Rangel Still Reigns

One of the stranger accusations in the Democratic primary race for New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District was that the incumbent, Charles B. Rangel, is a litterbug. The video, leaked by a Rangel opponent, was edited so that viewers could study Rangel dropping what appeared to be a gum wrapper at a campaign event at three different speeds. The Post’s Michael Gartland compared it to a “low-rent Zapruder film.” A Rangel mailer was only a shade less strange. It depicted his foremost co...