to convert a residential-only unit into a campaign office. Others were evicted for similar offenses, the committee found.
“How would that influence her faith in government?” Chisam asked.
And Chisam asked how a waitress struggling to pay her taxes on income and tips would feel about Rangel not paying taxes on rental money from his vacation villa.
Rangel brought in Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, to give a testimonial for the congressman to the panel. Lewis called his colleague “a good and decent man” and said Rangel had worked tirelessly to advance civil rights.
Before Chisam commenced his remarks, Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., told committee colleagues that Rangel needed only to “look in the mirror to know who to blame” for his predicament.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a former member of his state’s Supreme Court,said he believed the facts merited a reprimand, not a censure.
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INTHEBEGININGGOD
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:41pmThe panel has to get rid of him. They have to show that no one is above the law. We all know congress is crooked backroom deals hundred‘s don’t pay there taxe’s. I want him to sell off all his assets
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 11:05pmAgreed
Report Post »libh8er
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:39pmCensure? This is what will happen to Rangel? He has to stand in front of the House and they try to embarrass him? Little to many of us know that members of congress don’t care why they are in front of cameras. Just to get their face on camera is all they want. And to make things even worse… he only has to pay the back taxes… What? no penalty? no interest?
Report Post »Bevaboo
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:08pmFor real! I once made a mistake on my taxes, owed them around $800 more than I figured. When I figured out my mistake on my taxes the next year, I corrected my previous mistake with the IRS, and they were happy to bill me for interest on the amount I hadn’t paid.
Report Post »takemout
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:39pmHe hasn’t shamed anyone but himself.
Report Post »adalie
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:36pmInsufficient.
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:36pmYou have got to be kidding me… This guy needs to go to jail, loose his seat. and be forced to pay back all that money… A public scolding? Give me a break!
Report Post »Cineadh
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:36pmIt seems that there are two classes of people that can get away with lawbreaking: celebrities and politicians. Celebrities can act their way out of trouble and politicians can rewrite the laws that got them in trouble to begin with.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:35pm“Rangel‘s ’Raw Deal’: Constituents Stand by Disgraced Congressman”
“They’re out to destroy him”
“Yeah, I voted for him. And I’ll vote for him again and again and again and again”
“It’s sad. He’s the heart of Harlem”
“They’re always picking on black people”
http://www.aolnews.com/politics/article/charles-rangels-raw-deal-constituents-stand-by-disgraced-congressman/19724565
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
Rita
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:19pmNo, we pick on ignorant Indians too. The ‘Heart of Harlem” as you call him is a lying, corrupt politician that has gotten away with cheating for decades. Charlie Rangel needs to be expelled!
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:46pmDon’t these morons know that his not paying taxes is also a form of him stealing from them?
Report Post »Why do they always have to see race in the matter too; a crook is a crook, corruption is not dependent upon ones color. What will he say if they actually follow through and investigate some of the corrupt white folk?
This moron who says they’d continue to vote for him just illustrated why this country is in so much trouble… Idiots voting for corrupt morons who steal for them.
tripmom92
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 9:52pmWhy would anyone in the right mind keep re-electing someone is a crimminal. He has been cheating
Report Post »on his taxes for 17 years. So instead for having someone in office with integrity and honor, you all keep electing a crimminal. Unbelievable.
PerazziRay
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:57amHe’s not taking any money from them. I’m sure 47% of them pay NO taxes!
Report Post »LtdGovt
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:41amHey! Easy there Rita! Okpulot put that up without comment! To infer he is an, “ignorant Indian” is patently unfair. He is pointing out that Rangel’s constituents are sticking buy him. Rangel has been bringing home the bacon to these folks for a long time and many are fiercely loyal to him. That is all Okpulot was saying. That much is true. Rangel deserves to go to jail for what he did and censuring is WAY to light of a punishment. That is part of what we have been screaming about and why we voted the way that we did earlier this month. We are sick and tired of this elitist stature that is applied to our politicians. They need to be subject to the same laws as the rest of us. Get this guy outta there!
