tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post4052389204545163541..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: James Carville's Warning to Democrats on Crime: "Own the issue or it will own you."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-83694734329047603842021-07-16T08:21:28.817-04:002021-07-16T08:21:28.817-04:00Democrats under Clinton took the crime issue away ...Democrats under Clinton took the crime issue away from Republicans. In part, the fall out from this is why we're in the mess we're in: GOP ceased to be the only party claiming to be for law and order, Clinton locked up more black Americans than any other with the change in sentencing laws, and the GOP went harder and harder right to try to prove their bona fides. Look it up. It's history. Clinton paid for it in the long run as it became clear that our prisons had become bantu stands reversing 1970's demographics of mostly white prisoners and less than 5% incarcerated for drugs to looking mostly black folks incarcerated for drugs. Not a healthy solution. So today, we're trying to rebalance and the path is uncharted. The reasons are fairly clear - ESPECIALLY in Baltimore (O'Malley blew it). This isn't a mystery. But I love Carville... the uncracker from the Big Easy.James the Thickheadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128470567186118742noreply@blogger.com