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King Samir Shabazz Should Be 2010′s Willie Horton

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 13th, 2010 at 11:58 AM  | 

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Moe suggested this yesterday and I am here to say I agree.

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.

Willie Horton murdered a 17 year old boy, stabbing him 19 times, after the boy had handed over money from a gas station cash register. Michael Dukakis let Horton out of jail for a weekend furlough despite Horton’s life sentence in jail. Horton kidnapped a couple, stabbing one and raping the other.

Had Horton been white, the Republicans still would have used the ad. But Horton was black and the ad was powerfully effective — so effective that it and Dukakis’s stupid answer about opposing the death penalty even if his wife were murdered destroyed the Democrats in 1988 — the Democrats screamed racism at the top of their lungs and their accomplices in the media have forever agreed. Willie Horton = racism.

Nonsense. The ad worked. It was powerful. It was the truth. That’s why the Democrats screamed racism so loud. It was the only way to stop the GOP from going this direction again. They know the GOP lives in perpetual quixotic quest for the day it gets a significant share of the black vote.

Now we have King Samir Shabazz. He showed up at a polling location in Pennsylvania and intimidated voters going into the polls. The Justice Department pursued the case and, having received a verdict in the government’s favor, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder stopped pursuing the New Black Panthers.

Video has subsequently come out of King Samir Shabazz encouraging the murder of white children.

Republican candidates nationwide should seize on this issue. The Democrats are giving a pass to radicals who advocate killing white kids in the name of racial justice and who try to block voters from the polls.

The Democrats will scream racism. Let them. Republicans are not going to pick up significant black support anyway. 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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  • http://www.redstate.com/etcartman Kenny Solomon

    ………….be under surveillance 24/7, along with all of his associates, because this has gone way beyond political motivations and fringe classification of his group.

  • earlgrey

    If you combine the Shabazz incident with what the vast majority of the public has seen and heard themselves, than it presents a compelling argument. I don’t suggest for a moment that Obama’s comments at the press conference be included in the ads, but they have not been forgotten by people who need to hear about Shabazz.

  • The_Gadfly

    But this IS about racism. Not “racism” as defined by Democrats, but racism as defined in the dictionary. This is about one group of people using only race as a criteria to attack another group of people, and an administration incapable of confronting that reality. And until we ALL confront that reality, it will continue to be perpetuated, even as the failure to confront slavery for the evil that it was allowed it to grow and mutate into starker and starker evil.

    Otherwise, spot on.

  • BlueStateSaint

    The Dems have given us a crack in their “wall.” Time to drive a tank through it.

  • fpete13527

    This could not be a better idea! Brilliant.

  • http://www.thehayride.com MacAoidh

    …and it needs to be folks like Allen West and Tim Scott leading the charge, too.

    Every time Democrats call black conservatives “Oreos” and “Uncle Toms” it discredits them further. That they would disparage Allen West and coddle the Shabazzes of the world indicates precisely where they are.

    And we shouldn’t be nice about it. Merely winning election is nowhere near enough. It’s time to hound these people completely out of public life.

  • chihank

    If the GOP pursues this tactic, expect the media ask Allen West, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Susanna Martinez, and Star Parker about the tactic.

  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    doesn’t make him a “Raacist” or nothing. That Mel Gibson, on the other hand, HE’S one sick puppy!

  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    Take a look at the breakdowns of abortions performed by racial background. Take a look at what Margaret Sanger had to say to the New Jersey KKK. Take a look at where she tried the hardest to get abortion clinics opened….

    Shabazz, like Mordred and Benedict Arnold, has some valid points. He just aims them at the wrong targets.

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    Not the way we were told it would, but rather, since his election, the Donks have gone to the race card so damn many times, it now has lost it’s sting.

    It is garbage in, garbage out whenever a voter hears a democrat shouting racism. They know now to take it with a grain of salt.

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    Not the way we were told it would, but rather, since his election, the Donks have gone to the race card so damn many times, it now has lost it’s sting.

    It is garbage in, garbage out whenever a voter hears a democrat shouting racism. They know now to take it with a grain of salt.

  • teresakoch

    and his admiration for both Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein…..

  • teresakoch

    and his admiration for both Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein…..

  • IJB

    …That The White House was forced to released publicly under a FOIA ruling. (I can’t remember where I read that – could have been Ace or Hot Air – but I read it somewhere…)

    If this can be verified, people need to get right on this, and start asking Robert Gibbs and Obama about it.

    If Shabazz did turn up at The White House, his views, and that fact, need to be run in ads in every federal campaign in the country this Fall…

  • streiff

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records

  • Flagstaff

    We should be using all of them, in the most appropriate way.

