From a speech delivered by New Jersey senator Bill Bradley on the Senate floor on July 10.

In 1988, Mr. President, you used the Willie Horton ad to appeal to fear and divide white and black voters. Judging from your recent remarks about the 1991 civil rights bill, you have begun to do the same thing again. But I implore you—don’t go back down that path. Racial tension is too dangerous to exploit. Continued progress in race relations won’t be helped by the use of code words and a grasping for an early advantage in the 1992 election; it requires…