To: GulliverSwift
There hasn't been a hardball conservative like him in Washington ever since. Lee Atwater was pretty vicious, though his life-ending cancer mellowed him.
But there was no more beautiful campaign in the 20th century than his systematic dismantling of Michael Dukakis.
8 posted on
01/20/2004 2:13:49 PM PST by
sinkspur
(Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
To: sinkspur
That's true. But Willie Horton stuff didn't land Atwater in jail.
12 posted on
01/20/2004 2:19:15 PM PST by
GulliverSwift
(The problem with Clark isn't just that he's insane, it's also that he's a complete liar.)
To: sinkspur
The abortion advocate, CINO John F-ing Kerry. Our Church had best stand aside and not "subtly" endorse him.
15 posted on
01/20/2004 2:22:18 PM PST by
onyx
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To: sinkspur
Actually atwater was *never* vicious, that was liberal media spin.
Atwater loved music and hamming it up. He also liked to win. Well, so does every good political campaign guru. As a political operative though he had none of the real viciousness of say a Carville or a Chris Lehane.
Now, Rove is Mr Svengali but IMHO such thoughts always overrate the operative's influence. Candidates run, not operatives.
1988 was a classic issue-oriented race, even if the Liberals didnt "get" that the flag or culture "mattered". They gave the truth about the ACLU-card-carrying Dukakis and it looked like h*ll to the Libs. A bit sorry the Bush 41 Presidency wasnt as focussed as the campaign!
51 posted on
01/20/2004 2:59:28 PM PST by
WOSG
(I don't want the GOP to become a circular firing squad and the Socialist Democrats a majority.)
To: sinkspur
But there was no more beautiful campaign in the 20th century than his systematic dismantling of Michael Dukakis. Atwater was a true artist, and that was his medium.
60 posted on
01/20/2004 3:09:12 PM PST by
NeoCaveman
(Facts are stubborn things)
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