Hype: The Obama Effect
October 14, 2008
Overview
Delving beneath the hype of Barack Obama's historic bid for the U.S. presidency, this documentary takes a close look at Obama's work in the Illinois state senate, his record in the U.S. Senate and his words on the campaign trail. Featuring interviews with numerous Washington insiders, media experts and politicians, the film scrutinizes Obama's record on taxes, immigration, energy, health care, abortion, foreign policy, Iraq and more.
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Cast
John Bolton
Self
Tucker Carlson
Self
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Michelle Obama
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Ted Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Mike Huckabee
Self (archive footage)
Joe Lieberman
Self (archive footage)
John Kerry
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Dick Durbin
Self (archive footage)
Ellen DeGeneres
Self (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)More like this
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