Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) Pulls Race Card on Obamacare: "Why Do Black People Have to Bargain for What is Theirs?"

Here we go again, the two-bit shyster leading the House Ways and Means Committee is in the news again. This time he is joining New York Governor David Paterson in pulling the race card when it's convenient. As if anyone would take Rep. Charlie Rangel seriously since he is under fire for being a liar and a cheat, having amended his disclosure forms with "found money," he has entered the Obamacare fray. He said "bias" and "prejudice" are fueling opposition to health care reform. Hey Charlie, pulling the race card should be the least of your worries. Nancy Pelosi needs to get a backbone and kick you off the committee by any means necessary. Rangel said, "some Americans have not gotten over the fact that Obama is President of the United States. They go to sleep wondering, 'how did this happen?'" He also likened the fight to provide health care for the uninsured to the fight for civil rights? Really Charlie?

"Why do black people have to bargain for what is theirs? Why do we have to wait for the right to vote? Why can't we get what God has given us? And that is the right to live as human beings and not negotiate with white southerners and not court the votes. Just do the right thing," Rangel said. Source:  CBS News

I think it's time for Charlie Rangel to find another job. He is a disgrace to his constituency. He has lost his effectiveness. He has sullied his position as chairman of such a powerful committee that is charged with writing tax codes. How can we have a cheat in such a position? To add insult to injury, he has stooped even lower by pulling the race card. This has nothing to do with the civil rights fight and that is an insult to all the thousands of blacks and whites who gave their lives in the struggle for racial justice and equality, which I might add, has served Rep. Charlie Rangel well.