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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
2008·1h 26m·★ 7.7
Documentary
Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Tom DeLay
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Michael Dukakis
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Ishmael Reed
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Sam Donaldson
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Mary Matalin
Self - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond
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Lee Atwater
Self (archive footage)
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