Product DescriptionThe Buying of the President series is a project of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on significant issues of public concern. The first Buying of the President book made its debut in 1996, with subsequent editions published in 2000 and again in 2004. The Buying of the Presidedent 2004 book made The New York Times best-seller list and like its two predecessors, the 2004 edition explores the roles that money and special interests play in presidential politics â€' a behind-the-scenes examination of everything from how the major candidates and their parties raise money to the ins and outs of opposition research and the spoils that go with a term in the Oval Office.
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Rating: - A MUST-READ
Whether you like President Bush or not, you should read this book. It paints a disturbing picture of the realities of his administration. And it educates the reader how our political process has gone astray. This is another example of the fact that the best non-fiction books rarely make the top seller's lists because mainstream publishers are politically motivated.
Rating: - Fantastic look at the candidates and fund raising.
This book contains enough history about each candidate to make anyone feel confident with their vote. And, unlike almost any other political book I've read, it is suprisingly non-partisan. Furthermore, it really opens you eyes on the political fund raising system and what the candidates actually have to do before the become president.
After reading this book, it will become much easier to see through the candidates rhetoric, and this book or one like it should be a pre-requisite before ... Read More
Rating: - A MUST read for every voter!
This book is THE benchmark for investigative journalism done by the people at www.publicintegrity.org. An honest, fair and balanced presentation of the facts surrounding the Democratic candidates for President 2004 (which has since been whitled down to Kerry) and President Gearge W. Bush. You simply cannot say you are an informed voter until you read this book.
Rating: - Americans really are ignorant
Let me start by saying I do not want George W. Bush re-elected, and I don't have any interest in John Kerry running the White House for the next four years either. I left myself open to have my opinions on American government influenced by this book, but I could never have imagined the magnitude in which this book changed my beliefs of our political process. It's no secret to anyone that money rules each and every major player in our political system. But what this book does is demonstrate just how out ... Read More
Rating: - The president is bought and sold!
A disturbing book.
It is a terrible thing to contemplate what money has done to prostitute the American political process. People don't support candidates to do better for the country. They're buying influence and -- if you don't pay, you can't play.
The saddest thing is to look at these obscene expenditures on campaigns and consider what some of that money could do in a good way. And then to consider what more all the money that will be stolen as a result could do on top of that.
