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As for Kennedy, I tend to think that random kooks don't usually follow through on things, other wise there would be a lot more dead gov. officials and celebrities. Plus, if LHO worked alone, then why did Ruby kill him?



The key phrase is that kooks "usually" don't follow through. The vast majority don't, you're right. But some do. This prick in California that kidnapped the girl 18 years ago. Sirhan did. Arthur Bremmer did when he capped Wallace. Hinkley did. Squeaky Fromme did. Klebold and Harris did. Timothy McVey did. It happens. The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in breaks sometimes (I love sneaking in a Pink Floyd reference). All the eveidence points to LHO. I admit a Manchurian Candidate is a lot more exciting and sexy. But the fact is that Oswald was a marginalized goof from the git- go. His childhood, his time in the Army, his time in Russia, his time after he came back to the states. He was a lone nut desperately wanting to be Somebody. Look at his defection. The Soviets wanted nothing to do with him because he had nothing they wanted. They shipped him off to work in a radio factory. No dascha, no big apartment, no fancy Zil to cruise around in. Look at his time in New Orleans as the only member of the Free Cuba Committee. It all screams LOOK AT ME!! And nobody did. Even when he capped Walker, no one cared. Even his family, his wife, saw him as a loser. Until November 22.

I don't know why Ruby capped him. Apparently it was well known in Dallas that Jack was meshuga. I'd assume it was two lone nuts whose destinys collided. Not as sexy as a gangland hit, but certainly more plausible.

Barry
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