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Liz Smith | 10/27/2009 12:00 am

Liz Smith on Charles Rangel: Nancy Pelosi's 'Lily'

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In response to: Step into Nancy Pelosi's shoes for a moment: What should be done about Charles Rangel (D-NY)? What do you think will be done?
Liz Smith
If I were in Nancy Pelosi’s shoes I’d have acted long ago to treat Congressman Charles Rangel exactly the same way she’d have treated a Republican caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Let Rangel be examined and let him come clean. He has been a valuable Democratic representative for New York but that doesn’t cut any ice if he has done something wrong. I really don’t know what the outcome of this will be but he shouldn’t be treated differently from anyone else. I am a Democrat. But I don’t like the way Pelosi seems to have gilded this lily.
Read more about: Charles Rangel, Nancy Pelosi, Politics

8 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

chris schuller
Nancy needs to stop shooting herself in the foot…a democratic trait…
By chris schuller on 10/27/2009 3:35 am
Lori Erokan
I’m also a Dem. And I agree with Liz. Pelosi isn’t showing any integrity on the Rangel issue. Be fair, Nancy!
By Lori Erokan on 10/27/2009 4:24 am
vicki fred
Sitting in President Kennedy’s rocking chair at the Waldorf Astoria is as close as I get to NY Democratic Politics.  If I were Nancy I would put on my tap shoes and avoid the old soft shoe!
By vicki fred on 10/27/2009 7:12 am
Lindy Finestein
Rangel is a blight on the Democratic party.  He has so many shady deals going, you don’t know what to charge him with first.  The four apt rentals in NYC that were supposed to be for the poor should have gotten him kicked out of his job a few years ago.  I know why they keep allowing him to continue. They need his vote but it is really outrageous.
By Lindy Finestein on 10/27/2009 8:24 am
Beth Cornell
I agree with Liz on this one. Rangel is a fool. He needs to be brought down. Who cares about votes.
By Beth Cornell on 10/27/2009 10:41 am
Barbara B
Nancy P is a woman who does not belong in that seat.  I said it all along she is dangerous and needs to go.  Rangel should be out as well.  This whole country is struggling and what he did is outrageous.
By Barbara B on 10/27/2009 11:00 am
mary burdt
People, in general, do not like strong, opinionated women so Polosi is in a no win situation as I see it.  No matter the issue, she will be critized my most of the Republicans and some of the Dems.  Maybe women haven’t come as far as we thought they did. As for Charlie, he needs to come clean on this mess he’s created and let the chips fall where they may.M
By mary burdt on 10/27/2009 12:19 pm
Bonnie Schuster
Pelosi needs to step up to the plate and demand full financial disclosure from Rangel.  Let the punishment fit the crime, all of the facts he has hid for years.  Payback time!!! is at hand.
By Bonnie Schuster on 10/28/2009 8:14 am