Paul Landis passed the rather high hurdle to becoming a Secret Service agent, left with an unblemished record, and has never even been accused of sensationalism, publicity-seeking, ideological extremism, or delusions in the years after he left the Secret Service.

So how is Paul Landis not a solid guy?

You should ask the guy who introduced the term into this thread.
       

While I didn't vote for McCain in 2008, I did hold my nose and voted for Romney in 2012. I had one major concern. I was afraid one of the old conservative justices on the Supreme Court might cash his chips which would give Obama the opportunity to replace him with a liberal justice which would give the liberals a 5-4 majority. That almost happened. Scalia died early in 2016 and it looked like the libs would take over SCOTUS. Fortunately, Mitch McConnell stood strong and blocked Merrick Garland from getting approved by the Senate. Whatever else he has done or failed to do, the country owes him a debt of gratitude for that one shining moment.

I wonder if never-Trump former Republicans like George Will and Bill Kristol have ever asked themselves where this country would be if Hillary had been elected and appointed 3 justices to SCOTUS. Our country would be screwed by now. Thanks again, Mitch. I can understand people disliking Trump on a personal level. He's an acquired taste. Even if I couldn't stand him, I would have gladly swallowed a bitter people to keep Hillary out of the White House.

You would think that traditional conservatives would support Trump but this an elitist cadre.   The establishment types are a big club who believe they are a ruling class. Trump threatens that dynamic because he rejects the ideology of a ruling class.  He actually marginalizes the George Willl types and they hate him like poison for it.

As far as I know John Judge never posted at The Education Forum...

I think the bulk of that was different agencies covering up their failures and people ran with it as proof of involvement. The CIA withheld information from the WC, so they were blamed. Burkley ran the autopsy and screwed that all up, etc.

A cover up would have involved the Secret Service (Treasury), the FBI (Justice), Army and Navy(Defense) as well as the DPD. All of these entities were involved in the gathering of evidence.

It looks like nobody bothered to read the item's description... It's not even about the pĥotos.

Item description from the seller

This is for an INCREDIBLY RARE ORIGINAL Type 1 (developed from the camera original negative in July of 1961) black & white photo, approximately 8" x 10" in size, signed and dated by former Dallas Times Herald staff photographer Al Volkland, now deceased.


Albert Jordan Volkland (November 10, 1915 - November 28, 2007)


On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as his motorcade made its way through the streets of downtown Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald, from a sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository building on the corner of Elm and Houston Streets.


Al Volkland, a staff photographer for the Dallas Times Herald at the time, was standing on the Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, just a short distance from Dealey Plaza. Immediately following the shooting, as President Kennedy's limousine sped out of Dealey Plaza and made its way onto Stemmons Freeway, Volkland captured one of the most well known and iconic photos taken that day. It shows the presidential limousine speeding down Stemmons Freeway, en route to Parkland Hospital, with Secret Service agent Clint Hill spread over top of the car. The Secret Service follow up car can also be seen in his photo, following close behind.

Volkland also became an eyewitness to the whereabouts of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit during the last minutes of his life. Tippit was also shot and killed that day by Lee Harvey Oswald. Volkland, shortly after snapping his famous photo, spotted Tippit at a gas station in Oak Cliff. Volkland knew Tippit personally and waved to him when he saw him at the gas station. Tippit was killed only a few minutes afterwards.


Volkland had a photography service business in Dallas at the time as well, and was hired quite often by the Dallas Police Department to photograph traffic accidents for use in their official reports. Volkland would make 2 copies of each photo, one for the Dallas Police Department file and one for his own personal file. This is one of his photos taken during that time and is his personal file copy of the photo.


The photo depicts a traffic accident in Dallas, Texas. It has been signed and dated (7-14-61) on the reverse side by Volkland.


The photo originates from the estate of Al Volkland.


VOLKLAND'S AUTOGRAPH IS EXTREMELY RARE!


AN INCREDIBLY RARE ARTIFACT OF DALLAS, TEXAS HISTORY WITH A UNIQUE TIE TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY!


I HAVE ATTACHED TO THE LISTING, FOR REFERENCE ONLY, THE FAMOUS AND ICONIC IMAGE TAKEN BY VOLKLAND ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963 FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING.


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