Did he use his bro’s dentures?
Aw c’mon, give the guy a break. It’s easy to see how he could have missed the staff memo.
He was probably sitting in his rent-controlled office, counting his money and shredding tax documents, wondering where he parked that car he lost a few years ago, and daydreaming about the eternal grandeur of the having a college named after him...when the phone rang and it was his Carribean agent asking whether he wants the rent reports in English or Spanish.
And-—in keeping with the Sandy Berger/Phil Jones excuse-—his staff will tell us next week that he’s a total slob whose desk is always a mess.
It’s completely understandable that he “didn’t get the memo”.
Rangel, a black congressman, will get by because he is a democrat and all know that there are two sets of laws in America and the democrats have special rights that conservatives do not.
There is a judge in heaven who they do not believe in and He will judge them by Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
It is sad that America is now but another pagan nation.
You know the guy is scum when he throws his own staff under the bus.
Ethics Committee is a toothless pussy cat.
Anyon placed on it should be ashamed to even show up for a hearing.
Now, wait just a minute! (Arlen Specter tone) I have been to the Caribbean islands. How do you expect anyone to be able to read when all that sand is blowing right in their eyes?
The Dispicable Wench belongs in Prison for the rest of his days before he gets an all expenses paid trip to HELL! But OBOZO will probably promote him to GRAND CZAR in charge of ETHICS and MORALS for AMERICA! He sure has proven he is qualified to be a major Player in the OBOZO Administration...:-(
You know if this was anyone other than a Rat congresscritter he would be tried in court.
Republicans need to reintroduce the 'Rangel Rule' right now...
“Rangel Rule Act of 2009“, [is] the brainchild of Rep. John Carter, a Texas Republican who spent two decades as a judge before coming to the House in 2002. H.R. 735 would require the IRS to give everyone the same kid-glove treatment it gave Rangel. …
Under H.R. 735, if you’re caught cheating on your taxes, you would pay what you owe, then write “Rangel Rule” at the top of your return, and you wouldn’t be charged any penalty or interest. That way, Carter said when he introduced the bill, ordinary taxpayers would be “treated with the same courtesy that, it seems, the IRS is treating the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.”
Rangel knew as well as he knew about his old Cadillac being stored in a congressional parking lot. The same as he knew he could not accept a rent controlled apartment nor use one for his political office. He’s a crook! Just like Pelosi, Reid, Feinstein.
More than Rangel went too.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/44251
The New York Democrat, the panel concluded, had violated congressional lobbying rules when he was flown to Caribbean business conferences in recent years at the expense of corporate sponsors. Those same companies, though, had also sponsored the travel arrangements of five other House members — Democratic Reps. Donald Payne (N.J.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.), Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Mich.) and Delegate Donna Christensen (V.I.) — none of whom were cited for violations of ethics rules. The ethics panel found that those members were unaware that the corporations were funding the travel, whereas members of Rangel’s staff were.
Yet Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, wonders just how unaware they were. In a statement issued yesterday, Sloan argued that if Rangel’s office knew the source of the funds, the others surely would have known as well. “The notion that Rep. Rangel alone was aware the trip was sponsored by corporate donors defies logic,” she said.
There were banners identifying specific corporate donors and Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), publicly thanked corporate sponsors. The fact is, each and every member of Congress present was equally as culpable as Rep. Rangel and all should be held to the same standard.
Is there anything more crooked than Charlie Rangel?
Apparently not.
Were these memos or emails? If they were emails then it could be proven if he did or did not open the email and read it.
Damn crook needs to be behind bars. How much longer can we afford to have this country being run by criminals?