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I want President Obama soon after taking office to go on television and announce the formation of a special group of outstanding jurists and attorneys to make a recommendation whether or not the US Justice Department should bring criminal charges against George W. Bush. Based on earlier analyses, including work by the American Bar Association, I have no doubt they will recommend indictment.
If moral honesty and courage have any meaning, then the nation must take seriously the concept that no president can ever be allowed to be above the law. How can President Obama not strongly support this? Surely no president must be allowed to disrespect and dishonor the US Constitution.
George W. Bush broke his oath of office. His behavior was treasonous. Instead of defending the Constitution he disgraced it. Instead of protecting constitutional rights, including privacy, he sullied them. He asserted his right to ignore or not enforce laws so he could break them. Respect for the office of the presidency must never be allowed to trump truth and justice.
Millions and millions of Americans and people worldwide know that George W. Bush made 9/11 the trigger for initiating an illegal war in Iraq that has killed and maimed so many thousands of people. What Vincent Bugliosi, author of “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder" called “the most serious crime ever committed in American history.” I say convict Bush of myriad counts of criminally negligent homicide related to both Iraq and the Katrina disaster and put him in prison. A former president in prison would not disgrace the presidency. It would restore honor to the office and the Constitution.
Surely millions more people now understand that George W.
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Re: George W. Bush Belongs In Prison
By Todd Williams, December 1, 2008 at 12:56"...Bush bears responsibility for creating the conditions that encouraged greed-driven capitalism to rape and murder the middle class..."
Joel,
While I completely agree with your article and what it stands for, I do not believe that Bush has murdered the middle class. Before he could get to that stage in his lust for blood (be it literal or metaphorical) someone had to have reminded him that he needed the middle class, as they are generally perceived as both affluent enough to consume and educated enough to believe that they cannot be fooled by advertising. This said, it makes the rape of the class all the more terrible, being that it is sort of like having a strapped down torture victim's wounds heal just so the torturer can open them again for his own amusement.
Bush's indulgences have left a sour taste in the mouth of the entire world, and we can only hope for a swift trial of the most well-disguised serial killer in the history of the United States. I read recently on the AP wire that Bush wants to be remembered by people as a liberator and someone who never lost his values in D.C. I wish I could laugh about this, but the man entered D.C. without a drop of soul and tore apart our country and several others. Many people say he did this for the gain of the upper 1%, some see that he did it for himself. Every serial killer leaves a calling card, and for Bush this is a splintered democracy.
Best,
Todd Williams