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Why the GOP uses the epithet “Democrat Party”
of the term “Democrat Party” as a pejorative epithet dates back to the 1940s. I’d argue that it’s an earlier version of Lee Atwater’s infamous racist Southern Strategy by which the GOP could reach out to racists in a way that didn’t appear overtly racist. 5/22/13 from AMERICAblog Read more »
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The GOP's Black Friends Need More Black Friends
of the Republican party’s engagement with black America. Republicans are still pulling from the discarded playbook of Lee Atwater , as if Atwater himself didn’t leave a warning before his death about where that path would lead. They are also still running from The Nation Read more »
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John Thompson: Let's Build Schools Worthy of Our Democracy
accountability-driven school "reform" movement came of age during the ascendancy of the Lee Atwater/Karl Rove scorched earth politics. It was founded on the principle that demonizing opponents is just another means for achieving political ends. Accountability from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Stacey Campfield, Tennesee Politician, Mocks Democrats With 'Assault Pressure Cooker' Joke
Atwater: Smear Pioneer Negative campaigning has become more effective since 1828, though at times no less brutal. Many attribute this growing efficiency to the legacy of Republican strategist Lee Atwater. The former RNC chairman may have been best known as from The Huffington Post Read more »
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"The Corbett economic miracle"
the White House. Not only did Dukakis' claim not survive the unrelentingly cynical negative campaign of George H.W. Bush and Lee Atwater, but the next few years showed that "the Massachusetts miracle" was mostly "the Massachusetts mirage." The reality is that from Philly.com Read more »