Report Post »temple62
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:35pmGet a rope before the Congressional Black Caucus rallies up the troops and Obama!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:48pm714 and then some.
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:34pmDisgraceful….but then what does America expect from it’s public servants?
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:34pmPoor Charlie, I wonder how many hour in front of the mirror he has practiced that “whipped puppy” look. No sympathy from me. He should just be glad he is a politician otherwise he would be in jail.
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:30pmwhat a joke. need i say more?
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:29pmHow dare they ask a crooked lawmaker to pay any unpaid taxes. Have they no shame?
Report Post »LockeDemos01
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:28pmwho knows, next they might actually slap his wrists and wag their fingers.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:26pmah, politics as usual I see. draw it out for two years to insure his complicit vote on your socialist agenda and just when a new sherif (the new 2011 congress) is about to hit town have a horse and pony show that basicly smacks his wrist and off Charley goes into the smog filled sunset of spanish harlem, adios, bon voyogie.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:32pmDoes anyone else think Charlie Rangel would have played a great Clark Gable in “Gone With the Wind” (book version) – My dear, I don’t give a damn.
How did he turn into such a bad actor?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:47pmGreed , anger at whatever he saw as unchangable and unfair, fear is humanities prime motivator, perhaps a sense of entitlement (he does come off like he thinks he’s “owed” something?
Report Post »But Charleys not alone, I fear for anyone going into DC these last twenty years. I’ve often pondered what makes them go from engaged to stone deaf in a few weeks time? Is it like the conspiracy theroists speculate that we have really been a British colony since 1813 (they burned Washington to the ground remember), after all we do seem to parralell England but like twenty years behind in social laws. In my minds eye envision a newly elected congressman walking intro his first caucus meeting and discovering we are not who we think we are. I think that all bets would be off, and who knows because that “club” doen’t seem to want to share about why they are so out of touch with “we the people”. Really I have no idea, but I do know I don’t trust a one of them one iota, and I watch them all like a hawk, even the best kept secrets seep out arround the edges eventually, which is why we know about the socilists and Obama, in large part due to Glenn, but there are so many other watchmen on the walls, most of them will forever remain unsung hero’s or vilans depending upon whom writes the history books when this is all said and done.
Waggedy Wabbit
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 8:14amDoes anyone REALLY believe the outcome would have been differant if they could have waited untill the NEW CONGRESS was seated?????????
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:25pmSad to see this once proud American Veteran( Thanks for your service ) turn to thievery, sketchy memory,turning himself into a grade A scumbag..He should be brought to trial, if found guilty, then??
Report Post »I vote for prison
Sorry Charlie
Sailor
Radical Conservative
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:25pmWow…. and he HAS to pay unpaid taxes???? How do they expect him to live????
Report Post »Anonimouse
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:25pmSo I guess the only way Rangel might recieve actual punishment would be to buy him a seat on a commercial flight. Let the TSA handle him.
Fear The Voices
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:08pmI’ll chip in some cash for the ticket! But it better be a two-way flight.
Report Post »pollyanna
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:48pmOh dear…this gave me a good giggle.
Report Post »aamador
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:23pmRangel, you’ve been a very bad boy
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:36pmSomeone get the comfy chairs and the wet noodles!!!
Report Post »GetsGreased
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:23pmWho was the 1 vote against? That’s as big a part of the story as the rest of it.
Report Post »tmmc18
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:19amI agree!! but then they might be just as embarrassed as Charlie… and we can’t have that.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:23pmooooo we going to embarrass him……….sorry not good enough, he needs to be removed from office. these fools dont care if you embarrass them, they only care if they lose power.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:22pmFiring squad come to mind.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:48pmInstead of Ethics Panel he should have to go before an Obamacare Death Panel!
Report Post »dantom
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:21pmGive him what Traficant got.
Report Post »geminisailor
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:15pmExcellent post…why doesn’t he get the same treatment as Trafficant???
