REP. CHARLES RANGEL'S PUBLIC REPRIMAND-- LOOK AT HIM, ALL CAUGHT UP IN HIS PUPPET STRINGS...O.*)

Good Ol' NY House of Rep. Charlie Rangel's hot water just got a little hotter since The House of Representatives has censured him today, Thursday. What that means is that he got a good ol' lashin' for steppin' outside of his boundaries as a House Rep. But that's neither here nor there 'cause we're dealing with politics. They use the law when they deem fit to do so, and ignore it when it suits them. But we let them, right? So, who are we to complain?

Via Cnn.com:

The 333-79 vote required Rangel to stand in the well of the House as a formal censure resolution was read aloud by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California.

That goes for him AND the whole lot of 'em whose crimes will go unacknowledged. Ugh! How embarrassing and degrading!

The House ethics committee recently recently found the 20-term Harlem Democrat guilty on 11 counts of violating House rules, including failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic and improperly using his office to raise money for an educational center bearing his name.

It was also noted that 9 other Congressmen had been reprimanded on ethics charges but not since 1983 had anyone been censured. Though the aforementioned (one Republican, one Democrat) were reprimanded for sexual rendezvous with pages (aka interns...Monica Lewinsky ring a bell?).

Reportedly, though there was enough misconduct for a reprimand but Rep. John Tanner, D-Tennessee stated that "there is no evidence of "criminal intent" or "moral purgitude"', which are clearly the ingredients needed for censure. C'Mon, the guy's been in office for 20 terms. What did he really do? Besides, get caught? He's an old school politician, among tens of dozens of other old school politicians doing no less. Robert Rizzo anyone?

Bring it on Right!

Props & our lovely Anonymous commenter who reminded us that there are things that matter.