BUSH ON TRIAL

ACT 3

WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON, THE JURY IS COMING INTO THE JURY ROOM FROM THE COURTROOM.

THE JURY IS TALKING AS THEY COME IN. GEN. PATTON IS SPEAKING TO IKE SAYING WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT THIS IS, THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SIT IN JUDGEMENT OF A PRESIDENT WHO MADE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS. IKE IS NOT RESPONDING TO PATTON BUT IS LISTENING TO HIM. ABIGAIL ADAMS AND BETSY ROSS ARE TALKING TO TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT DR. RICE TOOK THE 5TH AMENDMENT, BETSY IS STILL ANGRY OVER THAT INCIDENT. GEORGE WASHINGTON IS SAYING TO BARBARA JORDAN “CAN YOU IMAGINE WAR PROFITEERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR ON THE BATTLEFIELD?” BARBARA JORDAN SMILES AND SAYS, MR. PRESIDENT, OH YES I CAN.

PATTON

WELL, LET’S GET THIS OVER WITH AND SEND THIS GUY BACK TO LET HIM LIVE HIS LIFE. TO MY MIND HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVEN’T DONE ONE TIME OR ANOTHER IN OUR LIVES.

ADAMS

GENERAL PATTON, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS OF YOU. FIRST, WOULD YOU STOP USING THAT DISGRACEFUL LANGUAGE. MY SECOND REQUEST IS NEVER-----AND I DO MEAN NEVER ADDRESS ME AS “LADY” AGAIN. YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS MRS. ADAMS. MAYBE IF I BEGIN TO LIKE YOU I WILL TELL YOU TO CALL ME ABIGAIL, BUT FOR NOW IT IS MRS. ADAMS.

PATTON

WELL, I‘LL BE A SON OF

IKE

GEORGE, PICK A CHAIR, SIT AND SHUT UP.

ELEANOR

THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ELECT A FOREPERSON.

PATTON

I NOMINATE OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON

THANK YOU GEN. PATTON; HOWEVER, IN MY DAY WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON JURIES. IT WOULD BE FITTING TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE GENTLER SEX LEAD US IN THESE DELIBERATIONS, THEREFORE I DECLINE.

ADAMS

I NOMINATE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE TIMES AND IS THE PERFECT PERSON TO KEEP US WORKING.

KING

ARE THERE ANY OTHERS WHO WISH TO VOLUNTEER TO BE FOREPERSON?

KING LOOKING AROUND

KING

THEN I SECOND THE NOMINATION OF MRS. ROOSEVELT.

JORDAN

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. I DO NOT ENVY YOU IN THE LEAST AND WILL ASSIST IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.

ADAMS

ALL IN FAVOR OF MRS. ROOSEVELT RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL HANDS GO UP AND MRS. ROOSEVELT SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE. THE REST OF THE JURORS TAKE THEIR PLACES.

PATTON

CANWE VOTE AND GET THIS THING OVER WITH?

ELEANOR

GEN. PATTON MAY BE CORRECT ABOUT TAKING A VOTE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT. IF YOU FIND THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES RAISE YOUR HAND.

THERE ARE ONLY THREE HANDS THAT GO UP. PATTON, ABE AND IKE VOTE FOR INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES.

ELEANOR

IF YOU FIND THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES RAISE YOUR HAND.

FOUR HANDS GO UP, KING, JORDAN, BETSY AND JEFFERSON.

ELEANOR

WELL, I SEE WE HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO. THREE VOTES FOR INNOCENT AND FOUR VOTES FOR GUILTY. I DO SUPPOSE THE REST OF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES BEFORE CASTING YOUR VOTE. GEN. PATTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL WHY YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS INNOCENT?

PATTON

FIRST OF ALL------YOU DO NOT TRY A PRESIDENT FOR WINNING A WAR. PRESIDENT BUSH DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

WASHINGTON

THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS, DID PRESIDENT BUSH LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT INVADING IRAQ? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, INCLUDING CONGRESS, WERE TOLD THAT THE MAIN REASON FOR GOING TO WAR WAS THAT THIS SADDAM PERSON WAS A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. MAYBE WE SHOULD TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST. HOW MUCH OF A THREAT WAS HE AND WHY INVADE AT THAT PARTICULAR DATE?

