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This has all the markings of a cover-up by CNN - just like thecover-ups of Bush'smany other scandals, fromgoing AWOL, to using illegal drugs, to corruption in Texas government, to lying under oath.

Here is the original transcript that was publishedby CNN, buthas now been scrubbed.

[ROBERT] NOVAK: Mr. Flynt, never let it be said that we censor any of our guests here on CROSSFIRE, and you said you wanted to talk about the election. Tell me what you wanted to say.

FLYNT: Well, during the impeachment debacle, we did an investigation which resulted in the resignation of Bob Livingston and others and we have continued this investigation and for eight months we've been looking into George W. Bush's background. And we've found out in the early 1970s he was involved in an abortion in Texas, and I just think that it's sad that the mainstream media, who's aware of this story, won't ask him that question when they were able to ask him the drug question without any proof at all, and we've got all kinds of proof on this issue.

NOVAK: Well, you're...

FLYNT: You know, the guy admitted he was a drunk for 20 years, and if the abortion issue is true then that puts him lower on the morality scale than Bill Clinton.

NOVAK: Mr. Flynt, you said if it's true and you have no proof of that. I gather you are a very strong...

FLYNT: The hell we don't have proof.

NOVAK: Sir, I gather you're a very strong Gore supporter. Is that correct?

FLYNT: I'll vote for the lesser of the two evils. I don't like either one of them.

[BILL] PRESS: All Right, Larry Flynt, a man who speaks his word, but we remind you they are Larry Flynt's words and not ours. Larry Flynt, thank you very, very much for joining us.

This was followed by an online chat, in which Flynt went into greater detail:

CNN - Mr. Flynt, I would like to know how you plan to protect yourself from a law suit by claiming to have the goods on GWBush.

Flynt: Because we have them and the truth is an absolute defense.

CNN; When and where are you going to publish information about George W. Bush?

Flynt: When I said that we had the proof, I am referring to knowing who the girl was, knowing who the doctor was that pereformed the abortion, evidence from girlfriends of hers at the time, who knew about the romance and the subsequent abortion. The young lady does not want to go public, and without her willingness, we don't feel that we're on solid enough legal ground to go with the story, because should she say it never happened, then we've got a potential libel suit. But we know we have enough evidence that we believe completely. One of the things that interested us was that this abortion took place before Roe Vs. Wade in 1970, which made it a crime at the time. I'd just like the national media to ask him if abortion is okay for him and his family, but not for the rest of America. We're not looking at it as a big issue, we're looking at it as a situation of people not being told the truth. I think the American people have a right to know everything there is to know about someone running for President.

Why is this story important?

1. Because George W. Bush says he is "pro-life," which means he regards abortion as murder. If he was "involved" in an abortion, then in his ownheart he is a murderer.

2. Because George W. Bush supports a "Human Life Amendment" to the Constitution, which wouldoverturn Roe v. Wade. This would subject 1.3 MILLION women each year - and their doctors - to criminal prosecution.

3. Because George W. Bush points to the two most anti-abortion Justices of the Supreme Court -Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia- as his models for Supreme Court appointees. And he may get to appoint a Supreme Court Justice soon.

4. Because George W. Bush has asolid recordof opposing abortion as Governor of Texas, where he signed 18 anti-abortion laws, and President [sic].

5. Because George W. Bush ran on "restoring honor and integrity to the White House," and therefore should be expected to tell the truth.

George W. Bush must state clearly whether or not he was involved in an illegal abortion in Texas.