"That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready
to speak. Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."
-- Mike Huckabee, quoted by
CNN at the National Rifle Association convention, referring to "an unexpected offstage noise."
Ben Smith: "Probably not the fast track to veephood."
Update: The
video is now available. Huckabee's remarks come about 50 seconds into the clip.
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