11-08-2011, 02:45 AM
Gary,
To bestow upon reaction to the "secret societies" speech -- a relatively obscure speech compared to that delivered at American University on 6/10/63 -- the power to haunt Sorensen is to elevate its significance.
I simply cannot imagine that individuals whose opinions mattered to or were heard by Sorensen would have misinterpreted "secret societies" and/or given such gravitas to lesser lights, so to speak, who were ranting and raving about nothing.
The American University speech, however, was well known and, among the cognoscenti aware of the forces that likely brought down JFK, appreciated for the manner in which it advocated for a paradigm shift which the Unspeakable would not be able to survive.
But let's eliminate all doubt: Are you claiming that Ted Sorensen, speaking to you, referenced the "secret societies" speech specifically and unambiguously as the speech that was being described as, in essence, JFK's death warrant?
To bestow upon reaction to the "secret societies" speech -- a relatively obscure speech compared to that delivered at American University on 6/10/63 -- the power to haunt Sorensen is to elevate its significance.
I simply cannot imagine that individuals whose opinions mattered to or were heard by Sorensen would have misinterpreted "secret societies" and/or given such gravitas to lesser lights, so to speak, who were ranting and raving about nothing.
The American University speech, however, was well known and, among the cognoscenti aware of the forces that likely brought down JFK, appreciated for the manner in which it advocated for a paradigm shift which the Unspeakable would not be able to survive.
But let's eliminate all doubt: Are you claiming that Ted Sorensen, speaking to you, referenced the "secret societies" speech specifically and unambiguously as the speech that was being described as, in essence, JFK's death warrant?