Sunday evening a surprised Bush watcher reported that Larry Flynt's Saturday
evening Crossfire allegation that George W. Bush was "involved in" an early 1970's
abortion and that he had proof of it was removed from the transcript posted on the
CNN web site at http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0010/20/cf.00.html
Here's how the relevant portion of the transcript now reads:

HUGHES: It is effective, but I -- it needs to be coupled with technology tools.
And let me just say that the points that I'm making, I'm speaking as an individual
commissioner. All right, so I just want to make that clear. But the commission did
hear testimony from schools and libraries who had effectively used technologies
with their acceptable use policies and that it did work well, Bill, so you'll have
different viewpoints on that.

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NOVAK: Sir, I gather you're a very strong Gore supporter. Is that correct?

FLYNT: I'll vote for the lesser of the two evils. I don't like either one of them.

PRESS: All Right, Larry Flynt, a man who speaks his word, but we remind you
they are Larry Flynt's words and not ours. Larry Flynt, thank you very, very much
for joining us. Donna Rice Hughes, good to have you here. HUGHES: Thank you.

PRESS: You never know. Live television. Bob Novak and I will be back with our
non-pornographic closing comments. Too bad. Coming up....
 
 

HERE'S THE DELETED EXCERPT,
COPIED FROM THE CNN TRANSCRIPT LAST EVENING.
(This, of course, would be on the CNN video tape of the program,
 unless it's been deleted from there as well.):

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NOVAK: Mr. Flynt, never let it be said that we censor any of our guests here
on CROSSFIRE, and you said you wanted to talk about the election.
Tell me what you wanted to say.

FLYNT: Well, during the impeachment debacle, we did an investigation which
resulted in the resignation of Bob Livingston and others and we have continued
this investigation and for eight months we've been looking into George W. Bush's
background. And we've found out in the early 1970s he was involved in an abortion
in Texas, and I just think that it's sad that the mainstream media, who's aware of this
story, won't ask him that question when they were able to ask him the drug question
without any proof at all, and we've got all kinds of proof on this issue.

NOVAK: Well, you're...

FLYNT: You know, the guy admitted he was a drunk for 20 years, and if the
abortion issue is true then that puts him lower on the morality scale than Bill Clinton.

NOVAK: Mr. Flynt, you said if it's true and you have no proof of that.
I gather you are a very strong...

FLYNT: The hell we don't have proof.

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NOVAK: Sir, I gather you're a very strong Gore supporter. Is that correct?

FLYNT: I'll vote for the lesser of the two evils. I don't like either one of them.

PRESS: All Right, Larry Flynt, a man who speaks his word, but we remind you
they are Larry Flynt's words and not ours. Larry Flynt, thank you very, very much
for joining us. Donna Rice Hughes, good to have you here.
 
 

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This is a developing story...Politex, 10/22/00