[BwayDems] Charlie Rangel!

[Rachelle Bradt]

Great summary of last night's events. The last hours of waiting and biding
time showed Charlie in top form and enjoying it. You are so right about the
way the media doesn't acknowledge what obviously is a victory. Chanel One
did, though.

We can have the great satisfaction that we did contribute our little piece
to this. It makes it all worth while.

Regarding the confusion about the rezoning and the two summer primaries:
Would it be conceivable that you could put the amazing information that's
in your head into a newsletter article. I would certainly want to file and
keep it for future reference and share widely.

Congrats!
Rachelle



On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:33 PM, <curtisdems at aol.com> wrote:

> Congressman Charlie Rangel has won a clear cut victory over State Senator
> Adriano Espaillat and would-be spoilers Michael Walrond and Yolanda Garcia.
>
> Senator Espaillat's failure to concede his obvious defeat is perhaps
> understandable; he put a lot of time and effort into the race, and it is
> frustrating to come up short two times in a row. But the failure by major
> media outlets such as AP and the NY Times to recognize Rangel's victory is
> scandalous. The race is not "too close to call", it is journalistic
> malpractice to say that it is. Charlie won by almost 4%, nearly doubled his
> popular vote majority of two years ago, and more than doubled the victory
> margin of Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran--never thought I'd rejoice in
> the victory of a conservative Republican!--whom the AP and the NYT
> acknowledged as the winner a few hours after the polls closed. Given the
> sometimes tense ethnic situation in the not-always-gloriously diverse 13th
> CD, it is the responsibility of the mainstream media to slam the door on
> any speculation that Charlie Rangel's victory is anything less than
> convincing, lest we go through a repeat of  2012, which featured two weeks
> of scurrilous claims, bogus charges, and wildly inaccurate reporting.
>
> Charlie Rangel's victory is primarily a tribute to the brains, advocacy
> and grit that has characterized his whole career. Credit must also be given
> to his excellent campaign team, and his stalwart supporters including our
> own Danny O'Donnell, Tish James and Gale Brewer.  Paula and Luis did a
> fantastic job pulling the club's campaign together, Sarah brought in her
> usual huge margins in Grant, Lizabeth and Gretchen were always there,
> Martina was a fighter for the third Charlie campaign in a row. Across 106th
> St., Bob and Cynthia and the Three Parks crew completed Rangel's sweep of
> the 69th AD; it was fun to celebrate the early stages of Charlie's victory
> with them at 107 West last night.
>
> This was Charlie Rangel's 23rd victorious Congressional campaign, and my
> 20th with Charlie. Our last campaign together, it would seem--and the
> sweetest.
>
> Curtis Arluck
>



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