Sir Charlie Rangle: Here Comes The Knight

I blame it on their primo weed.

You must be kidding, mon.

Embattled Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel can't fill out a tax form, but he's now a knight -- at least in Jamaica.

The Democratic Prince of Pork -- who owns valuable tracts of land, some of them off the books -- was inducted last week into the Order of Jamaica, the Caribbean commonwealth's highest distinction and the equivalent of knighthood.

Sir Charles won't be granted a magical shield that protects him from tax probes -- but he will get a gold medal stamped with the motto, "For a covenant of the people," adorned with the ackee fruit, a staple of the national cuisine.

Comments

[fb274]

One small letter could make a difference. inducted---change to indicted.

[Philip McDaniel]

Maybe he should go down there to live...after he's indicted here.

[Rob Crawford]

Isn't there a Constitutional prohibition against accepting rewards like this without Congressional approval? AFAICR, Schwarzkopf needed their approval to accept an award from the Brits.