Cowardly Rangel seeks to blame his staff for ethical lapses (Slap down!)

American Thinker ^ | February 27, 2010 | Russ Vaughn

[jazusamo]

Once again a Democrat leader demonstrates the incredible hypocrisy for which that party and their media wing, the crumbling mainstream media, have become well known.

Charlie Rangel, in a demonstration of unethical behavior that can truly be called sorry, now rightly condemned by a House ethics committee chaired and controlled by his own party, for violations of House ethics rules, has thrown his staff under the bus in a blatant attempt to save his own, sorry, fat butt.

That is the equivalent of a Navy captain blaming the sinking of his ship on his enlisted crew or an Army general's blaming his troops on the ground for the loss of a battle. It is a despicable, save-your-own-ass action that has long been considered the epitome of dishonor. Military officers and NCO's know from early in their careers that the blame for failure of their subordinates falls fully on their shoulders and that to shirk that responsibility is the worst failure of honor a military leader can exhibit. It is a concept known as Command Responsibility which holds that the man in command is ultimately responsible for the misdeeds of his subordinates.

Regardless.

Rangel is a Korean combat veteran who left the Army as a staff sergeant, so he knows the rules and he knows the consequences of failure when one is in a leadership position. Yet here we have this senior, very powerful member of Congress, the federal body that exercises oversight and investigative powers for all misguided American military affairs, demonstrating quite clearly that he lacks the honor of the most junior military officer or NCO. This cowardly congressman, Rangel, hides cravenly under his desk and points fingers about his spacious offices, diverting blame to those who have served him well. What a guy, huh? What a concept of leadership Nancy Pelosi seeks to perpetuate, hmmm?

What Charlie fails to consider in claiming that his staff is responsible for any possible ethics violations because he knew nothing of the corporate sponsorships of his Caribbean junkets is the existence of a documented paper trail of staff memos to Charlie informing him of such.

What's his fallback defense, the dog ate his mail?

Sorry, Charlie...

[TribalPrincess2U]

Duh!

Has ANY democrat ever admitted to any wrong doing?

[y6162]

“Once again a Democrat leader demonstrates the incredible hypocrisy”

It’s really shamelessness. Rangel can’t be shamed.

What does he care about what he’s accused? Most likely he’ll be re-elected. A tax evasion charge would be something else.

[bgill]

Mirror, mirror, on the wall...

[jazusamo]

A tax evasion charge would be something else.

Yep, and it seems he's guilty of it but doubt anything will come of it.

[SandRat]

Anyone but him is to fault. The cowardly ***@##!!**!

[Trajan88]

Obviously the buck doesn’t stop at this tax cheat thug’s desk... come on NY... you deserve much better than this fat cat P.O.S.

[annieokie]

The Buck stops, huh where?

Not only this episode, but what about the tax dodging? I think it is time for a tax revolt by all the people, NOW. As April 15th is coming up quick, refuse to pay.

What will they do? Then take it to court enmass, and use Rangel as your proof you do not have to pay until he does, or he leaves Congress. One or the other will be fine.

This really needs to be tested in the courts.

[subterfuge]

Charlie Rangel is a POS. Now thats a ‘Dog Bites Man’ story if there ever was one.

A huge story would be truth coming out of his mouth.

[jazusamo]

You’re correct, Charlie no longer knows the meaning of truth.

[Kanzan]

We heard the same thing in Kansas, every time (and there were plenty) that Sebelius was caught doing something stupid.

[BallyBill]

This is just to give the MSM a reason to ignore the story. My bet is that it works.

[shiva]

[Joe Boucher]

Seems this and worse is the norm in N.Y. politics

[GitmoSailor]

NOT MEEeeeeeee..................

[NautiNurse]

Now that Rangel has dissed his staff, we can only hope they will produce more evidence of Rangel’s dishonorable behavior.

[jazusamo]

Now that is an interesting thought! :-)

[machogirl]

Sounds as stupid as Bwany Fwank, who didn’t know his “boy toy” was running a prostitution ring out of his OWN HOME.

[RobinOfKingston]

“The buck,” responded Charlie. “What’s a buck.”