Slog - Comments on Romney's Willie Horton? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton I have a story up on Time.com today that looks at a Washington State double-murder that has Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on the defensive. The suspect in the Nov. 17 double-murder is Daniel Tavares Jr., who previously served 16 years in a maximum security prison in Massachusetts for murdering his mother. When his sentence ended last year, prosecutors in Massachusetts tried to keep Tavares locked up based on allegations that he'd recently attacked two prison guards. However, a judge appointed by Romney while he was governor of the state decided to let Tavares go free, at which point Tavares... Copyright 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:03:18 -0800 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:37:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by poster girl That Willy Horton video is really interesting. I've heard it mentioned in the press but have never seen it (or when I saw it, it didn't mean anything to me because I had other pressing matters like a plastic horse with a really long purple mane.)
The Republicans had it dialed in way back then. Way to go scum-bag Republicans!

]]> poster girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855262 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:29:28 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA One important difference: Tavares isn't black.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855271 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:52:00 -0800 Comment by Voltron Tavares is of Portuguese ancestry! This is a RACIST ATTACK! ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

]]> Voltron http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855296 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:32:45 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Interesting. But I think Guiliani risks losing the guys-with-neck-tattoos vote.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855297 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:34:12 -0800 Comment by infrequent at least the blatantly negative fear-tactic campaigning has less of a racial element to it... welcome to 2008!

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855333 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:16:02 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy Reminds me of the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy's song, "Television":

It's the perpetuation of the two party system / where image takes precedence over wisdom / Where sound bite politics are served to the fast food culture / Where straight teeth in your mouth / are more important than the words that come out of it / Race baiting is the way to get selected / Willie Horton or / Will he not get elected on... / Television, the drug of the Nation / Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation.

And of course, the networks have been having a field day with the story.

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/romneys_willie_horton#c855411 2008 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:21:08 -0800 Comment by gtkoyhbqd twhgxjcl lhftwjpr xslzj zofimhna bhtyv ofiy prbxt kbhxq

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