This whole thing is George Bush's fault.

devildog123:This whole thing is George Bush's fault.

wahhhhhhh !!! wahhhhhhhh !


Everyone picks on my poor little Pwesident even though he never did anything wrong !!!

I was coming in to say that Rangel is a piece of crap, but then you got stuck to my shoe instead. Turd.

I'm sure he doesn't know anything about how his campaign staff did that, and will immediately launch a full investigation into the matter.

Mr. Rangel, 78, declined to answer questions during a telephone interview, saying that his housing was a private matter that did not affect his representation of his constituents.

"Why should I help you embarrass me?" he said, before abruptly hanging up.

Or, not.

Charlie Rangel is an irredeemable, corrupt, amoral, lying, sack of dung. He'd be great for Louisiana politics.

Nabb1:Charlie Rangel is an irredeemable, corrupt, amoral, lying, sack of dung. He'd be great for Louisiana politics.

Or maybe chairman of the ways and means committee. I mean, if your job is to grab other people's money and spend it on what you want, he's perfect.



Hotlinked de-luxe apartment in the sky.

If he's really guilty, bust his sorry ass. No excuses, either party.

Mordant:devildog123:This whole thing is George Bush's fault.

wahhhhhhh !!! wahhhhhhhh !


Everyone picks on my poor little Pwesident even though he never did anything wrong !!!

I was coming in to say that Rangel is a piece of crap, but then you got stuck to my shoe instead. Turd.

Christ, does NO ONE read my profile? I don't like Bush. I was trying to be sarcastic. I thought it would be funny. Apparently, it went past you.

I know it's like some sacred tradition in NY, but you guys know that rent control is one of the all time stupidest policies in economic history, right? I mean, it's five-year plan stupid.

We really need to start our government over with a clean slate. This is ridiculous. Nothing would surprise me anymore these days. It's sad.

devildog123:Mordant:devildog123:This whole thing is George Bush's fault.

wahhhhhhh !!! wahhhhhhhh !


Everyone picks on my poor little Pwesident even though he never did anything wrong !!!

I was coming in to say that Rangel is a piece of crap, but then you got stuck to my shoe instead. Turd.

Christ, does NO ONE read my profile? I don't like Bush. I was trying to be sarcastic. I thought it would be funny. Apparently, it went past you.

I only read profiles of farkers who claim to be hawt and/or kinky babes.

It's good to be the king. Or at least, a Lord.

Nabb1:Charlie Rangel is an irredeemable, corrupt, amoral, lying, sack of dung. He'd be great for Louisiana Chicago politics.

Kind of FTFY, but either one works.

I'd like a cheap apartment in the village. Perhaps I could run for public office on some sort of "Change" platform.

/tired of living in the Bushwick

Nabb1:

Charlie Rangel is an irredeemable, corrupt, amoral, lying, sack of dung.

Ya gotta like his voice work on Venture Brothers.

SherKhan:Nabb1:

Charlie Rangel is an irredeemable, corrupt, amoral, lying, sack of dung.

Ya gotta like his voice work on Venture Brothers.

What you did there, me seeing it, yadda yadda ya.

devildog123:Mordant:devildog123:This whole thing is George Bush's fault.

wahhhhhhh !!! wahhhhhhhh !


Everyone picks on my poor little Pwesident even though he never did anything wrong !!!

I was coming in to say that Rangel is a piece of crap, but then you got stuck to my shoe instead. Turd.

Christ, does NO ONE read my profile? I don't like Bush. I was trying to be sarcastic. I thought it would be funny. Apparently, it went past you.

Easy, I don't think the nurses have brought him his meds yet.

Read this in the NYT today. I'm the biggest lefty out there and a native New Yorker to boot. I like Rangel on policy, but he needs to be slammed hard for this. I hope his association with Obama doeesn't have a negative impact on the latter.

varmitydog:It's good to be the king. Or at least, a Lord.


No kidding. I don't know why we even bother holding elections anymore. Even with a 9% approval rating, you know that 90% or more of the Congressmen and Senators running for reelection will win too. Rangel won his last election with better than 80% of the vote. Seriously, once these assholes are in, they are pretty much appointed for life. We should just save the time and money, start calling the Senators "Dukes", and the Congressmen "Counts", and just hold presidential elections. Maybe we can hold new ones for individual Congressmen and Senators when one dies or retires. But, hell, for the most part, the people who replace them are picked by the same corrupt machinery.

Everyone who votes Republican OR Democrat this election, but biatches about how farked up the whole system is should be ashamed of yourselves.

Not that I condone such profligate use of influence, but those apartments aren't exactly affordable for those "needy families" that the author kept whinging about. And if you think what Rangel pays is comparably low to his neighbors, I have a friend who pays $400 a month next to neighbors who pay $2,600 a month for the privelege of living near the defanged and declawed Thompkins Square Park. Fark it, he sucks.

