Reading this Washington Post piece
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Has me wondering things. First of all the piece asserts that No one can prove that a quid pro quo actually took place. The house ethics committee has no proof that Rangel favored the companies that donated to his fund.
By taking part in fundraising for such charities, they inevitably arouse suspicion that the donor is getting some legislative favor, even when there is no evidence of a quid pro quo.
Rangel's lawyers have emphasized that the House ethics committee presented no evidence that his connection to the foundation set up by City College of New York brought any personal enrichment or provided any benefits to donors.
So there is no proof that he did anything for these companies as of yet. On the other hand what the fuck else would a corporation make it rain for? These corporations donated millions of dollars.
Some of Rangel's letters had solicited donations of $30 million, or $6 million a year for five years. Nabors Industries and its top executive, Eugene Isenberg, pledged a total of $1 million, several months before Isenberg and a lobbyist met with Rangel to discuss a tax provision. The Ford Foundation gave $1 million; the Verizon Foundation gave $500,000.
and while this mess is ugly there is a silver lining
With a trial of Rangel by the House ethics committee possible by mid-September, his legal team reached across the Capitol to point a finger at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
McConnell's spokesman did not reply to questions about how much the senator had raised for the McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville and how he did it.
The university waged an eight-year battle to keep secret the names of 47,000 donors to a foundation that includes the McConnell Center, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, but lost in court and was forced to disclose all but 62.
Donations dropped in the years after the names were published, the Courier-Journal reported.
YAY
back to the main point though, do you think these charges are crap until someone can prove that Rangel did a favor for his donors?
If he didn't do any favors for them would you consider his taking of the corporations money to be theft?
Do you think we can bring down Mitch Mcconnell with this shit?