## *False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency*

In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Cato Institute published Gene Healy’s book *The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power*, revealing how the demands we place on the presidency have turned it into a constitutional monstrosity. George Will called *The Cult of the Presidency* “the year’s most pertinent and sobering public affairs book.”

Subsequently, Healy published *False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency* — which instantly became a bestselling ebook on Amazon when released. This ebook – now available for free downloading – remains a highly compelling examination of how our 44th president has stoked public demands for presidential salvation and radically extended the presidency’s dominance over American law and life.

**Fill out the form below to download *False Idol***

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