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Congressional ethics sent ms. waters case to the ethics committee. and thats because the ethics committee move so slowly, they make tai chi look like bruce lee. they are slow! they take forever! and we have no idea what they do. the office of congressional ethics was set up in 2008, by democrats, to make the ethics process slightly less opaque and ridiculous. of course, what that transparent, nonpartisan ethics office does, though, is ultimately they turn stuff over to the ethics committee, whic...

And we have no idea what they do. the office of congressional ethics was set up in 2008, by democrats, to make the ethics process slightly less opaque and ridiculous. of course, what that transparent, nonpartisan ethics office does, though, is ultimately they turn stuff over to the ethics committee, which then does what appears publicly to do nothing for months and months and months at a time. which means these things take forever. which all means that people are in trouble for stuff we dont und...

Whats the difference between the massa situation and the rangel situation? >> the rangel situation is different insofar as there has ban process and the ethics committee conducted the process and, you know, theyre following the ethics committee recommendations. i think to be honest rangel looks bad. you know? and that they, at least he stepped down from the chairmanship. but the democrats should be embarrassed about rangel and a lot of the allegations are quite serious. whats weird about the mas...

Story behind why he resigned other than this fit of pique. >> all right. here is where glenn beck is going to go tomorrow. heres my best prediction. hes going to say the democrats know how to take care of their own when they want to. look at charlie rangel. they let him stay there under the clouds, you know, for over a year now. what do the democrats say back to that? whats the difference between the massa situation and the rangel situation? >> the rangel situation is different insofar as there ...

Rangel situation? >> the rangel situation is different insofar as there has been a process and the ethics committee conducted the process and, you know, theyre following the ethics committee recommendations. i think to be honest rangel looks bad. you know? and that they, at least he stepped down from the chairmanship. but the democrats should be embarrassed about rangel and a lot of the allegations are quite serious. whats weird about the massa thing is theyre going to turn around and turn it on...