Scarborough: These are Trump terrorists. Call them by their name.
THIS is what effective messaging sounds like:
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I'm sure I don't need to tell you that Lee Atwater isn't exactly a popular figure in Democratic circles or chat rooms such as DU.
But I hear you: there was a lot more to the man than his public persona as a political strategist and GOP "black monk."
Above all, he died so young - 40, as you know - and whatever wrong he might have done, he still left behind friends and loved ones who no doubt miss him to this day.
I was in high school during the Bush and (early) Clinton years. I was as fascinated by politics then as I am now (probably more so), and I distinctly remember being shocked that he passed on so soon after becoming a nationwide household name in the '88 campaign.
You know, it's my belief that Atwater did the nation a favor - in a roundabout way.
Were it not for his skill, Mike Dukakis would've won - and however hard he tried, he would've been saddled by the S&L crisis, the hangover from the Reagan debt binge, and the inevitable recession.
The GOP would've surely won in '92 - and at the hand of some rabid ideologue in the Gingrich mold.
That's would we would have had - instead of the Clinton years.
Thanks again, Edwcraig, for sharing your first-hand knowledge - which always adds so much.
