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Summary: Very Well Done (If you read it)
Review: Molly Ivans' review of this book hits the nail on the head: here is a modern day J'accuse, and that is in part to say that Bugliosi's conclusion, like Zola's, is inarguable. Negative reviewers who point to any ultimate result of the 2000 vote count or re-count giving the election to Bush have missed the point of this book either because they didn't actually read it or were too dim to understand it.
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Summary: The Verdict is in - Guilty as charged!
Review: America's top prosecutor brings his case against America's 5 illustrious, robed criminals. And the verdict is GUILTY. Renquist, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and O'Conner violated their sacred oaths and mocked the Constitution of the United States. Ironically, what they dragged through the dirt in Bush v. Gore was the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment-the crown jewel won through America's bitter Civil War, and a constitutional prize closely tied to the birth of the Republican party.But the fact that reviews of this book tend strongly to be either 5 stars or one, strongly supports Bugliosi's contention that, when self interest is at stake (even a little bit) people throw civility out the window. The Betrayal of America is 5 star material presented with 5 star logic. But the content deserves better than a 2 star book format, filled with passionate but irrelevant tangents. The Betrayal of America is a hastily-thrown-together expansion of a great magazine artical, "None Dare call it Treason." Mr. Bugliosi is candid about this. I hope that, seeing the huge response, he will now take time to rewrite The Betrayal of America as the well-formatted narrative it deserves to be.
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Summary: Author is Very Bitter
Review: Be careful in getting too close to this author as the massive chip on his shoulder could cause complete upper body collapse thus getting you covered in venom. I do not even think Al Gore is this mad and upset with the US Supreme Court, wow it just went on and on with the nastiness and venom. It was almost like the hatred Rush L. has for President Clinton. At first it fit with the theme and direction of the book. The author is making the case that what the US Supreme Court did with the election of 2000 was against the law and outside of what the court really should deal with. He goes on to detail out how he thinks that decisions made were done so only on a political basis. And I was with the author for this discussion and for the major themes of the book. I just could not get past the massive amount of negative barbs and one liners. It made me think that maybe the author is not giving me the full story or his view is so infected with hate that no matter what the facts detailed, he would find "facts" to fit his cause. Again, I was more then willing to believe it all and read even more of the details on what the court did / did not do and how there actions were not in holding with the law. I loved the details on the possible political motives of the judges. It was just that I wanted a telling of the facts in a little less aggravated and "beat me over the head" style. Overall the book did provide some interesting facts and enforced my views regarding the whole 2000-election theft, it was just the tone of the author even pushed me to question his accuracy. Can someone with so much distrust and dislike of these five judges render a fair account of the facts?
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Summary: The Court Reached for a way to save Bush and succeeded
Review: Few cases are so partisan but this was a national election and not close except for Florida. Without Florida Bush would not have won. The supreme court didn't wait for the Florida supreme court to settle in its management of Florida's election; counting the votes and adding them up correctly. For states- right Republicans to function like this is funny. Yes, it is all politics. My God, that's what a democracy is about. The court took advantage of the American sense that it is all politics and doesn't much matter who wins - lets get on with it. Woops!
It does matter. Bugliosi made it matter. Civics classes will read about it - law classes will fight over it - wise men will feel hurt by it - and partisans will know the heat of battle.
Thanks Mr. Bugliosi - I'm hurting on this 4th because of your book. Warren Dahlstrom Sr
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Summary: Great book! Informs the American people
Review: Great book. A previous reviewer said the Supreme Court's ruling was 7-2, thus nullifying the main argument of this book. Unfortunately the reader is misinformed, a common occurrence today due to people not researching information prior to making a statement about it. The truth is although the ruling reflected a 7-2 split, the concurring and dissenting opinions revealed a 5-4 split along ideological lines, with the conservative faction ruling against the recounts and the liberal wing arguing the case lacked merit and the recounts must continue. The 7-2 split was over the question of reversing the Florida court, but the 5-4 split was over the termination of manual recounts. This termination effectively appointed GWB as our next President, thus depriving Florida voters their constitutional right to have each and every vote counted.