IKE

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND, AND I WAS HOPING THAT RICHARD CLARK WOULD EXPLAIN TO US ABOUT HOW MUCH INTELLIGENCE THERE WAS ABOUT THIS BIN LADEN GUY. WHY DIDN’T CLARK TESTIFY?

TEDDY

I REMEMBER CHENEY GIVING DIRECT TESTIMONY THAT CLARK WAS ISOLATED AND THEN RETIRED AFTER THE ATTACK IN NEW YORK. MR. JACKSON DID MENTION CLARK IN HIS OPENING REMARKS AND CHENEY SEEMED TO VALIDATE WHAT JACKSON SAID, SO WHY HAVE CLARK IN TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

JORDAN

I THINK THAT MR. JACKSON WAS VERY SAD SPEAKING ABOUT THE THINGS HE HAD TO SAY AND WANTED TO SPARE US MORE AND MORE DETAILS.

TEDDY

WELL, ----FOR ME THIS CHENEY GUY IS A TURNCOAT AND A COWARD. I WAS FURIOUS THAT HE SAT THERE AND TURNED ON PRESIDENT BUSH. I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING ANYTHING HE SAYS.

JEFFERSON

YES TEDDY, CHENEY WAS A COWARD AND A BIT OF A WEASEL; HOWEVER WHAT HE SAID MADE A LOT OF SENSE. WHY WOULD HE LIE AND RISK LOSING HIS IMMUNITY?

KENNEDY

THERE’S THE QUESTION OF THIS NEW CONCEPT CALLED ENEMY COMBATANT THAT IS NEW EVEN FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT AND THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

PATTON

THEY ARE SPIES AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT ON THE SPOT.

ROSS

WHAT!------------------WE DON’T KNOW THAT! MY GOODNESS GENERAL, DID YOU SHOOT EVERYONE IN ITALY?

PATTON

NO, IKE WOULD HAVE HAD ME SHOT.

ELEANOR

LET’S TRY TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT CAUSE US TO FIGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER. LET’S LOOK AT THE CHARGES, TAKE ONE AT A TIME AND SEE IF THERE IS AGREEMENT ON ANY OF THEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY THAT APPROACH?

THERE IS A COLLECTIVE NODDING OF HEADS AND GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DIRECTION

ELEANOR

THE FIRST CHARGE IS WAR PROFITEERING, ANYONE FROM EITHER SIDE WANT TO TACKLE THIS ONE?

PATTON

CHENEY WOULD BE THE ONE WHO MADE MONEY ON THE BODIES OF OUR SOLDIERS. I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE ME TO VOTE GUILTY ON THIS COUNT.

ROSS

THERE WAS TESTIMONY FROM CHENEY THAT THE CARLYLE GROUP MADE MONEY THROUGH THAT COMPANY WHO MADE THE CRUSADER. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS $470 MILLION AND PRESIDENT BUSH’S FATHER WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT GROUP. I THINK THAT HAS A BAD ODOR TO IT, DON’T YOU GENERAL?

PATTON

I DON’T LIKE IT, BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO CONVICT GW OF WAR PROFITEERING?

JEFFERSON

IT IS FOR ME.

JORDAN

ME TOO! IF YOUR FAMILY MEMBER MAKES MILLIONS ON A WAR THAT YOU DECIDED TO START, THAT’S ENOUGH FOR ME.

ELEANOR

THE BUSH FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF SELLING TO OUR ENEMIES. I REMEMBER THE GRANDFATHER, PRESCOTT BUSH, GOT INTO HOT WATER WITH FRANKLIN FOR SUPPORTING THE NAZI’S IN 1942. I DON’T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT PRESCOTT WAS MANAGING PARTNER OF BROWN BROTHERS AND HARRIMAN. THE US GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE SEIZURE OF NAZI GERMANY BANKING OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH WAS BEING RUN BY PRESCOTT BUSH.

ABE

WE ARE NOT HERE TO TRY THE GRANDFATHER FOR WAR CRIMES. THIS HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH WHAT GW BUSH DID OR DID NOT ORDER AND APPROVE.

