Under the illusion that this is a democracy, and you are free to support your candidate of choice? 

Not if you are an AA democrat who did not endorse Barack Obama.  

Congressman Charlie Rangel remained a loyal Clinton supporter until DNC finally forced through Obama. 

Very soon after the primaries, the NYT began obsessively beating the drum against Rangel.  His crime?  Maintaining his offices in four rent control apartments in a Harlem luxury building.  

Hardly enough to rate a paragraph.  Mr. Rangel has rented these apartments for decades - why bring it up now?   And how was this enough to dwell on day after day in a national newspaper?

The NYT is back again with a new Rangel scandal.  It is huge. Rangel is Delay and Abramoff rolled into one. 

Rangel owes a few thousand dollars in back taxes for his rental property in the Dominican Republic. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/nyregion/10rangel.html?hp  

Investigating any member of Congress would yield as much, if not worse. 

Republicans are demanding that Rengal step down as chair of the Ways and Means Committee.  And Republicans are being blamed for sensationalizing the issue. 

So why am I smelling Barack Obama all over this?  

The timing.   Right on the tails of the primaries.  Plus Obama's reputation as a vindictive little prick. 

Oh, and here is another major Rangal scandal the NYT mentions: 

He has also been criticized for using his official stationary to solicit donations for a new educational center at the City University of New York that will be named for him.  The ethics committee is now examining whether that violated Congressional rules.  

Charlie Rangel is one of the most brilliant speakers in this country.  Unlike Obama, he does not need a teleprompter.

It was depressing to watch DNC insiders kill off Clinton, for a corrupt,  intellectually deficient weakling.  It is even worse to watch them go after a capable progressive like Rangel - because he is a strong Clinton ally.

In 2012, after 4 years of McCain, Obama will join the ranks of the elderly senate losers club, steeped in spite and jealousy that Clinton remains a bright star.

Like bitter Kerry, Kennedy, Hart, Carter, McGovern. Obama and his DNC gang will do whatever it takes to prevent the one candidate committed to healthcare, and a middle class friendly economy.  They will kill off the bitch.  Rangel is their lesson for anyone daring to support her.