Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Bush Family Fortunes The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is a 2004 documentary film directed by Steven Grandison and Greg Palast. The film, which examines various aspects of the Presidency of George W. Bush, including the 2000 US Presidential election and the Iraq War, is adapted from the 2003 BBC production Bush Family Fortunes and based on the 2002 book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by investigative journalist Palast, who had spent years tracking the Bush family for the BBC and The Guardian newspaper. The research for the original BBC film, which claims to have exposed the George W. Bush military service controversy, was also drawn upon by Michael Moore for Fahrenheit 911 2004 and footage was used by Robert Greenwald in Unprecedented The 2000 Presidential Election 2002.

Palast introduces George W. Bush with particular reference to his popular image as a war hero cemented in the public mind by his landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln for the 2003 Mission Accomplished Speech. However Palast alleges that Bush used his fathers influence to gain a draftdodging placement with the Texas Air National Guard which he subsequently failed to serve.Palast picks up the story with Bushs 2000 US Presidential Election campaign where he claims Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris used their influence to purge and discount the ballots of predominantly Goresupporting black voters through the fake felons list compiled by private company DBTChoicePoint for US4 million. ........

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