Willie Horton

From Dog Whistles to Air Raid Sirens

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Alex Castellanos, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Jesse Helms, Sean Hannity, Racism, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Dog Whistle, John Derbyshire, WIllie Horton Ad, Willie Horton, Race Relations, Media News

The result of 40 years of these coded attacks is to ensure a permanent de facto racial segregation in our political dialogue, pitting white male voters against African Americans and poisoning our discourse.

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Super PAC Mad Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 Republican presidential primary campaign has been the most negative in recent memory. The main culprits are well-funded super P...

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Negative Ad Master Goes All Out For Romney

The New Yorker | Jane Mayer | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Superpac, Super Pac, 2012 Elections, Mitt Romney 2012, Romney Super Pac, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Larry McCarthy, Restore Our Future, Romney, Willie Horton, Politics News

Mitt Romney, in his struggle to wrap up the 2012 Republican nomination for the Presidency, has presented himself as an outsider....

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Political Ads Targeted Women And Senior Citizens

TylerKingkade | Posted 05.25.2011

Within the file cabinets of hundreds of television stations around the country are public files concerning political campaigns which often go completely unreported.

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Man Behind Infamous Willie Horton Ad Signs On As Joe Miller Adviser

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Impeach Obama Movement, Joe Miller Alaska, Alaska Senate 2010, Citizens United, Impeach Obama Campaign, Alaska Senate Election, Willie Horton, Joe Miller Senate, WIllie Horton Ad, Lisa Murkowski, Lisa Murkowski Write-In, Alaska Senate, Floyd Brown Willie Horton, Lisa Murkowski Senate, Joe Miller, Lisa Murkowski Joe Miller, Elections 2010, Willie Horton Dukakis, Floyd Brown Citizens United, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Impeach Obama, Floyd Brown, Politics News

NEW YORK -- Republican Joe Miller has hired a controversial political hand to help him beat back a win by incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Senat...

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Republican Pickpockets

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Culture Wars, Southern Strategy, Republican Strategy, Chicago Welfare Queens, Willie Horton, Republican Fear Tactics, Politics News

The target may differ, but the Republican tactic is always the same: demonize a group of human beings based on what sets them apart -- skin color, religion, sexual orientation -- and make them objects of derision.

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The Willie Hortonization of Barack Obama

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, New Black Panther Party, Fox News Black Panther Party, Black Panther Party, Politics News

A long line of inmates enters and exits a prison yard. As the lone black inmate reenters society, he peers into the camera with a menacing glance. The ad plays on "fears of the dangerous, violent, black male."

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Call for Prison Reform

Michael Santos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureau of Prisons, Michael Santos, Recidivism, Prison, Anthony Kennedy, Reform, Mandatory Minimums, Willie Horton, Politics News

Until we make prisoner rehabilitation and redemption real and institutional, we're teaching people how to be comfortable in prison, and they'll keep coming back for longer and longer.

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Open Letter to Mike Huckabee

Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Mike Huckabee, Gerald Ford, George Wallace, Michael Dukakis, Fred Karger, Maurice Clemmons, Mary Cheney, Barry Goldwater, Dick Cheney, Willie Horton, Politics News

Now the Republican Party has its own 21st Century George Wallace, another Southern Governor who has also run for president, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas.

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Hail Mary Mudslinging

Shawn Healy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negative Advertising, Illinois Governor, Harvey Gannt, George H.W. Bush, Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes, Jesse Helms, Michael Dukakis, Willie Horton, Harold Washington, Chicago News

Does Dan Hynes' ad featuring Harold Washington represent a "game change" in this late hour of the campaign?

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Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: The Media

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservative Media, Tea Baggers, Greta Van Susteren, Redstate, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Smart Girl Politics, redstate.com, Fox News, Griff Jenkins, Michelle Malkin, Teaparty, Tea Party Express, Willie Horton, Politics News

After Rick Santelli ranted about government spending on CNBC, coverage by FOX News, conservative talk show hosts, and right-side bloggers pushed the Tea Parties to prominence.

