Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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2008
1h 26m
7.7(13 votes)
Documentary

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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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Michael Dukakis
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Ishmael Reed

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Sam Donaldson

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Sam Donaldson
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Mary Matalin

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Strom Thurmond

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Strom Thurmond
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Lee Atwater

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