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General Discussion & Debate / Re: Roses Are Red...
« Last post by Richard Smith on February 14, 2019, 07:01:35 PM »...and you are dead.
I have been told, and I have read, over the years that Jackie Kennedy was given red roses because they were out of yellow ones. This sounds ridiculous, but I have accepted it despite her receiving yellow roses just the day before.
Imagine my surprise when listening to as it happened coverage on KLIF when hearing Lady Bird Johnson received YELLOW roses at Love Field upon arrival!
Those roses were a signal most likely IMO. Yellow=abort. Red=go.
That is tin foil hat nonsense even by prior low standards, but why would LBJ need a signal? Even if he was involved in the assassination plot, he would see for himself if anything happened. He was in the motorcade. He wouldn't have any action to take in the act other than to become President if it succeeds. If he needed a signal, however, why couldn't it be yellow roses? I will give you some credit though. Some sources suggest LadyBird's flowers were white but they do appear to be yellow in the color photos. The flower on LBJ's suit is white.