He gives two examples of congressional entrenchment — one of a New York Democrat who was famously photographed slumbering in a lounge chair on resort property he failed to pay taxes on.
America.*
The lawmaker is Rep. Charlie Rangel, 83 years old and
21+ terms deep, who finds himself in a Democratic primary battle to keep his seat. Stewart wondered aloud what this man known for some serious “financial malfeasance” could do to hold on to his office.
The answer: pull a prank in the middle of a debate this week, answering a fake phone call and telling the “person” on the other end about all of the shortcomings of his opponents.
“You know, I think this is how Charlie Rangel stays in office so long. Yes, he’s corrupt. But he’s very likable!” Stewart said Thursday night in response to the stunt. “I mean, he figured out how to be a total d-ck to the guy sitting right next to him without having to have any responsibility for said d-ckishness!”
Stewart observed further that “there may be no way at all to get these aging incumbents out of office” — that is until he came across the unfortunate case of Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who has served even longer than Rangel and ran into a most unusual issue qualifying for a primary ballot.
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* Actually, the property is in the Dominican Republic.