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:28pmTaking bribes and racketeering aren’t part of what Rangel did, thats why. Just agreeing with Obama can get you censured in the repube party.Specifically, the Lexington County (S.C.) Republican Party voted to censure Graham for his support of government bailouts, amnesty for illegal aliens and President Barack Obama’s massive proposed energy tax, known as “cap and trade.”
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 9:02pmTraficant wasn’t a dirt dealer like this piece of crap, RANGEL!! Traficant is a punk compared to Rangel. Rangel is a product of greed. This is what the culmination of Rangel’s life has become by serving in Congress: greed and corruption. Perfect example of the need for TERM LIMITS!!!! TERM LIMITS, PEOPLE!! HOW MANY MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY DO WE NEED????!!!! We the people must say, ‘enough is enough.’ Right now.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:19pmOh My How Brutal ! And expected.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:43pmNo kidding I don’t know how he will ever be able to bear it.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:54pmPelosi’s pet project to claim to be the most ethical congress.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:08pmIf he were white I wonder what the punishment would be. Yes ……I am using the race card, why not?
Report Post »spmcintyre
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:19pmNot enough, he is either a criminal for doing these things intentionally, or incompetent for not doing what he was supposed to. Either way, he should not be making laws for the country.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:06pmOf all things, this guy is responsible for tax code! Of all people in government, nobody should be more aware of what has to be claimed and paid than this clown. To give him such a slap on the wrist is a mockery of justice.
Report Post »Of course, for the people of his dustrict to re-elect him is also a mockery of the intelligence of the American people. The people who voted him back into office should be ashamed of themselves.
wleeblake
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:42pmWhat kind of a punishment is that, you got to be kidding me dem or repub he should be jailed and banned from congress forever.TERM LIMITS
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 9:01pmHe should have been expelled from the House – wrong decision! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:08amWalkWithMe,
I totally agree.
I‘m not happy they didn’t kick him from here to kingdom come. But they may have held back if the Committee was aware that there might be a pending criminal trial. In this kind of situation, a lawyer would not want someone calling for testimony and reveal information that could be damaging in a criminal or civil trial.
I’m hoping the IRS is getting ready to pay him a little visit since 17 years worth of tax evasion should add up to sizable penalties.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:22amFear the Voices,
As Ihave said before, the Dummycrats need an uneducated populace, mainly in the inner cities and places like Appalachia to blindly follow the (D) on the ballot, as long as the candidate promises government assistance of every kind, from Food Stamps to Rent Subsidies. Rangel has consistantly promoted all of these government giveaways and therefore keeps getting reelected.
He, and others like him are the best arguements I can think of for TERM LIMITS!
Report Post »teahugger
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:18pmAnd I reccomend ousting.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 6:34pmThis is a pitiful situation. This guy has no reason to live. Any human of any conscious would just blow his brains out for what he has done for 40 years. I might also add, that if there is another side, he may be in for more problems there than he has here. Held to a higher standard huh. What a joke.
FLUSH THE COMMIES OUT !
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:08pmThis is just a dog and pony show! He won’t even get any jail time. Hey everybody, It looks like the Deocommie Bastards have found themselves a sacrificial goat. Charley, you just sit down, shut up, and this will all be over soon. Hell, you’ll probably even get a chance to make some money for playing ball. You might get away with it this time so run far, far away! We will never forget!
Report Post »Al Gator
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:19pmThis whole thing is theatrics and is carefully choreographed.
Think this through: Had Chazbo’s demokaRatz buds not put him on the stand RIGHT NOW, he would have to face a GOP ethics committee in January.
Now, we can’t have the Ratz looking like they were letting ol Chazbo skate, heaven forbid!
So, the Ratz hurry up, convict him of this and that, and then slap his hand.
For his part, Chazbo makes a big display and ballyhoo, cry and complain of all sorts of “injustice” at the hands of the ethics committee, all to take the heat off the Ratz who only slapped his wrist.
