GOP lawmaker is a big fan of ‘The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.’
By on Aug 14th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
GOP lawmaker is a big fan of ‘The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.’
The Washington Post reports that a “southern conservative congressman” is a big fan of Vincent Bugliosi’s best-selling book “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” which makes the case that Bush should be held “criminally responsible” for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A “source close to the author” told the Post that the lawmaker is Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), who famously coined the term “freedom fries,” but later became a critic of the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq war. Jones told Bugliosi that he wants to lay low until the election, but afterward, would be “standing there by your side.”
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ANybody responsible for dead iraqi's in Iraq or do they have the wrong skin color ?
August 14th, 2008 at 12:10 pmThanks for sticking your neck out for the American people Rep. Jones
/snark
August 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pmWHo will take care of the 4 million refugees orhpans and millions of wounded , dismembered and disfigured ..... the French ?
August 14th, 2008 at 12:12 pmor shall we let them eat cake ?
August 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pmfreeman Says:
WHo will take care of the 4 million refugees orhpans and millions of wounded , dismembered and disfigured ….. the French ?
We can set up camps at Kennebunkport, Crawford, Cheney's undisclosed location - for starters.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pmMurder only???!!!!! Bush and his JUNTA should be held accountable for the crime of starting two WARs of Agression, the ultimate internatinal crime. If the Nuremberg Tribunal principals were to be used (and they Should!), these WAR CRIMINALS should be hanged!!! They are responsible for the deaths of two million iraqui civilians and god know how many afegahns! Bush senior should also be held accountable for the invasion of Panama! HAGUE 2009!
August 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pmfreeman;
let them eat 'freedom fries'
SNARK
August 14th, 2008 at 12:16 pmWell, actually there are a lot of Americans who are in favor of Prosecuting GW Bush for Murder, War Crimes, Corruption, Lies and Crimes against the State.
56% believe he is a War Criminal
72% believe he has committed Impeachable Crimes.
And yet one person has "Impeachment is off the table".
And why is impeachment off the table, because it would show that Nancy was in the meetings where these impeachable offensives were discussed.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pmNothing says justice better than Bush/Cheney et al, than dangling from ropes at Nuremberg-after their war crimes trials.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:18 pmI really want to know what sort of information they got on Pelosi when they illegally wiretapped her office....
August 14th, 2008 at 12:19 pmRep. Jones testified before the Conyer's Justice Committee on Bush's Constitutional breaches. He spoke in opposition to George W.'s signing statements.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:19 pmBuckie Boy Says:
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Well, actually there are a lot of Americans who are in favor of Prosecuting GW Bush for Murder, War Crimes, Corruption, Lies and Crimes against the State.
56% believe he is a War Criminal
72% believe he has committed Impeachable Crimes.
And yet one person has “Impeachment is off the table”.
And why is impeachment off the table, because it would show that Nancy was in the meetings where these impeachable offensives were discussed.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:20 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DING*DING*DING!!! We have a winner! Buckie Boy hits the nail on the head! Pelosi took impeachment off of the table to cover hers and other top democrats asses!
I am way past the point of supporting impeachment. I have to reluctantly agree that beginning impeachment proceedings now would only give the republicant's the opportunity to play victim.
That is not to say that GDumbya and Darth Cheney aren't "impeachable". The democrats should have started the process two years ago but now it is too late. Instead, everything possible should be done to preserve evidence and to prepare to cooperate with any and all international tribunals. This is essential for us to re-claim our moral compass and our integrity as a nation.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pmPelosi while on the Daily Show promoting her book said if anyone can point out a law that Bush had broken impeachment would be back on the table...point out!?! WTF!!!!!
Well I will by pass the obvious crimes and go with one not mentioned. Using depleted uranium in Iraq. Isn't it outlawed to use?
August 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pmAnd why is impeachment off the table, because it would show that Nancy was in the meetings where these impeachable offensives were discussed.
Hard to prosecute someone you gave permission to break the law.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:25 pmIMHO, if the Republicans would like a fast track to restoring any pride in their party, they would do well to line up on the side of holding some (hell, ANY) of their members accountable for ANY of the things they've done over the past 8 years. When Mukasey declined to prosecute Goodling and Sampson, he simply reinforced the IOKIYAR mantra, and further eroded the republican "brand". I suppose I should rejoice in idea that their losses are our gains, but I've seen what a single party monopoly can do to this country, and I can't trust either party to be immune to the seduction of power.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:25 pmHe wouldn't want to lose the potential of re-election because he believes a mass murderer should be held accountable ?