    Another seldom-mentioned fact is that the race of Willie Horton wasn’t mentioned in the anti-Dukakis ad, nor was he shown on camera, so the ad in fact had no racial element (just like AZ bill 1070). I also believe that the ad was only shown ONCE, but achieved its fame because it was talked about so much, and that’s where Horton’s race was publicized, mostly by Democrats.

  • spainishirish

    needs to be asked their opinion about Holder’s dismissal of a case the DOJ had won. Get them on record, and we’ll see how that “racist” narrative plays out. So far, the only actual racism has been displayed by the Justice Department, and if it indeed said it would not prosecute if whites were victims congressional hearings need to start after January and continue into 2012.

  • louisiana

    Right now, I don’t see blacks being motivated to go to the polls in 2010 because O isn’t on the ticket. If the GOP runs ads featuring Shabass, I think it might just fire up the black vote, particularly in the inner cities. Secondly, this would just give this POS the publicity he craves. Those of us who are already motivated to vote don’t need any extra incentives. Just a gut feeling I have not to stir up a hornest’s nest at this time.

  • Swamp_Yankee

    I think the black panther story has some legs. I think the lawsuit against AZ has more legs. But together, they are dynamite.

    The GOP can use both issues to against each other, expose the priorities of Holder and Obama, and expose their hypocrisy.

    Liberals cannot talk about racism in AZ as long as J Christian Adams is out there. Liberals cannot talk about being post-racial and forgiving the Black Panthers, when they are inciting racial tension in AZ.

    Its obvious to the average voter. Every time they push on AZ. Conservatives should talk about the real racism and civil rights violations of Shabazz, and vice versa. It keeps both issues in the spotlight, and exposes the politicized DOJ and their warped ideology driven by identity politics.

  • IJB

    In fact, black Americans tend to be mostly packed into a few “Majority Minority” districts, so increased turnout there would have almost no effect on the battle for control of the House.

    It might have a small, but likely negligible, effect on Senate and Governor’s races, it’s true.

    But I think that’s more than outweighed by publicizing the corrupt, and vaguely racist, way this Admin. and this Dem Congress have conducted themselves…

  • http://www.thehayride.com MacAoidh

    …wish I did.

  • m_quick

    So the Willie Horton ad wasn’t racist, it was about a bad decision that a Democrat made that ended up killing people. I agree with that.

    The unintended effect was that Democrats thought it was used to scare white folks into voting against them based on their fear of black men. That’s typical of Democrats, they see race more than anyone.

    But now you want to use Shabazz to get the unintended effect that the Democrats thought the Willie Norton ad had?

  • streiff

    and look for “shabazz”

  • streiff

    that in this case the Dems are consorting with racists with a propensity towards violence. We probably should be scared of them, to tell you the truth. And the polling place this King Shamir twit was strutting around in was a predominantly black precinct.

  • thelibrul

    It might work in the short term, but with the shifting demographics in this country the GOP doesn’t need to do this. Plus, it would be stupid for them to get their fingerprints on it when it will be done by 3rd party groups.

  • gamechange11two

    would mean endless investigations of the democrats through 2012.

    One can only hope.

    Elect Darrell Issa!

  • larueladue
  • larueladue
  • Flagstaff

    not race.

    An example of another sound bite that should make a great ad is one featuring Governor Charlie Crist saying, “If I run, it will be as a Republican.”

    Find all of these guys making promises and then breaking them. Contradictory behavior makes the best worst impression. Visual image and actual recordings are important, too. It has much more impact than having someone read a litany of misbehavior while the list is printed on the screen.

    Just remember, “Read my lips, no new taxes.” We could get Obama on that one, but unfortunately, the part that gave it power was the “Read my lips,” which BHO hasn’t said. “Let me be clear” isn’t quite the same.

  • http://www.marklaiminger.org Lammo

    I think the two situations also expose their consistency. They are letting the NBPP get away with breaking the law and the are trying to let illegal aliens in Arizona (and everywhere else) continue to get away with breaking the law.

  • David123

    :-)

  • pamela1631

    Use to say…

    It’s time to spring clean the house(s) from basement to attic including the outbuildings.

    After that was finished, everyone and critter got de-wormed.
    Nasty parasites suck the life out of all creatures.

  • johna650

    First,, the Republican party needs to get rid of the RINOS such as McCain and Graham who are nothing but shills for their Bolshevist Liberal friends.

