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Democrats Give Rangel Standing Ovation at Censure

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Friday, December 3, 2010 12:44 PM

America loves a winner!

House democrats gave Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) a standing ovation today after his censure and speech on the House floor.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Friday, December 3, 2010 1:01 PM

WHOZIT

I watched the Censure, I should have taped it then added a laugh track.

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Friday, December 3, 2010 4:37 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

That's disgusting. I remember that Republican involved in a sex scandal who got a standing ovation from THAT side of the aisle when he returned. They are all pathetic hypocrites.

I get that he's been there forever and has probably done some good things...but it's still stupid and a typically political move, to me.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
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Friday, December 3, 2010 7:46 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

How bizarre. Perhaps I misunderstand what a Censure is.

--Anthony

Assured by friends that the signal-to-noise ratio has improved on this forum, I have disabled web filtering.

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Saturday, December 4, 2010 4:16 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

It was interesting that in D.C. the local NBC affiliate's news didn't show - and hardly mentioned - the censure, but cut into news coverage to show Rep. Rangel's response live.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Saturday, December 4, 2010 8:53 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Anthony, how so? Who remarked in any way that Censure was anything but what it is? I'm just confused.

Wikipedia: "a process by which a formal reprimand is issued to an individual by an authoritative body. In a deliberative assembly, a motion to censure is used. In politics, censure is an alternative to more serious measures against misconduct or dereliction of duty."

The concept that people should give a standing ovation to someone who has just been censured by the legislature is hypocritical, in my view. I finally remembered who got the standing ovation when he'd done something reprehensible was: David Vitter. Equally hypocritical.

Politics = hypocrisy, far too frequently.

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