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Bush Family Fortunes - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Barbara Bush (Actor), George Bush (Actor), Steven Grandison (Director) Rated:
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3.4 out of 5 stars 104 customer reviews
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Bush Family Fortunes" follows the award-winning reporter-sleuth Greg Palast on the trail of the Bush family, from Florida election flinging, to the Saudi connection, to the Bush team's spiking the FBI investigation of the bin Laden family and the secret State Department plans for postwar Iraq.

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In Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, journalist Greg Palast argues persuasively that George W. Bush was allowed into the Air National Guard ahead of other applicants due to his political connections; paints a damning portrait of how over 90,000 Florida voters, predominantly black, were prevented from voting in the 2000 election; discusses the number of government contracts handed out to large corporate donors to Bush's campaign--and that's just the first half-hour. Palast doesn't have the cinematic savvy of Michael Moore, but Bush Family Fortunes acts as a valuable corollary to Fahrenheit 9/11, exploring certain facets of the same argument--specifically, that the Bush family is detrimentally tied to both the Saudi Arabian ruling elite and the American oil industry, with whom they trade influence and money for mutual benefit. Palast's investigations will stir the blood of any Democrat and may raise doubts in some Republicans. -- Bret Fetzer

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  • Actors: Barbara Bush, George Bush, Prescott Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton
  • Directors: Steven Grandison
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
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  • Studio: The Disinformation Company
  • DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
  • Run Time: 61 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002T7YWQ
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,976 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 starsMeet The Man Who Saw Bush's Guard Records Shredded!
By Alice June Milligan on August 24, 2004
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
And tells about it on camera, loud and clear! Anyone who views this DVD knows why the American TV networks didn't air it: too much truth, too much documentation, too much honesty. I live in Asia and have friends living in Europe. This program was shown on TV on those two continents, but not in N. America.

Why? Because it also tells exactly how the 2000 election was stolen - gives the names of the people involved, the companies involved, and lets us know that the contracts for this infamy were given out months in advance. What's keeping them from doing it again? This DVD should be viewed by all Americans.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLiberal propoganda or not?
By Richard Melvin on October 4, 2004
Format: DVD
I find it ironic that the previous reviewer(s) label Greg Palast as a liberal propogandist because this reveals they did not read his book, 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy'. Palast is an old-fashioned muckraking journalist who will report the mis-deeds of those with conservative, liberal and moderate persuasions. To give some background, in his book he exposes misdeeds by the Bushs, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Pat Robertson, the World Bank, environmentalists, major corporations......and if this is giving you the perception that the ball part of Palast's 'ball point pen' is a wrecking ball, you are correct. Investigative reporting has no credability if it is biased in any way shape and form and Palast is relentless to find the truth, no matter how offensive it is. Palast even exposes himself: the one-time he took the money and ran from an investigative report. This is totally indicative of the truthfulness and uncompromising nature of his reportage in both the book and DVD. This documentary could have easily been called 'Lewinsky, the snorting Koch brothers, and the reason why Bill Clinton should have been impeached'.

But the subject matter at hand is the all-American Bush family and Palast, as usual, gives no quarter. He reports on the 2000 stolen election; how the Iraq invasion was actually planned in the year 2001; how W. jumped ahead of 'thousands' of applicants to get into the Texan National Air Guard with a score of 25 on his entrance exam. This score places W. at one point above the "too-dumb-to-fly-status". Etc, etc, etc. For those who think the Bush family is being wronged just consider some of the historic offences accumulated by the Bush clan.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery good Special
By J. Henson on September 14, 2004
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Living in our modern world I was able to snag a copy off of the internet, it was shown on BBC 3 and what Greg Palast calls the electronic Berlin Wall is and was still in effect Americans weren't lucky enough to get a peek; until now.

Greg Palast exposes the charmed life of George Dubya Bush through his dealings with the Texas air national guard through the theft of the White House in 2000 and does so with snarky commentary AND documented proof.

