Word: badillo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know with the Afros and the fancy clothes and they told him to run the operation. That mariconde! He doesn't know the first thing about politics. All they did was pay money to these drunken gypsy cab drivers to ride around the streets of El Barrio with Badillo posters on their cars...
Nardelli worked for seven years developing an organization among the Puerto Ricans and in 1969 was elected the Democratic district leader riding in on the coattails of Congressman Herman Badillo who he backed that year for mayor. This year Nardelli defeated a Puerto Rican challenger for his position by more than a 2-1 margin...
...Nardelli had 50 pullers in the projects working to drag out the reluctant voters. Utilizing his election district captains, number runners, high school kids and gyps cap drivers, Nardelli managed to produce a 40 per cent turnout in his area with 92 per cent of that vote going to Badillo. No district leader in the city did that well...
After it was clear that Badillo had lost, Nardelli sat in the backroom of his club with the captains discussing what they should do next. Nardelli quickly convinced them that they had to support Beame...
...Gentlemen, I know how disappointed you all are that Badillo didn't win, but there's nothing we can do now. If we want to salvage something out of this campaign we've got to go with Beame quickly. If we become his strongest East Harlem club, maybe we" get some of the patronage because he's going to be the next moyoral...