A Campaign Promise You Rarely Hear.
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 03:21:55 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Charlotte Dennett is running for Attorney General of Vermont. She's the Independent Party candidate and that alone would seem to dictate her finding something to set her apart from the other candidates for the job. Boy Howdy, did she come up with a doozy - if elected she will will try George W. Bush for murder.
How does she plan to do this? Well, she says she would appoint a special prosecutor to do the deed. She already has one picked out - Vincent Bugliosi, the former Los Angeles DA who brought members of the Manson Family to justice close to 40 years ago. Bugliosi claims it's doable; any state attorney general or local prosecutor can bring the charges and he's written about just such a scenario in a recent book. The murder charges would be based upon all the deaths of US citizens as a result of the war in Iraq. Dennett says Vermont has borne the brunt of Iraq War deaths and 40 communities in the state have drawn up petitions for impeachment against Bush. Dennett said:"Lots of Vermonters feel very frustrated that the impeachment efforts did not go anywhere. This is another avenue for us."
Bugliosi said the case for bringing murder charges is provided by the fact that Bush misled the American people into war. He had gotten away with "thousands and thousands of murders" and "we ... cannot let him get away with this." Bugliosi referred to Dennett as a "valiant and patriotic woman" for putting her reputation on the line. Dennett and two others are challenging incumbent Attorney General William Sorrell in the November 4th election. Sorrell is dismissive of Dennett's vow and he wants no part of it, "unless the crime takes place in Vermont ... I as the attorney general have not authority under Vermont law to be prosecuting the president."
Dennett is an author, lawyer, journalist and a definite long shot for a win in November. In addition to co-authoring books outlining Middle East politics and the connection with oil and US political figures, she has spent some time trying to figure out the role of the CIA in the unexplained death of her father. In spite of the large amount of support she will need to pick up to win the election, Dennett believes the prospect of prosecuting Bush will "strike a chord" in the electorate and she feels "I will have a groundswell of support."
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