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[riversedge]

Good for Rangel

Rangel: 'Who the hell is Bernie Sanders to say somebody is not qualified to run for president of the United States?'

https://www.yahoo.com/katiecouric/charles-rangel-on-the-importance-of-new-york-for-151357606.html


Bianna Golodryga
April 7, 2016

By Alex Bregman

Congressman Charles Rangel spoke to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga ahead of the New York primary as things were getting heated between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Golodryga also got his take on the Republican race after Sen. Ted Cruz invoked Rangel’s name in his characterization of what he called “New York values.”

On Sanders saying that Clinton isn’t qualified to be president, Rangel, who supports Clinton, said, “Who the hell is Bernie Sanders to say somebody is not qualified to run for president of the United States?”


Rangel told Golodryga that in all of his years in Congress, he’s “never had a conversation with Sen. Sanders.” He said, “He’s the type of person that is so proud that he’s not a Republican and he’s not a Democrat that he feels compelled not to converse with you, but to give a lecture to you so that you would know how much he knows about whatever he’s talking about.” He continued, “I don’t know any bill that I associate with him.”.....................

[daleanime]

1. Daleanime: Who the hell is Hillary Clinton to say somebody is not qualified to run for president....

of the United States?

[RoccoR5955]

14. +1 n/t

[roguevalley]

22. charlie 'investigated' rangel. there's a guy for ya

The former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel, has been convicted on most of the corruption charges brought against him:

A House ethics panel has convicted Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on 11 of 13 counts of violating House ethics rules.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the adjudicatory subcommittee and the full House ethics committee, announced the decision late Tuesday morning following an abbreviated public trial of the 20-term lawmaker and nearly six hours of deliberations.

"We have tried to act with fairness, led only by the facts and the law," Lofgren said. "We believe we have accomplished that mission."

Rangel now faces a variety of potential punishments, from reprimand to expulsion from the House. Both Ed Morrissey and Jazz Shaw predict the reprimand, which amounts to telling Rangel that he did a no-no, but on formal stationery. I join them in their justifiably cynical prediction.

[MrTriumph]

2. Her vote & advocacy for the Iraq War has consequences.

She lacked sound judgement when it counted and, don't forget, advocated other Senators follow her lead. As she stated on the floor of the Senate, she supported going to war "with conviction".

[winter is coming]

3. I guess Rangel was too busy indulging in ethics violations to talk to Sanders. n/t

[restorefreedom]

20. oh, snap. nt

[nc4bo]

4. Next, he'll defend that crazy shit Bill Clinton said yesterday. nt

[Dawgs]

5. Who the hell is Hillary to not answer 'Yes' when asked if someone is qualified to run for president.

And three fucking. Sorry, but it's the same thing.

Rangel is a tool.

[riversedge]

10. yeah, I know you got your talking marching orders from Devine--heard him

say it a few times yesterday. You do parrot him well.

[Dawgs]

21. Doesn't make it wrong. n/t

[geek tragedy]

6. his constituents love him, and he can bring the lumber to a fight. nt

[riversedge]

11. and right in the heart of Harlem.

[Skwmom]

7. Who in the hell is Clinton with her baggage and track record to infer Bernie is unqualified by

repeatedly refusing to say he is qualified.

But poor Charlie, he doesn't want to clean up the corruption in D.C.

[ProfessorPlum]

8. Bernie spent many years in the HoR and earned the nickname "Amendment King"

did Rangel really not notice?

[TheSarcastinator]

9. Do You Mean Charlie "Found Guilty of 11 Ethics Violations" Rangel?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111604000.html

"Those charges pointed to a collection of infractions related to four central elements of the case: that Rangel improperly used his congressional staff and official letterhead to raise seven-figure donations from corporate charities and chief executives for a college
wing named in his honor; violated New York City rules by housing his political committees in his rent-controlled apartments in Harlem; did not pay taxes on a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic; and did not properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal financial assets.

This occurred while he served as the ranking Democrat or chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which has oversight of tax issues. He resigned as committee chairman in the spring when he was found guilty of a more minor infraction related to accepting corporate-financed travel."

[jillan]

12. THIS Charlie Rangel?

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[whatchamacallit]

13. "... this guy's like a sleep camel. He stores it in his old man front butt..." - Jon Stewart

[jillan]

15. I actually feel sorry for him that this pic went viral. Poor guy. lol.

[whatchamacallit]

16. Busy "doing the people's work"

He a perfect Clinton defender.

[HumanityExperiment]

17. Rangel... yeah, not the ideal person to trot out...

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ok93lb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-old-man-and-the-cell

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/li3ews/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-you-re-a-bad-man--charlie-rangel

[closeupready]

18. Rangel supporting Clinton is predictable, considering his lack of ethics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rangel#2008.E2.80.932010:_Ethics_issues_and_censure

[w4rma]

19. Rangel is working to become as unpopular as Clinton is. (nt)

[Lizzie Poppet]

23. Someone with credibility. That ain't you, Chuck.

Just sayin'...

[imagine2015]

24. Rangel. Now there is a real man of the people, a black working class hero!

NOT!