Elections

Dear Richard, Don't Say We Didn't Tell You

by Greg Palast
January 21, 2001

For Gtech, an In With The Bush Family is Worth More Than Anything Lottery Players Have in Their Hand
The Observer
Congratulations to George W Bush and to Camelot on their victories.
More than a year ago, we reported that the Government had decided to let Camelot retain control of the National Flutter in perpetuity. That was two weeks before the formal bidding process began. Despite our announcement, Richard Branson soldiered on, refusing, like the last dinosaur, to heed the voice whispering: ‘Excuse me, but you’re extinct.’

A Blacklist Burning For Bush

by Greg Palast
December 10, 2000

Hey, Al, take a look at this. Every time I cut open another alligator, I find the bones of more Gore voters. This week, I was hacking my way through the Florida swampland known as the Office of Secretary of State Katherine Harris and found a couple thousand more names of voters electronically ‘disappeared’ from the vote rolls. About half of those named are African-Americans. They had the right to vote, but they never made it to the balloting booths.

Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program – Salon.com's politics story of the year

by Greg Palast
December 4, 2000

If Vice President Al Gore is wondering where his Florida votes went, rather than sift through a pile of chad, he might want to look at a “scrub list” of 173,000 names targeted to be knocked off the Florida voter registry by a division of the office of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. A close examination suggests thousands of voters may have lost their right to vote based on a flaw-ridden list that included purported “felons” provided by a private firm with tight Republican ties.

Why Would Ralph Lie To Me?

by Greg Palast
December 1, 2000

I have it on good authority that Ralph Nader has changed his name to Larry, glued on a false moustache and joined the French Foreign Legion… not out of fear that pissed-off African-American voters will find his skinny carcass and thump him for planting the Evil Shrub in the White House; Ralph just wants to get away from the absurd he-should-have-he-shouldn’t-have shouting match among Americas activists.

Bush family finances: Best Democracy Money Can Buy

by Greg Palast
November 26, 2000

Last week, I mailed my overseas ballot for the US presidency – and you can wipe that smug little grin off your face. I won’t put up with condescending comments about America’s democratic rituals from a nation with an unelected House of Lords occupied by genetic fossils and, soon, Chris Woodhead.

The lesser of two evils?

by Greg Palast
for the Guardian
November 5, 2000January 9, 2023

My wife would kill me if she knew what I was doing to that blonde, but I don’t see how I can vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton. My vote against her in the New York Senate race could put Republican bats in charge of Congress and the White House, where they are certain to… READ MORE

The Ugliness Of Pleasantville USA

by Greg Palast
October 22, 2000

Last autumn, one of my neighbours, Kenneth Payne, fortified by the courage available at one of our local bars, loaded his shotgun, walked across the road to the trailer home of best buddy Curtis Cook and emptied both barrels into Cook’s stomach.

Blair's American Daze

by Greg Palast
September 24, 2000

A truly curious letter appeared in the New York Times two years ago headed, ‘It’s time to repay America’, by one Tony Blair. In it, he thanked Bill Clinton and the whole of the US for introducing him to the pleasures of governing the American Way. That, he wrote, meant ‘results, not theology… free from preconceptions and bureaucratic wrangling… Government should not hinder the logic of the market!’

Elections

Dear Richard, Don't Say We Didn't Tell You

A Blacklist Burning For Bush

Florida's flawed "voter-cleansing" program – Salon.com's politics story of the year

Why Would Ralph Lie To Me?

Bush family finances: Best Democracy Money Can Buy

The lesser of two evils?

The Ugliness Of Pleasantville USA

Blair's American Daze

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