Posted on 02/28/2010 12:02:01 PM PST by tobyhill
Rep. Charlie Rangel's admonishment by the House ethics panel does not disqualify him from leading the chamber's influential tax-writing committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday, even as she acknowledged the conflict doesn't pass the smell test.
"No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't," Pelosi said. "The fact is, is that what Mr. Rangel has been admonished for is not good. It was a violation of the rules of the House. It was not something that jeopardized our country in any way."
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, better known as the ethics committee, admonished Rangel last week for taking corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, which are a violation of House rules.
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swamp queen
Is there anyway to sue her personally in an American class action suit?
Rangel is a world class thief and thug but San Fran Nan can’t afford to annoy the rest of the left by causing problems for a good, dedicated lib. And especially not a good, dedicated BLACK lib.
We can’t punish blacks in America today unless they have no money or power. This is the truth.
“It was not something that jeopardized our country in any way.”
LOL. Somewhat different standard applied here than for, say, Newt Gingrich or Tom DeLay.
Pelosi kowtows to the black caucus.
Nancy made a lot of news today. All bad for Democrats. She’s a disaster on TV.
I’m betting that Rangel knows too much. What’s Pelosi hiding?
Nanzi - I’m sending you a Joe Wilson ‘YOU LIE’.
This is the newly minted Pelosi Standard of Public Service (PSPS). Unfortunately for her, and for us, she does not meet that standard.
If Rangel were to randomly murder a homeless person in an alley, or if he were to regularly beat his wife, he would not be violating the PSPS, and Pelosi would not remove him from the Chair of Ways & Means.
....both of these people will be re-elected in landslides this Nov. :)
They’ve got tax cheats enforcing the tax laws, so why shouldn’t they have tax cheats writing the tax laws?
he belongs in prison along with William Jefferson.
maybe they can be bunk mates and spouses.
Thick as thieves.
Whew! I’m glad that Pelosi is not prepared to strip.
Whew! I’m glad that Pelosi is not prepared to strip.
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o_0 *shudder*
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