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!
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