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VINCENT BUGLIOSI: The Prosecution of George Bush for Murder

On Wednesday, famed Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi spoke to a packed and enthusiastic crowd of more than 350 Angelinos about his new book, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder....
On Wednesday, famed Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi spoke to a packed and enthusiastic crowd of more than 350 Angelinos about his new book, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder." While Bugliosi's talk will eventually appear on C-SPAN, you can view it first in its entirety below...

"In my book, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder," I present evidence that proves beyond all reasonable doubt that George Bush took this nation to war on a lie, under false pretenses, and therefore under the law is guilty of murder for the deaths of over 4,000 young American soldiers who died so far in this war."

Bugliosi began the evening by explaining to the Los Angeles audience that George W. Bush is guilty of murder, according to the law, if he brought the country to war under false pretenses. And Bugliosi emphasized the legal aspect of the case in order to fend off likely attackers:

"So although Bush supporters can argue that Bush should not be prosecuted because they don't think he did anything wrong, they cannot legitimately say that he should not be prosecuted if he has done what I say he did. To say that is to admit that you have no respect for our American system of justice and democracy and that you would prefer that presidents have the same rights as tyrannical dictators like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Saddam Hussein."

Bugliosi had a similar answer for those who simply believe it is impossible to prosecute Bush for murder:

"There's this sense out there among many that prosecuting Bush for murder can't be done. Which is the equivalent of saying what - that he is above the law. That ordinary laws simply don't apply to him."

Bugliosi also had some special words for the American Right Wing which has expressed its disapproval with his book:

"The third group of people responding to my book is the nation's right wing. And they of course have contempt for me and my book. But whatever contempt they have for me, I can assure them and I can assure you I have much much much more contempt for them. There are no more repugnant, hypocritical and un-American -- and that's the word I want to emphasize -- un-American people in our society today than the right wing."

Bugliosi, however, made clear that this book was not political for him and even said he would have written the same book had Bush been a Democrat. So fair is Bugliosi that he even offers up some mitigating evidence for Bush and his co-conspirators:

"And there is one thing that I should probably say in partial defense of these people that goes in mitigation, arguably reduces their moral culpability. And what I'm talking about is that many of these people are incredibly stupid. And they make up for their stupidity by being extremely ignorant. And when you combine stupidity with ignorance that's a toxic combination."

Finally, Part 1 ends with the law:

"If a conspirator, or anyone for that matter, deliberately sets in motion a chain of events which he knows will cause -- that's the key word -- cause a third party innocent agent to commit an act, the defendant is criminally responsible for that act. Bush, in invading Iraq, caused Iraqis to kill American soldiers in much the same fashion that a person causes a gun to fire a bullet that kills someone by pulling the trigger."

See the entire talk at http://www.hotpotatomash.com/2008/06/...
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pokefun1234 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Bugliosi is one bad ass mudda fukka. Where have the heros gone - you're looking at the real deal! Bugliosi you rock!!
yt5454 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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What happened is that you are a retard. The kind of person Bush is has been obvious for years. (In his defense, he had terrible parents.)

You fell for the BS campaign rhetoric of the Limbaugh Party. How could anyone be that dumb?
teo829 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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What an awesome man, I want his courage to rub off on me so I'm buying his book!!!
phillipmarch22 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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You are right teo829! This guy lost one case out of 106 as an Los Angeles prosecutor. He wrote an article called: None Dare Call it Treason which can be found on-line. He wrote Helter Skelter. He was the prosecutor on the Manson case. This dude knows LAW!
phillipmarch22 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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You are right, Vincent Bugliosi is awesome! He now, as an attorney, does not take on a case that he knows he can not win. Look up on the internet an article Vincent Bugliosi wrote called: None Dare Call it Treason. It was an article in Newsweek. Vincent Bugliosi rocks!
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The left/right paradigm isnt in effect. Eisenhower and Nixon would be considered liberals today.

Its more like a centrist, totalitarian paradigm today.
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Gilbavel (5 months ago) Show Hide
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He's not a left wing loon. He's written books and spoken out against the left.
Read the book. Then make your Ad Hominem attacks.
madebutante (5 months ago) Show Hide
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poor baby. bye bye bush shock. burst the bubble. come on. breathe the fresh air!!!
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