Bush-McCain racist tactics in South Carolina? Tucker responds

Posted: Jan 18 Category: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

The primaries are definitely heating up in South Carolina. I hear there’s been a lot of back-stage vitriol between the McCain campaign and their opponents in the 2000 primary. You know what I’m talking about: the Illegitimate Black Child smears. Some in the McCain camp are still deeply resentful and place blame for it squarely […]

Sneak Preview: BOOGIE MAN Trailer!

Posted: Jan 16 Category: Sneak Previews | 7 Comments

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Ed Rollins opens up about Lee

Posted: Jan 16 Category: Sneak Previews | 4 Comments

An hour before my interview with Ed Rollins, a bunch of jackhammers fired up outside the window. Typical. I had to frantically hustle all the gear to a midtown hotel room and jam the two beds upright, leaving barely enough room to shoot. I’d been looking forward to this interview although I knew it would […]

Chilling with Mary Matalin

Posted: Jan 9 Category: Photos | Leave a Comment

We entered a beautiful Alexandria townhouse with expensive Victorian furniture everywhere and her assistant assured us she’d be there soon. As we set up, I wondered about her huge influence in the GOP and how it traced back to Lee Atwater. Mary was an aide to Lee in the ‘88 Presidential election and later his […]

A tense moment on set

Posted: Jan 8 Category: Photos | Leave a Comment

I was pretty curious about meeting former Dem nominee Mike Dukakis. After having suffered Lee’s relentless attacks in ‘88 (and utterly failing to respond in time), he was hit with one of the worst mixtures of ridicule and obscurity the Dem party ever gave a losing candidate. How had The Duke weathered the storm? Would […]

About the filmmakers…

Posted: Jan 3 Category: Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I got a lot of raised eyebrows when I started this project. Liberals and progressives said - in so many words - ‘Why make a feature film about that reprehensible Republican racist redneck?’ (The 4 R’s?) Lee, to them, meant only ‘Willie Horton’ - plus a vague sense that on his deathbed Lee Atwater had […]

This site just launched!

Posted: Jan 1 Category: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Boogie Man blog! It’s a place we can discuss the great themes of Lee Atwater’s life and his role in America’s political history. We’re going to talk about the growing importance of the South, how Lee and his buddies gave the boot to many of the old-money Nelson Rockefeller elements of the […]