As the book rolls on there is an entire chapter devoted to the 2000 presidential election humorously named, “Demolition Derby 2000”. This chapter delves into the deceit and usury that the candidates for the then upcoming election had already started in with. My personal favorite comes near the beginning of the chapter on page 93 where she talks about a “positive” ad that Bill Bradley ran for the election where he not only has a puffed up version of his life story but then has a woman come on and claim that Sen. Bill Bradley saved her daughters life. Not only did Bill Bradley not “literally save her daughters life, as the woman states, it turns out all that he did was help pass legislation to keep women in the hospital for 48 hours after labor—and here is where tit really gets deceptive—the baby was born two years before the legislation was even written. This kind of trickery and deceit is what Huffington , coupled with petty bickering and child like name calling and accusations is why Hufingotn deemed the 2000 election less of a battle and more of a demolition derby (p. 95).

Finally, we get to my favorite chapter of the book, “Two Parties as One”. I like term Republicrat, it definitely sums up the chapter where Huffingotn delves into the sad fact that Democrats and Republicans are just about the same part except that Democrats are pro-choice and Republicans for the most part are pro-life. I also think it is refreshing to see Huffington, who obviously hates Pat Buchanan, still give credit where credit is due by at least admitting that, though a “divisive demagogue” Pat Buchanan at least has different ideas and that him leaving the Republican party, while good news for the Republicans and Democrats is “bad news for everyone who believes that our present political system needs to be shaken up.”(p. 128) To be fair to Mr. Buchanan, this is the only time Huffington does anything but completely dog him and his politics—another point Huffingotn and I agree on.

The chapter entitled “A Case Study In Corruption” is not only the most interesting chapter in the book; it is also the chapter from which I gleaned the most “new” knowledge. In this chapter Huffingot examines the prescription drug market and the frightening numbers that are associated with the amount of people that have been prescribed these sometime addictive drugs. Probably the most alarming statistic that Huffington shares in this chapter is the correlation that prescription drugs have had with school shooters. One example that she lists is the Columbine tragedy link to the mood-altering drug Luvox. While the media was quick to blame Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s connection with the video game doom and their music tastes for what happened on that fateful day they didn’t delve further into the mystery and find out that Harris had traces of Luvox in his system. The most frightening quote Huffington cites in this book is the quote from the coroner when trying to explain away the presence of this drug, “The presence of Luvox does not change the cause and manner of death,” to which Huffington quips, “of coarse not—he died of a self inflicted gunshot wound, but did the presence of Luvox change the cause and manner of his life.”(p. 152) Later on in the chapter Huffington cites a Doctor who studied the correlation with antidepressants and murder and in one case almost the exact Columbine situation had happened. It is frightening what the funneling of money from the prescription drug industry into our political system can cause citizens and politicians alike to overlook.