"The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder."

[Cleita]

The Huff Post|Politics
Vincent Bugliosi
Posted: May 19, 2008 11:48 AM

The Legal Framework for the Prosecution

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. -Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765

No living Homo sapiens is above the law. -(Notwithstanding our good friends and legal ancestors across the water, this is a fact that requires no citation.)

With respect to the position I take about the crimes of George Bush, I want to state at the outset that my motivation is not political. Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for "the little guy&quot , my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000. More to the point, whether I'm giving a final summation to the jury or writing one of my true crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. Therefore, my only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others. This is why I can give you, the reader, a 100 percent guarantee that if a Democratic president had done what Bush did, I would be writing the same, identical piece you are about to read.

Perhaps the most amazing thing to me about the belief of many that George Bush lied to the American public in starting his war with Iraq is that the liberal columnists who have accused him of doing this merely make this point, and then go on to the next paragraph in their columns. Only very infrequently does a columnist add that because of it Bush should be impeached. If the charges are true, of course Bush should have been impeached, convicted, and removed from office. That's almost too self-evident to state. But he deserves much more than impeachment. I mean, in America, we apparently impeach presidents for having consensual sex outside of marriage and trying to cover it up. If we impeach presidents for that, then if the president takes the country to war on a lie where thousands of American soldiers die horrible, violent deaths and over 100,000 innocent Iraqi civilians, including women and children, even babies are killed, the punishment obviously has to be much, much more severe. That's just common sense. If Bush were impeached, convicted in the Senate, and removed from office, he'd still be a free man, still be able to wake up in the morning with his cup of coffee and freshly squeezed orange juice and read the morning paper, still travel widely and lead a life of privilege, still belong to his country club and get standing ovations whenever he chose to speak to the Republican faithful. This, for being responsible for over 100,000 horrible deaths?* For anyone interested in true justice, impeachment alone would be a joke for what Bush did.

more at link

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vincent-bugliosi/the-prosecution-of-george_b_102427.html

For another blast from the past there is this old post from obsolete DU. The video no longer works nor is the OP with us, but it gives a perspective of how long this has been out there.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x152800

[DavidDvorkin]

1. It's odd that Blackstone wrote that line a century after a king was executed for doing wrong.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. And more that it was only 20 years since the last battle on British soil

between a Hanoverian army, and that of the Young Pretender, whose grandfather had been deposed for 'doing wrong' - ie being a Catholic. And the law remains to this day that the monarch can't be a Catholic, or marry one (the latter is on the way out, though) - something that everyone else in the country can do.

[tblue]

2. But he will live out his life

as a free and very wealthy man. Not right. Not fair. There are Two Americas. W won the sperm lottery and we didn't.

[Cleita]

4. I still have a tiny sliver of hope that a prosecutor will step up to the plate

one of these days and do it.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[cbrer]

6. This Forum's title belies a bigger truth...

This book is a GREAT read.

From delving into the abyss of Charles Manson's mind, to exploring murder in the Pacific, Mr. Bugliosi's writing exemplifies the qualities of:

1. Being able to examine a complex subject and simplify its many turns and nuance.

2. Use his proven acumen to point out the subtle truths, and the unfailing logic.

The author's examination of the Bush system of lies, greed, and lawlessness is yet another example.

You will NOT be disappointed.

[Cleita]

7. "Helter Skelter" was the first of his books that I read.

I was living in Los Angeles when the whole Sharon Tate murder and investigations were underway. Of course like all developing stories there was a lot of confusion and false statements made as events evolved and the perps were caught and brought to trial. Vincent certainly took this mess, put it in a readable context and tied up the loose ends. It was also a very good read.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. "Impeachment Is Off The Table."

Wouldn't be comely. Too partisan. Might cost us a Vote in (fill in year here). Etc., etc.

REAL reason: We were tits deep in all of it, too!

Thanks, "Democrats."