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Charlie Rangel Caught in the Cookie Jar Again

So, on top of all of the rest of it, Chalie Rangel is now caught taking trips on the dime of lobby types without declearing it as such, which is what the Democrat’s own rules… rules Rangel himself helped to write… say he should be doing? Yes, says A Blog for All [1] who says, correctly:

It is quite telling that the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee doesn’t bother paying attention to the rules, including the tax law (which he helps write in his Committee) and the ethics rules. Of course, it’s systemic in that other Democrats don’t seem to know the rules either.

Rangel has accumulated the sixth highest amount of PAC money [2] among all members in the House for reelection purposes even though he’s never had a credible opponent in the general or primary elections. All that money ends up getting funneled to other Democrats around the country.

[3]Rangel clearly believes that the rules do not apply to him. Then again, it’s not entirely clear whether he has a command of the facts either – as he keeps changing facts and figures to the point where no one quite knows what’s going on [4], including Rep. Pelosi, who claimed a higher figure for the villa than had previously been disclosed. Maybe that’s all part of a plan to keep him out of trouble, but it should be reason enough for Pelosi to send him packing as the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee.

Indeed. Thing is, you know as well as I that’s not happening. They’ve already got one black democrat up to his elbows in slime…  William “Cash in his freezer” [5] Jefferson. Two, and you’d have a pattern.. uncomfortable at least given the top of the ticket at the moment.  Hey, Nancy, what’s this about an ethical [6] congress? [7] Remember how you said you’d drain the swamp?