The Willie Horton thing did so well specifically because it was spun that Dukakis was the one who released him, by having a long track record of supporting the program that put Willie Horton back out on the street.
It was a stroke of fate that landed the party within reach of the presidency. So exact was this event that, even if it was manufactured, it's barely repeatable, not to that degree, not in 1000 attempts.
However, one cannot say that because one group of politicians are possibly willing to go to such extreme means their contemporary politicians across the isle are immune to the idea.
You indict the whole of Washington with such accusations, my friend, not just one party. Perhaps it's just as well.
-=T=-
Anonymous
· 1 year ago
"In 1988 the Republicans scored big with a campaign tactic focused on Willie Horton, a black convict who escaped while on furlough from prison and raped a white woman in Virginia while his white boyfriend watched."
So Willie Horton was gay?
dale
· 1 year ago
Dan, you really need to get control over your anger. This is a pretty scary downward spiral you are in.
How about getting back to security topics? It's the reason I originally started reading your blog and it is something you have a clue about unlike your politics.
Harry
· 10 months ago
Actually, it was Al Gore's campaign that started the whole Horton thing during his battle against Dukakis during the primaries. Let's not forget that fact. Any politician, not just Republicans, will resort to ANYTHING in their attempts to win.
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The Willie Horton thing did so well specifically because it was spun that Dukakis was the one who released him, by having a long track record of supporting the program that put Willie Horton back out on the street.
It was a stroke of fate that landed the party within reach of the presidency. So exact was this event that, even if it was manufactured, it's barely repeatable, not to that degree, not in 1000 attempts.
However, one cannot say that because one group of politicians are possibly willing to go to such extreme means their contemporary politicians across the isle are immune to the idea.
You indict the whole of Washington with such accusations, my friend, not just one party. Perhaps it's just as well.
-=T=-
"In 1988 the Republicans scored big with a campaign tactic focused on Willie Horton, a black convict who escaped while on furlough from prison and raped a white woman in Virginia while his white boyfriend watched."
So Willie Horton was gay?
Dan, you really need to get control over your anger. This is a pretty scary downward spiral you are in.
How about getting back to security topics? It's the reason I originally started reading your blog and it is something you have a clue about unlike your politics.