Posted on 07/26/2010 6:06:02 PM PDT by Paul46360
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Warns Lawmakers Against Rush To Judgment On Rangel
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leader of the Congressional Black Caucus is warning lawmakers against rushing to judgment on whether one of its prominent members, Charles Rangel, is guilty of ethics violations.
California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee's statement Monday is likely to prevent, at least for now, any attempt by Democrats to pressure the New York Democrat to admit guilt and avoid an election-season ethics trial.
A House investigative panel has accused Rangel of violating standards of conduct, and the charges are to be publicly released Thursday before a separate ethics subcommittee that will render a verdict.
Lee said that "attempts by Republicans and Democrats to presume guilt ... violates the core American principle of the presumption of innocence."
Don’t remember them supporting Bush..or anyone else. Let alone Justice Thomas.
If Rangel was a whitey, they would have presumed him guilty even before any charges were filed.
Yeah, wouldn’t want to rush to judgment after TWO YEARS of investigation!
Now why would I presume a multi-millionaire on a congressman’s pay be guilty of bit of shennanigans?
Good old Charlie - he came to do good and stayed to do well.
I don’t presume.
This guy is as guilty as Clinton.
Barbara Lee...how is your husbands bank doing after that nice bailout...
It pays to have a wife in govt.
Rangel is as guilty as you are! Damn thief!
So occupying FOUR rent controlled apartments when only ONE is permitted is fine with the CBC.
I remember David Dinkins and his wife having a very large three or four bedroom rent controlled apartment for just the two of them.
Special privileges for the privileged.
which Clinton???
Hey Congressional Black Caucus Chair: Don’t presume innocence either..... =.=
I can’t wait for the day in the not-so-distant future where Barbara Bachman, head of the Tea Party Caucus, demands an immediate trial and ejection from House upon conviction!
I would hope that she would kick Pelosi out of that chair instead...
Do you mean Michelle Bachman?
Of course! I knew it didn’t feel right when I typed it. No idea where that came from. Thanks.
Democrat Blacks are NEVER guilty.....”The Rangel Angle”.
“core American principle”? What do they know about America. I don’t believe there is an honest American in the Black Caucus. They have probably never heard this....http://sagebrushpatriot.com/america.htm, and if they have, they wouldn’t understand it.
ROFLOL! Oh sure never mind that we know he has 3 rent controlled apartments in NYC or that his unlicenced old mercedes sat for over 3 years in the Senate parking garage which should’ve cost him over $200 for each month that it was there....don’t you be assuming he’s guilty! Nope!*sarcasm* Or that just because he got a huge donation and changed his vote to suit the donor that he changed his vote for money!
Presume guilt? I presume politics before truth or justice and race before everything. Anything else will be a pleasant surprise.
So scary! The Congressional Black Communists might call you a “racist” if you vote against their favorite criminal!
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