ARE WATERS AND RANGEL GUILTY OF "GOVERNING WHILE BLACK", OR JUST FREAKIN' SLIMEBALLS?

SLIME-BALLS.

BUT MANY BLACK CONGRESSMEN THINK THAT CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS PROBES FOCUS ON BLACKS:

The prospect of two long-serving African American lawmakers in the House enduring unprecedented public ethics trials seems likely to add to the growing tension between black members of Congress and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill and in the Obama administration.

Congressional sources confirmed late Friday that later this year Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles) will face an ethics proceeding likely related to allegations that she sought to help a bank with ties to her husband receive federal bailout funds.

The House trial could come on the heels of the high-profile trial of Rep. Charles B. Rangel, the venerable Democrat from New York who is accused of 13 violations of House ethics rules.

Like Rangel, Waters chose not to seek a settlement with House ethics investigators that would have involved some admission of wrongdoing.

Between them, Rangel, 80, and Waters, 71, have served in the House for six decades and are leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The caucus has long complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans in the chamber.

Since its 2009 inception, the Office of Congressional Ethics — an independent watchdog set up at the behest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — has investigated at least eight members of the black caucus.

Earlier this summer, Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D- Ohio), a member of the caucus, introduced a resolution that would strip the ethics panel of some of its power and allow House members to keep unflattering reports from public view.

The caucus has stood behind Rangel even as other House members have called for his resignation.

Kenneth Gross, an ethics lawyer in Washington, said the push against Rangel and Waters "fuels the racial dimension."

"It's going to be so highly charged considering who the players are," he added.

CORRUPT SCUM LIKE WATERS AND RANGEL - AND SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON - HAVE CYNICALLY USED RACE-BAITING FOR DECADES.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SICK OF IT.

ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A 1/2-BLACK POTUS.

THE CHARGES AGAINST WATERS AND RANGEL ARE SERIOUS AND WILL HURT THE DEMS THIS FALL.

IF THEY CYNICALLY TRY USE RACE AS A DEFENSE, THEY WILL HURT THE DEMS EVEN MORE.

FOR THE GOP AND THE USA IT'S A WIN-WIN.