Rangel Under Fire: Tells Reporter ‘That Was Dumb Question’

Speaking to press about being charged for ethics violation, Charles Rangel responded to a young reporter at MSNBC, "That was a dumb question."

July 22, 2010 at 3:27 pm - WRGB
Dateline: Washington DC
Irondog   July 22nd, 2010 - 3:31 pm

Keep asking the "dumb" questions, one of these azzholes will blow up on camera-you gotta love it!

sjs5150   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:32 pm

Wow! Time to go, buddy.

smellyfinger   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:33 pm

Memo to liberals: You're outnumbered

Nodhimmi   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:34 pm

Charlie, resign now before they finish undressing you.

freedom rocks   July 22nd, 2010 - 3:34 pm

How telling," it doesn't sound like NBC, their in our pocket." You are right Charles, it certainly does not sound like NBC to ask tough questions to democrats about possible ethics violations or corruption. I finally find myself in agreement with Charles Rangel.

doowop   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:35 pm

so msnbc DOES serve a purpose.

belcrome   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:35 pm

This great man ia a hero to the people…he…..ah….. Oh no not him I meant the other guy….sorry.
Dumb comment!

Father Campbell   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:39 pm

I'm surprised the NBC commentator (so called "reporter") didn't ask him if the Republicans and FOX News pressured Congress into charging him.

vaaljonny   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:41 pm

I wonder who he will share his cell with?

Bill_Lumbergh   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:42 pm

The whitewash begins in 3…2…1… The Dems know they are going to lose the House in November, so they are going to clear this POS of any wrongdoing BEFORE a Republican-controlled House can investigate.

Baloshka   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:44 pm

Putting lipstick on a pig, Rangel is like all the other well-dressed incompetent thieves populating the halls of Congress not to mention the White Crib.
I truly hope you well meaning people who voted for these primates have learned your lesson, unless, of course, you come from an environment where "integrity" is not in your dictionary.

1Ladyliberty   July 22nd, 2010 - 3:45 pm

must be he didn't pay his protection from MSNBC this month LOL…there for you get the "stupid" question……No worries they will let him continue to serve from his jail cell…..

Hardciderarrest   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:46 pm

Donal Trump to Shirley Sherrod – YOUR FIRED

1Ladyliberty   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:47 pm

in agreement ? this is a sad day ….LOL

TexasStomp   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:49 pm

Why is this crook not behind bars?

anyone believe for one second if you did the things he's done you'd be walkin around free?

1Ladyliberty   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:53 pm

I thought ERIC HOLDER said no prosecuting blacks???

86-44   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:55 pm

MSNBC is expecting a call from obama – no bailout for you…

Hardciderarrest   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:55 pm

Donald Trump meet Shirley Sherrod. 43 minutes later Donald Trump tells Sherrod that she is fired.

freedom rocks   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:56 pm

not really, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then.

Chicken_Shitte   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:56 pm

All of this can be solved with two words, TERM LIMITS!

Eileen for Freedom   July 22nd, 2010 - 10:58 pm

Oh…really…Charlie? What is dumb are the deaf, dumb and blind that vote for your kind over and over again!

You should be serving time in jail not in Congress!

Just another reason, America…you finish the rest!
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'LAME DUCK' FOR THANKSGIVING…GUARANTEED!

IMPEACHMENT OR THE 'ORIGINAL' RECORDS OF BIRTH IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME…AND 2010 WILL BE THE TIME!

handleit   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Rangle is an old money grubbing, race baiting fool ! The sooner he takes his dirt nap, The better off humanity will be for it !

GOP HACK   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Stupid "UNCLE TOM!"

mugiwara   July 22nd, 2010 - 4:07 pm

There is no such thing a a dumb question, Charlie. Questions are incapable of being stupid, much like how CONgressman Rangel is incapable of having integrity.

NEOFREEDOM   July 22nd, 2010 - 4:08 pm

The politicians in your country are such a JOKE thats right one big COMEDY SHOW !

THE BIGGEST JOKER OF THEM ALL YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS OR THE JOKE IS ON YOU !

Will_Antonin   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:08 pm

Well, in fairness, if anyone should be able to recognize "dumb", it would be Rangel.

He speaks "dumb" fluently.

