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Charlie Rangel: Gore, Dean are Harlem Hypocrites
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Posted on 12/10/2003 8:28:58 PM PST by hope
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 6:37 p.m. ESTCharlie Rangel: Gore, Dean are Harlem Hypocrites
When Al Gore said during his endorsement of Howard Dean on Tuesday that it was "good to be back in Harlem," Congressman Charlie Rangel and his staff wondered what the ex-VP meant by "back."
"Of all the congressional districts we have in the country, I would think mine is one that Gore is least familiar with," Rep. Rangel complained to Newsday.
The leading black Democrat was no kinder to Gore's Vermont sidekick, telling the New York Post, "From what I gather, Howard Dean brought all of his black supporters with him to the announcement. I counted one black guy."
The fact that the two lily white Democrats were trying to capitalize on their tenuous ties to the African-American community also irked Rangel's aides.
Deriding Gore's antics, Rangel's chief of staff Jim Capel complained, "This sucker didn't come into Harlem to campaign" when he ran for president in 2000. "And he's coming [here] to endorse?"
Gov. Dean's pandering rubbed Capel the wrong way as well, saying his choice of the Harlem venue "sort of seems odd in that neither Gore nor Dean has a close association with this community."
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:28:58 PM PST
by
hope
To: hope
Charlie Rangel is speaking here on behalf of the clintons, I believe.
2
posted on
12/10/2003 8:30:38 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
RRRRrrrrrrrangle is speaking on behalf of Wussley Clark (and perhaps the Clintons by Clarks proxy)
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:39:30 PM PST
by
mylife
To: Cicero
Yep, gotta love the fued that's brewing!
4
posted on
12/10/2003 8:40:02 PM PST
by
hope
To: Cicero
BINGO! Every word out of Rangel's mouth is designed to service the Clintons. He claims he gave Hillary the idea to run for NY Senator.
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posted on
12/10/2003 8:46:33 PM PST
by
YaYa123
(@Go Figure.com)
To: hope
Anything that aggravates Rangel is a good thing..
He's been a worthless, self serving, back stabbing, lying racist rabble rouser for his entire political career..
He is livid that he will NEVER be anything more than the irrelevant Congressman from Harlem...
He's simply the #1 field hand on the Democrat plantation...
Never once been allowed to enter the "Big House".....
Serves him right..
Semper Fi
6
posted on
12/10/2003 8:51:02 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: river rat
Maybe so, but Charlie is absolutely right on this one.
To: plain talk
Agreed that this is ono of the few times Rangel is right....by simply calling Gore a fraud..
But then, we all knew that already, didn't we..
Semper Fi
8
posted on
12/10/2003 9:55:57 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: hope
But, but... when I listened to all the Democrat talking heads on TV, they said now with Gore's endorsement Dean has sewn up the black vote.
To: hope
There are times when I agree with Charlie Rangel and this is one of those times.
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