{"product_id":"9780595778997","title":"A MANNEQUIN FOR PRESIDENT","description":"Brutally audacious and satirical, \u003ci\u003eA Mannequin for President\u003c\/i\u003e is a fictionalized series of conversations, supported by a fascinating analysis of current and historical events. The result is an extraordinarily lucid portrayal of the Machiavellian intrigues of American politics, and the how's and why's of 'selecting' a President. \u003cp\u003e The pundits, including Michael Moore, are wrong. Presidents are tools of the system, not malevolent leaders. The Presidency is a facade behind which the real power resides. Forget elections! Except for minor differences, changing the President is an irrelevance. The American Dream is merely one delusion that reinforces this charade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e American politics today is unchanged from a hundred years ago. Ask the people of the Philippines. At the turn of the 20th Century, they lost tens of thousands, in a futile war of liberation against American colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They once deceived us with communism. Now terrorism is the new communism, cynically nurtured and exploited on America's crusade for the world's oil and natural resources; Manifest Destiny II. Then there is Globalization; a range of policies specifically designed to fail those in need, in order to create The New Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's the system, stupid! Not the man in the White House!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075087417584,"sku":"9780595778997","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595778997_p0.jpg?v=1763724389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595778997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}