I see a number of
black leaders and spokespeople supporting Congressmembers Rangel and
Waters because they are black.
There are two arguments used in their defense. One is that they are being picked on because they are black, that they are held to a higher standard. The problem with this argument is that because it is blatantly untrue (Democrats are the sole force against both of them) it is a slander on the many fine black politicians including such greats as Willie Brown, Tom Bradley and Edward Brooke.
Two is the argument that many people have behaved in much worse ways than Rangel or Waters, especially in big corporations. That argument doesn't work either. Everyone else, in this country, but serving members of Congress, is subject to criminal and civil laws.
Because of that
exclusion alone, Congressmembers should be subject to forceful ethics
standards. Out with them both.