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Murderer-furloughee-rapist Willie Horton has endorsed Dukakis for President. Must be worried about the deficit.

If Dukakis calls himself “a card-carrying member of the ACLU,” it’s legit for Bush to call him that, right? No! “A label applied by others can take on a very different implication than one applied to oneself,” says The New Republic. “For example, blacks sometimes ironically call one another ‘nigger,’ but for a white to call a black by this term is invariably offensive.” Damn. The rules sure are getting complicated this year.

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Murderer-furloughee-rapist Willie Horton has endorsed Dukakis for President. Must be worried about the deficit.

If Dukakis calls himself “a card-carrying member of the ACLU,” it’s legit for Bush to call him that, right? No! “A label applied by others can take on a very different implication than one applied to oneself,” says The New Republic. “For example, blacks sometimes ironically call one another ‘nigger,’ but for a white to call a black by this term is invariably offensive.” Damn. The rules sure are getting complicated this year.