Posted on 07/11/2008 2:41:45 PM PDT by forkinsocket
As a Los Angeles county prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi batted a thousand in murder cases: 21 trials, 21 convictions, including the Charles Manson case in 1971.
As an author, Mr. Bugliosi has written three No. 1 best sellers and won three Edgar Allan Poe awards, the top honor for crime writers. More than 30 years ago he co-wrote the best seller “Helter Skelter,” about the Manson case.
So Mr. Bugliosi could be forgiven for perhaps thinking that a new book would generate considerable interest, among reviewers and on the broadcast talk-show circuit.
But if he thought that, he would have been mistaken: his latest, a polemic with the provocative title “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” has risen to best-seller status with nary a peep from the usual outlets that help sell books: cable television and book reviews in major daily newspapers.
Internet advertising has been abundant, but ABC Radio refused to accept an advertisement for the book during the Don Imus show, said Roger Cooper, the publisher of Vanguard Press, which put out the book.
ABC Radio did not respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Bugliosi, in a recent telephone interview from his home in Los Angeles, said he had expected some resistance from the mainstream media because of the subject matter — the book lays a legal case for holding President Bush “criminally responsible” for the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq — but not a virtual blackout.
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The clown was featured on a rado interview two weeks back that was broadcast on 102.3 WSUS FM.
The guy said he had proof that Bush is guilty of murder.
I shut the car radio off and focused on driving after hearing that one.
I didn’t hear that he’d been a prosecutor.
Must have gone to his head.
Let Charlie out of prison for a weekend.
At one time I admired this man, but no longer. Poor Mr. Bugliosi, addled by time, trying desperately to make a new media splash. But this is just silly.
AJNTSA!
I heard him on Dennis Miller and Dennis took him apart.
Bugliosi has lost his mind.
Afraid I couldn’t listen long enough to hear anyone take him apart.
He sounded like he was foamingly deranged when I heard him.
It's sad to see how far he's fallen, and listening to him discuss his thesis for this book makes me think that during the trial that made Bugliosi a ntional figure, Manson may very well have been the sanest person in the courtroom.
I wonder if Bush can sue him for slander/libel?
Yes, I'm afraid he has. Literally. Sad case.
This man is a complete loon. That didn’t stop MSNBC from having him on this morning.
He mainly wants the President prosecuted for declaring Iraq an “imminent” threat. Everyone on this site knows George Bush did NOT say that.
Historians (real historians, not the liberal fools we have now that have condemned President Bush as the worst President ever) will look back on this era with shock. It is truly incredible how insane a portion of our population has become.
He’s getting close to retirement.What better way to pad your 401K than to write a book accusing Bush of God-knows-what?
Not to worry. The only poorer marketing scheme than promoting a book on MSNBC is selling copies door-to-door.
Maybe Manson was telling the truth after all.
Seriously, the claims of Bugliosi about Charlie’s motive of Helter Skelter has always been strenuously denied by the mastermind. Maybe the Bug really did make it all up because it’s a juicy story.
/semi-serious
can anymore nuts gain a public forum for their fantasy rants
These people are mad!
Every dollar that goes to buy this loony’s “book,” is one less dollar that goes to fund Obama’s “campaign.” I hope these loony toons keep the “books” coming right up to the election.
I heard this whackjob on Democracy Now! a few weeks ago.
It is apparent that he hasn’t the foggiest clue about the structure and burden of proof of murder laws. Bush neither intended the death of soldiers, nor was he the proximate cause of the death of soldiers. Regardless of whether the war was legal or not, simply putting a volunteer soldier in harms way does not constitute murder. Assumption of risk, intent, proximate cause, etc. — there are so many flaws in this legal argument, it would take a hundred pages just to point out all the holes.
Murder law require INTENT to kill, genius. Murder laws require the murderer to be the proximate cause of death. This is a flimsy argument by a washed-up has-been grasping for a last sniff of fame. He’s a hack.
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Probably could.
Bush derangement syndrome is out of control!
In VB’s defense I say that when you have to hang for weeks and weeks with psychotic killers, it kind of gets to you.
Does shooting missiles at our pilots count as an ‘imminent’ threat?
why didn’t he write a book about saddam hussein’s murders?
It might have been a little over the top to compare him to Mike Nifong, and I have not read his book, but I have listened to several interviews and his case has too many holes. Mostly in selective and unsupported interpretation of International Law.
Liberals act on the Nazi theory that if you tell a lie enough times, people believe it.
Great idea using those ads on “liberal blogs”. Some people will “buy” anything.
Yeah, I remember how well prosecuting the islamists who repeatedly attacked us worked at deterring them.
But the Libtards think that a sternl;y worded letter will deter fanatic maniacs who thin killing us is the will of All-Ha.
Seems that in this election year the desperation of the Libs is fanned into a fury.
Just look at their frothing foaming rants, it’s pretty much out in the open.
Guess he’s looking for a place in Kucinich’s cabinet.
It counts as an act of war and a violation of the agreements Iraq made at the end of the first war.
I do not number myself among those who thing that going in to defeat Iraq was wrong.
I thought that Bugliosi’s prosecution of the Manson Family was brilliant, as was his dissection of the bungled OJ case. This new book is obviously - well, I’d have to go over to DU to say it.
Alzheimer’s.
Maybe Manson was telling the truth after all. Seriously, the claims of Bugliosi about Charlie’s motive of Helter Skelter has always been strenuously denied by the mastermind. Maybe the Bug really did make it all up because it’s a juicy story. /semi-serious
I've read that Manson was trying to intimidate Terry Melcher (who used to live in the Tate house) because he felt ripped off for $5000 in royalties owed (or he felt was owed) for the Beach Boys recording one of his songs. Manson probably thought that doing a copycat of the Hinman murder, which he knew about, would conceal his motive and at the same time might mess up the murder trial of Bobby Beausoleil, a sometime friend whose troubles he felt responsible for. Hinmans murder was probably what Beausoleil has recently said it was, a drug deal gone bad (not unlikely when you get mixed up with ex-cons and biker gangs). The case against Beausoleil was hard to make and the first trial ended in a hung jury. This scenario makes a bit more sense than the "LSD and Beatles music cause mass-murder" theory Bugliosi sold to the jury. They still should have fried.
Didn’t mean to sound like I was taking issue with your post. I just always wonder about the leftists who make the argument that the threat wasn’t imminent despite the fact that Hussein was routinely trying to kill our pilots.
I'm sorry. Didn't take you amiss. Just took the opportunity to vent a bit.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008035063_bugliosi070.html
Here's a quote for ya, from the horse's @sses' mouth:
"There's a substantial likelihood as a direct result of this book, that Bush is going to end up in an American courtroom being prosecuted for murder..."
Didn’t he originally get the death penalty for a lot of the Family, but it was commuted to life after the Supreme Court case prohibiting the death penalty back in the 70s?
“Manson may very well have been the sanest person in the courtroom.”
Either that or Bugliosi made eye contact with the influential and demonic Manson once too often.
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