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| Karl Rove did not crawl out from under a rock, he crawled out from under (the tutelage of) Lee Atwater. A political operative so unscrupulous, his friends refer to him as a “wolf,” “a killer” and… a “marsupial,” the BOOGIE MAN’s notoriously aggressive (amoral?) tactics — rumor-mongering and race-baiting amongst his favorites — have informed the tenor and base instincts of every campaign since, even Dino Rossi’s. (Rossi’s “sex offender” spots aired in Eastern Washington are as disgraceful as the Willie Hortoncommercials most credit Atwater with having masterminded.) Filmmaker Stefan Forbes presents a remarkably balanced portrait of the ferret-faced Southerner whose first triumph (and harbinger) was his contribution to Strom Thurmond’s incumbent dominance of South Carolina. Ed Rollins, Robert Novak and Tom DeLay rep the right-wingers on camera. The left is fronted by Sam Donaldson, Eric Alterman and Lee’s whipping boy, Michael Dukakis. (Fighting back was Greek to him!) All admire Atwater even if they loath his ethics; further proof as General George S. Patton declared: “America loves a winner and will not tolerate a loser, for the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.” And to the petulant Atwater, as well. To the spoiled went the victories |
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