How is this guy are president? We would be better off if the mafia was running the show.

This was released only 3 months after Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and it covers a lot of the same stuff. Still it's all interesting even though we'll probably never find out the truth. How did Bush become a National Guard pilot with a test scor... (read more) This was released only 3 months after Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and it covers a lot of the same stuff. Still it's all interesting even though we'll probably never find out the truth. How did Bush become a National Guard pilot with a test score of 25 out of 100? Palast talks about the Bush Cycle -- Bush campaigns are funded by big execs of corporations -> a Bush gets in office -> big execs get government contracts -> a Bush makes board of directors of those corporations. Palast also mentions the Bush family's connection with the Saudi royal family; how the Saudis invested money into Bush's failed companies in order to get protection when a Bush became president. The part that got my attention though was about the 2000 election. Apparently, 94-thousand voters weren't allowed to vote because Jeb Bush hired a private company to create a voter/felon list. Felons aren't allowed to vote in Florida, but 95% of the people listed were NOT felons. The list was not verified due to a directive for Jeb Bush's office. Dubya ended up winning Florida by 537 votes according to Katherine Harris, who just so happened to be the co-chairperson of the Bush campaign in Florida. Oh, and you gotta love Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL). When Bush decided to go to war in Iraq, what was it he told the Iraqi people? Oh yeah, "In any conflict, your fate will depend on your action. Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people." Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if the 22nd Amendment gets rewritten before the year is over in order to allow a person to be elected president more than twice.

Bush and everyone who voted for him need to be shot in the face.
He is the epitome of corruption and evil.
His family and the good old boys that have paved the way for he and his father
should be burned alive.

Palast employs his New York sense of cynicism to tell the story of perhaps the most crooked dynasty in recent history. Not the best documentary ever, but educational.

makes you see just how corrupt the bush family is. great doc- i highly recommend it.