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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,177 posts) Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:51 AM Nov 2018

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As 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 OP

Fuck Lee Atwater jberryhill Nov 2018 #1

Yeah, I take his "regrets" with a grain of salt. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 #2

Atwater and Stone paved the way for Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, etc. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #3

Vampire ears! peekaloo Nov 2018 #4

Stone has Goebbles eyes. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 #5

I want to wish him peekaloo Nov 2018 #6

K&R UTUSN Nov 2018 #7

The only thing Atwater regretted was dying of a richly deserved brain tumor. java108 Nov 2018 #8

young demons back then Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #9

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. Fuck Lee Atwater

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:54 AM

Nov 2018

And fuck his "regrets".

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,177 posts)

2. Yeah, I take his "regrets" with a grain of salt.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:55 AM

Nov 2018

But he's still better off (dead) than Manafort and Stone (living) at this point.

Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)

3. Atwater and Stone paved the way for Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, etc.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:57 AM

Nov 2018

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)

4. Vampire ears!

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:58 AM

Nov 2018

a sure sign of soul suckers

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,177 posts)

5. Stone has Goebbles eyes.

Reply to peekaloo (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:01 AM

Nov 2018

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)

6. I want to wish him

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:14 AM

Nov 2018

"Bulger's" eyes but that would be tacky and tasteless, so I won't.

UTUSN

(70,684 posts)

7. K&R

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:16 AM

Nov 2018

java108

(129 posts)

8. The only thing Atwater regretted was dying of a richly deserved brain tumor.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:48 AM

Nov 2018

He was an irredeemable piece of shit. I don't buy into the revisionism of a repentant Lee Atwater.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,328 posts)

9. young demons back then

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:05 PM

Nov 2018

Their legacy is still causing unnecessary misery.

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