Miss. Congressman Wants Rangel Apology

[DeclinetoState]

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press Writer

JACKSON, Miss.


A Mississippi congressman says Rep. Charles Rangel of New York owes the southern state an apology, and he asks if insults are what Mississippi should expect when Democrats take over leadership in Congress.

Rangel, a Democrat, was quoted in The New York Times on Thursday saying: "Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?"

Rangel said he didn't intend to insult the state, but Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., issued a sharp statement criticizing the choice of words.

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Open mouth, insert foot, get re-elected in two years anyway.

[Riverboat]

Pickering should have retorted, "And who wants to live in Charlie Rangel's district?"

This cat fight is over who rolls the pork barrel the farthest and the fattest. They can duke this one out without any help from us.

[Lazarus]

Hey Charlie, is this the Bi-Partisanship you Dems were talkin about the other day?:rotflmbo:

[DeclinetoState]

This cat fight is over who rolls the pork barrel the farthest and the fattest. Cat fight? Are you insinuating that both Rangel and Pickering are women?