RedState.com’s Erickson: It’s Willie Horton Time Again

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Demonstrating once again the finely nuanced political analysis that got him hired as a commentator by CNN, redstate.com CEO Erick Erickson says the Republican Party should capitalize heavily on the latest right wing outrageous outrage, and turn the head of the New Black Panther Party into “2010’s Willie Horton.”

In 2010, Republicans across the nation should make King Samir Shabazz their 21st century Willie Horton.

I know Democrats scream at the top of their lungs that the Willie Horton ads, originally raised by Al Gore by the way, were racist. They and their friends in the media have developed the common narrative that somehow pointing out that Michael Dukakis let a convicted murderer out of jail for the weekend so he could again attack was racist.

Erickson concedes that the blatant fear mongering and race baiting implied by this historical precedent may alienate African American voters, and the GOP will be accused of racism. But who gives a shit?

The Democrats will scream racism. Let them. Republicans are not going to pick up significant black support anyway.

Shrewdly, Erickson, Master of Spin, concludes by insisting his suggestion has nothing to do with race; what it’s really all about is black people who are gonna jump out of the bushes and kill our kids.

But here’s the thing: everyone but the Democrats will understand this is not racism. This isn’t even about race. This is about the judgment of an administration that would rather prosecute Arizona for doing what the feds won’t do than prosecuting violent thugs who would deny you and me the right to vote while killing our kids.

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