Driving home yesterday from Kansas City, MO to the white, affluent suburb of Johnson County, I noticed a billboard attacking Paul Morrison, the Democratic candidate for KS Attorney General. The billboard featured a mugshot of a black convict with the words "FREED by Paul Morrison." I thought, "It's Willie Horton all over again."
More after the jump.
In and of itself, the question of whether the ad is racist or not is debatable. However given the context of recent racist ads by the RNC, I had to think that a billboard featuring a black felon positioned to catch the attention of drivers heading home to white, Johnson County was no accident.
Kline's campaign has gone desperately negative in the last few weeks, attacking Morrison over allegations of sexual harrasment that are 15 years old (and dropped). Now with this ad, I think Kline is reaching for new lows.