Jerry wrote: > After our little kerfuffle earlier today, I decided to check out the > Wikipedia > brief on Lee Atwater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater). I was out > out > of the country at the time of his death (in March 1991, at the age of 40), > and > hadn't been aware that he had a change of heart during his last illness. He > apparently wrote letters of apology (public and private) to people he'd > savaged > in his career as Republican doberman. > > From the Wikipedia article:
[snip] And there is this extended C-SPAN interview with Atwater's biographer for more background: http://www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1348 Atwater apologized to Michael Dukakis on his deathbed for the Bush campaign's tactics in 1988, including the spreading of rumors that Dukakis had mental problems since Dukakis had consulted a therapist after his brother committed suicide. John M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
