the willie horton ad is a lesson in the power of the media. fan of crime over and over again. the tv news broadcasts menacing images of. a mug shot an image of him looming over cops. scary closeup often pairing them with photos of the white people who had attacked democrats learned a lesson four years after the willie horton ad pushed bush into the white house, the incumbent president's democratic opponent arkansas governor bill clinton, was ready to take the offensive on crime. on the campaign trail, blasted bush as weak on crime. he's talked a lot about drugs, but he hasn't helped on the front line to wage the war on drugs and crime. i will. clinton promised as he accepted his party's nomination for president after clinton's his allies in congress were ready to make good on that promise. delaware senator joe biden's on the floor of the u.s. senate in 1993 to bemoan young people without any conscience development. speaking the year that when he was arrested, biden added, we have predators on streets. biden have been talking about when you go with gang or not, winnie and her f