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deurbano

(2,894 posts)
5. And he wrote a book about the deliberate theft of the 2000 election.
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 03:02 AM
Jun 2015

I saw him when he came to San Francisco on his book tour. All those questions got totally shut down after Sept. 11.

http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=4018

"He Still Dares Call It Treason"
Monica Friedlander 2001

"What happened here is not the sunlight of democracy, but the dark and ominous shadows of totalitarianism." -- Vincent Bugliosi

What unfolded on August 2 under the elegant, gilded dome of the landmark historic Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California was one of the harshest, no-holds-barred indictments of the U.S. Supreme Court ever made. Famed prosecutor and writer Vincent Bugliosi blasted the Bush v Gore ruling, calling it the "worst crime in U.S. history" - in effect, the "theft of the Presidency."

The talk was part of promotional tour for his book, "The Betrayal of America," in which he charges that (in)Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, O'Connor, and Kennedy betrayed everything they ever believed in to take the election away from the American people and into their own hands based on an inapplicable constitutional principle.

"I will stake my prosecutorial reputation on the fact that within the pages of this book I prove beyond reasonable doubt that these five Justices deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush," Bugliosi says. "The evidence against them is absolutely overwhelming. Like typical criminals on the run, they left their dirty fingerprints everywhere.>>

NBC is running a show on Thursday nights called "Aquarius" which is a fictional account totodeinhere Jun 2015 #1
I just can't bring myself to watch that show. murielm99 Jun 2015 #3
Watched a Documentary on Manson a few years back rpannier Jun 2015 #4
the LaBiancas were actually killed the very next night Skittles Jun 2015 #8
Of course you can't second guess history but it makes you wonder if Melcher had totodeinhere Jun 2015 #20
i like duchovny too, but DesertFlower Jun 2015 #6
Great show! But it's not intended to be Helter Skelter ... ananda Jun 2015 #16
Yup. I love shows like that if nothing else just for the music. totodeinhere Jun 2015 #19
Rest in peace shenmue Jun 2015 #2
And he wrote a book about the deliberate theft of the 2000 election. deurbano Jun 2015 #5
and a book proving that OJ Simpson is a MURDERER Skittles Jun 2015 #9
So, oj will be sending flowers? DiverDave Jun 2015 #14
the murdering bastard is in jail where he belongs Skittles Jun 2015 #28
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder IDemo Jun 2015 #21
and this: Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2015 #10
And "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy" (n/t) William Seger Jun 2015 #12
I'll always love him for calling out the Felonious Five as traitors Coventina Jun 2015 #7
+a bazillion nt truebluegreen Jun 2015 #26
I wish he'd been able to outlive Manson Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2015 #11
Bugliosi's achivement was putting Manson in jail for life... Nitram Jun 2015 #13
Manson was present at the LaBianca scene and may even have restrained the couple alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #15
"The Betrayal of America" WilliamPitt Jun 2015 #17
+1 truebluegreen Jun 2015 #27
RIP, Sir. City Lights Jun 2015 #18
From everything I know about him, he was an honorable man Burma Jones Jun 2015 #22
An honest man who let the facts take him where they would. stopbush Jun 2015 #23
I've admired him since I read Helter Skelter in college DebbieCDC Jun 2015 #24
My brains is playing tricks on me, I read that as Vincent Belalugosi. Rex Jun 2015 #25
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