WASHINGTON

SPOKEN LIKE A LAWYER ABE, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. WHAT PRESCOTT DID OR DID NOT DO IS NOT OUR CONCERN, HE HAS ALREADY BEEN JUDGED ON THOSE CHARGES.

ELEANOR

I ONLY BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THIS FAMILY IS NOT ABOVE MAKING MONEY DURING A WAR.

PATTON

YOU STILL HAVE NOT GIVEN ME ANYTHING TO INDICATE THAT GW MADE A PROFIT?

ELEANOR

LETS MOVE TO THE SECOND CHARGE--------LYING ABOUT GOING TO WAR.

IKE

INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY IS ALMOST ALWAYS WRONG. YOU MUST BE VERY SURE THAT YOU AREIN IMMINENT DANGER BEFORE YOU MOVE FIRST.

ABE

PRESIDENT BUSH TESTIFIED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS IN IMMINENT DANGER, ISN’T THAT ENOUGH?

ROSS

NO

WASHINGTON

NO

ABIGAIL

NO

JORDAN

NO

KING

NO

IKE

NO

JEFFERSON

NO

TEDDY

NO

ELEANOR

NO

KENNEDY

NO

ABE

NO, AND THAT LEAVES YOU GENERAL, WHAT SAY YOU?

PATTON

I DON’T LIKE THIS, BUT I ALSO MUST SAY NO TO THE QUESTION PRESIDENT LINCOLN PUT TO US.

ELEANOR

THEN I AM ASSUMING THERE IS A GUILTY VERDICT ON THE CHARGE OF INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY AND LYING ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THAT ACT?

PATTON

I AM NOT VOTING A GUILTY VERDICT ON THIS CHARGE YET, I NEED MORE FROM YOU.

ELEANOR

YES GENERAL, LET’S SEE WHERE THE OTHERS STAND AT THE MOMENT. ALL IN FAVOR OF A GUILTY VERDICT ON THIS CHARGE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL HANDS GO UP AND PATTON SITS DOWN.

IKE

GEORGE, REMEMBER WHEN BOTH RUMSFELD AND CHENEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WANTED TO INVADE IRAQ BEFORE 911?

PATTON

YES, I REMEMBER THAT, IKE -------BUT I NEED SOME TIME TO THINK BEFORE I VOTE GUILTY ON THIS CHARGE. LET’S MOVE ON AND COME BACK TO THIS AT A LATER TIME.

ELEANOR

WE CAN DO THAT, GENERAL. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO GET YOU TO AGREE WITH US, YOU MUST BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DECIDE. THE NEXT CHARGE IS MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL MONIES.

TEDDY

THIS IS A STRANGE CHARGE TO ME. IF WE FIND HIM GUILTY OF ANYTHING, WOULD NOT THIS CHARGE AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED?

ABE

YES, I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT TEDDY.. LET’S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CHARGE AND DEAL WITH THIS LATER.

ELEANOR

YES, I AGREE--------THE NEXT CHARGE IS LYING TO CONGRESS.

PATTON

NOW HERE IS A STRANGE CHARGE, LYING TO CONGRESS-------THEY ALL LIE IN CONGRESS. I HATE POLITICIANS, YOU CAN NEVER DEPEND ON THEM.

JEFFERSON

CONGRESS IS NOT ON TRIAL, GW BUSH IS ON TRIAL, DID HE LIE?

JORDAN

YES

WASHINGTON

YES

ROSS

YES

TEDDY

YES

KENNEDY

YES

IKE

YES

KING

YES

JEFFERSON

YES

ADAMS

YES

PATTON

YES

ELEANOR

YES

ABE

YES

ELEANOR

LET’S TAKE A BREAK AND STRETCH OUR LEGS.

WASHINGTON

GREAT IDEA.

THE JURY MOVES AROUND AND BREAKS INTO SMALL GROUPS, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TALKING ABOUT THE TRIAL.

IKE TO ABE

ABE, I REMEMBER YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR WHEN YOU FIRST CAME INTO THE COURTROOM, ARE YOU STILL HAUNTED BY THAT TERRIBLE WAR?

