Resolved Question: Has Rangel always been a lizard?

29 July 2010, 6:11 am

Jury of Rangel's House peers meets in ethics case WASHINGTON – A jury of Rep. Charles Rangel's congressional peers is ready to publicly discuss charges of ethical misdeeds. But the political discussions outside the room will be far more significant. Eight House lawmakers who will determine guilt or innocence of the former committee chairman will hold their first meeting Thursday. A number of Democrats considering calls for the New York Democrat to resign will get their first look at the allegations. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_go_co/us_rangel_ethics;_ylt=ApkfzmglPFPflbQ.Ru.FzS5H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTM1ZDk5Yzd1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNzI5L3VzX3JhbmdlbF9ldGhpY3MEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDanVyeW9mcmFuZ2Vs Twenty-five years or so ago I watched a debate between this guy and William F. Buckley about the War on Drugs. Buckley's position was that the WoD wasn't working, was destroying the US criminal justice system by internal corruption, was creating countless new levels of police, surveillance, property confiscation and overwhelming cost for a victimless crime. Rangel's position was personal attack on Buckley's intelligence, ethics, care for ethnic minorities, sneers and innuendo. Not one attempt at addressing the issues in any manner. The debate [public television] lasted half an hour and though I began watching it with the expectation of seeing a refreshing open dialogue and exchange of ideas, [I knew nothing about Rangel except his political party until then] I came away with the distinct impression he was probably up to his neck in personal interest toward keeping the War on Drugs going and the prices on the street sky-high because of illegality for reasons other than the public good. Now, a quarter-century later Buckley's arguments seem even more compelling. Has Rangel finally been discovered to be what he always was?... Read More »

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