August 14th, 2008 at 12:26 pmSounds like a real solid opinion.
dangling from ropes at Nuremberg-after their war crimes trials
GDumbya and Darth Cheney will take the coward's way out long before that happens.
GDumbya will drink himself to death or OD on cocaine.
Darth Cheney will unplug his defibrillator.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:26 pmDamn if this goes on I'll find myself doing something I never thought i'd do ....... keep up with the jones .
August 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWASHINGTON - The number of homeowners stung by the dramatic decline in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with the same month a year ago, according to data released Thursday.
Nationwide, more than 272,000 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice in July, up 55 percent from about 175,000 in the same month last year and up 8 percent from June, RealtyTrac Inc. said. That means one in every 464 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month.
http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2008/08/272000-houses-received-foreclosure.html
August 14th, 2008 at 12:33 pmmachost Says:
IMHO, if the Republicans would like a fast track to restoring any pride in their party, they would do well to line up on the side of holding some (hell, ANY) of their members accountable for ANY of the things they’ve done over the past 8 years....
That's the ticket; it's the Rethugs who should be lining up to do the prosecuting.
¶ AIO
August 14th, 2008 at 12:37 pmoh here's one Nancy , as states evidence I give you the president telling jim lehrer on national TV ," i want the American people to understand it still takes a warrant through the fisa court to spy on them, nothing has changed .......LIE !
August 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pmWMD or as Alan greenspan has put it a war as everyone know the war was about oil ! A tiny little war crime which you are getting yourself involved in Nancy which has taken the lives of over a million man , women and children and was planned, as made obvious through the writings of the Project for a New American Century as was the patriot act long before 911 !
Treason and war crimes enough to go around Nancy !!!!!!!
It's pretty bad when someone from your own party wants to try you for murder. It's even worse when the opposition party gives you a free pass.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm"Signing statements are the biggest threat to our constitutional democracy in a generation ." said the AMerican bar association years ago and where is nancy and our democratic congress on this ...... not a word .
August 14th, 2008 at 12:56 pmMy dad actually bought on to the "freedom fries" thing. So embarrassing. And not because we disagree on every last thing politically, but because the idea was just so moronic on any level. It'd be stupid regardless of the reason.
I sit here wondering where he even gets this news from. I've never saw him watch news programs or really read the paper. I suppose it just gets funneled down through random people he knows.
Oh well.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pmThe congressman, according to Bugliosi, replied, "It's better that my name not come out at this point. But I promise you that after the election I'll be standing there by your side."
"Yeah, I'll be standing there by your side, after I'm reelected. My constituents are a bunch of rubes, and after I get their votes, I'll turn around, and support something they would never have approved.
A real profile in political courage.
August 14th, 2008 at 1:03 pmSpying without a warrant to such an extent that our legislators feel compelled to write laws inorder to cover the law breakers spying on millions of Americans private lives emails , telephone calls and reading habits !
August 14th, 2008 at 1:07 pmNo accountability whatsoever and officially sanctioned by the very elected representatives that are sworn to uphold our constitutional rights against all enemies "foreign and domestic".
Of course Harry Reid was against the bill although he previously tried to get practically the same bill through the senate himself as it was going into recess with the big names out campaigning away from Washington and was well aware that the bill he was supposedly against would pass .However, his new stand would offer the democratic leadership political cover.
this turd makes me embarrassed to live in NC.
August 14th, 2008 at 1:11 pmI quess the more than 1 hundred suspected terrorist who have died from what isn't torture while in our custody and in violation of international treaties of which we are signatories isn't a crime nancy ?
August 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pmMillions dead , torture , colonialism , the displacement of several million innocents , spying on millions domestically just doesn't rise to the level of a blow job !
August 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pmIf Chimpy and Darth are EVER held accountable for their crimes, I'll believe in God again.
In the meantime, I ain't holding my breath...
August 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pmAs beauty was sold for pieces of silver ,
August 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pmAmerica chained,
is led to the altar,
these suits trade in bodies ,
war profiteers ,
a cocktail party ,
atmosphere and cavalier ,
their naked ignorance ,
feigned sincere.
