Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams began her speech at the International Women’s Peace Conference on Wednesday night by asking the audience of about 1,000 to hug everyone around them. Shortly thereafter she went on a political rant in which she stated “Right now, I could kill George Bush“.

The Dallas News has the story:

In a keynote speech at the International Women’s Peace Conference on Wednesday night, Ms. Williams told a crowd of about 1,000 that the Bush administration has been treacherous and wrong and acted unconstitutionally.

“Right now, I could kill George Bush,” she said at the Adam’s Mark Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. “No, I don’t mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that.”

About half the crowd gave her a standing ovation after she called for Mr. Bush’s removal from power.

Conference chairwoman Carol Donovan took the podium to say that Ms. Williams did not speak for the conference – only herself.

“It’s important for us to separate the opinion of the person and the position of the conference,” Ms. Donovan said.

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