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Boogieman: Lee Atwater, King of Dirty Tricks

October 29, 2008 3:05 PM

Why has this presidential campaign been so nasty and negative? To understand, look no further than to this man - political operative and mastermind, Lee Atwater.

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Kathy Keller wrote:

November 2, 2008 11:29 PM

I came to this site because I wanted to read what people were saying about this man who transformed the art of politcal campaigning.

J.Thomas Tierney wrote:

November 3, 2008 12:05 AM

Shades of the recent Harper campaign. The tragydy is that this type of politics results in many people becoming sceptical of the whole mess and these folks do not vote . Thus destroying the democratic process.

Andrew Frey wrote:

November 3, 2008 2:27 AM

Wow.

Warren Sutton wrote:

November 4, 2008 11:02 AM

Lee Atwater is just a product of the mindset of the illuminati freemasons "Skull & Bones" 'brotherhood. They are enmeshed in the fabric of society. They are in front of your eyes everywhere and you do not even see it. The school system is under their control as well as the military, government, the mainstream media, et cetera. This is why the family is under attack. They know that families are the corner stone of society and are made the first targets to pollute society values. Notice how violence and pornography are used to program teenagers's brains in computer games and movies. The whole culture is infected. Parents are completely unware as to how their kids are being contaminated right in their homes. But when school shootings happen they could ponder as to the reasons, yet the majority do not for their minds are under some kind of hipnotic slumber. This is why there is a shortage in finding leaders with integrity, and vision. Leaders reflect the state of a society. If a society desires leaders who will defend their interest, society too will have to change and make the effort to be leaders in their own right. By showing responsible, ethical behaviour to their children. Once this is achieved everything else will fall into place, but until then, one will see just "phonies". In this respect Lee Atwater is indeed right, and this why he played the game of the "bonesmen". The recent banking scandals are also a product of their modus operandi. Economic recessions are artificially created to strike the hearts of ordinary people with fear and the sense of scarcity, and bring them into submission. Until people see how they are being manipulated, and controlled by a few powerful men our future will remain in their hands. Hence why only "rats and snakes" flourish in this matrix of fear and greed.

Roger Moody wrote:

December 1, 2008 1:30 AM

Brilliant documentary about a disturbing figure. Unfortunately, politics, particularly in the US, is dirty business. The McCain/Palin campaign showed that the spirit of Atwater is still going strong with their outrageous "palling around with terrorists" smear. I loved Ed Rollins' comment late in the show about Atwater's requested Bible still wrapped in celephane still unused, "He was spinning right to the end."

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