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Guardian Columnist invokes Presidential Assassination
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Monday October 25, 2004 23:44 by Michael Hennigan - Finfacts.com
Guardian may help Bush Campaign The Guardian's Operation Clark County appears to misfire following publicity in the US that one of the paper's columnist advocated the assassination of President Bush. Following the third presidential debate, the TV reviewer Charlie Brooker wrote last Thursday: 'On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?' |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2I should have added that the Guardian deleted the Charlie Brooker column from its site when US media organisations began linking to it.
... also known as one of the writers on Brass Eye, and inventor of TVGoHome. I know American's are not supposed to understand irony, but this is ridiculous...