You know you have waded too far into the stinky, when the Washington Post tells you that you need to step down from a committee!
FOR POLITICIANS with major bad news to release or to make public, there’s no time like the dead of August to do it. The thinking goes that the public won’t remember a thing come September. We hope Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) will have no such luck. His belated revelation of previously unreported income, property and bank accounts demands that he step aside as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. Rangel’s amended financial disclosure form, which exposes omissions from his 2002 through 2006 records, is a treasure trove of outrage. He neglected to report a checking account with the Congressional Federal Credit Union and one with Merrill Lynch, each valued between $250,000 and $500,000; the tens of thousands of dollars he’s earning from dividends from a number of mutual funds and stocks; and the money made from the sale of a Harlem townhouse. As a result, Mr. Rangel’s reported net worth doubled, from between $516,015 and $1,316,000 to between $1,028,024 and $2,495,000.
via Rep. Charles Rangel Must Step Aside as Chairman of Ways and Means – washingtonpost.com.
Before anyone criticizes me for calling Charlie Rangel a fatso. Let me just say, that I AM a fatso too. So, please spare me the lectures. 🙄
HotAir.com and Michelle Malkin have been tireless in documenting the fact that Charlie Rangel’s corruption has been that of legend. It is quite refreshing to see the Washington Post finally admitting that Rengel is too corrupt to serve any longer. His resignation from the House would be a welcome thing as well.
…and before anyone accuses me of only pointing out the corruption of the Democrats. Try searching the “Corruption” Tag and Category on this Blog. You will see that I criticize the Republicans, just as hard as I do the Democrats. Corruption is wrong; no matter which party is involved with it.