I think they scrambled at the last minute to try to dig up an association with a Republican.
If Atwater DID actually use that quote, I’ll bet he didn’t introduce it as having come from one of his “favorite political philosophers.”
I think the quote she is meaning is the part about favorite philosopher and using it as sarcasm. Atwater supposedly used that term.
After what they did to Limbaugh..I want to see PROOF of the quote.