ABE

IKE, I WATCHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS KILL EACH OTHER, AND THERE WAS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE COST OF THAT WAR. THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD, THE COUNTRY NEVER GOT OVER IT, IT’S STILL DIVIDED. THE SOUTH WAS ALMOST DESTROYED, I STILL SEE THE DEAD ASKING ME WHY?

YES, I AM HAUNTED BY THE DEAD.

IKE

GOD, SOMETIMES I THINK WE WILL NEVER LEARN. WAR SOLVES NOTHING! IT MAY GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME TO TRY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS BUT IN ITSELF, IS NEVER WORTH THE COST. I REMEMBER TALKING TO PARATROOPERS BEFORE NORMANDY AND KNOWING THAT THE ESTIMATE WAS 75% LOSSES. WE WERE LUCKY AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONLY 20%, BUT STILL, ONE OUT OF THE FIVE GUYS THAT I WAS TALKING TO WOULD NOT BE COMING BACK. WAR IS HELL, AND MAYBE ALL LEADERS SHOULD SPEND A MONTH IN HELL BEFORE TAKING THE REIGNS OF POWER.

LINCOLN

WELL, AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD SEEM OUR HANDS WERE FORCED TO ACT. WHEN SOUTH CAROLINA SECEDED AND FIVE OTHER STATES FOLLOWED BECAUSE I WAS ELECTED, I HAD TO ACT. FORT SUMPTER WAS THE LAST CHANCE FOR PEACE, AND THEN THE SOUTH FIRED THAT SHOT. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT I WASN’T IN OFFICE YET, NOW THE WAR WAS ON A COURSE THAT NO ONE COULD STOP.

IKE

I ALSO HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE DEAD AND DYING. WE STOPPED THE NAZI’S AND YOU FREED THE SLAVES, WE DID SOME GOOD!

ELEANOR

WELL, SHALL WE COMPLETE OUR WORK?

THE JURY TAKES THEIR PLACE AND BEGINS ONCE AGAIN.

ELEANOR

THE NEXT CHARGE HAS TWO PARTS. ONE, THE MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND TWO, THE KILLING OF THE INNOCENT DURING THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ.

ROSS

THE ARTICLES THAT WE ARE TO USE IN JUDGEMENT OF THIS CASE SAY YOU CANNOT DEPORT OR ILL-TREAT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. THE CAMP LOCATED IN CUBA SEEMS TO VIOLATE THESE ARTICLES. HOLDING PRISONERS INCOMMUNICADO FOR TWO YEARS MUST BE A VIOLATION. I DO NOT CARE WHAT STRANGE NAMES THEY COME UP WITH, THEY ARE EITHER POW’S OR THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE AT ALL.

JEFFERSON

I HAVE NEVER MET AN ENEMY WHO WAS NOT A COMBATANT NOR A COMBATANT WHO WAS NOT AN ENEMY. THIS ENEMY COMBATANT TERM SEEMS REDUNDENT TOME.

ABE

I THINK IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET AROUND POW STATUS OR PRISONER STATUS.

PATTON

I AGREE.--------- IF THEY WERE IN UNIFORM THEN THEY ARE POW’S, IF THEY WERE TRYING TO MIX WITH THE CIVILIAN POPULATION THEY ARE SPIES AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

ABE

EVEN WHEN THE SOUTHERN STATES SECEDED FROM THE UNION, WE TRIED TO TREAT THEM WITH DIGNITY, BUT THERE WERE TERRIBLE EXCEPTIONS. MANY OF THE PRISONERS ON BOTH SIDES DIED DURING INCARCERATION. PART OF MY TERRIBLE NIGHTMARES COME FROM A PLACE CALLED ANDERSONVILLE. GRANT STOPPED THE PRISONER EXCHANGE AND SHERMAN WAS BURNING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. THE PRISON WAS BUILT FOR 10, 000 AND ENDED UP HOUSING UP TO 40, 000 IN 1864 ALONE. THE DEATH RATE WAS AWFUL, DID I PLAY A ROLE IN THAT? COULD JEFFERSON DAVIS AND I HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES, I FEAR THE ANSWER IS YES.