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Summary: A Conservative Excoriates 'Bush v. Gore'
Review: Here is a book by a self-described conservative that trashes the partisan reasoning behind "Bush v. Gore." I'm still waiting for a book by a self-described liberal that defends the decision.
The book's bombastic tone keeps it from getting five stars.
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Summary: An Excellent Legal Overview
Review: Reader Douglas Cross, like many conservatives, doesn't deliver delivers the whole truth in his statement that the independent review of journalists found that Bush would have won the election had the selective recounts been completed. The key word here is "selective"; the same journalists also found that had Al Gore done the right thing and requested a statewide recount, he would have won the election. There are many unseemly aspects of the Florida election debacle that conservatives are unwilling to confront. One is the very real fact that thousands of voters, mostly black, were wrongfully identified as felons and denied the right to vote. The company that did the search for these felons was instructed to use the loosest possible guidelines, so if a voter's name came close to that of felon, he was identifed as one. Former felons from other states whose convictions had been discharged were also illegally denied the right to vote in Florida. It is also unconscionable that Katherine Harris, who headed Bush's campaign in Florida did not recuse herself from the entire process; but even worse were the failures of both Clarence Thomas (whose wife served on Bush's cabinet selection) and Antonin Scalia (whose son became the anti-labor chief of the Department of Labor) did not recuse themselves despite very clear conflicts of interest.
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Summary: A Must Read for Americans: From H.S. Seniors to All Voters
Review: The intricate details of Mr. Bugliosi's book provide an insight to the 2000 stolen election like no other. He exposes the rancid infection of the "felonious five" Supreme Court Justices with wit, humor and a legal mind heretofore unknown in American Jurisprudence. For those planning to vote, it's an eyeopener which will lead them to the right check in the voter's box; and for those just beginning the privilege of voting, it enlightens them to take the path which will protect America's future -- a book which should be REQUIRED reading in high school government classes, and government classes across America's Universities. Mr. Bugliosi provides knowledge of the Bush/Cheney abuses of the Rule of Law and demonstrates the opinion that Bush/Cheney are above it -- and none dare questions it. This review of the 2000 election prepares one for this year's election with the hope of escaping the 2000 election fiasco. It makes one aware, prepared and on guard for any tactics in the 2004 election. We should all be thankful for Bugliosi's insight and courage to expose the betrayal. Absolutely a MUST READ, page turner and can't put down book!!! He makes understanding the law all the easier for those not familiar with its intricacies, and shows how down and dirty Bush/Cheney were in abusing the laws their swore to uphold.
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Summary: A Must Read for Americans: From H.S. Seniors to All Voters
Review: The intricate details of Mr. Bugliosi's book provide an insight to the 2000 stolen election like no other. He exposes the rancid infection of the "felonious five" Supreme Court Justices with wit, humor and a legal mind heretofore unknown in American Jurisprudence. For those planning to vote, it's an eyeopener which will lead them to the right check in the voter's box; and for those just beginning the privilege of voting, it enlightens them to take the path which will protect America's future -- a book which should be REQUIRED reading in high school government classes, and government classes across America's Universities. Mr. Bugliosi provides knowledge of the Bush/Cheney abuses of the Rule of Law and demonstrates the opinion that Bush/Cheney are above it -- and none dare questions it. This review of the 2000 election prepares one for this year's election with the hope of escaping the 2000 election fiasco. It makes one aware, prepared and on guard for any tactics in the 2004 election. We should all be thankful for Bugliosi's insight and courage to expose the betrayal. Absolutely a MUST READ, page turner and can't put down book!!! He makes understanding the law all the easier for those not familiar with its intricacies, and shows how down and dirty Bush/Cheney were in abusing the laws their swore to uphold.
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Summary: Well-written but simply wrong...
Review: This is a well written and thought out crtique of the 2000 election mess, however it just happens to be wrong. After the election, several news organizations conducted their own impartial recounts and every one determined that Bush would have won the election had the Supreme Court allowed the selective recounts to continue. The authors obviously know about these recent recounts and chose to ignore them. The truth would ruin the story line.
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