/of course, my friend's apt is a shoebox, but so are his neighbor's pads.

God, is there anyone in the government who isn't a sleazy whore?

I think we should start photoshopping pictures of the Congress building with the words "Whore House". We have to get rid of the whole lot of them, and then get rid of the career bureaucrats as well. We need to start culling the herds of k-street lobbyists as well. I guess we are getting exactly the government we deserve unless we declare open season on these dirty little tarts.

Ragin' Asian:Read this in the NYT today. I'm the biggest lefty out there and a native New Yorker to boot. I like Rangel on policy, but he needs to be slammed hard for this. I hope his association with Obama doeesn't have a negative impact on the latter.

Obama voted for FISA, so as of right now my opinion of him is that he can go fark himself.

devildog123:Christ, does NO ONE read my profile? I

I did and now I'm wondering how a registered libertarian is pro military adventurism?

SherKhan:Ya gotta like his voice work on Venture Brothers.

You, sir, need to apologize for dragging Dr Girlfriend into this. Have you no decency?

I'm a little curious. Isn't rent control in NYC based solely on how long you've rented the apartment? So there is no such thing as a "rent-controlled apartment", just someone who's lived in an apartment for a really long time.

Of course, the whole office business is obvious corruption.

Verrai:I'm a little curious. Isn't rent control in NYC based solely on how long you've rented the apartment? So there is no such thing as a "rent-controlled apartment", just someone who's lived in an apartment for a really long time.

A "lawful successor" such as a family member, a wife or husband can move in but the apartment can not be vacated..

Wow, the silence is pretty deafening in here.

Left-leaning indy voter here, NYC resident.

Put him in jail, if possible, over this. Throw any and all books at him.

Rangel is now a now a documented, confirmed scumbag.

//couldn't care less if this hurts Obama - that bastard voted for telco immunity.

When interviewers ask him who his political role models are, I'll bet Robert Mugabe --excuse me, SIR Robert Mugabe-- is pretty high up the list.

culture of corruption

Kicking Rangel out would be the just thing to do, but do NOT kid yourself that it would accomplish anything. He'd only be replaced at the trough by another pork-snarfing hack from the Harlem machine of which he is a charter member.

If you see (-NY) after the name on your TV, no matter who they are, do NOT trust a word they say. If they say George Washington is on the one-dollar bill, go to Mount Vernon and compare the pictures, just in case. If they say Elvis is dead, have the King's corpse exhumed. If you meet one of them, keep one hand on your wallet at all times. If you have daughters, lock them up. New York politicians will take six bribes before breakfast.

Eight if the breakfast wasn't comped.

Ragin' Asian:I hope his association with Obama doeesn't have a negative impact on the latter.

Rangel was a hardcore Clinton supporter.

...unless you mean "association" by "also being black".

charles rangel is the black frank pentangeli he can do whatever he wants

Verrai:Isn't rent control in NYC based solely on how long you've rented the apartment?

No.

boring factsheet about rent control and rent stabilization in NYC

Gulper Eel:
If you see (-NY) after the name on your TV, no matter who they are, do NOT trust a word they say. If they say George Washington is on the one-dollar bill, go to Mount Vernon and compare the pictures, just in case. If they say Elvis is dead, have the King's corpse exhumed. If you meet one of them, keep one hand on your wallet at all times. If you have daughters, lock them up. New York politicians will take six bribes before breakfast.

Eight if the breakfast wasn't comped.

I have the same rule and it goes double for anyone with -TX after their name. The added rule for -TX is that usually anything they say is so mindlessly stupid that you want to throttle them. And it should be at least common knowledge by now that "Member of the Texas Judiciary" means "Career Criminal and Lowlife Gangster".

Gulper Eel:If you see (-NY) after the name on your TV, no matter who they are, do NOT trust a word they say. If they say George Washington is on the one-dollar bill, go to Mount Vernon and compare the pictures, just in case. If they say Elvis is dead, have the King's corpse exhumed. If you meet one of them, keep one hand on your wallet at all times. If you have daughters, lock them up. New York politicians will take six bribes before breakfast.

I rarely agree with you on the issues but our shared disdain for the NY politicians warms my heart. It's something we can all probably agree on...

Throw the book at him. Corruption is corruption, no matter who does it.

Did anyone listen to his press conference explaining his reasoning? I couldn't listen to the whole thing. It was unbearable!

He was kinda smarmy about it and he had an this tone in his voice like it was stupid of the press to call him on it. He has "done nothing wrong. He has 4 apartments due to having a large family and entertaining a lot of friends." He "just needed the space" and " he pays the maximum rent allowed for his type of properties." oh and one apartment was made into two when he acquired the property next door.....

I kinda like him during interviews but this one was horrible and if he broke the law, he should face the consequences.

Perhaps his nuts need cutting.