On 6/19/2012 11:18 PM, Califbill wrote:
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On 6/18/12 8:01 AM, Tim wrote:









On Jun 18, 6:43 am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
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On 6/18/12 7:27 AM, BAR wrote:

In article ci.org,
says...

Rangel joined the US Army at 18. He was assigned to the
segregated, all-African-American 503rd Field Artillery Battalion.
His nickname was ?Sarge,? which was funny, because Rangel
actually was a private first class, not a sergeant.

On November 27, 1950, Rangel?s commander, General Douglas
MacArthur, learned that the Chinese Army was about to surround
America?s Eighth Army. MacArthur ordered the Eighth Army to
retreat. But that could happen only if American units held off
the Chinese forces on the Eighth Army?s right flank. Charlie
Rangel?s unit was given that suicide mission, in what became
known as the Battle of Kunu-Ri.

The Chinese Army quickly surrounded Rangel?s unit. His unit kept
fighting.

Sundown brought less shooting, but also bitter cold. The
temperature dropped below zero. Even at night, the Chinese Army?s
bugle orders rang out, and the night sky was lit by Chinese
flares. Rangel called it a ?waking nightmare.? He kept fighting.

Having the high ground, the Chinese Army pounded Rangel?s unit
with artillery fire. On the third day, an explosion sent shrapnel
into Rangel?s back. The shrapnel hit him so hard that he was
tossed into a ditch. He kept fighting.

Rangel and his unit could hear American soldiers screaming and
moaning. They could hear American soldiers being taken prisoner.
Rangel said, ?We couldn?t see any possible way out of the
situation.? They could have surrendered. But they didn?t.

Rangel and his unit were trapped behind enemy lines for three
days of heavy fighting. After three terrible days, under cover of
darkness, Charlie Rangel, sleepless, wounded, bleeding and
freezing, led 40 American soldiers to safety.

Half of Rangel?s battalion died in the fighting. Rangel spent a
long time in the hospital, recuperating. For his courage and
leadership, he was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, two
Presidential Unit Citations, and three battle stars.

And Charlie Rangel was awarded a certain perspective on life
itself. As Charlie always says, ?Since Kunu-ri, I have never,
never had a bad day.?

One week from Tuesday, Congressman Charles Rangel faces the
voters in the New York Democratic Primary. National Public Radio
calls it Rangel?s ?toughest reelection challenge? since he won
the seat in 1970.

Win or lose, it won?t be a bad day for him. Not after what he
went through at Kunu-ri.

Are you Alan Grayson or are you just stealing his words?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125146994

Wow. Rangel was a hero during his service in the military. You
weren't.

So was John McCain...

Rangel was a hero:

"Rangel and his unit were trapped behind enemy lines for three days of
heavy fighting. After three terrible days, under cover of darkness,
Charlie Rangel, sleepless, wounded, bleeding and freezing, led 40
American soldiers to safety.

"Half of Rangel's battalion died in the fighting. Rangel spent a long
time in the hospital, recuperating. For his courage and leadership, he
was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, two Presidential Unit
Citations, and three battle stars."

McCain got shot down and survived a brutal prison camp. No small task,
but in comparison to what Rangel did, not such a big deal.

Actually, it was quite a big deal.



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But being a hero does not make for a great politician! My uncle in WW2
South Pacific was there 4.5 years, bronze star, Oak Leaf cluster, 5
purple hearts. Great guy, favorite uncle, but would not have been a good
politician.


It takes a special kind of slime to succeed as a politician. A talented
used car salesman wouldn't make it in the politics game, neither would
an ordinary copy writer like YKW.