Seriously, the Left uses this as a standard tactic: Call anyone who disagrees with you "dumb" and proceed with an air of superiority.

Newsflash to Leftists: Just because you declare yourself smarter than others doesn't make it so.

barkingbird   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:12 pm

What will happen to this slug…………………not a damn thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nocer   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:14 pm

I love it! Did you get Rangel's response? He was telling the reporter from MSNBC that he was stepping out of the party line with that comment. Stay in lock step boy or your gonna get crushed by your lib colleagues!

Sister_Mary   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:14 pm

Next he'll be saying "I love these people that say, Read the bill, read the bill. How can I read the bill if I don't have two weeks and 10 laywers"

AmericanParch   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:16 pm

No one can deny that the Democrats are the most unethical party, at this time, than ever before. Come to find out… by http://www.americanparchment.com , for every Republican under investigation there are between three to four Democrats under investigation. Everyday, this site has at least one new scandal about Democrats and some Republicans but there is no denying there are more corrupt Democrats.

BECAUSE HE IS A DEMOCRAT IN SENIOR STATUS AND SO CLOSE TO PELOSI, HE WILL GET OFF. ALSO, SOLELY REPORTED BY THAT SAME SITE, THE BLACK CAUCUS IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY POWER FROM THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.

Spanky2   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:17 pm

This is the most unethical, corrupt, anti-American, racist, political, and inept Administration and Congress in the history of the USA.

handleit   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:18 pm

Choke on your own words CHUMP ! I'm thinking YOUR country is in a hell off a mess as well !

Jamesb   July 22nd, 2010 - 4:19 pm

Real Justice will only be delivered by a Republican Congress. Charlie's drinking buddies, butt buddies, travel buddies, extortion buddies, and the rest of his "buddies" in the Democrat Congress will exonerate him ~ some way ~ some how.

IncompleteLife   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:21 pm

Charlie:

AIN'T YOU GONE YET?!

skipper99   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:21 pm

Charges being made and charges being proven and punishment being metted out, are two different animals. We all are sure that Mr. Rangel is lower than a snakes belly, but these are all politicians AKA attorneys, so until the last nail is driven, and certain punishment is metted out, do not hold your breath.

UrinalMint   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:24 pm

Charlie Rangel is ethically impaired
Now some of his dirty laundry will be aired
Pelosi will say "he is one of us"
Then will throw him under the bus
I am not sure his rectum can be repaired.

BHO_UMM_UMM_UMM   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:24 pm

He won't be convicted of anything. He's done nothing most Democrats haven't done. How many known tax cheats did Obama appoint to run this place?

IncompleteLife   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:31 pm

Why is it so hard to get rid of the dishonest crooks in D.C.? This guy should've been gone LONG ago. (Gone, like to Sing Sing.)

Interesting fact:
"The use of the expression "up the river" to mean "in prison" derives from the practice of sentencing people convicted in New York City to serve their prison terms in Sing Sing, which is literally "up the Hudson river" from the city. Its use dates from 1891."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Sing

NOQTR4TR8RS   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:32 pm

Don't kid yourself. Eric Holder would prosecute a conservative black in two shakes of a lamb's tail. The (D) after Rangel's name is the only thing keeping him in Congress and perhaps out of prison.

Tokyomatt   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:32 pm

Rangel is part of the Elite. He was just surprise that another news org does not respect him like he wants. The probe will white wash his past. He will be cleared and go back to his coruption.

Tokyomatt   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:34 pm

Gonna be awhile before he takes that dirt nap… He is not on the Obamacare…

Tokyomatt   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:35 pm

He is working the case. I smell a clean slate for Rangel.

NOQTR4TR8RS   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:37 pm

If this kid really was working for the MSNBC section of Agitprop, I doubt he will be working there tomorrow.

joymc   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:37 pm

Old guy, near the end of career, not many years left anyway, takes one for the team. So dems can't be totally letting everyone on their side, especially blacks off the hook. It is all for show.

Hardciderarrest   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:41 pm

Rangel is another federal employee like Sherrod who has been feeding at the teets of the tax payer for years. The economic cost that folks like them has taken from our great country is enomous!!!

shane7776   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:43 pm

LMAO LMAO POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR Charlie!!!! Note to NBC guy. They bought and payed for you stupid. Your fired!!! MARXIST=DEMOCRATS=TERRORIST All the same ask the criminal Charlie Rangel.

