in terms of where we are with regard to congress and holding them accountable to people like charlie rangel who have, obviously, broken the law, people like geithner who's running the treasury department who didn't pay his taxes, these individuals scratch each other's backs. i mean, watch the state of the union message or anytime you see congress together. watch to see the camaraderie, watch to see what goes on when people think they're not being watched. it's called preserving their own power. and if there's a movie, you know, i'm a comedian sometimes at night, i do a little stand-up comedy because if i don't laugh, i'll cry. and it doesn't sound like i'm very funny today, but there's a movie called distinguished gentlemen by eddie murphy. i think you ought to buy that. it's a very accurate rendition, and you have a guy who was a con man from miami who decided that he can run under a deceased congressman's name and goes up to washington, d.c. to confront all of these problems. and he realizes that the biggest con is to become a congressman in, on capitol hill. and that's really sad. that's

my husband has a question about charlie rangel. just a moment.ank you for your call. guest: the short answer is not reallyxd. i am frustrated by that in other areas as well. three years ago they said they were going to have the most open, ethical, and transparent congress in history. ever since then we have seen everything but that, with charges and allegations of people not paying their taxes, putting monies and to their freezers and others of the things. action on this matter has taken far too long. charlie rangel even said we should have an investigation, a hearing. as we sit here right now, you can see that there has been no final action on it. host: is the worst since a twitter message -- businesses will not hire or invest until customers, in the door, which will not happen until people have jobs. guest: that is true. also circular in that businesses will not invest until they know if their investments will pay off? the period -- pay off. action until they see what business is doing. we are creating a problem for businesses as well. if they

charlie rangel said he was looking forward to the end of the iraq war. i said that even if you win back control of congress, how will you stop it, president bush will still be in the white house? he told me -- the power of the purse strings. cutting off war funding for the iraq war, that did not happen. there were high-profile showdowns with president bush. now that president obama is in the white house, democrats are very concerned. they thought that this president would get out of iraq quicker. and get out of afghanistan quicker. then there are others that note that osama bin laden is still on the loose and how are they going to get him if there is not a large presence in afghanistan? others counter that point and say that he is probably not in afghanistan, he is likely in pakistan. host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are start

charlie rangel said he was looking forward to the end of the iraq war. i said that even if you win back control of congress, how will you stop it, president bush will still be in the white house? he told me -- the power of the purse strings. cutting off war funding for the iraq war, that did not happen. there were high-profile showdowns with president bush. now that president obama is in the white house, democrats are very concerned. they thought that this president would get out of iraq quicker. and get out of afghanistan quicker. then there are others that note that osama bin laden is still on the loose and how are they going to get him if there is not a large presence in afghanistan? others counter that point and say that he is probably not in afghanistan, he is likely in pakistan. host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are start

the tax cheats -- i hate to use that term, but it is true, especially when it comes to charlie rangelehavior with our speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, harry reid, barney frank, which to me are the trifecta of what happened with the housing market. guest: unfortunately, and i say unfortunately because i mean it, both sides have had plenty of problems. it really hurts. i believe in santa claus and the easter bunny. i really believe people who come to congress want to do right and they really care. if those that differ with me, fine, they differ with the brit every time something like that happens, it erodes the congress. it is like a dam. you are taking another little part about -- you are taking another part out of it. people say there they go, you have for the 20 people in the house working hard, good staff people on both sides. i think it is a shame because i believe you have a higher responsibility, a higher duty when you are in that office. there are higher standards you live to, and i do not think that is being done. it is very frustrating, and you know what i would like to see