I was pretty curious about meeting former Dem nominee Mike
Dukakis. After having suffered Lee Atwater’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 he be defensive about Lee Atwater, Willie
Horton, the Tank Ride, and other painful memories?  Dukakis
watches Atwater calling him a hypocrite  Dukakis watches Atwater
calling him a hypocrite  We’d found incredible historical
footage, much of it never before seen. I had a clip of Lee
holding forth to an admiring gaggle of reporters, calling
Dukakis “a hypocrite” and ridiculing him as “out-of-touch…one of
those double-dipped frostbelt Kennedy liberals.” I planned to
show it to the Governor on-camera, for the first time. How would
he respond?  Dukakis had never met Lee face-to-face. Now, in a
way, he would.  I’ve got to admit, I was a little tense. Would
he be upset with me for confronting