I recommend this to everyone, no matter what your political leanings are it's important to know both sides of the story.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPalast Outlines The Political Rise of George W. Bush
By William Hare on October 8, 2004
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Greg Palast during the personal interview phase of his hard hitting new DVD documentary "Bush Family Fortunes", which he adapted from his penetrating bestseller "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", explains what it took to enable him to provide his insightful commentaries into the current political scene. He had to move out of the country.

Many people think that Greg Palast is a British reporter. Actually he hails originally from the San Fernando Valley suburban Southern California town of Van Nuys, but in the process of attempting to penetrate through the thick veneer of corporate media concentration, he was stymied. Since the British Broadcasting Corporation was willing to present his television reporting and The Guardian willing to publish his articles, Palast has been spending a great deal of his time in London. "My kids have these funny Upstairs, Downstairs English accents," he explains, "and I'd love to spend more time in America, but I found I had to work in England."

Michael Moore calls Palast's reporting "courageous" and it certainly is. He never takes a backward step, especially when it comes to the rich and powerful that are attempting to shield their unscrupulous practices. This film reveals how George W. Bush went AWOL in the Texas Air National Guard when it appeared that combat might be awaiting in Vietnam.

A fellow Guardsman explains that the rules were bent in order for him to be accepted, since the general rule was that members had between three and years of flying experience to be considered. Bush not only had no such experience; he was just one point above the "too dumb to fly" minimum score on his entrance application and had over 100,000 applicants ahead of him.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat work by a REAL Journalist...Neocons Beware!
By H. A Huffman on October 11, 2004
Format: DVD
This is a great follow-up for Americans who watched Moore's film and want the whole story. As usual, I see that some Neocon lackeys posted their usual "Its's all lies" reviews (ho-hum). The information in this DVD is 100% accurate and can be verified, unlike the rantings of Neocon minions. This DVD even contains photos of documents uncovered by Greg Palast.

I originally heard all of this information a while back, on the BBC's online site (since American reporters are too cowardly to question Lord Bush) its good to see it presented in a polished documentary.

Every American needs to swallow the red pill and watch this DVD.
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2.0 out of 5 starsWasted opportunity

While I didn't vote for the Bush presidents I do still think they are good people. I felt that the documentary's mocking tone missed the mark and wasted an opportunity for a more... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 starsLike ten years after

Like ten years after. Twelve years after this production. Many programs should be viewed many time in our short lives. Be a favorite comedy, a drama, or political program. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

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Published 15 months ago by A. Lachance
1.0 out of 5 starsI wouldn't call it a documentary.

Fantastic biased liberal propaganda. I wouldn't call it a documentary. I'd call it a mild balance between distortion and lies. Read more

Published on August 16, 2014 by V. Mitchell
2.0 out of 5 starsspeculative

although i do not doubt some of the things presented in this video it seems to me that a good majority of these people being interview are speculating on what was really going on. Read more

Published on July 31, 2014 by claude r horne
2.0 out of 5 starsInteresting but not complete.

Instead of speculation it would have been nice to have more facts. It wouldn't be a good conspiracy though, if the facts were known. Read more

Published on July 21, 2014 by Fg 25
5.0 out of 5 starsShows Bush's true color. And they are not red white and...

If you don't like Bush you should see this. If you do like Bush you should see this.

Published on July 12, 2014 by Mars McGie
1.0 out of 5 starsPretty Lame

Pretty lame

Published on July 11, 2014 by Matthew Poiset
4.0 out of 5 starsThere are few I would DARE to compare to, ...

There are few I would DARE to compare to, or place in the same sentence as Adolph Hitler, and they ARE, or ALL have association w/ the EITHER former president Bush !.....

Published on July 11, 2014 by Juan Leg
1.0 out of 5 starsLeftist hypocrisy on full display

the bigoted left wing filmmakers obviously have no problem voting for the yacht owning billionaire john kerry who has 10x the wealth of Bush, and they probably get tingles and... Read more

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