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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Obama made clear that he would not remain passive in the face of tactics such as the Willie Horton ad that undermined the 1988 campaign of Dukakis or the Swift Boat attacks against Kerry. Presented By: Expedition Week Continues Tonight Seven nights of one great discovery after another continues tonight at 9P e/p only on National Geographic Channel. From the ancient pyramids to the ocean...
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Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... an adept political mythmaker? What if Donna Rice hadn't been pictured on Gary Hart's lap? What if Willie Horton hadn't been given a furlough? What if Bill Clinton hadn't squandered his political gifts with cheap trysts? What if Bush v. Gore had gone 5-4 the other way? What if 9/11 hadn't intervened to give the Bush administration its mandate for another bout of the politics of fear?...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... an adept political mythmaker? What if Donna Rice hadn't been pictured on Gary Hart's lap? What if Willie Horton hadn't been given a furlough? What if Bill Clinton hadn't squandered his political gifts with cheap trysts? What if Bush v. Gore had gone 5-4 the other way? What if 9/11 hadn't intervened to give the Bush administration its mandate for another bout of the politics of fear?...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... Pardons are generally unpopular with voters, and no politician wants to risk being targeted by a Willie Horton-style attack ad, blaming him for releasing a dangerous criminal back into society. A grave injustice has been committed here. Mr. Kaine, who is a lawyer and a former professor of legal ethics, should understand as well as anyone how these prosecutions went awry. He should...
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Never Yet Melted (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Philip Terzian , in the Weekly Standard, waxes ironical on the dawning of the Chosen One’s Brave New America. You may have noticed that some presidential Transitions are more equal than others. Here is my theory: When a Democrat is succeeded by a Republican in the White House, it is seen as a civic regression, the triumph of dirty politics over clean statesmanship (see Willie Horton,...
