On Charlie Rangel

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| Mon Jul. 26, 2010 9:00 AM PDT

As the storm clouds continue to gather around Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y), who's still pursuing what his colleagues call a "futile effort at total vindication," I'd like to remind readers that this blog called for the "ethically challenged" congressman to take a hike way back in December, 2008. As Barack Obama likes to say, the arc of the moral universe is long... but it bends towards justice.

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