Democrat leaders urge Charlie Rangel to cut a deal in his corruption case

  Democrats are becoming more worried everyday that they are going to lose control of the House and Senate in November– it seems to me that they should have been worried about this prospect before they began passing unpopular legislation against the will of the American people– and because of this they are now beginning to turn their attention to one of their own– indicted former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and current New York representative, Charlie Rangel.

  Democrats are now begging Charlie Rangel to accept a plea deal— which would allow him to retain his House seat– in his tax evasion investigation in order to end this controversy and better their re-election chances in November. They are not calling for his resignation as they did in the Mark Foley case because that would not be beneficial to their re-election prospects. They simply want this case to go away as fast as possible so they can put it behind them.

  I find it telling that in this case of corruption and tax evasion, Democrat leaders are more concerned with Charlie Rangel making a deal, because it will help them minimize the casualties in November, than they are about the fact that Charlie Rangel is corrupt.

  Democrat leaders are more interested in saving their own political lives than they are in bringing an indicted tax cheat to justice if he is found guilty. If Democrats really wanted to prove to Americans that Barack Obama was serious about bringing the most open, honest, ethical, and transparent government in history to Washington they would be calling on Charlie Rangel to resign, not cut a deal that could possibly help them retain their power.

  This case alone tells us all that we need to know about this current crop of Democrats. They care more about staying in power than they care about stopping corruption.