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

