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To: JohnM who wrote (55591)	10/29/2002 11:22:24 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

See #reply-18170612 , and the linked column ariannaonline.com Atwater was only 40 when he renounced the politics of viciousness. Racked with brain cancer, the former happy hatchet man who sliced-and-diced Michael Dukakis, famously vowing to "make Willie Horton his running mate," came to see the error of his ugly ways. Rove and Bush studied their mentor's life but skipped the last chapter. Atwater's hard-earned insights were lost on them. "My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood," Atwater wrote. "It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime." Or not. It took terminal cancer to put Atwater in touch with his humanity. What will it take before Rove learns to bury the hatchet someplace other than right between the eyes of his adversaries? On the broader front, people see what they want to see. I got nothing personal against W, he actually seemed a little embarrassed by the SC show, near as I can recall. But I imagine Rove will be running the show on the political front for a while longer.