In the 1988 presidential campaign, supporters of George H. W. Bush ran ads of “Willie” Horton, who was
a. a black felon who raped a white woman while on furlough in the state governed by Bush’s Democratic opponent.
b. a white steelworker who lost his job after twenty-five years, allegedly to make room for an “affirmative action hire.”
c. an unemployed black man who collected enough revenue from federal and state welfare programs to lead an upper-middle-class lifestyle.
d. a former member of the Communist Party who claimed that Bush’s Democratic opponent had for a long time regularly attended party meetings.
a. a black felon who raped a white woman while on furlough in the state governed by Bush’s Democratic opponent.
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