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Abbie Hoffman — Part 29
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ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN
"University--we're gonna put some pressure on Yale University.
Announcing here tonight for the first time, that the conspiracy
is moving to New Haven, Connecticut--Bobby Seale trial--all of
us are moving up there. We aim to mobilize local conspiracy
groups all over this country to see that they never, never put
Bobby Seale in the electric chair!" (Cheering and clapping)
"We pledged ourselves last night to raise a hundred grand for his
defense and to raise a lot nore fuckin hell if he don't get a fair
trial. And a lot of hell! The Yippies--like I said before,
there are 2,750,000 laws in America, a11 kinds.
"You see on that Merv show, how many saw that electronic
fascism? Did you see it in blue or black? Blue? Blue--you
gotta get color for that. To show you, the New York Times said
I was blacked out, which shows where their head is, you know.
‘Cause blue, it was. They called me up about two hours before it
went on." (Mockingly) "'Well, the Board of CBS just met and we're
oing to electronically mask out your shirt with an electronic
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masking device never before used in television history. *" (Laughter)
“Well, I said 'See you later, I gotta watch this.'" (Laughter)
"I had images of just a couple of hands and a head, you know, like
bobbing around like the invisible man sort of thing. But no, in
New York just before that pig, Robert Wood, President of CBS, came
on and made his little announcement, they had a commercial with a
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