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Charles Rangel: “Well, as Rhett Butler once said in 'Gone With the Wind,' if I'm gone, quite frankly, I don't give a damn.”

On the recordDecember 31, 2008
Well, as Rhett Butler once said in 'Gone With the Wind,' if I'm gone, quite frankly, I don't give a damn.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel was defiant about his legacy during an interview.

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