Rangel’s Day of Reckoning | FrontPage Magazine

If this goes to trial or even a public reading of charges...I'll eat my Red Sox hat. They'll strike an "11th Hour Deal" to save the "people from this" so they can better attend to the "important" matters of state.....yeah...right....
If it were you or me.....we'd be strung up at high noon.....the arrogance of those elected to represent "us" is astounding!

Rangel’s Day of Reckoning | FrontPage Magazine:

When Representative Charles Rangel goes on trial on Thursday it might be the first time that a sitting United States congressman has done so since Jim Traficant was convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion in 2002. Rangel and Traficant are kindred spirits of a sort, for each exhibits the kind of imperious arrogance that Americans loathe, especially when it bubbles to the surface among their elected officials. The difference between the two is that Traficant played a bit part among Democrats eight years ago and it was thus easy for the party to wash its hands of him. Rangel, on the other hand, is a stalwart among Democrats, a heavy hitter with strong ties to other heavy hitters, up to and including the Speaker of the House. If Rangel goes through with the trial – and he says he will – it will be a lot harder for Democrats to wish this scandal away than it was in 2002."