Charlie Rangel Calls Palin “Disabled”

Chalk up another guy with Palin derangement syndrome. Rep. Charlie Range, Chairman of House Ways & Means Committee, suggested that Palin was mentally “disabled” (i.e. retarded) and therefore not viable as a vice-presidential candidate. Here’s the video including Rangel’s interview:

Oops. Well, not surprising given Rangel’s history. Even if Palin didn’t have a child with Down’s Syndrome, it’s still inaccurate and inappropriate. It’s hard to believe that a “politically” disabled Palin (or anyone) could work her way up from City Council to Governor with 80%+ approval ratings. The natural corollary to Rangel’s statement is that only “disabled” voters would appoint Palin in office - so do we infer that the state of Alaska, former Hillary supporters like Trump, and McCain are all “disabled” as well?

Backtracking a bit on statement by qualifying Palin’s disability as “political,” he then makes a strange argument for foreign policy, saying that proximity to a foreign nation has no bearing understanding that nation. No doubt Palin has a lot to catch up to foreign policy-wise; most governors (not to mention people in congress) who leap to the national stage do. But Alaska has long history with Russia, and yes, part of that has to do with its proximity.

And as the actual physically disabled person on the video points out, Rangel really puts his foot in it with a backhanded slap to one a revered Democratic model - Franklin Roosevelt, who suffered from polio.

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