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Article: THE BULWORTH FACTOR.(actor Warren Beatty's political activity)
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- Sojourners
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- November 1, 1999
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The 2000 presidential election promises to be the biggest fiasco since 1920, when monied interests foisted Warren G. Harding off upon a distracted public. It seems unlikely that the campaign will rise above the level of Jay Lend jokes about George W. Bush's 40-year-long misspent youth and Al Gore's charisma deficit. Meanwhile the party of money (American money, Chinese money, tobacco money ... who cares?) will laugh all the way to the Swiss bank.
In 1972, Nixon campaign representatives received suitcases of corporate cash under cover of darkness. And when the dust settled two years later, people went to jail as a result. Nobody will go to jail in the 2000 ...