1:45:11
It's been decided
that you will be dressed as a priest
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to help you get away
in the pandemonium afterwards.
1:45:18
Chunjin will give you a two-piece sniper's
rifle that fits nicely into a special bag.
1:45:25
There's a spotlight booth
that won't be in use.
1:45:28
It's up under the roof
on the Eighth Avenue side of the Garden.
1:45:32
You will have absolutely clear,
protected shooting.
1:45:41
You are to shoot the presidential nominee
through the head,
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and Johnny will rise gallantly to his feet
1:45:48
and lift Ben Arthur's body in his arms,
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stand in front of the microphones
and begin to speak.
1:45:57
The speech is short.
1:45:59
But it's the most rousing speech
I've ever read.
1:46:03
It's been worked on here and in Russia,
on and off, for over eight years.
1:46:08
I shall force someone
to take the body away from him.
1:46:11
Then Johnny will really hit
those microphones and those cameras,
1:46:15
with blood all over him,
fighting off anyone who tries to help,
1:46:18
defending America
even if it means his own death!
1:46:22
Rallying a nation of television viewers
into hysteria,
1:46:25
to sweep us up into the White House
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with powers that will make martial law
seem like anarchy!
1:46:32
Now, this is very important.
1:46:36
I want the nominee to be dead
1:46:38
about two minutes after
he begins his acceptance speech,
1:46:41
depending on his reading time
under pressure.
1:46:44
You are to hit him right at the point
that he finishes the phrase
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"Nor would I ask of any fellow American
in defence of his freedom
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that which I would not
gladly give myself."
1:46:59
"My life before my liberty."