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The Contenders

Author Laura Flanders, Richard Goldstein, Dean Kuipers, James Ridgeway, Eli Sanders
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Seven Stories Press
On sale Jan 04, 2011 | 206 Pages | 9781609800260
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When you get beyond the spin, the campaign spending, the YouTube spots, and the paid advertisements, what did the Democratic contenders in the 2008 Presidential election stand for, really? What did Hillary Clinton learn from Nixon? What does Barack Obama have in common with Justin Timberlake? Who are the two John Edwardses? Is America ready for the vegan presidency of Dennis Kucinich? What makes Al Gore rock and roll? Why do Joe Biden, Christopher Dodd, Bill Richardson, and Mike Gravel bother? Find out in this irreverent guide to the 2008 presidential candidates.
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Richard Goldstein View titles by Richard Goldstein
Dean Kuipers View titles by Dean Kuipers
Currently a Soros Justice Media Fellow, JAMES RIDGEWAY helped usher in a new age of muckraking when he revealed, in 1965, that General Motors had hired agents to spy on a consumer reporter by the name of Ralph Nader. Since then he has written columns for Harper’s, the Economist, the Nation, and others, as well as over a dozen books on political issues ranging from crisis in Haiti to the Klu Klux Klan. He served for many years as the Washington correspondent for the Village Voice. Ridgeway lives in Washington, D.C. View titles by James Ridgeway
Eli Sanders View titles by Eli Sanders

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When you get beyond the spin, the campaign spending, the YouTube spots, and the paid advertisements, what did the Democratic contenders in the 2008 Presidential election stand for, really? What did Hillary Clinton learn from Nixon? What does Barack Obama have in common with Justin Timberlake? Who are the two John Edwardses? Is America ready for the vegan presidency of Dennis Kucinich? What makes Al Gore rock and roll? Why do Joe Biden, Christopher Dodd, Bill Richardson, and Mike Gravel bother? Find out in this irreverent guide to the 2008 presidential candidates.

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Laura Flanders View titles by Laura Flanders
Richard Goldstein View titles by Richard Goldstein
Dean Kuipers View titles by Dean Kuipers
Currently a Soros Justice Media Fellow, JAMES RIDGEWAY helped usher in a new age of muckraking when he revealed, in 1965, that General Motors had hired agents to spy on a consumer reporter by the name of Ralph Nader. Since then he has written columns for Harper’s, the Economist, the Nation, and others, as well as over a dozen books on political issues ranging from crisis in Haiti to the Klu Klux Klan. He served for many years as the Washington correspondent for the Village Voice. Ridgeway lives in Washington, D.C. View titles by James Ridgeway
Eli Sanders View titles by Eli Sanders

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