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In reply to the discussion: Re: JFK... Whether You Believe It Was A Lone Gunman, Or More... There Were MANY Who Wanted Him Dead [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)18. And yet, it was a Communist who supposedly killed him. Now why would a Communist
want to kill a President who was supposedly a Communist supporter (according to the 'teabaggers of their time) himself?
I would have expected the killer to have been rabid, rightwing anti-communist.
Just one more thing that doesn't add up in this 'cold case' that hopefully will be solved one day.
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Re: JFK... Whether You Believe It Was A Lone Gunman, Or More... There Were MANY Who Wanted Him Dead [View all]
WillyT
Nov 2013
OP
"We're heading into nut country"-JFK to aide, one hour before being assassinated.
JaneyVee
Nov 2013
#2
And yet, it was a Communist who supposedly killed him. Now why would a Communist
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#18
the same reason a socialist might want to kill a "socialist" president. hint: he's not really
Pretzel_Warrior
Nov 2013
#28
And that person was not a Right Wing, rabid anti-Communist. That person WAS a communist.
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#19
I wish I could be so certain about events that took place, anywhere actually, that I did not
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#22
Well, you prove my point. We don't know what his motive was. We know he was politically involved
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#37
Millions of people are angry at their wives. They don't go out and kill Presidents over it. THAT is
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#39
And That Was My Point... Forget The Conspiracy Argument For A Moment Every Now And Then...
WillyT
Nov 2013
#9
When was there an attempt to kill Nixon? I missed that bit of news for sure.
Sognefjord
Nov 2013
#24
Yes, isn't it odd that it was communist who by all accounts should have been happy with
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#21
A pro-Cuban Communist should've been happy with an anti-Castro McCarthyite?
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#26
It doesn't matter. The left got the blame. Rightwingers want us to stop talking about it so the
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#35
I remember George H. W. Bush saying he didn't remember where he was on that day.
Booster
Nov 2013
#13
They are, truly. What was sickening was the glee I saw in Southern faces after it happened.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#15