Think of a bank robbery where the key person is the inside clerk; “When you hit my head, make it look good so they don‘t think we’re in cahoots.”
Wait and see, Maxibabe will “suffer” the exact same “fate.”
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 7:26pmThis CRAP is getting old!!! You or I do half the crap he did WE WOULD BE GOING TO JAIL!!! Everyone needs to start writing their reps, This is crap.
Report Post »Al Gator
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:09pmHey BreeZee,
Writing your reps gets you nowhere really fast. Being a “streetwalker” activist gets you every where you want to be, quickly. But hey, that’s a lot work! Right, Yeah, I know. But every door you knock on, every old fart you talk to, is another convert.
Rule of thumb: On their porch, in their face. Works every time.
Listen, I learned street thug politics at Eddie Rendell’s knee. I was a hard right conservative. Eddie was what Eddie was. Him and his boys taught me how to deal with the Ratz that would let the dogs out the back door when I knocked on the front door.
I learned one VERY IMPORTANT LESSON from Eddie, because he used to send his BEST union thugs to confront me at the polls. My poll was PA Abington Ward 10-2. Right across the street from Joey Hoeffel’s house.
That lesson is this: “Refusing to stoop to your enemy’s level, only gets you cut off at the knees.“ So ”all you conservatives, stand on principle, stupid!, because we don’t!”
Philly Ratz, like Joey the Hoe Hoeffell, Johnny ‘Street Fighter’ Street, and Bung Faced Benedict Arlen Shinkter along with Eddie and friends, created a Frankenstein monster that they truly regret.
And if you think I’m partisan, ask Bobby “Candy Man” Asher if he really likes me. That Rhino spent lots of time trying to “reign that boy in.”
Oh Well, Too Bad. I here, I‘m large and I’m in their face. And the worst part is, I use their own battle tactics against them.
I only wish that other yellow stripped Pubbies would follow suit and NOT attack me for being “Just like them.”
Sun Tzu: “War is total, if you are not prepared for total war, you are lost.”
Again: “Refusing to stoop to your enemy’s level, only gets you cut off at the knees.”
Think it through.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:41pmLeave it to Washington … anyone else, anywhere else would be headed to JAIL!
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:41pmAny one of us would be in jail. Maybe instead ‘letting’ the tax hike go into effect for the ‘rich’, we could just collect back taxes, fees, and penalties from congress-people! Tell good ole uncle Charlie IT IS TIME TO GO!
Report Post »jamye
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:42pmOn to Rep. Walters !!! Let party continue !
Report Post »101
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:42pmWow, “Censure” and I thought he would get off easy.
Sarcasm intended
Report Post »Kaen
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:44pmThe Ethics Panel should be expelled along with him for not having the testicular fortitude to remove him from office.
http://thefreeamerica.blogspot.com/
Report Post »MontanaMade
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 8:53pm“Censure is the most serious congressional discipline short of expulsion.”- sorry Charlie- you need to retire NOW!!! He’s been on the grift for so long- it’s about time to end it!!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 9:03pmEarlier, at a sanctions hearing, the 20-term congressman apologized for his misconduct but said he was not a crooked politician out for personal gain. {right, and he’s also got a bridge in Brooklyn – cheap, barely used]
“Failure to pay taxes for 17 years. What is that?” McCaul asked, referring to Rangel’s shortchanging the Internal Revenue Service on rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic.
He also was found guilty of filing a decade’s worth of misleading annual financial disclosure forms that failed to list hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets, and failure to pay taxes on his Dominican unit.
Okay, I never, ever in my wildest dreams thought I would live to see myself post this, but (deep breath) here goes…..
Where the hell is the IRS when you need them?
Okay, the ethics panel have weighed in. Now it’s time for criminal charges.
Rangel, 80, ended the sanctions hearing with an emotional plea to salvage his reputation.
