Showing posts with label Lee Atwater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lee Atwater. Show all posts

"WILLIE HORTON" ON STEROIDS: ANTI-WHITE RACE-BAITING IN VIRGINIA

Liberals decried the race-bating of Bush's "Willie Horton" spot in 1988, but now...


Back in 1988, the George Bush campaign consultant Lee Atwater put together a political ad taking Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis to task for-- in his then-capacity as governor of Massachusetts-- giving convicted rapist and murderer Willie Horton weekend furloughs from prison.