I have been waiting for this moment for a while now. Back in October Cracked World reported on the many nefarious notions of the of the House Rep. from New York when the Republicans tried to have him removed from his chairmanship. If you’d like to refresh your memory on that one look no further. Republicans Chide House Rep. Charles Rangel.
Charles Rangel of The House Ways of Thieves Committee
Charlie Rangel is back in the news again. Now for accepting trips to the Caribbean from a private corporation. This time he was forced out of his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means committee, which I have, rightfully so, called the House of the Ways of Thieves Committee. Of course Rangel is trying to “fake the high ground” according to him he has stepped down willfully to avoid undue embarrassment to his colleagues.
FoxNews has the skinny on Charlie and his “Gallantry”.
“I respectfully request a leave of absence from my duties and responsibilities as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means until such time as the Committee on Standards completes findings on the review currently underway.”
House Speaker Pelosi said in a written statement she will “honor” the request. ”I commend Chairman Rangel for his decades of leadership on jobs, health care, and the most significant economic issues of the day,” she said.
Decades of leadership….. more like decades of thievery.
This is fitting; it’s a very liberal use of the term ‘Leadership‘ but of course this is a fine example of ‘Honor Amongst Thieves‘.
So now he respectfully requests a leave of absence? What about the statement he made on March 2nd?
Rangel spent the last week defying calls for him to step down. He adamantly denied reports Tuesday that he was planning to step aside, telling reporters who asked whether he would stay in his position, “You bet your life on it. And I don’t lie to the press.”
It doesn’t say much for his moral standing does it? I have to wonder what his word is worth these days. He’ll need a Government bail out just to take his oath in court.
Obviously he Can’t Take the Heat so he’s getting out of the Kitchen. But he jump in the fire?
No doubt he read the writing on the walls when other Democrats started to call for his removal from his position of confidence. Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama and member of the Congressional Black Caucus made this statement:
“Representative Rangel has had a long and distinguished career and I respect his leadership. But I believe Congress needs to do more to restore the public trust. An Ethics Committee admonishment is a serious event and Representative Rangel should do the right thing and step aside as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. I will consider returning the $1,000 contribution he made to my 2008 re-election campaign.”
Return his campaign contribution? Can you say running scared? He may as well be a Leper.
If this rebuke from his own party is any indication of the seriousness of the situation than I’d say Rep. Rangel is all but done; not just in The House Ways of Thieves Committee but possibly in Congress all together. Though Rangel has every intention of returning to his chairmanship after this political shit storm blows over, the Republicans want him permanently removed from the position. Most certainly something to become mid-term election fodder. Any one who wants to allow him to return will look as corrupt and untrustworthy as Rangel himself.
I can’t imagine anyone letting him return to the position let alone Congress. The way I see it he should be “getting to know” his new cell mate in a prison some where.
It’s a Cracked World and guys like Rangel are the ones that made it that way.
