Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Sep 28 2004
•1h 2m
•Documentary
Greg Palast has been following the Bush family around for years as an investigative reporter for the BBC. This is some of the information he has found, as recorded in his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".
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Jim Hightower
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Joe Lieberman
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