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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47426)	9/17/2008 7:52:12 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224648

cbs, lolol what a joke

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47426)	9/17/2008 7:59:30 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224648

STEP DOWN, CHARLIE The Democratic party is still the No Shame Party. So what if the guy who writes tax laws is a crook who doesn't think he needs to report his own income? Thats no problem for Democrats. Posted: 3:55 am September 17, 2008 Charlie Rangel must be a centipede - given how many shoes have been dropping regarding his personal finances. Yet he's pugnaciously defying demands that he step aside as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - which writes the nation's tax laws. And, after two closed-door sitdowns with him in 12 hours, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has no intention of stripping him of his prestigious position - no matter how big an embarrassment he's become. "I see no reason why Mr. Rangel should step down," she said yesterday. She's obviously not looking very hard. Because, with each passing day, the Manhattan Democrat's ethical shortcomings grow ever more obvious. Which is why he's hired a "forensic accountant" to autopsy 20 years worth of back tax returns. (Think "CSI: Charlie.") So much for the Democrats' promise to "clean house" in Congress. Rangel's moral claim to any top leadership post became debatable in the wake of the revelations of his four rent-stabilized apartments (one of them used as a campaign office) and his failure to report $75,000 in rental income from a Caribbean beachfront villa. And he certainly didn't help himself with a series of astonishingly inept excuses - capped by his ham-fisted "they were all speaking Spanish" defense. Then, over the weekend, came news of a host of new Rangel miscues, stretching back years. Some were detailed by the newspaper Roll Call, which reviewed his congressional disclosure forms: * Rangel never reported, as required, the sale of a home he owned in the District of Columbia. * Nor did he disclose any income from the sale of a Harlem apartment - whose value allegedly doubled while he owned it. * He also failed to report income from the sale of a condo in Sunny Isles, Fla., though property records show a $60,000 profit. * Moreover, in 2002 his forms listed new investment holdings of $115,000 to $315,000 - with no disclosure of how he acquired them. The next year, he reported another five new cash assets, worth at least $268,000 - again, with no indication of where they came from. Obviously, life in Congress has been very, very good to Charlie Rangel. Problem is, no one can tell for sure just how good. And that's a big problem. Which is why it's imperative that Speaker Pelosi force Rangel out of the Ways and Means chairmanship. As it is, congressional poll-approval ratings are barely in the double digits. How low does Pelosi want to go? nypost.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47426)	9/17/2008 8:00:26 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

ken...more good news for folks like yourself. Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain September 16, 2008 From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston, Extra politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com A prominent backer of Hillary Clinton is endorsing McCain. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN. The announcement will take place at a news conference on Capitol Hill, just blocks away from the DNC headquarters. Forester will “campaign and help him through the election,” the spokesman said of her plans to help the Republican presidential nominee. Forester was a major donor for Clinton earning her the title as a Hillraiser for helping to raise at least $100,000 for the New York Democratic senator’s failed presidential bid. In an interview with CNN this summer, Forester did not hide her distaste for eventual Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. “This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.” Forester is the CEO of EL Rothschild, a holding company with businesses around the world. She is married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. Forester is a member of the DNC’s Democrats Abroad chapter and splits her time living in London and New York.