It’s the same old story for Rangel, who last year reluctantly acknowledged what he described as an inadvertent failure to report $75,000 in rental income for a beachfront property in the Dominican Republic. Then, many critics—including this page—called on him to step down from his chairmanship, at least until his professed innocence could be established. He didn’t.
Now, it gets worse. Newly-filed disclosures show that Rangel failed to report at least half a million dollars in assets in 2007. They also show that his net worth is between $1 million and $2.5 million, or about twice what he claimed in 2008.
There's no uproar at all about this. In a culture of corruption, vice is virtue.
Frank Warner
Notice that the Andropov didn't take Ted up on his offer. I guess the Evil Empire was smarter than our media. They knew a foold and a fraud when they saw one.
Posted by: Dan | August 31, 2009 at 11:26 PM
The reason there's no uproar about Rangel is the 'D' after his name. Put an 'R' after his name and every newcast would be leading with the story for weeks.
Posted by: Dennis | September 01, 2009 at 10:41 PM