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Before I do that, Governor Huckabee, Friday at the NRA...
GOV. HUCKABEE: Mm-hmm.
MR. RUSSERT: ...you went down and made a joke, and I want to show that and give you a chance to come back and talk about it.
GOV. HUCKABEE: OK.
MR. RUSSERT: Here's Governor Huckabee on Friday.
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GOV. HUCKABEE: But the reality is--and I'm worried, because, frankly, within the...(crash in background)...that was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak, and somebody aimed a gun at him and he, he dove for the floor.
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MR. RUSSERT: Now, many who have been concerned about the security of Senator Obama took great offense to that.
GOV. HUCKABEE: It was a dumb, off-the-cuff remark. There was a Bobby Knight incident going on backstage with a chair that fell, made a terrible noise, distracted the crowd. I apologized for it immediately. In no way--Tim, anybody that knows me knows that I would never, ever try to inject something like that to, to create any dangerous moment for any candidate, I don't care who it is. And, you know, it wasn't the first dumb thing I've ever said and, let me go ahead and announce on this program, it won't be the last dumb thing I've ever said. I'm sure I'll make other comments. I mean, we all in politics do. Ronald Reagan had an open mike and said, "I'm going to launch a nuclear attack against Russia." I remember John McCain, you know, sang "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran." I thought that was funny. But, I mean, a lot of people didn't. This wasn't funny, I'll be the first to tell you that. Shouldn't have said it. I apologize. I don't know what else I can do.
