Willie Horton returns

November 1, 2002 5:27 PM

Willie Horton returns
posted by Beholder (9 comments total)

Never thought I'd say this, but I think I'd vote Republican if I lived in her district -- what a wench.
posted by Shike at 6:13 PM on November 1, 2002

It's not so much that Matt Drudge's yelping about something guarantees an FPP on MetaFilter, it's the unaccountable delay from drudgereport.com to metafilter.com...?
posted by Zurishaddai at 6:15 PM on November 1, 2002

Al Gore was the first to make hay out of Willie Horton. Fitting that another Democrat decides to run a "disarm the blacks" ad.
posted by paleocon at 7:29 PM on November 1, 2002

Oh please.! Al Gore never showed a disheveled Willie Horton looking like White Suburbia's Worst Nightmare in an TV ad. In fact, he never mentioned Horton in the midst of a campaign. He instead only mentioned, during a debate, the Mass. furlough program referenced in the notorious Bush ads (which were soft money party ads, and not Bush ads per se, if I remember correctly).
posted by raysmj at 7:57 PM on November 1, 2002

Now, now, raysmj, you're not trying to actually reason with our favorite FreeperFilterian, are you? Talk about the Myth of Sisyphus...
posted by y2karl at 8:08 PM on November 1, 2002

yes, raysmj. Stop distracting us with facts.

In a similar vein, were these ads better, worse, or no different than using pictures of
Osama bin Laden in political ads?
posted by deanc at 9:47 PM on November 1, 2002

with our favorite FreeperFilterian

Ahh Karl, I thought I was your favorite FreeperFilterian...


:(
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 12:11 AM on November 2, 2002

I'm glad to see Willie Horton come back. He was a hell of a player. Now I'd just like to see the return of Norm Cash.
posted by geneablogy at 7:48 AM on November 2, 2002

Who's Willie Horton and what's he got to do with this link?
posted by salmacis at 4:08 PM on November 2, 2002