[Paleo Conservative]

Don’t see how this is all that different from using Willie Horton in a campaign ad.

But then I don’t know a thing about AK poliics.

Big difference. Governor Dukakis personally signed the Willie Horton's pass. He could have refused to sign it and Willie Horton would have been in prison instead of out on a weekend pass.

[plain talk]

Bingo. well said. There is the matter of personal responsibility. When someone says “ I don’t see any difference between A or B”... I generally discount their comments. There are almost always differences.