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Comptroller apologizes for presidential shooting remark Printable Version The Associated Press Mon, Jun 5, 2006 State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized last Thursday for a “beyond dumb” remark about a fellow Democrat putting “a bullet between the president’s eyes.” Hevesi called a mea culpa press conference hours after putting his foot in his mouth at the Queens College commencement. “I apologize to the president of the United States” and to the fellow state politician, Sen. Charles Schumer, Hevesi said. “I am not a person of violence. “I am apologizing as abjectly as I can. There is no excuse for it. It was beyond dumb.” At the news conference, a contrite Hevesi repeated what he recalled saying in the speech. The comptroller said he was merely trying to convey that Schumer has strength and courage to stand up to the president on major policy issues. According to a videotape of the speech, Hevesi said: “The man who, how do I phrase this diplomatically, who will put a bullet between the president’s eyes if he could get away with it. The toughest senator, the best representative. A great, great member of the Congress of the United States.” Hevesi said he hadn’t been in touch with the White House but he hoped his apology reached President Bush. Hevesi, a longtime professor of government and politics at Queens College before becoming comptroller, also referred to his comments as “remarkably stupid” and “incredibly moronic.” “I do speak extemporaneously,” he said. “And I’ve never said anything like this.” Schumer spokeswoman Risa Heller said the senator was satisfied with Hevesi’s apology. “Comptroller Hevesi was trying to make a point,” Heller said. “He went way too far, and it was inappropriate and wrong. He has apologized to both the senator and the president, and we believe that ends the matter.” A White House spokesman did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment Thursday. But at least one Republican seized on Hevesi’s words. “Threats against the president are no joke, and this incident raises real concerns about Alan Hevesi’s fitness to hold public office,” GOP Comptroller nominee J. Christopher Callaghan said during his acceptance speech at the Republican state convention in Hempstead, Long Island. legislativegazette.com AIR AMERICA’S ASSASSINATION CHIC By Michelle Malkin • April 27, 2005 09:32 AM Assuming you’ve seen the Drudge Report flash on the Air America skit broadcast yesterday and now apparently under investigation for its assassination overtones. Randi Rhodes has used this rhetoric before. From May 2004: Comparing Bush and his family to the Corleones of “Godfather” fame, Air America host Randi Rhodes reportedly unleashed this zinger during her Monday night broadcast: “Like Fredo, somebody ought to take him out fishing and phuw. ” Rhodes then imitated the sound of a gunshot. In “Godfather II,” Fredo Corleone is executed by brother Michael at the end of the film. Is this her cheap, sick attempt to boost those pathetic ratings? The MSM will no doubt follow-up with sympathetic profiles of Rhodes, as the Washington Post did last fall–check out how the writer nonchalantly mentions the Fredo/assassination skit. Now, compare that treatment with the fate of conservative talk show hosts punished or canned for controversial speech. Update: Here’s a link to the Randi Rhodes show’s broadcasts. And here are the MP3 audio files: 1 2. (Hat tip: Wes R.) michellemalkin.com