    We allow the Liberal-Bolsheviks to define ?Racism? as any effort or opposition to their goals of leveling America into a nation of sheep governed by a Power Elite. The Tea Party is racist because it opposes big government, patriots are racist because they honor the founding fathers of the USA, some of which owned slaves, and the list is endless. Is someone a racist because they think Western Civilization is superior to African Civilization? Is that same person ?racist? because they can point out that Africans is less intelligent than whites or Asians? Is one racist because they point out that blacks commit a disproportionate amount of crime? Is a white woman ?racist? when she is afraid to walk her dog in a black neighborhood? I, and the vast majority of white Americans agree with me, do not consider myself ?racist? because I have such opinions. Perhaps then the label of ?racist? is a good attribute and not a bad in the minds of the vast majority of the public subjected to these daily calumnies. We have to stop running from the accusation of ?racism? and start confronting it. I am sure most Americans, including many blacks, will agree that racism is simply the denial of person?s rights before the law based on their skin color. That is how it should be understood by all involved in pubic discussion. We have to define the discussion instead of running from it.

  • http://www.blrag.com skinnydipinacid

    There’s no reason this shouldn’t be asked about in a 2012 presidential debate… why was the Obama administration so soft on this issue of obvious racism and voter intimidation, then so quick to call the Tea Party and Arizona on claims of racism? The double standard speaks for itself.

    You know, you hear all about it every election cycle… apparent voter intimidation at the ballot boxes, with never any proof to support the claims. They just cry racism and intimidation to CNN, MSNBC or any other Democrat favoring news outlet and they’ll promote it like it was the second coming of christ. Then you see instance like this and it’s back to burying their heads in the sand. “What can we talk about today that ISN’T this story?”

    And people wonder why journalism is dead.

  • pittbull

    I’m more inclined towards Nascar.
    A racist hates others who are from a different ethnic background and,or, heritage. It is fueled by feelings of insecurity, fear, inferiority, or a blend of all of these traits. The depth of these things determine the possible level of violence and hatred.
    We all need to understand that LOVE never fails.

  • Joshua Persons
  • http://www.thepurpleheart.com/recipient/RecipientDetails.aspx?wid=7f39cbbe-5213-4983-9702-50132a1c73 rsmith7042

    Sarah Palin needs to say the following: “No progress to a color blind America will be made until Blacks admit we have made progress and stop pretending it is 1956 and whites admit we still have work to do. The quickest way to solve this issue is to create more private sector employment so black males between can work, create businesses of their own, and provide jobs. Until you fix schools in ghettos and bring discipline to the classroom, even if it means a police officer or two teachers in some classrooms ? one for teaching and for discipline, you will not solve any race issues with the black community. They must be educated to compete in the work force. I am not an advocate of paddling in schools. I am an advocate of kicking troublemakers out early on in the school year beginning in 7th grade. If discipline does not exist, learning does not exist. If they do not want to learn and are preventing other kids from learning and teachers from teaching, it should be easier to kick them out of school and put them on the streets where they are headed anyway. Students have a right to fail, but they do not have a right to take their peers and teachers with them. Time for some tough love and more concern and focus for the kids who want to learn. ”

    The unions, trial lawyers, and Dr. Spock have destroyed education. Incompetent teachers are too hard to fire. Incompetent administrators have political networks that rival the politburo and linger too long at schools where they are failing to educate students. Most teachers do not have political indoctrination-agendas. The media does a fine job of finding the 1 or 2% of idiots that do things like tear a kid?s bible up or suspend a kid for wearing a flag on May 5th. State legislatures need to step in, break the backs of the teachers unions, and send principals packing more often than not. Teachers and principals make decisions on a daily basis having to take in to account the potential for law suits if they give a kid a D, write him up for saying f you to a teacher, or suspend a kid for fighting. Parents often think they can hit the lawsuit lotto by suing a school district. Legislatures need to pass tort reform making it very difficult to sue a district.

  • Flagstaff

    It’s all about political advantage.

  • pburton

    “This isn?t even about race.”

    Well, not exactly, Eric. Insofar as the American socialist uses our history of racial prejudice and bigotry to draw the line in the sand, this is about race.

    The left’s narrative turns on an acceptance of a forever mea culpa, and the buying into a proper (politically correct) racial deference. The conservative refuses to regard equal rights as something one gives another. Resistance, on our part, allows the leftist bigot to dishonestly frame the debate.

    President Lyndon Johnson was wrong: We (white people) don’t take blacks anywhere.

    Socialists, political creatures that they are, are apt at identifying and manipulating need. Further, they are comfortable with identity politics, and have no problem imposing their values by imposing their will. Race relations suffer the politics.

    The black man with the club full of hate for white people — that is about race. His behavior defines. To run ads for the purpose of making political hay based on racial hate, that too is about race.

    I love and respect Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and all the other bomb-throwers willing to do the heavy lifting. You don’t go against tyranny with wimps. That said, the leader damn well better be honest if he expects the Free Man to pledge fealty.