IKE

WE TRIED TO TREAT OUR POW’S WITH SOME SENSE OF DIGNITY ALSO. WERE THERE INCIDENTS, OF COURSE THERE WERE. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE BAD TREATMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU, BUT CIVILIANS ARE ANOTHER MATTER. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE TORTURED WERE CIVILIANS. WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO WIN OVER THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF PEOPLE, WHY TORTURE THEM? THAT IS THE PART I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

KING

WAR IS INSANITY! TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND IT SEEMS LIKE A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS. HOW DO YOU LOGICALLY COMPREHEND SOMETHING THAT IS MADNESS?

ELEANOR

MAYBE WE SHOULD NOW TAKE A VOTE ON EACH CHARGE AND SEE WHERE WE STAND?

JORDAN

LETS’ DO THAT.

KENNEDY

OK, LET’S SEE WHERE WE ARE.

ELEANOR

ON THE FIRST CHARGE OF PROFITEERING, ALL VOTING INNOCENT RAISE YOUR HAND.

THERE ARE NO HANDS UP

ALL VOTING GUILTY ON THIS CHARGE RAISE YOU HAND.

ALL HANDS ARE RAISED.

ELEANOR

ON THE SECOND CHARGE, LYING ABOUT GOING TO WAR, ALL VOTING FOR INNOCENT RAISE YOU HANDS.

PATTON, IKE AND LINCOLN RAISE THEIR HANDS.

ELEANOR

ALL VOTING GUILTY RAISE YOUR HAND

WASHINGTON, ADAMS, ELEANOR, TEDDY, ROSS, JORDAN, JEFFERSON, KING AND KENNEDY RAISE THEIR HANDS.

ELEANOR

THE THIRD CHARGE IS MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL MONIES.

ALL VOTING FOR INNOCENT RAISE YOUR HAND.

NO HANDS GO UP

ALL VOTING FOR GUILTY, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL HANDS GO UP

THE FOURTH CHARGE, LYING TO CONGRESS.

ALL VOTING INNOCENT RAISE YOUR HAND.

PATTON IS THE ONLY HAND RAISED

ALL VOTING FOR GUILTY RAISE YOUR HAND.

ELEVEN HANDS GO UP

ON THE FIFTH CHARGE, CAUSING COUNTLESS DEATHS OF INNOCENT IRAQIS DURING THE OCCUPATION

ALL VOTING INNOCENT RAISE YOUR HAND.

PATTON, IKE, ABE, WASHINGTON, TEDDY AND JEFFERSON RAISE THEIR HANDS

ALL VOTING GUILITY RAISE YOUR HAND.

ADAMS, ELEANOR, KENNEDY, ROSS, JORDAN AND KING GO UP

THE SIXTH AND LAST CHARGE IS THE MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

ALL VOTING INNOCENT RAISE YOUR HAND.

NO HANDS GO UP

ALL VOTING GUILITY RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL HANDS ARE RAISED

IF YOU WISH TO TAKE A BREAK, I WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST AND INFORM YOU SHORTLY OF WHERE WE ARE.

PATTON

YES, I CAN USE A BREAK, THIS BUSINESS IS WEARING ME OUT.

IKE

YES, I CAN USE SOME WALKING AROUND

THE JURY GETS UP AND MOVES AROUND, THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS TO HAPPEN NEXT.

JEFFERSON TALKING TO WASHINGTON

DO YOU THINK WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON?

WASHINGTON

YES, NO PRESIDENT SHOULD THINK OF HIMSELF AS A KING. WE MUST REMIND THE REPUBLIC THAT LEADERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PEOPLE.

ROSS TALKING TO ADAMS

MRS. ADAMS, DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLIC WILL SURVIVE MUCH LONGER?

ADAMS

CALL ME ABIGAIL --- YES, THE REPUBLIC WILL SURVIVE. EVERY TWO HUNDRED YEARS OR SO THERE SEEMS TO BE A CRISIS, BUT IT WILL SURVIVE.

KENNEDY TO TEDDY

THERE WERE A FEW TIMES, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO HIT ONE OF THE WITNESSES WITH THAT BIG STICK OF YOURS.

