[Clintonfatigued]

Does anyone remember that 1988 Bush television commercial, the one showing prisoners entering & leaving prison through a revolving door?

[AuH2ORepublican]

Yes, the Willie Horton ad. The version I saw mentioned Willie Horton, but didn’t show a picture of him, and I pictured him in my mind as white (probably because I already knew a black Willie Horton—the former slugger for the Detroit Tigers—and knew that it must be a different Willie). I was really confused when a media brouhaha ensued because of Bush supposedly using race in the ads, and then I learned that a PAC had run ads showing Horton’s picture, and that Horton was black. The media always “forgot” to mention, of course, that the first political opponent of Dukakis to mention Horton’s crimes while out through Dukakis’s furlough program was none other than Al Gore (during the 1988 Democrat primaries).

[GeronL]

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[Impy]

Liberal Democrats who are not facing tough re-elections this year say it’s the right thing to do, but vulnerable incumbents are steering clear of the proposal.

Ironic since letting felons vote would help those vulnerable incumbents, which is WHY Holder wants to give them the vote. I remember arguing once with this freeper who's son was a convicted felon, he want them to have the vote and didn't give a damn that it would help the rats.

[GOPsterinMA]

I do.