Charlie Rangel Facing Ethics Charges, Repubs Ask To Give Up Chair

LA TIMES

Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a powerful Democrat to step down as chairman of an influential tax-writing committee until ethics charges against him could be resolved.

The letter targeted Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, who has been under intense scrutiny in the aftermath of reports about financial arrangements involving rental properties in New York and a beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic.

Basically, in NY he has been accused of renting office space in a building meant for low income housing, and in the Dominican Republic he owns a house with a 0% mortgage and has never claimed the rental income from that property on his US Income Taxes.

OUCH.

Part of “Lipstick-Gate” Speech Plagarized From WaPo Cartoon!

Totally Stolen Post from Texas Darlin

Here’s the transcript of Obama’s Sexist Pig dig of Sarah made on Sept 9th:

John McCain says he’s about change too. Exce- and and so I guess his whole angle is – watch out, George Bush – except for economic policy, healthcare policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy, and Karl-Rove-style politics, we’re really gonna shake things up in Washington.

That’s not change.

But you know, you can’t, you know, you you can put, ah, lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig.

That’s that’s just callin’ sumpin’ the same thing somethin’ different.

And here’s the Washington Post political cartoon from Sept 5th

How lame is that?

There is actually some good analysis of the speech over at TxD, so click HERE to read the rest!

SC Dem Chair Says, “Her Biggest Qualification Is That She Has Not Had An Abortion”

Politico

South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate “ whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”

Seriously?  Who the hell put these people in charge?

That is a horrendously demeaning and vile comment.  And this person is not only a state chair for the Democrat Party, but is also a Super Delegate (that endorsed Obama during the primaries IIRC).

These people make me want to barf….

Ms. Fowler, what is wrong with you?

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Oh, and yeah…  Ms. Fowler is the wife of Don Fowler that joked that God must love the Democrats more because Hurricane Gustav was hitting New Orleans during the Republican Convention…  (here)

What a lovely couple…

I guess I was right…  It’s all about class.

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UPDATE – This is nothing compared to Mallick of CBC and The Guardian…  CLICK HERE

McCain “Votes With Bush 95% Of The Time” Myth Debunked.

From Politically Drunk On Power

First, on a lighter note, let me state that it is 100% impossible for John McCain to have voted with President Bush, after all the President has no voting powers in the Senate. But that’s just a laughable technicality. In reality, however, the problem with the McCain/Bush voting argument and the attempts to paint McCain as some radical right winger is that there are organizations that track the votes of congressional members. According to the Washington Post’s Votes Database Project, Obama and the DNC’s claims are 100% false.

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McCain, unlike his Democratic Rival, has continued to maintain one of the highest levels of independence demonstrated by any US Senator since 2000. For instance, during the 110th Session of Congress, McCain ranked 65th among his colleagues having voted along party line 88% of the time, a far cry from the 12th place rank of Obama. Yet, McCain’s voting record during the current session of Congress is likely to hold closer to party lines due to the nearly 50 bills that contained an Troop Withdrawal Timeline. During the 109th session of congress, McCain ranked 94th out of 100 Senators, having voted along party lines 79.4% of the time. This ranking and percentage are nearly identical to his 93rd place rank during both the 107th and 108th Congressional Sessions.

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That’s right, according to The Votes Database, During the 110th Congressional session running from Jan 2007 to now, Senator Obama ranked 12th among 100 Senators, having voted along party lines 96% of the time; an amazingly high percentage for someone who claims to be able to reach across the isle. The Obama campaign and pundits will argue that Obama’s voting record during this session was driven by a need to shore up support among his base supporters. Yet, if that were true then we would expect his record during the 109th session of Congress to reflect a greater level of moderation. According to the Vote Database Project, During the 109th session Obama was ranked 5th in the Senate having voted along party lines 94.8% of the time. Ironically, during both sessions of congress, Obama voted along party lines more often the Senator Kennedy, Senator Reid, and Senator Kerry. For a candidate who talks about unity and his ability to work with the side, he certainly has not demonstrated it. After all, how can a candidate claim moderation when the current Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has crossed party lines during the past two sessions of congress more often than Obama?

Make sure to go do PDOP to get the rest of the analysis and the numbers.

McCain’s New Ad…

While I think this advert is going to be effective, I do think that this is not only a low blow, but not really a bad thing.  As a matter of fact, iirc, the countries with the lowest teen and out of wedlock pregnancies start teaching sex ed at around the 5-6 year old range.

But Americans are too puritanical about sex, so this is going to a serious problem for the Obama camp.

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General Election season has started…  strap on your seatbelts, it’s about to get real ugly.

Obama Turns To 527′s For Help… Can You Smell The Fear?

Marc Ambinder in the Atlantic

There’s been a spurt of 527 activity on behalf of Sen. John McCain, but Barack Obama campaign has suddenly gone silent on the subject.

That’s because, after a year of telling donors not to contribute to 527 groups, of encouraging strategists not to form them and of suggesting that outside messaging efforts would not be welcome in Obama’s Democratic Party, Obama’s strategists have changed their approach.

An Obama adviser privy to the campaign’s internal thinking on the matter says that,with less than two months before the election and with the realization that Republicans have achieved financial parity with Democrats, they hope that Democratic allies — what another campaign aide termed “the cavalry” — will come to Obama’s aid.

Funny…  this guy throws principle under the bus almost as fast as people.

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Thanks to morninmist for pointing out this article!