Before speaking, Rangel sat for several minutes trying to compose himself. He placed his hands over his eyes and then his chin, before he slowly stood up and said in a gravelly voice that was barely audible: “I don’t know how much longer I have to live.”
Facing the committee members, he asked them to “see your way clear to say, ‘This member was not corrupt.’” He continued: “There’s no excuse for my behavior and no intent to go beyond what has been given to me as a salary.
Ah, I’m not being nasty here, but people have gone to prison for far less. Maybe, just maybe he should have thought about this 17 years ago.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 9:53pmThis is an outrage. He didn’t pay taxes on income dating back almost 17 years. If any of us did that, we would be in jail. That’s where he needs to be. If he doesn’t go to jail, we have no rule of law. No one can be above the law.
Here’s our latest … Nancy Pelosi : Not of This Earth … a little light hearted humor about her inability to get a grip on the midterm results …
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAN9f9clmig
oldoldtimer
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 11:19pmIf you or I did what Rangle did we would go to jail. Just shows how really corrupt Congress is.They think they are above the law because of their position. Elitisn leads to tyranny. Please read “The FederalistPapers” #57 par 13 and 14. It describes what happens when the Congress is not held to the legislation they pass and exemption of themselves from the laws of the common man. It always leads to tyranny. I bet Rangle will not have to pay any penelty for those 17 years of undeclared earnings. What he did is against the law. So lets see if DOJ or NYAG brings charges against him?
Report Post »ltb
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 11:42pmewww, censure… no wonder that fat, corrupt pig didn’t waste his time with the hearing. What’s it going to take people? How many times are we going to mumble “If that had been…”? WE HAVE CRIMINALS IN CHARGE OF OUR GOVERNMENT, STEALING OUR MONEY TO BUY THEMSELVE POWER – WHAT THE &%$@ IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR PEOPLE TO GET OFF THEIR BUTTS AND REVOLT?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:05amThis sound like a severe punishment compared to what Rush Limbaugh got for “doc shopping” and illegally obtaining prescription drugs. Sound severe compared to what the family values Republican John Ensing got for having an extramarital affair with a subordinate (who just happened to be the wife of one of his best friend and another employee) and who paid her off to the tune of 100 grand and got her husband another job.
Don’t play the game of which party has the most lawbreakers, because at least in the last few years, the “family values” Republicans would lose by a mile.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:15amGUILTY of 11 of 13 charges. That makes it pretty clear that he was purposely defrauding the Government the laws and the People. So what does it take for Permanent Expulsion, Murdering another senator? Obiously if he were to “accidently” runover and kill a private citizen he would only be reprimanded. I listened to a little of his speech. He’s been lying for so long he believes himself. Sad that a Korean War Veteran would forget what our country is all about.
Report Post »poppop13
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 12:20amHey! Lay off Charlie. Forty years ago he was white. He started off poor and had to brown nose to get re-elected. Many years later he had to crawle all the way in and now he is called black but it really dark brown. This is why we need term limits and a cap on how much money you can spend on a election. Do you not think for 40 to 90 million $$$ you have to sell your soul to the devil.
Report Post »tmmc18
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 2:13amJust give it time… If they go any more harsh than this (joke) the CBC will claim racism… Mark my words…I am actually surprised the race card hasn’t been played yet.
Report Post »RichardHWeeks
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 6:53amWhy has the IRS not already collected from him or pressed charges? He should go to jail for tax evation.
Report Post »thesixfour
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:36amWatch the other hand…
Report Post »Big Toe
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:46amTypical Democrap!, Lie, cheat and steal, then cry I’m not a crook. send this old thieving cow to pasture.
Report Post »Flagwaver
Posted on November 19, 2010 at 9:25amIf anyone among the fiefs were to avoid paying taxes for seventeen years ,they would send us to prison and throw away the keys. This member of the aristocracy who writes the tax law fails to do that and they laugh it off and give him a slap on the wrist.
Get used to it people, our rulers know they are better than the peasants they rule, so they need not follow the same laws THEY WRITE!
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