Nancy Pelosi (presiding over the most ethical Congress evah!) has a real problem on her hands and it is frankly quite entertaining to watch her spin in the mire of her own making.<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s announcement by the House Ethics Committee that Charlie Rangel is in fact a lying, corrupt, douchebag ushered in calls for Rangel to step down as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. These calls came mostly from Republicans but that is all changing now.<\/p>\n
Politico <\/a>is reporting that a growing number of Democrats are joining the chorus calling for Rangel\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Republicans plan to bring to the floor this week a resolution calling for Rangel\u2019s ouster as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic aides say defections from vulnerable Democrats may give the GOP enough votes to prevail. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very hard for us and others to vote against this,\u201d said a senior aide to one vulnerable Democrats.<\/p>\n If all House members vote and all 178 Republicans vote to remove Rangel, the GOP would need 39 Democrats to turn against Rangel to win the vote. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thirty nine is a not a big number in the current environment in Washington. Several Democrats have already come out publicly against Rangel and the number is only going to get bigger.<\/p>\n Already, Democratic Reps. Paul Hodes (N.H.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Gene Taylor (Miss.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), Betty Sutton (Ohio), Harry Mitchell (Ariz.) have said publicly that they plan to join Republicans in voting to remove Rangel. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n So, why doesn\u2019t Pelosi just fire Rangel and move forward trying to socialize the government?<\/p>\n To answer this question is understand what is important to Democrats. Pelosi doesn\u2019t care that Rangel is a demonstrated criminal but she does care that his activities are gaining momentum in the media. Chair of Ways and Means is a critical position for her to press her socialist agenda and though she obviously needs a close ally in that chair, she also wants someone toiling away destroying the American way of life with little or no media fanfare.<\/p>\n And therein lays the problem for Pelosi. You see the next in line for the Chairmanship if Rangel is jettisoned is one certifiably bat-shit crazy Fortney Pete Stark. <\/p>\n Here are just three small examples of this idiot in action.<\/p>\n http:\/\/vdare.com\/malkin\/stark.htm<\/p>\n Congressman Pete Stark: crazed lunatic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n