10. That "unintended consequences" argument is not so much wrong, as misleading, de-contextualized, and incomplete.
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11. First, so much of Democratic behavior in tough-on-crime era was based on fear that Dems not be depicted as weak by cynical Republicans
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12. Clinton, learning from failed Dukakis campaign made calculation that he wasn't going to let being soft on crime kill electoral chances
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13. See for example Clinton's incredibly telling execution of a man with 55 IQ during the 1992 campaign.pic.twitter.com/ud8SFPF463
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14. This = same calculation moderate AL Gov George Wallace made after losing 1958 election to virulent racist. Not gonna be out ni****
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15. Clinton already had the black vote. Tough-on-crime was more like Sister Souljah, welfare reform – distancing himself from black people
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16. The fact that some black politicians, community leaders supported his tough-on-crime policies just made his sell-out of blacks easier.
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18. White legislators, black legislators, Republicans, Democrats, academia, the evening news all fanned an hysteria.
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19. See, for example, this EXCELLENT video on the juvenile super-predator scare by the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002807771/the-superpredator-scare.html …
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@davidminpdx Do you happen to know if DiIulio has tried to atone by getting out front on any part of #cjreform? He certainly ought to.
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