You Know You're In Trouble With Democrats

When even the NY Times is calling for your resignation because of your "ethical problems".

Mounting embarrassment for taxpayers and Congress makes it imperative that Representative Charles Rangel step aside as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee while his ethical problems are investigated.

This recommendation does not come easily, considering the New York Democrat’s four decades of service in Congress. But Mr. Rangel himself has felt obliged to request three separate House ethics inquiries of his behavior. While denying serious improprieties, Mr. Rangel concedes that he has not lived up to the “higher standard” expected of members of Congress.

His latest admission is that as chief of Congress’s tax-writing committee, he was “irresponsible” in failing to disclose $75,000 in rental income and pay federal and state taxes on a villa in the Dominican Republic.

His temporary yielding of the gavel is an urgent necessity for a Democratic Congress elected two years ago on promises of an ethical housecleaning.

Committee posts are not bestowed by voters. They are partisan privileges granted by leaders in Congress, and Ms. Pelosi must not cut slack for an ally. If Mr. Rangel refuses a temporary hiatus from his chairmanship, Ms. Pelosi should remove him permanently.

Yeah, good luck with that.  Nancy didn't remove William Jefferson from his post, she promoted him, after he had $90,000 in marked bribe money found by the FBI, so why should she be any different with Rangel?

Face it, Democrats lied during the 2006 election and swore they'd "clean up the culture of corruption", and the American public bought it.  Now, they are coming to the realization that they've been lied to, and it's quite possible that they may shock Democrats and vote them out of office.

I'm not holding my breath on either of those things happening though.

 

Travis