Bob Roberts

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[Chanting] We want Bob!

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[Clamouring]

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[Terry] What are the possibilities
of complete recovery?

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[Menck] Like I said, it's up to the individual.
After surgery and rehabilitation,

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he could move his toes in a couple of years
and walk a few years later.

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To tell you the truth,

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it would be a miracle if he ever walks again.

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As you've been denied access to him,

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Mr Raplin has asked me
to convey his feelings to you.

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First, he asserts his absolute innocence.

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Due to a restrictive palsy in his right hand,
he would never have been able to fire the gun.

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Second, he would like to express his beliefs
that Bob Roberts is involved in dirty dealings

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involving guns, drugs and savings and loans.

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And lastly and most importantly,

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he would like to say
that as a witness to this incident,

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he saw the gun fired twice into the ground,
not at Bob Roberts.

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What?

1:12:01

Mr Raplin contends that Bob Roberts
was not shot.

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[Gunshots and screaming]

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It's not me! It's not me!

1:12:12

Charges were dropped today
for lack of evidence against Lukas Hart III

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in the investigation of the West Pennsylvania
Savings and Loan scandal.

1:12:20

The case, in which there was
new evidence last month,

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was said by the committee chairman to be
"utter contrivance and ludicrous fantasy".

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Meanwhile, tensions mount in the Mid-East.

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Intelligence suggests that Iraq
is close to developing a nuclear bomb

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and that Saddam Hussein
could have a nuclear device within months.

1:12:40

[Terry] On Election Day, his new album,
entitled Bob On Bob, is released

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and debuts with a bullet
at number two on the charts.

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His video and single I Want To Live
go to number one.

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[Election report on radio]