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In reply to the discussion: One last JFK poll just to prove or disprove a theory I have. [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)29. I was 20 living in south Texas at the time
And every local I knew said right from the start that LBJ had him killed...that kind of stuck with me because at the time I thought it was just because they hated him there...but later I came to understand why they said that, and think they may have had a point.
I was watching when Oswald said "I'm a patsy" and my lie detector did not go off, and when I saw him shot and killed on live TV that convinced me he was....because that is the fate of a patsy, because once they realize they have been set up to take the fall they talk.
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Remember, we were alive -- even as kids -- to see the subsequent assassinations
villager
Nov 2013
#1
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence but three times is enemy action Mr Bond -Auric Goldfinger
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#6
I suspect that a majority of people who aren't old enough to remember...
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#4
I was pre-school but I still remember hearing about Kennedy's assassination
Art_from_Ark
Nov 2013
#64
No. The public has viewed it through a lens of conspiracy for precisely 50 years and one day. nt
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2013
#51
Whether Stone made the film or not, the public discourse has not been presented but authentically
ancianita
Nov 2013
#99
I was only 7 years old when Ruby murdered Oswald live on tv. I saw it, and that is why . . .
Major Hogwash
Nov 2013
#12
My parents argued all the time about politics, mostly because my dad wanted to
duffyduff
Nov 2013
#36
DU is very representative, and some people feel better when they invent their facts. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#22
Which I might agree with except for all the weirdness in Oswald's background
Blue_In_AK
Nov 2013
#41
Jack Ruby was tied to the mob. The thinking is that he was hired to kill Oswald.
Awknid
Nov 2013
#86
As someone who was born almost 20 years after JFK's tragic and untimely death
RFKHumphreyObama
Nov 2013
#45
I'm logged in, but can't vote. (why?) I think Oswald was a patsy..... n/t
AnotherDreamWeaver
Nov 2013
#49
63 and older... (I don't know why I can't vote, and I can't recommend either.)
AnotherDreamWeaver
Nov 2013
#54
Because it is personal. I was a small boy, that was the day I learned this fact: Dads can die.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#70
Great post! Yes, for those of us who were old enough to be aware of the JFK assassination
scarletwoman
Nov 2013
#71
The subsequent assassinations proved only that the right wing is the violent wing,
Benton D Struckcheon
Nov 2013
#55
It is what it is. There have been dozens (hundreds?) of posts by DUers over the past week explaining
scarletwoman
Nov 2013
#79
There is scientifically sound evidence that has been confirmed and reconfirmed many times
BootinUp
Nov 2013
#76
I became convinced of a conspiracy in '68, when they killed ML King & R Kennedy,
CrispyQ
Nov 2013
#73
I don't have a "theory". And the ballistics studies shown on this blog....
northoftheborder
Nov 2013
#80