TEDDY

WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU WERE RIGHT. I DID NOT LIKE THAT GUY CHENEY, OR THAT WOMAN, DR. RICE. I DID HAVE TO LAUGH WHEN BETSY ROSS WANTED TO BORROW MY STICK TO USE ON THE DOCTOR.

ELEANOR

I HAVE THE TALLY. WOULD YOU ALL TAKE YOUR PLACES AND I WILL TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT.

ON CHARGE ONE------------------------------WAR PROFITEERING------------GUILTY(12)

ON CHARGE TWO-------------LYING ABOUT GOING TO WAR-----------INNOCENT (3) GUILTY (9)

ON CHARGE THREE----------MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL MONIES------

GUILTY (12)

ON CHARGE FOUR-----------LYING TO CONGRESS-----------------------------------

INNOCENT (1) GUILTY (11)

THE FIFTH CHARGE------------CAUSING COUNTLESS DEATHS OF INNOCENT IRAQIS DURING THE OCCUPATION-------------------------------------------------------

INNOCENT (6) GUILTY (6)

THE SIXTH CHARGE----------------THE MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS--------------

GUILTY (12)

ELEANOR

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THE CHARGES WHICH DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR VERDICT?

PATTON

I CAME HERE THINKING THAT I WOULD NOT FIND PRESIDENT BUSH GUILTY OF ANYTHING, I GAVE YOU MY BEST AND HONEST DECISION BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PLEASE DON’T ASK ME TO DO MORE.

WASHINGTON

I BELIEVE THAT GENERAL PATTON IS CORRECT. WE CAME TO LISTEN AND DECIDE. THOSE CHARGES THAT DO NOT HAVE 12 VOTES SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED AS UNDECIDED BY THIS JURY.

KENNEDY

I AGREE WITH GENERAL PATTON AND PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH AND SHOULD ANNOUNCE OUR DECSION.

ELEANOR

ALL IN FAVOR OF ANNOUNCING OUR DECISIONS AS THEY STAND NOW, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL HANDS ARE RAISED.

WALKING INTO THE COURTROOM, ABIGAIL ADAMS WALKS UP TO GENERAL PATTON AND SAYS, “ YOU ARE A GOOD MAN GENERAL, AND YOU MAY CALL ME ABIGAIL.”

JUDGE

I UNDERSTAND YOU, THE JURY, HAVE DECIDED THIS CASE.

ELEANOR

YES, YOUR HONOR.

JUDGE

PLEASE READ YOUR DECISION TO PRESIDENT BUSH.

ELEANOR

WE HAVE FOUND PRESIDENT BUSH GUILTY ON THE FOLLOWING CHARGES:

WAR PROFITEERING

MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL MONIES

MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS

AS TO THE OTHER THREE CHARGES, WE WERE UNDECIDED AND VOTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE COULD NOT REACH A VERDICT.

JUDGE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE. THE JURY HAS ACCOMPLISHED THEIR TASK AND NOW I WILL PASS SENTENCE UPON THE DEFENDANT.

PRESIDENT BUSH, PLEASE RISE AND HEAR THE FINAL JUDGEMENT OF THIS COURT. YOU WILL BE RETURNED AND ALLOWED TO CONTINUE YOUR LIFE, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT YOUR SOUL WILL TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD AND WILL BE PART OF THE SUFFERING CHILD. WHEN A BOMB IS DROPPED AND A CHILD IS KILLED YOU WILL FEEL THAT PAIN. WHEN A CHILD CRIES FOR FOOD, YOU WILL FEEL THAT HUNGER. WHEN A CHILD IS DYING FOR THE LACK OF MEDICINE, YOU WILL KNOW AND FEEL WHAT THE CHILD FEELS. YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS TRIAL AND EACH EXPERIENCE THAT YOU WILL HAVE DURING SLEEP. HOW YOU HANDLE YOUR AFFAIRS FROM THIS TIME ON WILL DETERMINE YOUR FINAL JUDGEMENT. I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU USE YOUR VERY LIMITED TIME TO EVALUATE WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE THIS DAY.

THIS IS THE END OR THE BEGINNING

BY JD WALSH COMPLETED ON 07/11/04