Why probe Charlie Rangel -- but not Mitch McConnell?

[Swede]

Rangel faces charges over fundraising for a center named after him. Didn't the Senate GOP leader do the same thing?

When ranting on about Rangel, however, what the Republicans surely won't mention is that he's not alone in questionable fundraising for a vanity academic institution that bears his name. Leaders on both sides of Capitol Hill have done likewise for years -- notably including the odious Trent Lott -- but the most troubling example is none other than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who now holds Lott's former post. If the term "Senate Ethics Committee" weren't an oxymoron, he would be enduring an intense investigation, too.

McConnell is a graduate of the University of Louisville, a place of higher learning that he is seeking to transform into a display case for his limitless narcissism (as well as that of his wife, former Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao). Lots of nice things at the university are named after him, but above all there is the McConnell Center for Political Leadership, a special program much like the Rangel Center at CCNY. In such places, young and idealistic scholars are introduced to the tradition of public service represented by these great men, etc.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/index.html?story=/opinion/conason/2010/03/10/filegate

[babylonsister]

1. Because IOKIYAR, silly! nt

[BrklynLiberal]

2. There sure as hell is no other excuse!!!

[Johonny]

3. why not both?

[cayanne]

4. Damn

I graduated from the University of Louisville in 1965. Most of my classes were at the medical and dental school so I spent little tinme on campus. I doubt if he was in any of my classes.