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In reply to the discussion: One last JFK poll just to prove or disprove a theory I have. [View all]ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)93. Here is an interesting article from the Boston Globe on Bobby
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/24/his-brother-keeper-robert-kennedy-saw-conspiracy-jfk-assassination/TmZ0nfKsB34p69LWUBgsEJ/story.html
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In the five years between his brothers murder and his own assassination in 1968, Bobby Kennedy voiced public support for the findings of the Warren Commission, namely that a pathetic, attention-seeking gunman had alone been responsible for the murder of President Kennedy. Privately, though, Bobby was dismissive of the commission, seeing it, in the words of his former press secretary, as a public relations tool aimed at placating a rattled populace. When the chairman of the commission, Chief Justice Earl Warren, personally wrote to the attorney general, asking for any information to suggest that a domestic or foreign conspiracy was behind his brothers assassination, Bobby scrawled a note to an aide, asking, What do I do? Then, after stalling for two months, he sent along a legalistic reply saying there was nothing in the Justice Department files to suggest a conspiracy. He made no mention of the hunches that appeared to be rattling around in his own mind.
There is no indication that Bobby ever found evidence to prove a wider conspiracy. But judging from his actions after hearing the news out of Dallas, its clear that he quickly focused his attention on three areas of suspicion: Cuba, the Mafia, and the CIA. Crucially, Bobby had become his brothers point man in managing all three of those highly fraught portfolios. And by the time the president was gunned down, Bobby understood better than anyone how all three had become hopelessly interwoven, and how much all three bore his own imprint.
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In the five years between his brothers murder and his own assassination in 1968, Bobby Kennedy voiced public support for the findings of the Warren Commission, namely that a pathetic, attention-seeking gunman had alone been responsible for the murder of President Kennedy. Privately, though, Bobby was dismissive of the commission, seeing it, in the words of his former press secretary, as a public relations tool aimed at placating a rattled populace. When the chairman of the commission, Chief Justice Earl Warren, personally wrote to the attorney general, asking for any information to suggest that a domestic or foreign conspiracy was behind his brothers assassination, Bobby scrawled a note to an aide, asking, What do I do? Then, after stalling for two months, he sent along a legalistic reply saying there was nothing in the Justice Department files to suggest a conspiracy. He made no mention of the hunches that appeared to be rattling around in his own mind.
There is no indication that Bobby ever found evidence to prove a wider conspiracy. But judging from his actions after hearing the news out of Dallas, its clear that he quickly focused his attention on three areas of suspicion: Cuba, the Mafia, and the CIA. Crucially, Bobby had become his brothers point man in managing all three of those highly fraught portfolios. And by the time the president was gunned down, Bobby understood better than anyone how all three had become hopelessly interwoven, and how much all three bore his own imprint.
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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