" Governor Bush has repeatedly said that he has no qualms. "I'm confident," he said last
February, "that every person that has been put to death in Texas under my watch
has been guilty of the crime charged, and has
had full access to the courts."
That defense of the record ignores many notorious examples of unfairness in Texas
death penalty cases. Lawyers have been under the influence of cocaine during the trial,
or been drunk or asleep. One court dismissed a complaint about a lawyer who
slept through a trial with the comment that courts are not "obligated to either constantly
monitor trial counsel's wakefulness or
endeavor to wake counsel should he fall asleep."
Article: Texas Executions:
GW Bush Has Defined Himself, Unforgettably, As Shallow And Callous
Author: Anthony Lewis
Publisher: New York Times
Published on Saturday, June 17, 2000
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Baldur,
George W. Bush doesn't care about anyone other than himself, his family and his big corporate donors.
He plays up his connections to the right-wing religious right during elections, and he is
one of them.
Do you recall the WACO Economic conference he hosted last summer with Charles Schwab and
other fat cats? The conference was a hoax because it was manipulated and controlled by BushThe
press was kept far away in another building although the American taxpayer picked up the bill.
You might be interested in WACO's reputation. It is known for its racism! It was a major lynching
area in the US for blacks. Bush grew up in and around that area, I believe. (See: p.8, Made
in Texas, George W. Bush and The Southern Takeover of American Politics by Michael Lind.
Copyright 2003 by Michael Lind, published by Basic Books.
Bush's selection of WACO for his conference underscores his insensitivity, his indifference and probably
his ignorance.
JMOP |
