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Title: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
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Lee Atwater | ... | Self - RNC Chairman (archive footage) |
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Tucker Eskew | ... | Self - Atwater Aide & McCain Advisor |
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Joe Sligh | ... | Self - Friend & Bandmate |
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Eric Alterman | ... | Self - Journalist & Professor |
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Jim McCabe | ... | Self - Lifelong Friend |
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Stephen Raper | ... | Self - President, Regent Republicans |
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Christopher Stark | ... | Self - Chairman, NJ College Republicans |
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Joe Conason | ... | Self - Journalist, Salon.com |
| Roger Stone | ... | Self - Atwater Friend & Republican Operative | |
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Howard Fineman | ... | Self - Senuir Editor, Newsweek |
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Henry Eichel | ... | Self - Writer, Charlotte Observer |
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Chuck Jackson | ... | Self - R&B Artist & Atwater Friend |
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Tom Turnipseed | ... | Self - Former State Senator, South Carolina |
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Ishmael Reed | ... | Self - Writer & Media Critic |
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Lee Bandy | ... | Self - Political Writer, The State |
The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. He mentored George W. Bush and Karl Rove while leading the Republican party to historic victories, helping make liberal a dirty word, and transforming the way America elects our Presidents. In interviews with Republicans and friends of Atwater, Boogie Man examines his role in America's shift to the right. To Democrats offended by the 1988 Willie Horton controversy, Atwater was a remorseless political assassin dubbed by one Congresswoman "the most evil man in America." The film examines his irreverent sense of humor, his understanding of the American heartland, and his unapologetic vision of politics as war. It ends with a portrait of a cynic's deathbed search for meaning. Written by Anonymous
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I couldn't sleep one night and this documentary was on CBC Newsworld. The political career of Lee Atwater and how he helped Ronald Reagan and George Bush get to the White House is sobering stuff.
Atwater was a master at spin. He would use every dirty trick in the book to make the GOP's opponents in the elections look bad. Unscrupulous, underhanded, ruthless and unrelenting, he would do everything he could to undermine the opposition. He even would attack his own, such as Bob Dole. He would use the power of fear to get people to vote for the Republicans.
Despite all this, he still comes off as a charismatic, very likable, affable and cool guy. His love of blues music and the guitar just make you want to forgive him for his evil ways. He comes off as a true charismatic enigma.
A very interesting look at how the political machine worked in the 1980's and how easy it is to control people with words and images, Boogie Man is definitely worth a watch to see how Atwater manipulated the American people to see things his way.