Slog - Comments on The National Debt and a National Asshole http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole Hello, internet people! We have reviews of two very timely political documentaries up on the website right now. First, Eli Sanders on the amoral whispers and Democratic schadenfreude of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story: Republican strategist Lee Atwater was responsible for launching Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign in a town known mainly for murdering civil-rights workers, then throwing the race-baiting Willie Horton ad at Michael Dukakis in 1988, and throughout his career running all kinds of amoral whisper campaigns against Democrats (a favorite was the mental instability charge). Atwater's protégé Karl Rove used the same playbook against John McCain... Copyright 2008 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:15:09 -0800 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:56:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Cookie W. Monster Mmmmm, peanut butter!

]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169699 Film Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:22:33 -0800 Comment by Super Jesse old bush there's got some pretty smooth thighs. he always seemed like a bottom to me.

]]> Super Jesse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169705 Film Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:31:13 -0800 Comment by M I grew up in Columbia SC with the Atwater family. His little sister Anne was one of my best friends, and Alma, his mom, was my Spanish teacher. Lee played the lead role in Bye Bye Birdie in the High School play. I never knew about the burning oil story though.... All the girls crushed on Lee in his gold lame pants playing Birdie in the play........... funny. Not.

]]> M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169718 Film Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:59:54 -0800 Comment by Phoebe IOUSA is good.

]]> Phoebe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169842 Film Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:41:51 -0800 Comment by Vince I guess it's what I've said before. The first Bush was diablic, which explains his spawn. The real shock is how unprepared the Dems were for so many years. The more time goes by the more I'm reminded of ancient Rome. After all, our forefathers did style this government after that empire. In those times, politics were nasty and it was even more about the differences between rich and poor. But all in all, it's a better system than fighting in the streets. The fight now is mostly rhetorical and you'd better stay caught up or you're doomed. It's also helpful to realize the the people want to know how much you really want the job.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169865 Film Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:49:18 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Perhaps the most compelling aspect of schadenfreude vis a vis Atwater is the fact he died of a grade 3 astrocytoma, an usually aggressive form of malignant neoplasm, in his right parietal lobe.

That means a withering, horrible and hopeless brain cancer.

Karma is a possibility people; something to keep in mind.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169867 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_national_debt_and_a_national_asshole#c1169867 Film Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:56:03 -0800