Typical Democrat Response

So why is it that when Democrats get their hand caught in the cookie jar they respond with indignation rather than the shame they should be feeling? Take this piece of shit Charles Rangel, for example. A Republican would've been crucified for tax evasion and/or "violating the public trust", but Rangel says he did nothing wrong. U.S. citizens must by law pay U.S. taxes on all income regardless of source, worldwide. That includes income on rental houses in the Dominican Republic. Even corporate slave like me knows that, and I was liable to the IRS for those taxes. A scumbag legislator like Rangel should have to pay 10x in penalties because "ignorance of the law is no excuse" (the quoted text is sarcasm, but the preceding is not).