Davecat84   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:48 pm

That was my take too. He couldn't have been from MSNBC. His voice would have sounded like Bwarney Fwank.

Davecat84   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:51 pm

Threadwinner, 1Ladyliberty.

Davecat84   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:56 pm

MSNBC-BOY should have shown him his Ministry of Truth(Lies) Membership Card.

SunshineConnie   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:57 pm

And a broken clock has the right time 2 x's a day.

mtnvortex   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:57 pm

Come on New York! Surely you guys can do better than this. Get this damn guy out of office already. Democrats, you don't have to admit it to anyone, but you must realize that we all have some work to do. We have got to get rid of these clowns once and for all.

I live in Arlen Sphincter's kingdom, so I do understand(Although, I didn't vote for him). There's a lot of guilt to go around. We need to stop this crap.

SunshineConnie   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:58 pm

NOPE

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:00 am

This is an ethics investigation yet and has not and will not be sent to DOJ. Even IF it did and he got convicted a pardon would be signed PDQ.

freedom1st   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm

The kid who asked the dumb question was Luke Russert, son of the late Tim Russert, the liberal host of Meet the Press.

JoshuaShaw   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:01 am

Man i wish i was a reporter right now. Id be F A M O U S right now…….or missing………

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:03 am

His district is HARLEM. That is his own personal plantation!

timeguardian   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:08 am

Hey MSNBC reporter boy…..don't you get it? He is better than you. He doesn't have to answer your questions. He's been "important" for 40 years. Go back to your network and check your email….there must be something from your producer explaining the rules.

gwar5   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:08 am

It's Un-American not to pay taxes Charlie and hide behind the CBC. Biden said so.

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Hardciderarrest   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:10 am

The American treasury should not be used for reparations. Keep your greedy fingers out of the federal till.

Here check this out:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/E...

Jamesb   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:12 pm

Hey Charlie, plenty of Democrat ~partners in crime~ will need help moving out of their offices and D.C. area homes – maybe "work release" will let you rent a U-Haul and make some "walking around" money…remember – "lift with your back, no legs" do it right…

Suvrec   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:14 am

He is UNDER THE BUS and Nancy peel-ossi is driving the bus and she is going to go in reverse and drive over him again and agian,

She has seen that race baiters and race pimps are drawing their dying breath and she is house cleaning .

He now has no friends to cover for him he is going to die a sad, lonely old man.

1Ladyliberty   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:14 am

thought this may interest you Eileen. http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/22/ap-scoop-wh...

leroitroisieme   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:27 am

The left's poster child and all that is wrong with them.

kay   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:33 pm

I actually saw this on television! I’m impressed. NBC news, no less!

Rangel was told to step down……why is he still there? He is a tax evader. Politicians always say they forgot to pay the taxes…..”ummm… it must have slipped my mind.”

Let’s see there is a penalty for late payment….so how many years was he late and did he pay it…..and when?

I’m all for “Celebrity and Political Penalties”. Those people who are the movers and the shakers, high rollers, in our face 24/7, they should pay 5 times the price of the commoner for breaking the law. Since they are often highly paid, often role models for our young, the price for breaking the law should be extensive. That might help to cure the reckless, irresponsible, wild, weird, lawlessness, behavior that runs rampant in our culture. (Think Billions of dollars for funding law enforcement.)

an interesting site to visit….. judicialwatch.org

Silhouettes1787   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:35 am

Be patient…the hacks in the liberal are meditating and discussing this akward situation with "Pyewacket".

suibne   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:43 am

just another black socialist bigot……

2discern   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:44 am

Is it any wonder that CONgress has an 11% approval rating? Term limits must be enacted before November elections. These crooks get in office by district fraud. They enter the CONgress with good pay and benefits (on your dime) then they leave office filthy rich on your dollars (and of course the lobbyists who pad there wallets) . Well Charlie, if you drop the soap in the prison shower…you know the rest.

Vic_Vega   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:47 am

A better question would be: "Hey Charlie, how long have you been a crook?"

1Ladyliberty   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:47 am

umm Connie it was sarcasm

PaBowHunter   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:47 am

Kudos to that reporter for not letting Rangel off the hook and forcing him to repond. Even if his response was to denegrate the reporter.

