Sam Sloan is a Candidate for Election to US Congress   
   I am a candidate for United States Congress for the 13th Congressional   
   District of New York which includes Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington   
   Heights, Marble Hill and North Bronx.   
   I did not announce before now because I wanted to fly under the radar until I   
   was sure I was on the ballot.   
   My two main campaign issues I want to emphasize are (1) I want to bring the   
   troops home and end all American involvement in Wars in the Middle East. I   
   will campaign to stop all bombing and sending of troops to Iraq, Iran,   
   Afghanistan and Syria and I will    
   seek to end all American aid to the financing of those wars. Let those people   
   fight and kill each other forever but America will stay out of it (2) I want   
   to bring about the economic development of Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.   
   The Bronx especially    
   is filled with toxic waste dumps and abandoned and burned out buildings in   
   areas which should be the prime areas of the Bronx next to the rivers. The   
   reason these areas remain abandoned is because the current left-wing   
   Congressmen are opposed to the    
   development of these areas. I will change that.   
   I will also try to emphasize the fact that I have long been a recognized chess   
   master (even though my rating has dropped in the last few years) and I am the   
   only candidate who actually lives in the Bronx.   
   I am running to fill the seat of Charles Rangel who has occupied this seat for   
   45 years since 1971 and is retiring at age 85.   
   I received good news today when I learned that I have been given first   
   position on the ballot. However, do not think that this will be an easy   
   victory. I am running against a star-studded field of 9 candidates many of   
   whom are rich and famous. All of    
   them have more money than I do. Here are my principal opponents:   
   Adam Clayton Powell IV has to be the favorite because he is the son of the   
   famous Congressman, Adam Clayton Powell. He even has a street and a building   
   named after him. I do not understand why others think he will not win.   
   Keith Wright is the son of the most famous New York Supreme Court Justice in   
   the history of New York State. I knew his father, Judge Bruce Wright. The New   
   York Post and News even had a nickname for his father. They called him "Turn   
   'Em Loose Bruce". Do    
   you remember him now?   
   Suzan Johnson Cook is a pastor who has been appointed to a number of political   
   positions under presidents Clinton and Obama. She was United States   
   Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under President Obama.   
   Adriano Espaillat is a New York State Assemblyman from the Dominican Republic.   
   He ran twice for this seat in the US Congress against Charles Rangel, losing   
   narrowly both times. He may be one reason why Charles Rangel decided not to   
   run again. He is a    
   member of the New York State Senate and a former member of the New York State   
   Assembly. I believe he is the only member of the New York State Senate from   
   the Dominican Republic.   
   Clyde Williams has been Political Director of the Democratic National   
   Committee and Domestic Policy Adviser to former President Bill Clinton. He has   
   been appointed to many political positions. He is said to have raised a half   
   million dollars in campaign    
   contributions and has the most money of any candidate.   
   Guillermo Linares is from the Dominican Republic and is a member of the New   
   York State Assembly. He is the only candidate who did not appear for a debate   
   last Friday.   
   Mike Gallagher Unfortunately this is a common name with more than 20 people   
   with that name so I do not know which one he is.   
   Yohanny M. Caceres is said to be a descendant of Ramón Cáceres, a former   
   president of the Dominican Republic, who ruled from 1906 to 1911.   
   You are entitled to ask: What chance does a poor boy like me from deep in   
   Rebel Territory, most famous for having my name on toilet bowels, have against   
   such a star studded field? I do not have a good answer to that question except   
   to hope that these big    
   shots knock each other out and give me a chance to sneak through in a tortoise   
   against hare type victory.   
   Sam Sloan   
      
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