A Few Words From...willie Horton

December, 1989

the man whose menacing face and criminal record helped make george bush president gives his views from prisonThe facts are well known. During 1988, in a campaign marked by name calling, race baiting and puffed-up patriotism, Republican Vice-President George Bush trounced his Democratic challenger, Governor Michael Dukakis, winning 54 percent of the popular vote and a near-landslide victory in the Electoral College. It is easy to forget that for a time, the outcome was not so certain.Shaken by Du...