Rangel may get off with a slap on the wrist

[Darbex]

This is absurd that a congressman can commit substantial ethics violations and only get a slap on the wrist. Democrats want this buried so it doesnt stain them for the upcoming elections. If any politician has ethic violations they should be removed from office and if they are substantial enough they should be put in prison, ie, Rep. Traficant was. We are just allowing criminals to run our government.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_go_co/us_rangel_ethics

[CichlidFan]

Welcome to the party pal.....smiles


CF

[ImaGuyGeek]

Rangel will go away quietly I suspect. The Dems want this to go away and the Repubs will be afraid of being viewed as angry and mean right before an election. Once again the double standard will apply and nobody will apply the same level of aggressiveness to go after Rangel as if he were a Republican.

[jeebus]

Rangel will go away quietly I suspect. The Dems want this to go away and the Repubs will be afraid of being viewed as angry and mean right before an election.

Or racist.

[Delock]

Rangel will go away quietly I suspect. The Dems want this to go away and the Repubs will be afraid of being viewed as angry and mean right before an election. Once again the double standard will apply and nobody will apply the same level of aggressiveness to go after Rangel as if he were a Republican.

DeLay, Cunningham, Ney, Foley, Lewis, Burns, Stevens, Craig, Vitter, Miller, and Renzi, among others were given slaps on the wrist

[Delock]

Or racist.

telling on yourself?

[marauder_77868]

telling on yourself?

Perhaps just as telling...aren't all those names you listed names of whites?

Didn't see McKinney or Jefferson listed...hmmmn

[jeebus]

telling on yourself?

Nope. Just basing that assumption on what has been made of conservatives who have gone after prominant African American politicians in the past.

[ImaGuyGeek]

Nope. Just basing that assumption on what has been made of conservatives who have gone after prominant African American politicians in the past.

Like this

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704684604575381083191313448.html

JournoList contributors discussed strategies to aid Mr. Obama by deflecting the controversy. They went public with a letter criticizing an ABC interview of Mr. Obama that dwelled on his association with Mr. Wright. Then, Spencer Ackerman of The Washington Independent proposed attacking Mr. Obama's critics as racists. He wrote:
"If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they've put upon us. Instead, take one of them—Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares—and call them racists. . . . This makes them 'sputter' with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction."