Rangel plays the race card.

[djones520]

Rangel Plays Race Card, Says Obamacare The Victim
Harlem Congressman: Some Americans Go To Sleep At Night Wondering About Presidency: "How Did This Happen?" Reporting
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Congressman Charles Rangel, D-Harlem (file)
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Here we go again for Congressman Charles Rangel.

A major newspaper is calling for his resignation as chairman of the committee that writes tax laws.

And then there's this: The 79-year-old is under fire for comments he made about race and President Barack Obama.

First, Gov. David Paterson did it. Now, Rep. Rangel is doing it as an ethics probe heats up.

The "it" is playing the race card. Rangel said "bias" and "prejudice" are fueling opposition to health care reform.

Already under fire for a wide range of ethical questions, Rangel played the race card in a health care forum the other night, saying racial bias against President Obama is behind opposition to health care reform.

"Some Americans have not gotten over the fact that Obama is President of the United States. They go to sleep wondering, 'how did this happen?'"

Rangel also likened the fight to provide health care for the uninsured to the fight for civil rights.

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I'm wondering when the mans last senility test was done.

[Eupher]

http://wcbstv.com/local/charles.rangel.race.2.1162895.html

I'm wondering when the mans last senility test was done.

There is no such thing as bad publicity, especially when you're a U.S. Congressman, that is, short of being convicted for a capital crime - and even then, it's a crap shoot whether or not your career is over.

Rangel has made a career of being inflammatory and of pandering to his voter base, many of whom struggle with that thing called "life." It's far easier to blame somebody than it is to take accountability for oneself.

This helps also in deflecting some of the negative attention that he's drawn toward himself. Ethics questions and suspicions are successfully torpedoed within his voter base when he plays the race card, recommends an outrageous action (like a return of the draft), and similar kinds of drivel.

When he appears on TV for the inevitable interviews, he irritates the shit out of me because he can't seem to clear that frog in his throat. Sounds like he's gargling with marbles.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

All this playing of the race card hasn't done diddly to mute the protests. People are scared of it anymore.

I'll also wager dollars to carrots that it has probably cost the president as many as 5 points in the polls with independents. People see this shit for what it is and their sick of it.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Wow. nobody saw THAT coming!!!111!!!

 

[JohnnyReb]

It like playing "Old Maid". You know it's in there somewhere and sooner or later you're gonna get hit with it.