Sarah tells Mike how a dubious affair distracted from the real scandal of the 1988 election. Digressions include “Good Will Hunting,” People Magazine and Linda Ronstadt. Michael Dukakis is described, for the first time ever, as “the soulmate who was there all along.”
Links!
- “Was Gary Hart Set Up?”
- “The Road to Bimini,” Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 1987
- “The Selling Out of Donna Rice” –Excerpt from Inside People
- “Why is Lee Atwater So Hungry?” David Remnick, Esquire, 1986
- The infamous tank ad
- “Talking Trash with Mike Dukakis,” Boston Magazine, Garrett Quinn
- Excerpt from Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater, by John Brady
- Bob Herbert on the Southern Strategy
Corrections!
- Lynn Armandt sold the pictures to the National Enquirer, not People. Sorry!
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