In one of those moments that can only happen in politics, congressman Charlie Rangel was convicted today of eleven separate ethics violations and responded by claiming that he was not treated fairly. To Rangel, it is more important to be a victim than it is to be honest or ethical. The amazing thing is that Rangel actually thinks that people will buy the garbage that he is peddling as the truth. Rangel's whole pitch is that the committee was unfair because he was not present for the trial and had no legal representation. Well, Rangel was not present because he walked out of the proceedings. Rangel had no lawyer because he fired his attorneys after they had prepared for months for the trial. My guess is that these attorneys told Rangel he would lose and that Rangel decided to move into full victim mode. The sad thing is that many of the folks in Rangel's district will believe that he is truly a victim.
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