SubjectofUSSA   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:47 am

LOL at the poor dumb saps who think they have a career in "journalism" at NBC, CBS, ABC, etc.. Almost feel sorry for them, almost

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:54 am

No harm and no foul Lady L. I caught that. It is sometimes hard not to get peeved with the antics of the lunatics in the SWAMP!

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:54 am

Give the kid a break, he's new, he probably thinks its ok to pursue the truth.

USAfirst   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:57 am

jail, jail, jail……… charlie has been screwing America and now Big Max will be screwing charlie in the …..

globalwarmer   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:22 am

Since when did NBC have respect? This old crook will keep his job, you can bet on it, he's a commiecrat, this is nothing more than resume enhancement , they have no morals, no ethics those things are for conservatives just like rules.

GOP HACK   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:25 am

40 friggin years!
Most be the STUPIDEST part of the nation in New York's, 15th district.

doowop   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:36 am

you dumb bastards voting me down! lol
the purpose they serve is dumb questions! GAH

Brem1   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:39 am

Can't resign yet. Many more crimes to commit.
Rangel admits MSLSD are dem ass kissers. I guess Olberman has not yet explained how that brown stuff gets on his face.

fasteach   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:50 am

that is next. msnbc will turn this into a fox racist commentary before monday.

jp2feminist   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:55 am

Charlie looked like a very small man in that shot.

smoke ranch   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:56 am

Used to have respect? HUH Charlie? You mean to cover up for you lying Demorats.

hollylamb   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:01 am

I would say that Rangel looks to have blown up a little bit. His insolence was amazing, he WORKS FOR US. That was a slap in that reporter's face. I hope MSNBC wakes up. "That's a dumb question" I ask far more dumb questions to far more important people. WTH does he really think he is? When is he up for relection?

antilibtards   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:01 pm

Nail meet hammer. Initially turd blossom Rangel tries to drop a hint by feigning ignorance, but rookie did not acknowledge for whatever reason. So after being asked again in more detail, Charlie "the effin criminal" Rangel tries to be big man on campus. Like most democrats what a huge loser and a crook.

Even worse than my statement above, POS Rangel will still be employed tomorrow and newbie reporter will be seeking unemployment benifits. No one ever promised life would be fair.

antilibtards   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:04 am

Even better turd limits.

Deskpilot   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:15 am

Charlie's wrangled because he didn't get his marshmellow hand fed to him from MSNBC.
Is it even possible that grahanm cracker from MSNBC knows how to ask a question tht is no harder than a chocolate bar?
Charlie just wants to sing around the campfire with the rest of the s'mores crowd and sing Kum-by- ya.

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:23 am

I thought Nancy Pelosi drained the swamp?

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:36 am

come on Spank, don't hold back tell us what you really think

wcinva   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:42 am

The NAACP will deem the term 'white wash' and everybody who uses it as racist, watch out.

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:46 am

probably just get a trip to the woodshed, he's young, it takes a while to make an Olbermann or Maddow.

Darkwolfe   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:48 am

Only dummy in that clip was Rangel. MSNBC starting to get a clue??

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:48 am

Not yet she has been too busy TURD FARMING.

Tokyomatt   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:51 am

Your right about that…

wcinva   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:52 am

Yeah, SEIU are going to have a little 'talk' with him, or call it a hazing for the new guy.

Tokyomatt   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:54 am

Think Rangel is expendible so MSNBC been given the green light to play reporter on him. Rangel is old and has too many issue's on his plate.

wcinva   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:58 am

Although the 'Bubbas' in prison have beer goggles, I think Rangle is safe. I mean those guys have at least seen of felt a woman in their lifetime and to 'take' Rangle in the shower would be a diservice to their memory of what a woman felt like.

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:58 am

Charlie brings home the bacon, the eggs, the hashbrowns, hell he even brings them the home.

freedom rocks   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:00 am

not a chance,

wcinva   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:02 am

I think the unparalleled stupidity extends a little bit beyond the 15th district.

votechocolate   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:03 am

Thats that last we see of that reporter. He probly made to his car before he was fired.

FlagThis0vomit   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:06 am

I expect that OVomit and Holder will sidetrack any prosecution. If they do, the bright side will be the further undermining of the sinking Jokebama ship of fools. G0ddamned assh0le.

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