--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I heard the documentary's director interviewed on the radio last > weekend. Here are the blurb, URL and transcript: > > "The Dirty South > > "Lee Atwater became one of the most complicated and successful > Republican political operatives in history by employing a triple > threat; spin when you can, change the subject when you can't and if > all else fails mine the voters' resentment, and fear, usually of > blacks. Stefan Forbes, director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, > explains the dark legacy of Atwater's Southern strategy."
[snip] In light of the dirty tricks pulled on the Clintons during the primaries (Bill called "racist" etc,) I'm wondering whether they would think Atwater was more or less slimy than Obama was... Oh, also what G. Ferraro would think...
