He was a total jackass. He ran as a conservative then governed as a radical liberal.
He pardoned two Black men who had murdered a filling station attendant. They became a civil rights cause despite being totally guilty. They were given 3 new trials and found guilty each time.
Since they could not get away with murder via the courts, Askew gave them a pardon then gave them a huge amount of taxpayer money. They were the Travon Martins of the day.
Any liberal cause, he supported.
Try reading “Invitation to a Lynching.” Or did both the US Supreme Court and the Pulitzer Committee get it wrong?
Good day to you.