Charlie Derangel

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) apparently thinks that President Bush's proposal to allow workers to invest some of their payroll taxes in personal accounts is an impeachable offense. I wasn't aware that coming up with a political idea with which one disagrees is a "high crime or misdemeanor", but obviously I don't have the finely-honed political mind of a Rangel.

Rangel also played his well-worn race card, calling the struggle to ensure that Americans continue to have no personal stake in their own Social Security taxes "not only a civil-rights fight, but a fight for America." And of course there was the obligatory comparison with Dr. King's march from Selma.

Would anyone care to wager that Rangel's intemperate remarks will receive a lot less media attention than the remarks by some Republicans calling for the impeachment of judges for genuine abuses of power?