47 years later, we now know...
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47 years later, we now know...
...nothing, unfortunately, and we'll probably never know the truth. I hate that.
Tied up with a story for tomorrow's iPad...just kidding, tomorrow's newspaper, so please identify the real killers of JFK in the space below, and then also discuss whether full body scanners in Dealey Plaza might have prevented the president's murder.
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Bird, I’m giving you the facts, it’s not theory, conspiracy or otherwise. RFK was killed by a bullet fired into his head from behind his right ear with the muzzle no further than one inch from his skull (the autopsy doctor said that). Surhan Surhan was never closer than three feet and in front of RFK (all the witnesses said that). 13 bullet and wounds were found and Surhan’s gun held only 8 shots (the police said that). And Thane Caesar was not hand-picked by RFK (his staff said that). Not that any of this matters...— Hamlet
Oswald probably helped forge Obama's birth certificate for George Soros. Alas, we'll never know.- "You're an idiot Hamlet." Perhaps, but I was just repeating what some JFK detail SS officers said. Hey, maybe they lied and JFK set himself up for assassination. You those crazy lefties...
— Hamlet 
" RFK was killed by a bullet fired into his head from behind his right ear with the muzzle no further than one inch from his skull" an injury consistant with a shot fired from the front while RFK was turning his head to the left to shake hands with the busboy. And you are wrong about the 13 bullets - 13 bullets were not found. Some people think they hear 13 shots fired on the audio tape other audio experts say it is only 8 - the key is there are only 8 bullets recovered - where did the other 5 go? As to Ceasar - I was referring to William Barry who headed the security for RFK. To believe your conspiracy you have to have Barry and RFK's campaign manager in on the conspiracy - they were the ones who changed the route. You also have to believe that all of the people around RFK were oblivious to the second shooter and while the group tackled Sirhan - they just decided to let the second shooter walk away. The fairy tales are nice but the truth is Oswald killed JFK and Sirhan Sirhan killed RFK— bird11- Mr Cool, that is a overly simplistic explanation of what happened. Now that researchers have had a few years to pour over the ARRB-declassified records a story can be put together. I suggest reading JFK and The Unspeakable by James Douglas. I think it's the best post-ARRB book out so far and reads like a political thriller. I'm not much for assassination books or hare-brained conspiracy theories. And I particularly don't care who actually shot JFK or from what rooftop. I only care about why. This book delves into the why and is very plausible. He was trying to end the Cold War and he was doing it through an extra governmental back channel to the Kremlin. Can you imagine what that looked like to the Cold Warriors of the time?— Hamlet
- Hamlet - another quick point. Rosie Grier and Rafer Johnson were working security for RFK that night they were behind RFK when they heard the first shots fired and ran forward. By your 2nd gunman theory they would have had to have run right by the shooter putting a gun to RFK's head to go after Sirhan. Now if RFK was a GOP candidate I guess the left would argue that Rosie and Rafer just went after the first non-white face they saw in the crowd but somehow I'm not seeing Rosie and Rafer doing that.— bird11
"Despite publicly promising more transparency and disclosure of the inner workings of Congress, behind closed doors, the GOP leadership has made moves indicating the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) may be targeted for cuts or extinction.
According to an email seen by ABC News, Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., called the OCE on Friday, Nov. 5, just three days after the midterm elections in which Republicans regained a majority and control of the House. During that phone conversation, ABC's source said, the California representative asked for justification of its continued existence"
So, how is that teabakkking thing working out for ya'?— Les Ismore
NOOOOOOOOOO! We can't lose the OCE!— RG- Comment removed.
- "the California representative asked for justification of its continued existence"........gee why would we want a government agency to justify its existence??? I say just pour some more tax dollars in there - I'm confident they are doing an excellent job.
— bird11 - "This from Sirhan's Diary,found in his home, no doubt planted there by Jack Ruby." Good point, which makes you wonder why Nixon's "plumbers" broke into Arthur Bremer's partment after Bremer shot George Wallace, the one man who could have prevented Nixon's re-election (by running again as an independent).— will
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- "Right Will, With Wallace in the Race, McGovern might have got as many as 20 Electoral Votes." True, as it turned out -- but there was no way of knowing that in May 1972, and of course McGovern hadn't even clinched the nomination yet.— will
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