What the hell is wrong with Rangel? Now he's fighting Pelosi on raising taxes for $500k+ earners

[Herman Munster]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122007/news/nationalnews/rangel_rankled_by_fellow_dem_pelosi_nationalnews_geoff_earle______post_correspondent.htm

Powerhouse New York Rep. Charles Rangel is butting heads with fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi just a week into the new Congress controlled by their party, The Post has learned.

Rangel yesterday swatted down a tax hike that Pelosi has floated, and he made an end run around her decision to bypass House committees in a rush to bring bills to a vote.

"There's a lot of tension there," one Democratic lawmaker said of the relationship between Rangel and Pelosi.

Rangel, who took over the powerful Ways and Means Committee after 36 years in Congress, smacked down the idea Pelosi raised on Sunday of repealing tax cuts for those earning more than $500,000 per year.

"We haven't gotten that far to be talking about tax increases," Rangel told The Post. "She hasn't discussed it with me . . . We haven't gotten into tax policy."

[napi21]

1. Beware of what you read in this RW rag. i'm thinking this just might

be a floated "rumor" to try to convince people that the Dems are infighting.

[ReadTomPaine]

20. Bingo. "Brainless headline found in useless tabloid"

[rebel with a cause]

2. He still wants to do it the old way.

Plus he is an old man, and probably does not like taking orders from a woman, a younger woman at that. He does not understand that this is a different time with different needs. And who knows, he might be right that all the T's need to be crossed and all the I's need to be dotted. But I would go with Pelosi wanting to get it done quickly and stop this administration as much as possible.

[Robbien]

5. Rangel didn't say anything at all except he and Pelosi haven't talked yet

The rest of the story is just the NYPost making up stuff around unnamed sourced quotes.

[rebel with a cause]

11. my bad

I am truly sorry, I posted too quickly without giving it the thought I should have.

[Rosemary2205]

6. How could you possibly know this?

You just slammed Rangel as a sexist old fart that doesn't understand the times based on absolutely no reality based information whatsoever......

Geez........

[Herman Munster]

9. I don't trust rangel as far as I can throw him

I don't care what his political point is. You don't fuck around with bills about the draft.

[aquart]

15. See? Having the guts to say we need to defend ourselves

Not use a completely mercenary army, is one of the things I like best about the man.

He's got sense and he's got guts. But I understand why the delicate asses of the middleclass might not want to go thru the fun years of Viet Nam again. Nonetheless, Rangel's right.

[rebel with a cause]

13. Sorry I offended you

I spoke too quickly but I still don't agree with him on the draft. My only excuse was I had just got off the phone with my ex and he is a sexist old fart. :shrug:

[Rosemary2205]

18. Not offended, just point it out.

and yeah, projection sucks don't it? :)

[juajen]

3. Well, when the pugs didn't like the decisions of

the House Ethics Committee, they exchanged them for someone more amenable. Just sayin'. Her goals were clear from the beginning. "Tax Increase" my foot. Is he tainted?

[Robbien]

4. It's the New York Post.

'nuff said

Swatting down the Speaker? yeah right

The only real quote they have is Rangel saying he and Pelosi hasn't talked yet.

[goforit]

7. Rangle may have some off shore accounts where $$$ is well funneled.

So keep dancing Rangle.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Any evidence for that?

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

8. Yep. I always believe a bunch of anonymous

sources in a RW rag. Gotta be the truth & I for one am going to call up Rangel & give him a piece of my mind. :sarcasm:

[BayCityProgressive]

10. The draft

proposal alone makes me hate Rangel....but I'll wait to find out the truth about this..

[natrat]

12. rangel is a scumbag-wake up

[aquart]

16. Rangel has survived decades of New York and DC politics.

If he and Nancy have a dispute, they both know how to compromise and come to an acceptable agreement.

[natrat]

24. why would this person who represents the poorest care about the richest?

you do the math

[rebel with a cause]

14. To everyone on this thread.

My apologies for saying anything bad about any democrat besides Lieberman (who is technically not a democrat anyway). Reasons for why I might have done so, there is no excuse for it because I am responsible for what I say.

1) I didn't take time to notice it was the NY Post. I know their reputation and would not believe anything they said.
2) I was too quick to jump to judgment on a situation I knew nothing more than what the article said.
3) Had just got off the phone with my ex who is hard to deal with sometimes and was probably influenced by my feeling toward him.

Again, I apologize.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

19. Thank you. That's a very heartfelt apology. .

FWIW, I don't mind criticism of any Dem as long as it's well founded. And as long as the critic appears to have passed 7th grade civics if not polysci 101.

[ReadTomPaine]

21. There's no shame in admitting error..

only enlightenment. I wish more people shared the trait you've shown here.

:thumbsup:

[berni_mccoy]

22. NY Post

I wouldn't wipe my ass with that rag if it was the only paper around...

[natrat]

23. ok back to the facts- this guy has said he does not support raising taxes on the wealthy

knee jerk support for someone with a (d) next to there name is absurd-WAKE UP