dusman
11-12-2011, 01:35 PM
So, taking the advice of someone from this forum to research into past presidential campaigns and what made them successful, I ran across this gem of a documentary called "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story".
I highly recommend you watch this. It is on NetFlix.
Lee Atwater helped Reagan secure the nomination and was H.W. Bush's campaign manager. Karl Rove is a protege of Atwater and after watching this documentary, the tactics that are being used against us right now are all but easy to identify. Lee was the quintessential man of dirty politics.
He is largely responsible for the successful Republican campaigns of Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. His strategies single-handedly destroyed Bob Dole's run against Reagan and Dukakis's run against Bush Sr. The parallels of the history explained in this documentary to what is going on with Ron Paul in the Republican Party is extremely eye opening.
After watching this, I can't help but get the feeling we need to play much dirtier as a grassroots campaign, using their tactics against them to a degree. Not with lies and scandel, but with cold hard truth where it truly hurts. Heading into the primaries, I would hate to see these very tactics used against Ron Paul and if he is successful in taking Iowa, this is a forewarning what will come.
I highly recommend you watch this. It is on NetFlix.
Lee Atwater helped Reagan secure the nomination and was H.W. Bush's campaign manager. Karl Rove is a protege of Atwater and after watching this documentary, the tactics that are being used against us right now are all but easy to identify. Lee was the quintessential man of dirty politics.
He is largely responsible for the successful Republican campaigns of Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. His strategies single-handedly destroyed Bob Dole's run against Reagan and Dukakis's run against Bush Sr. The parallels of the history explained in this documentary to what is going on with Ron Paul in the Republican Party is extremely eye opening.
After watching this, I can't help but get the feeling we need to play much dirtier as a grassroots campaign, using their tactics against them to a degree. Not with lies and scandel, but with cold hard truth where it truly hurts. Heading into the primaries, I would hate to see these very tactics used against Ron Paul and if he is successful in taking Iowa, this is a forewarning what will come.