Frontline Season 26 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story 2008
In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited and revealing biography of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather of modern, take-no-prisoners Republican political campaigns. Through eye-opening interviews with Atwater's closest friends and adversaries, the film explores the life of the controversial political operative who mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush, led the GOP to historic victories, and wrote the party's winning playbook. The story tracks Atwater's rise from his beginnings in South Carolina as a high school election kingmaker all the way to the White House and his subsequent battle with cancer and final search for forgiveness and redemption. To Democrats, Atwater was a political assassin who one Congresswoman dubbed "the most evil man in America," but to Republicans he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American voter and his unapologetic vision of politics as warfare.
- Released: 2008-11-11
- Runtime: 55 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, News, Talk
- Stars: Will Lyman
- Director:
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2. Showdown With Iran 2007-10-23
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3. A Dangerous Business Revisited 2008-02-05
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4. On Our Watch 2007-11-20
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5. The Medicated Child 2008-01-08
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6. Growing Up Online 2008-01-22
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7. Rules of Engagement 2008-02-19
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8. Bush's War, Part 1 2008-03-24
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9. Bush's War, Part 2 2008-03-25
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10. Bad Voodoo's War 2008-04-01
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11. The Choice 2008 2008-10-14
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13. The War Briefing 2008-10-28
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14. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story 2008-11-11
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15. The Hugo Chavez Show 2008-11-25
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16. Sick Around the World 2008-04-15
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17. Young & Restless in China 2008-06-17
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18. Storm Over Everest 2008-05-13
