Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

Robert sits down with Garrison Davis to discuss the life and times of Lee Atwater, the arch inventor of Republican dirty tricks politics.

(3 Part Series, releasing all this week)

Sources:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/lee-atwater

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https://brooklynrail.org/2012/02/express/letter-from-the-trail-atwaters-ghost/

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