Democrats “promised” to lead the most open, honest, and ethical congress in history.
They’ve been the complete opposite.
The latest demonstration of their ethical hypocrisy revolves around Charles Rangel.
Back in July, it was revealed that Rangel had 4 rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem.
More recently, it was discovered that Rangel wasn’t declaring income he was earning from a rental property he owns in the Dominican Republic. Rangel claimed ignorance and blamed his accountant and his wife.
There’s a real dark ethical cloud hanging over Charles Rangel… even the Democratic National Committee chose to give back $100,000 in contributions they get from him.
Now Republicans want him to step down from his chairmanship pending the results of the ethics investigation against him.
Of course, the party-before-country Democrats in the House, led by Nancy Pelosi, aren’t holding themselves to the same standard they held Republicans to back in 2006, and aren’t doing a thing about Rangel.
“Given Chairman Rangel’s continuing ethical lapses, he cannot effectively carry out his duties as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,” House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). “[Y]ou, as speaker of the House, must insist that Rep. Rangel step down.”
Democrats countered that Rangel himself has requested investigations, now ongoing, into the matters and that Republicans have been much more lenient with members of their own party facing ethics or even FBI investigations.
“The American people would be better served if Republicans would stop playing politics and allow the bipartisan ethics committee to do its job,” said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.
Now isn’t that a laugh! Democrats have been playing politics with the ethics process for years, and all Republicans are saying is that Democrats should hold themselves to the same standard.
See, this is why we need to elect John McCain. Democrats will NEVER hold members of their own party accountable. Here in Western New York, a Democracy Assemblyman won his primary election despite revelations a few weeks ago that he had affairs with at least two interns. Meanwhile another Assemblyman, a Republican, who got in trouble last year for spending the night sleeping on the floor at an intern’s home, and was defeated in his primary election. Go figure.
Democrats always put party first.
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