Bill Thompson Supporter US Representative Charles Rangel on Bill and Dante de Blasio

From CAPITAL NY - Reid Pillifant wrote: Asked if he was surprised by de Blasio's performance among black voters, Rep. Charles Rangel said, "Not after I saw that commercial for de Blasio with his son." I asked Rangel if he thought the ad, which is narrated by de Blasio's 16-year-old son, Dante, was really that effective. "Effective? Hell, it was mind-blowing," he said. "That was the kid that they're looking for in stop-and-search. That is him! Big goddam afro, black kid, he's the one! In other words, the candidate's son." He let out a laugh. "And then the mayor, I don't know--he was so beautiful, in calling Bill de Blasio a racist for exposing his family," he said. "I mean, by having your family, your biracial family, come forward is racist, because they see that you're really Americans, and we don't have time for that, either you're Jewish or Christian or black or white, I don't know." "But I know one thing, de Blasio handled these things so beautifully well, I can understand how people felt very comfortable endorsing him," Rangel said. Article from Capital New York by Reid Pillifant here http://capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/09/8533733/rangel-thompson-supporters-will-hold-strategy-meeting-tonight