1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.

2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME ipocrite < OF < LL hypocrita < Gk hypokrits a stage actor, hence one who pretends to be what he is not, equiv. to hypokr(nesthai) (see hypocrisy ) + -t?s agent suffix
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While Republicans can’t even stand wide stances. And, it always helps when your party is in a majority.

except expose, as vociferously as possible, Democratic wrong-doing and ineptitude in Congress.

Had McCain run against Congress instead of Obama, he may just have won. The greatest failure of McCain and the Republicans is the wide spread belief among the ignorant masses that the Republicans actually still control Congress.

Of course, THAT sort of article is the Times’ idea of being hard on Rangel [bracketed words are mine]:

Republicans have criticized Mr. Rangel[hey Times, why don't YOU criticize him?], claiming [why don't YOU claim?] that he has made a mockery of the Democratic Party’s promise to reform Washington’s political culture when it took control of the House in 2006. Republicans have demanded [why don't YOU demand?] that he step down as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which writes the nation’s tax laws and is one of the most powerful panels in Congress.

The Times wants to give the appearance that at worst, Rangel inadvertently stumbled afoul of the law. Note that “Rangel’s legal team is reviewing his tax records to determine whether the congressman received a homestead exemption”. Interesting, that, since his legal team is probably the one that cooked up this corrupt scheme to begin with.

There is nothing but tolerance for these crooks! This guy would get elected again, and again and again here in NY.

He should be held accoutable in Washington, bc the voters will not do it.

The foxes are guarding the chicken coop-its infuriating!

and the broken Republican message machine.

I know it’s hard for Republicans to get any message out through the so called objective press but there are Republican outlets out there that are being ignored. Fox News and the numerous talk shows out there…

And where are the Republican bills calling for censure and removing him from over site of a committee that has jurisdiction over the areas of his alleged malfeasance?

Force a floor fight on this so it get’s attention….attach a motion for his removal to every bill. Force the issue!

This is Boehner to show the last two elections were the fault of his deputies and not on him…so will he rise to the occasion?

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

I’ve hammered this repeatedly at my column. Rangel should not keep the chair; that is a no-brainer. That Pelosi is tolerating it says it all.

What do you think he’s got on his fellows? Because that’s the only answer that makes sense.

And if we had real media instead of infotainers they’d be hammering this as well.

This is a classic example of the Dem double standard.

And Rangel is a drop in the bucket where Schumer, Dodd and Frank swim. Those are just a few of the fishy fishies.