Sunday, 8/3 - Book TV - Vince Bugliosi

[joanski0]

Please watch on Book TV, C-Span2, Sunday at 9:00 a.m. EST and again at 3:00 EST.


The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder


Author: Vincent Bugliosi

Upcoming Schedule
Sunday, August 3, at 9:00 AM
Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 PM

About the Program

Vincent Bugliosi argues that President Bush and his administration are responsible for murdering thousands of U.S. soldiers and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians in Iraq. Mr. Bugliosi says that by taking the country to war under knowingly false pretenses, President Bush has committed the most serious crime in U.S. history. He spoke at an event held at the Venice Center for Peace with Justice and the Arts in California.

About the Author

ln his career as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, Vincent Bugliosi was successful in 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 consecutive murder convictions. He prosecuted Charles Manson and "the Manson family" for a series of California murders and wrote a book about it called "Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders." Mr. Bugliosi's other books include "Outrage: The Five Reasons Why OJ Simpson Got Away With Murder", "The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President", and "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy."
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[LSparkle]

1. Yahoo! I'm setting my TiVo right now ...

Don't want to miss this. Glad he and his book are
finally getting some semi-mainstream exposure.

[trof]

2. On my calendar. Thanks.

Bugliosi is a bulldog.

[joanski0]

3. You're welcome. I've been looking for this

since a member of DU reported on this, after having been there in person. Bugliosi said that he got C-Span Book TV to say that would cover it, so I've been scanning the weekly schedule since then. I'm so glad that they will air this. Jumping up and down in my seat!!!

[The Blue Flower]

4. What time for us left coasters?

nt

[joanski0]

8. That would be 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon PT n/t

[redqueen]

5. Thanks!

K&R

[SeattleGirl]

6. Cool! I'm actually reading his book right now. n/t

[MadrasT]

7. Thanks!

Thanks for the heas-up. I will definitely be watching.

:kick: & R

[joanski0]

9. kick n/t

[Bozita]

10. kick

[joanski0]

11. kick again n/t

[joanski0]

12. another kick n/t

[Syrinx]

13. damn it, I wanted to OP this!

:)

I'm getting ready to crash. I don't have a TiVo. I just attempted to program my VCR. That's harder than it should be. I hope I did it right!

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[riverdeep]

14. Kick.

Bugliosi on right now. If you are missing this, you can catch it again at 3p Eastern on C-span2. He's rocking the case!

[riverdeep]

15. Interesting show.

Bugliosi said that if nothing else comes of this book, he wants to put this uncertainty in the mind of George Bush, that one day he could be sitting in his ranch at Crawford or wherever, and an aide will come up and tap him on the shoulder and say, "Mr. President, a prosecutor in Duluth has just charged you with murder and you have to appear in two days".

Talked about the Downing Street memos and how while that is interesting, a more damning piece of evidence is the Manning Street memo, which revealed Bush talking about dressing up drones in the UN colors so that Sadam would shoot them down and thereby have an opportunity for war. Bugliosi said that if Bush really thought Sadam was a threat, why did he provoke him?

He said there has been a total media blackout of his book by all the usual sources. The first time that has happened in his publishing career. At the date of the presentation (couple months ago), it still managed to make it to number twelve on Amazon.

On a superficial note, the presentation must have been held in a sauna because Bugliosi kept wiping his face every twenty seconds and people in the audience were fanning themselves with whatever was available. It was like he was a preacher at a revival meeting in the Deep South.

Bugliosi's record of prosecution is 105 convictions out of 106 cases. Maybe if gets to be a prosecutor on this case, he can make it 106 out of 107.