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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs memories of Lee Atwater's infamous Willie Horton ad are thrust into our heads once again today...
....let us remember he had business partners.
One of these men is now a convicted felon in prison.
One of these men is almost certain to be indicted on multiple charges in a matter of weeks, if not days.
And one of these men died of a brain tumor while expressing at least some "regrets" on his deathbed for his past actions.
Amazing how Atwater somehow comes out comparatively best among the three in terms of legacy.
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As memories of Lee Atwater's infamous Willie Horton ad are thrust into our heads once again today... (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2018
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. Fuck Lee Atwater
And fuck his "regrets".
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,199 posts)2. Yeah, I take his "regrets" with a grain of salt.
But he's still better off (dead) than Manafort and Stone (living) at this point.
Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)3. Atwater and Stone paved the way for Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, etc.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)4. Vampire ears!
a sure sign of soul suckers
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,199 posts)5. Stone has Goebbles eyes.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)6. I want to wish him
"Bulger's" eyes but that would be tacky and tasteless, so I won't.
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)7. K&R
java108
(129 posts)8. The only thing Atwater regretted was dying of a richly deserved brain tumor.
He was an irredeemable piece of shit. I don't buy into the revisionism of a repentant Lee Atwater.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,447 posts)9. young demons back then
Their legacy is still causing unnecessary misery.