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...then moved to exploit a human tragedy into a political advantage, all the while capitalizing on those vestiges of racism to which his administration has given comfort. The repeated emphasis on the Willie Horton rape case is not about bringing out the differences between candidates; it is about bringing out differences between Americans--rich and poor, Black and white...
...reality is that [the Bush campaign] are sleazebags--they have a candidate with no moral center, who has allowed himself to be manipulated by people who don't care," says Goldman. "Dukakis' weakness is that he thinks education on the issues moves voters. In fact, Willie Horton [a Massachusetts convict who committed rape and murder while on furlough] moves voters...
...think the use of the Horton tragedy was hypocritical. It was a way to divert attention from the Bush record...
...wrong. We had a plan. But I'm not sure we did it as thoroughly as we should have, or anticipated as thoroughly as we should have the nature of the attacks. We certainly didn't anticipate the cynicism of the Willie Horton case...
...Willie Horton made you more angry than anything else that has happened in this campaign. Yet for six weeks your anger didn't show. What is one to conclude from that...