Dukakis: McCain using same race tactics as ‘Willie Horton’ ad
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
This is complete nonsense
Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain’s presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in his 1988 presidential run.
First of all, I don’t agree that the Willie Horton ad was racist. The ad was truthful. It explained that Michael Dukakis gave out weekend passes to murderers. One of these murderers received 10 weekend passes. On one weekend, Willie Horton fled. He then kidnapped a couple, stabbed the man, and repeatedly raped the man’s girlfriend. How is it racist to tell the truth in an ad?
The Brookline Democrat was referring to a recent McCain ad that claimed Democratic nominee Barack Obama received economic advice from Franklin Raines, the former CEO of the recently bailed out mortgage lender Fannie Mae. The ad features images of Raines and Obama, two African Americans, and then an image of an elderly white woman.
Do you want to know why McCain used two black men in this ad? Because the two men he is talking about are black! Obama is black. Franklin Raines is black. How is that McCain’s fault? How is that racist? The woman in the ad appears to be of an undefinable race. Take a look and judge for yourself.
