- Anti-war TV talkmeister Phil Donahue warned Friday that
President Bush would likely provoke his own assassination if he invades
Iraq and attempts to take out Saddam Hussein.
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- The MSNBC talker offered the incendiary prediction during
an interview with WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa, saying that after a U.S.-backed
attempt to "knock off" the Iraqi dictator, it would be hard to
"keep our president's head out of the crosshairs of a high-powered
rifle."
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- DONAHUE: Does Curtis Sliwa support the invasion of Iraq
for the purpose of knocking off Saddam Hussein?
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- SLIWA: Oh, absolutely. And you know why, Phil?
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- DONAHUE: Now maybe you'll make a call to the FBI and
the Secret Service and tell them how to keep our president's head out of
the crosshairs of a high-powered rifle. You know, we're gonna give ourselves
permission to knock off another head of state. This endangers heads of
state everywhere. (End of Excerpt)
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- The liberal talker continued his rant, telling Sliwa:
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- "What's to prevent somebody from getting a message
from God and deciding that he can do the same thing to us. ... We don't
have any sense at all about the consequences of our behavior. Saddam is
bad - knock him off."
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- Moments after delivering the assassination warning, Donahue
made light of reports that Hussein may soon acquire nuclear weapons.
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- "He's got a bomb, he's got a bomb, let's go get
him," the TV talker said sarcastically. "OK, and we'll go get
him and your children's children will be putting on uniforms in an attempt
to prevent the chaos that will result."
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- http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/8/16/104941
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