To be accurate, Congressman Jones did not coin the term 'freedom fries'. It was coined by the owner of a small chain of restaurants in Jones' district. I used to live there, and imagine my horror when I moved to France and the only way people knew my former hometown was that it was where 'freedom fries' started. Sigh.
August 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pmCong. Conyers is heading an investigation into the forgery linking Atta to Iraq. Suskind has been on 'Democracy Now' Wed and Thur. The forgery comes from "The White House'. Speculation is it was Cheney.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pmSuskind says that Dearlove (British intelligence) said Bush basically turned over the powers of the presidency to Cheney. Not that there was any difference between the two in what they wanted, but Cheney did not have to go through Bush---even for something like forging intelligence.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pmSlightly OT...
Please email this to every progressive you know!
http://kucinich.us/
Rep. Dennis Kucinich's homepage. Here's the letter he recently sent out.
Please read and go to the link above to sign the petition!
September 10th: The day before our world changed,
a day to change the world!
Dear Friends,
On August 1st, I delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi; a petition bearing the
names of over 100,000 Americans that, like us, feel that the President
must be held accountable for abusing executive power and disregarding his
Constitutional obligations.
Your voices have been heard and your support continues to send a powerful
message to lawmakers. That is why I call on you again to help us in a new
effort to deliver 1 Million signatures to Speaker Pelosi on September 10,
2008.
Together we can:
•Urge real Congressional action to hold President Bush accountable now
•Reinstate the authority of our Constitution
•Document crimes committed by President Bush for historical account
•Facilitate post-Administration law enforcement and prosecution
•Reset the standard for the incoming and future administrations
•Demand justice for the over 3,000 who died on 9/11and whose deaths were
tragically exploited to take us into an illegal war in Iraq
•Demand justice for the estimated 30,324 U.S. military personnel who have
been injured/wounded
•Demand justice for the estimated 4,138 U.S. military personnel who have
been killed or died
•Demand justice for the 1 Million innocent Iraqis who have died*
•Avert another illegitimate looming war – this time against Iran
We need your active participation to deliver 1 Million signatures to
Congress by September 10, 2008.
Please give at least ten of your friends the opportunity to stand up for
our country - the way you and I have, by inviting them to sign the
impeachment petition online at http://www.Kucinich.us. Send your friends
an email invitation to sign the petition by clicking here.
Together we can make September 10, the day before the world changed, a day
we change the world!
Thank you for your active and ongoing citizenship.
Dennis Kucinich
August 14th, 2008 at 3:19 pm________________________________________
sacopenapa Says:
Murder only???!!!!! Bush and his JUNTA should be held accountable for the crime of starting two WARs of Agression, the ultimate internatinal crime. If the Nuremberg Tribunal principals were to be used (and they Should!), these WAR CRIMINALS should be hanged!!! They are responsible for the deaths of two million iraqui civilians and god know how many afegahns! Bush senior should also be held accountable for the invasion of Panama! HAGUE 2009!
August 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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Bugliosi explains in the book why Bush can't legally be tried for war crimes - I forget the exact legal reason at the moment. However, he makes a compelling case as to why Bush and the others who knowingly lied to push the country to war can be tried for murder.
All it will take is one county or state prosecutor in a jurisdiction from which a service member was killed in Iraq, one grieving family willing to punish the man responsible for the death of their son or daughter. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, and Rice could be put on trial for the murder of that service member.
It may seem anticlimactic to prosecute a mass murderer on just one count, the way it was anticlimactic to prosecute Al Capone for tax evasion. But a conviction is a conviction. Whatever it takes to put these people behind bars is fine by me.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:20 pmJust an observation regarding "Freedom Fries" that I never hear anyone bring up.
It's a variation on "Liberty Cabbage", which became the popular replacement name for "Sauerkraut" during WWII.
It always struck me... not only that they stole the idea of renaming a food based upon "patriotism" in a time of war as if it were an original idea... but that it was yet another example of Republicans trying to conflate the Iraq war with WWII & Germany.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:02 pmVIDEO of Bugliosi speaking about his book and talking about an unnamed GOP Congressman...
August 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm.
Q U E S T I O N:
If after their terms, Bush or Cheney or any of the Administration are ever found guilty of ANY crime they committed while in Office, WHAT WOULD THAT MAKE THE 110th Congress THAT DID NOTHING...?
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A: Accomplices!
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August 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pmhttp://mccainsource.com/corruption?id=0006