[dfwgator]

IIRC, on his deathbed Atwater basically apologized for what he did.

[CatOwner]

IIRC, on his deathbed Atwater basically apologized for what he did.

Apologize for what exactly? Dirty campaign tricks? Keeping the DEMs from obtaining the presidency?

[PGR88]

IIRC, on his deathbed Atwater basically apologized for what he did.

I think politics is becoming geometrically nastier. The more government power grows, the more that is at stake. Whatever Atwater did probably looks like the Boy Scouts compared to what the Podestas, Axelrod or Holder would get up to.

[awelliott]

IIRC, on his deathbed Atwater basically apologized for what he did.

Should have doubled down, but a brain tumor and a reminder of life's fragility can have unpredictable effects.