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"Black Royalty"?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royalty, Al Sharpton, Melba Moore, Judge Judy, Nell's, Harvard, Basil Patterson, Paris, Leatrice O?Farrell, Willie Horton, John-D-Rockefeller-Jr, Politics, Eunice Johnson, Wealth, Stevie Wonder, Dorothea Towles Church, Chicago, Slavery, Tuskegee Airmen, George Faison, Fashion, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Grafton Ttrew, Bowery Bar, Gilbert Stafford, The Duchess of Windsor, Cain, Baltimore, Area, John Jacob Astor, Sag Harbor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York, Barack Obama, US Air Force, George Johnson, Howard University, Percy Sutton, Aristocrats, Style, Mark Gilbertson, David N. Dinkins, Mother Theresa, New York Times, John Johnson, Congressman Charles B. Rangel, World War II, Booker T. Washington, Martha's Vineyard, Trixies, Crobar, Jonathan Capehart, Style News

The demise in succession of three African American figures of colossal stature on the eve of the new decade caused me to wonder anew about this designation, "black royalty."

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Bidding a Not-So-Fond Farewell to Willie Horton

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pardons, Willie Horton, Clemency, Ted Strickland, Maurice Clemmons, Huckabee Clemmons Clemency, Politics News

High-profile clemency cases like Maurice Clemmons, while tragic, are ridiculously atypical of the cases that usually come to the attention of parole boards and chief executives.

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Clemency for Huckabee

David Vines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Lakewood Shootings, Huckabee Clemmons Pardon, Fox News, Maurice Clemmons, Mike Huckabee Maurice Clemmons, Willie Horton, Politics News

Candidates have strong incentives to keep criminals behind bars. But when such standards trickle down to nonviolent criminals, prison populations and government debt soar, and lives are ruined.

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Bill O'Reilly-Keith Olbermann Feud Ends with a Corporate Handshake?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.

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The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, November 4th, Kerry, Swift Boat, Socialism, Radicals, Obama, Mccain, Dukakis, Teamsters, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, 401k, Palin, Fuel Costs, South Carolina, Hoffa, Republican Machine, McCain Smear Campaign, Campaign Ads, Political Ads, Politics News

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

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The Fringe Right Bubble is Bursting

Caroline Presno | Posted 05.25.2011

Now we have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents walking away from and speaking out against extreme rhetoric and deeds. The country is ready for an Obama administration.

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Robo Rove and Willie Horton Redux

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Ayers, Michael Dukakis, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Smears, Election 2008, Politics News

Instead of erupting in outrage and secretly dreading that a smear campaign will undo Barack Obama's lead in the polls, I return to the basics.

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Projecting an Obama Victory

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Bradley, John McCain, Palling Around With Terrorists, Terrorism, Bradley Effect, Bill Ayers, Racism, Michael Dukakis, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Voter ID, Willie Horton, Politics News

The poll numbers so far this month have fostered the belief that the current economic crisis is close to dooming the McCain campaign. But any crystal ball that offers assurance of an Obama victory is a piece of junk.

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The Ludacris-Rove-McCain Axis

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics of Fear, John McCain, Ludacris, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Race Card, Politics News

"The race card" is something that is only played by someone who can hope to use it to produce a winning hand. In this game, it is obvious that that player is John McCain.

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By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, White House, Al Gore, 3 a.M., Swiftboating, Chicago, November, John Corzine, Contributors, Bush, Willie Horton, 2008, Richard Nixon, Reverend Wright, Pat Buchanan, Joseph Welch, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Joe Mccarthy, Michael Bloomberg, Texas, 2000, Presidency, Machiavelli, Boss Tweed, Decency, Lee Atwater, Ross Perot, Campaign Funds, Skullduggery, Moralist, Realpolitik, $270 Million, Lyndon Johnson, Steve Forbes, Bring US Together," Howard Beale, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, "Landslide Lyndon, Hypocrite, Politics News

Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.

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Obama's 'Sister Souljah Moment'

Catherine Crier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Obama Wright, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Obama Wright Speech, Jesse Jackson, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Sista Souljah, Willie Horton, Sister Souljah, Politics News

Obama showed personal integrity by not 'throwing Wright under a bus', but is now a victim of that very maneuver. He should recognize the opportunity Wright has given him.

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Willie Horton Ad Creator Releasing Attack Ad On Obama

Time | MICHAEL SCHERER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Negative Attacks, Obama Willie Horton, Barack Obama Death Penalty, Willie Horton Dukakis, Obama Death Penalty, Willie Horton, Barack Obama Willie Horton, Politics News

An old right-wing attack dog has returned with a new target: Barack Obama. Starting Tuesday, a group of conservative activists led by Floyd Brown, au...

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