It was awful!
Murderers who get furlough and then rape and stab shouldn't be used in a commercial.
Much, much worse than giving furlough to a murderer.
Except Dukakis didn't initiate the furlough program, his Republican predecessor did. Then, the courts ruled that it should be open to all prisoners, not just those who will be released.
The Furlough program in principle, made sense. You have prisoners who will be released; you don't want to throw them back into society cold turkey. You want them to be able to integrate back into society so they don't re-offend. The problem was, the way the law was written, people who had no chance of parole were eligible and sued to take advantage of the program.
Dukakis reformed the system. The problem was he didn't punch back at Bush's lies.
The Willy Horton ads raised legitimate issues. A man serving life without parole should not be give a weekend furlough. Also, a lot of voters did not want want a man who belonged to the ACLU to nominate justices for the Supreme Court. I know I didn't. I want hanging judges on all the courts.
Yes, we all know you are against civil liberties for the other guy, Hector. You just better hope that some day, we don't decide racists like you don't deserve rights. Germany and the UK already lock people like you up for being racists.
I voted for Dukakis in the Democrat primary. The Willy Horton ads persuaded me not to vote for him in the general election. I did not vote for Bush I either. 1988 was the only time I did not vote for a president.
No one believes you are that old, Hector.
I liked Bush I and agreed with statement that Reagan's economic policies were Voodoo Economics. Bush I lost my respect for him when he decided to run as Reagan's running mate. Still, I liked the way he handled the Gulf War.
Actually, I was so pissed off about the Gulf War that I didn't reenlist for the third time. We have no business over there. We have no business taking out whoever the Zionist Entity is afraid of this week. (The Jews manipulated us into that war, prior to that, Saddam was our ally.) The Zionists finally got what they wanted, and they are furious about it. Iran controls Iraq and Syria and Lebanon now.
As far as the black vote is concerned, when most Negroes were not allowed to vote, in obvious violation of the Fifteenth Amendment, the Democrat Party dominated the United States.
Um, not really. From 1865 to 1931, the GOP dominated the country, even though they turned a blind eye when Southern Conservatives revoked the right to vote. From 1931 to 1968, Democrats dominated with a coalition of White working-class and black voters. Then, in 1968, the Republicans went full-on racist, and they dominated politics until 1992. The only reason they are still clinging to power now is that they cheat. But with white people shrinking as a percentage, it's diminishing returns, baby. Younger generations are more likely to be racially tolerant. Heck, I can't tell you how many white kids I saw wearing BLM T-shirts in 2020.
Women are less likely to enjoy casual sex and sexual variety than men. This is not social conditioning, but instinct. The sexual revolution has made it difficult for women to say "No."
Look, man, just because women run away from you doesn't mean they don't enjoy some sexy times. (You could try avoiding saying creepy things like "I find Oriental Women attractive!)
Here's the reality. Before the sexual revolution, women were expected to be barefoot and pregnant, and if you married a slug, too bad, you were stuck with him.
After the sexual revolution, freed from the risk of unplanned pregnancy, women could shop around and find men who were more compatible.