JFK Assassination Forum

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Do you think if Trump had been a typical play it safe politician, he ever could have defied the odds and become President in the first place. The reason so many people hate him is the same reason so many people love him. He says what's on his mind and he doesn't sugarcoat it. Trump took over the GOP because the establishment Republicans would talk a good game but would never stand up to the Democrats. As soon as the Democrats would start to call them racists or Nazis, they would wet the pants and fold their cards, even when they had a winning hand. I got fed up with them in the 1990s when they finally got control of both houses of Congress but let Bill Clinton play them like a fiddle. They did accomplish some things but there was so much more they could have done. Even when Bush 43 got elected, they still wouldn't press their advantage. I refused to vote for McCain and I had to hold my nose when I voted for Romney. Now I wish I hadn't. Ryan and Boehner were ineffective as Speakers. The continued the tradition of rolling over whenever the Democrats started talking mean to them.

When Trump entered the race in 2015, I had reservations. I didn't know what to expect from him. I voted Libertarian in 2016. But then I saw how he governed and realized the GOP had finally found a fighter. The rank and filed of the GOP figured that out too most of them even before I did. I enthusiastically voted for Trump in both 2020 and 2024. I would do so again in 2028 if he was allowed to run. He has shown the rest of the GOP how to fight the Dems. I want to see which of the expected candidates in 2028 shows he (or she) will do the same.

No other person in US history could have withstood all Trump has had to deal with and become president. Twice. The media bias, establishment resistance, assassins, lawfare etc.  It has always been an uphill fight. His election was a miracle.  Breaking the establishment hold on power.  With that said, the same characteristics undermine him.  He is a flawed person always fighting invisible enemies.  While it is great to make the right decisions, they are undermined if you can't implement them or get derailed.  My fear is that Trump leaves office with more missed opportunities than accomplishments.  He often is baited into playing into the media traps and lots of time and effort is wasted.

I don't think that quite works. Encountering the presidential assassin would have to have been among the more significant events in Baker's and Reid's dull lives.

The problem with that line of thinking is that neither of them knew Oswald was the assassin. Reid had no idea and Baker was suspicious at first but let Oswald go when Truly vouched for him. No reason for him to pay close attention to what Oswald was wearing.

The difference between a light brown jacket and a white v-neck t-shirt is pretty stark. Baker said "lt. brown jacket" the day of the JFKA and didn't waver at the WC -

That was his impression based on trying to remember what he saw, even though at the time he had no reason to take note of it.

he even suggested it was over some sort of white shirt. Reid said "white t-shirt" the day after the assassination and "not wearing or carrying a jacket" two days later. This is a far cry from the Amazon delivery guy or even me hunting for my wife in Walmart and having no answer other than "clothes" when some employee asks me what she is wearing.

If people don't take note of something at the time they observe it, they are not likely to have a vivid memory of it later. Do you think Oswald was wearing a light brown jacket? Do you think he was wearing a regular white shirt or do you think Oswald was wearing a t-shirt. Do you think Reid was accurate when she said Oswald was wearing just a t-shirt. Reiid and Baker's memories conflict with what Oswald was wearing when arrested. There is ample evidence that he was wearing the same tan shirt and white t-shirt when he left the TSBD that he was when arrested. The link is he was wearing that when  he got on McWatters' bus. We know that because he had McWatters' transfer in his pocket when arrested. He was also observed by his former landlady on McWatters' bus. She remembered seeing a hole in the elbow and there was a hole in the elbow of the shirt he was wearing when arrested. There is one more piece of evidence that tells us Oswald was wearing his tan shirt when he shot JFK. Fivers matching that shirt were found on the butt plate of the  rifle indicating he was wearing that shirt when he fired the shots that killed JFK. He was wearing that shirt when he was arrested. It requires some really bizarre thinking to believe he was not wearing the same tan shirt and white shirt at every place he was seen in between the shots and his arrest.

Corbett,

Like you, I believe the Single Bullet Hypothesis is correct, and that a former Marine sharpshooter and U-2 radar operator by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald, with or without encouragement or "programming" by the [fill in the blank], murdered JFK by firing three shots at him in the echo chamber known as Dealey Plaza.

Do you have a problem with that?

--  Tom

I have no problem with that. I wonder why you keep going down every Soviet rabbit hole you come across. The Soviets had nothing to do with the JFK assassination. Neither did Castro, Neither did anyone except little old Lee Harvey Oswald.

I think Kamala should have run for governor of California. That way she could have followed Richard Nixon's path to the White House.

Sitting Vice-President
Lose the presidential election
Two years later lose the governor's race in California ("You won't have Kamala to kick around anymore" speech would be optional)
Go into private practice (OK that's a tough one. What prestigious law firm would hire her?}
In 2030 midterms campaign for congressional candidates around the country, earning favors in return
In 2032 call in those favors and cruise to the nomination.
Win the 2032 general election.

There's one big problem with that scenario. In 1968, the majority of convention delegates were still chosen at state party conventions where Nixon used the creds he banked in 1966. He did well in the primaries but it was the unelected delegates that put him over the top. The decisive move was offering Spiro Agnew the Veep spot in exchange for Agnew delivering the Maryland delegation.

Now, most of the delegates are selected in primaries and caucuses. Kamala is such a bad candidate, there's almost no way she could win a majority through the primaries. I doubt she would still be viable after losing big in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Imagine the state of this country if she had become president having never won a single primary?  That would have been the final straw.  Even the most deranged TDS sufferer must know that she was unqualified to manage a 7-11 much less be president.  Trump spared us that nightmare.  My beef with Trump is that while his policy decisions are sound, he often can't implement them.  And he is often his own worst enemy.  That's Trump, though.  A flawed person.  I'll take him over any these corrupt, incompetent establishment politicians any day of the week.