Lee Atwater

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lee Atwater
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1951(1951-02-27)
Age	73
Date Of Death	1991-03-29
Birthplace	Georgia
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Lee Atwater Biography

Lee Atwater is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 27, 1951 in Georgia, United States. Political strategist with controversy who was advisor to presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was known for engaging in dirty tricks with political adversaries.

He was a prominent adviser to the political wing of Ronald Reagan.

Atwater: Y’all don’t quote me on this. You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger”. By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff. You’re getting so abstract now [that] you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I’m not saying that. But I’m saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me—because obviously sitting around saying, “We want to cut this”, is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger”. So, any way you look at it, race is coming on the backbone.

Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now you don’t have to do that. All that you need to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues that he’s campaigned on since 1964, and that’s fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.

He was a child when he lost his younger brother who was killed when he spilled hot oil on himself.

Lee Atwater Net Worth

Lee Atwater is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lee Atwater 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a member of a rock group, The Upsetters Revue, and continued to perform in a variety of bands throughout the height in his career as a politician.

A year ago, tapes of his speech were released in which he outlined his Southern Strategy, explaining how the GOP can win the support from white supremacists.

Harvey LeRoy “Lee” Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Atwater aroused controversy through his aggressive campaign tactics.

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“Lee seemed to delight in making fun of a suicidal 16-year-old who was treated for depression with electroshock treatments”, Turnipseed recalled. “In fact, my struggle with depression as a student was no secret. I had talked about it in a widely-covered news conference as early as 1977, when I was in the South Carolina State Senate. Since then, I have often shared with appropriate groups the full story of my recovery to responsible adulthood as a professional, political and civic leader, husband and father. Teenage depression and suicide are major problems in the United States, and I believe that my life story offers hope to young people who are suffering with a constant fear of the future”.

Facts & Trivia

Lee Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lee Atwater celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.

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. The 1980s were about acquiring – acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn’t I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn’t I pay for an evening with friends? 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. I don’t know who will lead us through the ’90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul.