The Buying of the President 2004

The Buying of the President 2004. Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers -- and What They Expect in Return.
by
Charles Lewis and the Center For Public Integrity
(Perennial, 2004)

From the back cover: Is the Oval Office for Sale?

The Buying of the President 2004 reveals how the process of choosing a president has moved from the voting booth to the auction block, and highlights the special interests that heavily invest in the politicians seeking the nation's highest office. Lewis and his team reveal and investigate the sponsors and the known and not-so-known conficts of inteest entangling each of the aspirants to the White House. This is the only book of its kind, containing investigative profiles and personal histories of the major presidential candidates.

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"The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy."
~ Theodore H. White