Rangel a disgrace

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding from an article I read was that Rangel owns the house in the Dom. Rep. with a group of other investors and it looks like they didn't understand some local tax laws.

Nothing to do with local tax laws, he did not report his rental income on his taxes.

The problem was that they were netting the rental income against his monthly fees on a net basis. Someone who does his accounting apparently just paid the bills and didn't think to find out what went into the number. Had he received separate checks from the rental income, I'm sure he would have reported it because it would be obvious.

[Anonymous]

I should have explained the above better. He got the condo from a company that billed him monthly for it. Apparently it wasn't like a straight mortgage. But instead of sending him separate checks for the rental income and then billing him the full amount of his fees on another statement, they charged him the monthly fee net of the rental income. So some accountant of his probably just got monthly bills and paid them, not realizing there was income associated with them.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like he is back in the hot seat?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402706.html

"Rangel recently even discovered bank accounts that no one in the world, apparently including him, knew he had. One was with the Congressional Federal Credit Union; another was with Merrill Lynch -- each valued between $250,000 and $500,000. He somehow neglected to mention these accounts on his congressional disclosure forms, which means, if you can believe it, that when he signed the forms, he did not notice that maybe $1 million was missing. Someone ought to check the lighting in his office. "

Come on be honest. Who among us has not misplaced a million dollars? If I had a million dollars for every time I misplaced a million dollars -- well, I would break even. Still, this guy has important things to worry about. He can't be expected to keep track of a measly million dollars.

Seriously, both this guy and Murtha have go to go. They are dragging down the Democratic party. No excuses. They've go to go.

I agree with Jeff - corruption has to be addressed and not excused on both sides of the aisle. Vote him off the island.

[Anonymous]

Update - the House Ethics Committee has put its investigation of Rep. Jackson (D-IL) on hold at the request of Federal prosecutors. Maybe now they have some time on their hands they can finish up the investigation of Charlie Rangel that was due out 9 months ago?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I should have explained the above better. He got the condo from a company that billed him monthly for it. Apparently it wasn't like a straight mortgage. But instead of sending him separate checks for the rental income and then billing him the full amount of his fees on another statement, they charged him the monthly fee net of the rental income. So some accountant of his probably just got monthly bills and paid them, not realizing there was income associated with them.

I wrote this, but I had no idea about his omissions on his financial disclosure forms. The condo wasn't material, but that stuff is big. He should go.

[Anonymous]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0917edit2sep17,0,1658233.story

Chicago Tribune "The House of Representatives wasted no time in lowering the boom this week on the rude and inexcusable conduct of Rep. Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina. Wilson yelled out "you lie" while President Barack Obama was delivering his health care reform appeal to a joint session of Congress last week.

It took just six days for the House to approve a formal rebuke of Wilson.

OK. So far, so good.

Now, what about the questionable conduct of some other members of the House?

Take Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rangel has been under investigation by the House ethics committee for 10 months."

[Anonymous]

Okay, so the Democrat chaired ethics committee has been investigating him for two years now?

When is enough enough?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/03/01/2010-03-01_pelosis_defense_of_rangel_is_tepid_at_best.html

This makes mockery of Pelosi's claim for running the most ethical and transparent Congress ever - and it adds fuel to the critics anxious to crush the Dems in the midterm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His latest stupid act is calling Palin "disabled." He's just a complete moron and embarrassment.

http://wcbstv.com/campaign08/congressman.charles.rangel.2.821541.html

I don't think he should go for stating something that many many would agree.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like he is back in the hot seat?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402706.html

"Rangel recently even discovered bank accounts that no one in the world, apparently including him, knew he had. One was with the Congressional Federal Credit Union; another was with Merrill Lynch -- each valued between $250,000 and $500,000. He somehow neglected to mention these accounts on his congressional disclosure forms, which means, if you can believe it, that when he signed the forms, he did not notice that maybe $1 million was missing. Someone ought to check the lighting in his office. "

Come on be honest. Who among us has not misplaced a million dollars? If I had a million dollars for every time I misplaced a million dollars -- well, I would break even. Still, this guy has important things to worry about. He can't be expected to keep track of a measly million dollars.

Seriously, both this guy and Murtha have go to go. They are dragging down the Democratic party. No excuses. They've go to go.

He has already gone to glory

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:
He has already gone to glory

That wasn't the case when I wrote the message in September. I would have preferred a different mode of exit, but if that's what it takes...

I really don't understand why the Democrats are tolerating these guys. The issue of who paid for Rangel's travel is the least of my concerns with him. He is up to his eyelids in ethics problems of much greater proportions.

[Anonymous]

The CBC calls for his resignation?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/01/AR2010030103807.html?hpid=politics

Can this be true? He is a founding member.

[Anonymous]

So he has temporarily stepped down:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/03/charlie.rangel/index.html?hpt=T2

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:So he has temporarily stepped down:

He has so many pending ethics issues that this will probably (and hopefully) be permanent. Perhaps he will even decide to spend more time with his lawyers and not run for reelection.