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Nobel winner apologizes for (Kill) Bush comment
The Dallas Morning News ^
| 12:30 PM CDT on Friday, July 13, 2007
| By JAMES HOHMANN / The Dallas Morning News
Posted on 01/09/2011 7:31:41 PM PST by 11th_VA
Irish peace activist's speech at Dallas event gets standing ovation
Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams apologized Thursday for saying she could kill President Bush, remarks that drew scorn from Bush loyalists and shook up the International Women's Peace Conference in Dallas.
"My feelings now and again get way ahead of me," Ms. Williams said. "I couldn't kill anybody, but I must confess that I'm extremely angry with the Bush administration and what they have done. To say that was wrong."
Conference organizers immediately sought to distance themselves from her speech Wednesday night, but it brought a swift rejoinder from the White House, dominated some radio talk shows and drew a flurry of hateful e-mails to attendees.
Questioned about her speech Thursday morning, Ms. Williams initially denied making the comment but reversed course after organizers confirmed the quote.
In a speech before 1,000 people Wednesday, Ms. Williams said that violence is a choice and the push for peace takes hard work and commitment.
"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said. "No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that." As she made her point, she chuckled and some members of the audience laughed.
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Must be the political rhetoric the MSM is talking about ...
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:31:46 PM PST
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
Betty Williams is a Tea Party member.
/src
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:39:37 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: 11th_VA
"How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that." As she made her point, she chuckled and some members of the audience laughed. The left is totally unhinged. There can be no common ground.
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:39:40 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: 11th_VA
Oh my, another peace loving idiot outs herself.
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:39:47 PM PST
by
notpoliticallycorewrecked
(According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
To: 11th_VA
Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams apologized Thursday for saying she could kill President Bush An avenue to peace long-since recognized by the Left (remember that notorious Communist right-winger Lee Harvey Oswald?).
A mere apology is not enough. We need to believe she is sincere and has truly revoked her extremely murderous inclinations. Until then... she's a terrorist and nothing more.
Forget about revoking the IgNoble Piece Prize. It's not worth the paper it's printed on. It, and its winners, are mostly garbage mostly only worth hanging. The slow way.
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:40:38 PM PST
by
Clint Williams
(America -- a great idea, didn't last. The only reasonable response to jihad is Crusade.)
To: 11th_VA
Stupid bitch. Another Nobel prize winner. Further proof the Peace Prize is worthless.
She better get a visit from the Secret Service.
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:41:33 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(My baloney has a first name, it's DEMOCRAT; my baloney has a second name, it's PARTY)
To: 11th_VA
In Islam Peace means “Convert or DIE!”
In Communism Peace means “Convert or DIE!”
....
Only under Conservative thought does Peace mean leave me alone and I will leave you alone.
...
Peace can only exist with the Conservative Christian Historical definition of Peace.
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:42:47 PM PST
by
dila813
To: 11th_VA
"Right now, I could kill George Bush," she said. "No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that." She could non-violently kill herself and make her point. I suggest the commonly-available off-the-shelf --------. You don't even have to mix anything (except maybe water).
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:43:32 PM PST
by
Clint Williams
(America -- a great idea, didn't last. The only reasonable response to jihad is Crusade.)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:44:11 PM PST
by
roses of sharon
(I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
To: 11th_VA
Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams apologized Thursday for saying she could kill President Bush,If there ever was any question about the Nobel Peace Prize. LOL
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:50:15 PM PST
by
ladyjane
To: dila813
In Islam Peace means “Convert or DIE!” In Communism Peace means “Convert or DIE!”
Only under Conservative thought does Peace mean leave me alone and I will leave you alone.
Exactly!
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posted on
01/09/2011 7:56:27 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: dila813
Heads up. I’m stealing that. :-)
To: 11th_VA
Gosh golly.I’m shocked!!!
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posted on
01/09/2011 8:02:13 PM PST
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: 11th_VA
Sounds like Betty Williams is an actual ‘kill for peace’ self parodying wingnut.
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posted on
01/09/2011 8:06:26 PM PST
by
Post Toasties
(Leftists give insanity a bad name.)
To: 11th_VA
“...saying she could kill President Bush...”
.
Why isn’t the Secret Service on her case?
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posted on
01/09/2011 8:36:12 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: 11th_VA
Hitler would be a Nobel Peace Prize Winner with today’s leftists.
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posted on
01/09/2011 8:38:10 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: 11th_VA
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
Karl Marx
To: 11th_VA
Questioned about her speech Thursday morning, Ms. Williams initially denied making the comment but reversed course after organizers confirmed the quote.
And a liar too!
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posted on
01/09/2011 9:00:48 PM PST
by
Yooper4Life
(They all lie.)
To: 11th_VA
Questioned about her speech Thursday morning, Ms. Williams initially denied making the comment but reversed course after organizers confirmed the quote. Oh, yeah she was real sorry. Sorry she couldn't lie her way out of it.
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posted on
01/09/2011 10:01:19 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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