Sleazy Statement from Walt Minnick’s Benefactor

 As I’ve mentioned before, Walt Minnick has received $10,000 from Charlie Rangel’s National Leadership PAC. Congressman Rangel has recently been under investigation for a series of unethical decisions. As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which writes tax laws,  Rangel couldn’t figure out how to pay taxes on tens of thousands of dollars in income. What an emblem of what’s wrong in Washington.

Now, on top of that, Rangel is out commenting on Idaho-born GOP Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin:  

In a CBS 2 HD exclusive interview, Rep. Rangel called Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin “disabled.”

The question was simple: Why are the Democrats so afraid of Palin and her popularity?

The answer was astonishing.

“You got to be kind to the disabled,” Rangel said.

That’s right. The chairman of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee called Palin disabled — even when CBS 2 HD called him on it.

CBS 2 HD: “You got to be kind to the disabled?”

Rangel: “Yes.”

CBS 2 HD: “She’s disabled?”

Rangel: “There’s no question about it politically. It’s a nightmare to think that a person’s foreign policy is based on their ability to look at Russia from where they live.

Republicans think Rangel’s comments are insulting as well as shocking.

“Charlie Rangel’s comments are clearly disgraceful,” Rep. Peter King, R-Long Island, said. “This is just another liberal Democrat who can’t accept an independent woman running for president.”

King, who is co-chair of the McCain-Palin campaign in New York, watched Rangel’s comments with CBS 2 HD. He was particularly upset because Palin’s 4-month-old son, Trig, is disabled. He has Down’s syndrome.

“We should be sensitive to her or any woman who has a child or family member who has any affliction at all,” King said. “And so to use the word disabled in the context of a female candidate for vice president who has a child who is disabled really is wrong. Charlie owes her and the entire disabled community and apology.”

(Hat Tip: Hot Air.)

Remember, Walt Minnick has chosen to hold on to this guy’s money.