Poor Charlie Rangel.

ah hah....and he didn't know for the last 6 months todays date was coming.

what a load of crap.

btw the $2m he paid his lawyers came from PAC funds...another ethics violation - can someone explain to me exactly why we are paying these guys???

I'd support a motion for a public defendant.

I remember Damato near the end. Sure, he was a scumbag but, he was OUR scumbag. We might not have missed him when he was gone but, we sure missed all that federal cheesecake.

I think we should go easy on Charlie. Say what you will, he's ours and, that kind of power is not easily replaced.

Remember kids...it's all about the money.
Unless your the other Chuck...then it's about the Money Shot!

At least D'amato fixed the potholes.

Nice guy, effective for his constituents and for his party. But people should know their own "term limits" - unfortunately when you are in a bubble you rarely know it.

Very nice guy, very respectful too. Met him several times.
But he didn't "get it"

I don't "get it" either if you can't be more specific.

wow, the $2 million went to what? to analyze whether to take the case?

He had a sense of "entitlement" and didn't understand the public's reaction to his apartments, his failure to properly pay some of his taxes and so forth.

With regard to the apartments--- He had an opportunity to say my finances have improved, I don't need my 3 or 4 rent stabilized/controlled apartments and will now give them up to someone who needs them more. It wasn't an issue when he first took up residence but it sure is now.

Eh. He was our #1 rep on the Ways and Means. How big are the issues before that committee? Rent stabilized apartments are small potatoes for him. Rather have him than Kirsten Gillibrand who ran for the Senate with her number 1 issue in her adverts that she voted against pay raises for congress (where she hadn't been for 2 years) and her number 1 accomplishment that she put her finances or schedule on the Internet.

Talking to yourself again. Who gives a shit?

No not one rent stabilized apartments. Four rent stabilized apartments. He is also charged with improperly soliciting donations for a public center and library and not properly declaring income and failing to pay taxes....there's more.

He ruined what would have been a good record, by thinking he was above the system.

Is there any news here? Anything?

> He had a sense of "entitlement" and didn't understand the public's reaction to his apartments

but he was re-elected by a huge margin, hence the public didn't care that much

His constituents didn't care, or they were not aware of the issues. I'll give hem the benefit that it was the latter.

or maybe he had really rotten opponents.

Who cares?

please, it was plastered all over the low-rent news. everywhere.

you want your public representatives to be scandal free? clarence thomas?

tell you what. i'll trade you one ouster of rangel for one of thomas.

Please contribute something of value to the discussion or don't post at all.

That was to the columbiacounty.

Riversider is a lying piece of shit. Beware of it.

Thomas?
Get rid of him????
Who will protect my right to internet porn?

Oh...what's this on the rim of my coke can?
OK...who stuck my cola in their cooch?

Lawyers......

you want your public representatives to be scandal free?

Now there's change I can believe in!!!

Let's talk about you.

You are a liar.

public representatives make how much? as a transition to business?

top political power in the us always comes with little money, relatively, and far more so now. thus the problem. positions of power only appealing to those who wish for power will lead to problems.

Or you are someone like Harry Wilson who made his money and wants to give back.

What are you riversider?

What in gods name are you?

He faces 13 counts of violating House rules, including charges of using his office to raise money for an educational centre bearing his name, and of avoiding paying taxes on a house he owns in the Dominican Republic.