If you want to know how we got to this point as a nation, this case provides an abridged account of what happens when a country abandons the basic principles of accountability & right and wrong and substitutes them with excuses and a general dumbing down of the laws. If any of us committed the eleven infractions he was found guilty of we would be imprisoned and ruined. Rangel gets censured which in his case meant having only one of the eleven charges read aloud in Congress at Pelosi's direction and then actually being applauded on the floor at the conclusion of this gentle "wrist slapping". The he returns to NYC where he is cheered on the streets by the very people he scammed and defrauded. P.T. Barnum had it right.
8) Charlie Rangel is actually more honest and hard working than the fellow he replaced: Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. When Charlie finally goes down, he will most likely be replaced in turn by Adam Clayton Powell IV. A fair-minded person might think that the people of Harlem are getting the representation that they deserve... http://powellforcongress.com/
Now wait just a doggone minute......I've heard that only the right doesn't use their brains to cast their ballots??????