People get desperate when they're backed into a corner. Representative Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, knows about this situation. He is accustomed to doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants, wherever he wants, with no repercussions and no pushy reporters asking questions. So it is understandable that, after his pattern of lawlessness has become known (using a rent-controlled apartment in Harlem as a campaign office, using official stationery to solicit donations for an education center built in his honor, filing fraudulent Federal tax returns and failing to pay taxes on a rental property he owns in the Caribbean), he would lash out. The problem is that Charles Rangel made himself look like an absolute idiot in the process.
Mr. Rangel was being interviewed last weekend by WCBS TV Channel 2 in New York when he was asked about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Since her nomination, Governor Palin has become wildly popular but has also become the target of vicious criticism from the American Left, and rather than attempt to debate her qualifications reasonably, Mr. Rangel dove for the gutter by describing her as "disabled." Here is the exchange:
CBS 2 HD: "Why are the Democrats so afraid of Palin and her popularity?"
Rangel: "You got to be kind to the disabled."
CBS 2 HD: "You got to be kind to the disabled?"
Rangel: "Yes."
CBS 2 HD: "She's disabled?"
Rangel: "There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live."
Mr. Rangel has since issued a statement "clarifying" his slur but even with the TV reporter trying to help him out, his instinct was to insult Governor Palin with the foulest terms. He knew, as we all do, that Governor Palin gave birth to a Down Syndrome child only last Spring, so to use this kind of crude language to demean her speaks volumes as to Mr. Rangel's desperation and his character. It also speaks volumes about liberals in general, that rather than debate the issues in a reasonable, adult manner, befitting the gravity of our times, they resort to mud wrestling. If this is the sort of leadership the citizens of Harlem and the Bronx expect from Mr. Rangel, then they should be humiliated, and if I were Todd Palin, I'd punch Charles Rangel in the mouth.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/18/rangel-ethics-woes-take-scandal-spotlight-off-gop/
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPOYv8qrqUwMbJfQ487S2_dSyHLwD93A6OC80
Mr. Rangel was being interviewed last weekend by WCBS TV Channel 2 in New York when he was asked about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Since her nomination, Governor Palin has become wildly popular but has also become the target of vicious criticism from the American Left, and rather than attempt to debate her qualifications reasonably, Mr. Rangel dove for the gutter by describing her as "disabled." Here is the exchange:
CBS 2 HD: "Why are the Democrats so afraid of Palin and her popularity?"
Rangel: "You got to be kind to the disabled."
CBS 2 HD: "You got to be kind to the disabled?"
Rangel: "Yes."
CBS 2 HD: "She's disabled?"
Rangel: "There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live."
Mr. Rangel has since issued a statement "clarifying" his slur but even with the TV reporter trying to help him out, his instinct was to insult Governor Palin with the foulest terms. He knew, as we all do, that Governor Palin gave birth to a Down Syndrome child only last Spring, so to use this kind of crude language to demean her speaks volumes as to Mr. Rangel's desperation and his character. It also speaks volumes about liberals in general, that rather than debate the issues in a reasonable, adult manner, befitting the gravity of our times, they resort to mud wrestling. If this is the sort of leadership the citizens of Harlem and the Bronx expect from Mr. Rangel, then they should be humiliated, and if I were Todd Palin, I'd punch Charles Rangel in the mouth.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/18/rangel-ethics-woes-take-scandal-spotlight-off-gop/
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPOYv8qrqUwMbJfQ487S2_dSyHLwD93A6OC80
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