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In reply to the discussion: Has DU Turned The Corner On The JFK CT BS? Apparently So. [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)I was 12 years old when President Kennedy was assassinated. He was the first president whose campaign I followed, and I really, really wanted him to be elected. I lived in a Republican, Protestant home, so I was the odd man out on politics. When he passed away, I was in school and the teacher announced rather bluntly he had been shot and killed, and also that Lyndon Johnson had been shot and it was not known if he would survive. I sat there in shock.
When I arrived home that day, the television played incessantly covering the events of the day, but for some reason there was no discussion. The next day, I started clipping out newspaper articles covering that sad event and pasting them in a scrapbook. I framed each one with colored paper. I pull that out periodically and after getting past how childish it looks, I remember that was the only outlet for the grief I felt for both the President and his family. I do remember when Oswald stepped out and uttered the words, " I am just a patsy" I believed him.
Over the years, I have read a number of books about Jack Kennedy, Jacqueline, John Jr., collected a couple of Caroline's books and for decades collected books on the President's assassination. I have watched Gerald Posner's presentations and found them wanting.
So today, I am constantly reading when reputable books are published but I no longer watch the footage. It still hurts to view the film and feels again like it just happened.
I had a h*ll of lot of respect for John Kennedy, and the only regret I have is that the U.S. Government failed to report the truth of what happened that day to the American public. I do understand it feels it is important to preserve its standing to the rest of the world, and in order to do that it must censor certain information, but in doing so when it protects those who have committed criminal acts and allows them to go unpunished, well, I just have no words....
What exactly is your opinion of what is contained at the link (words I can handle -- it is the visuals that get to me).
Thanks.
Sam