03-12-2011, 06:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-12-2011, 06:32 PM by Albert Doyle.)
James H. Fetzer Wrote:The difference, Albert, is that Lyndon forced himself on the ticket so that he could accede to the presidency by assassination. That was the plan.
Which suggests Lyndon felt safe doing an otherwise obvious assassination of a US president. I think people get so wrapped-up in the delusion of this theory that they forget the surrounding reality. The suggestion here is that Johnson could be witnessed forcing himself onto the ticket in order to assassinate JFK and not be noticed or exposed. If you are a sharp detective you'll notice that the language used by LBJ when giving enthusiastic notice to Madeleine Brown that "those Kennedy's won't bother me any more" was language that suggested notice being given to LBJ and not orders coming from him.
The key to this spurious misdesignation of Johnson is putting deliberate misapplication of interpretation onto events like Johnson "forcing" himself into the Vice Presidency. Johnson didn't 'force' he was guided. It's silly to think Johnson could pull-off such a diabolical coup and not be noticed unless he felt the safe protection and guidance of the greater powers that helped him. As if he could do all that and not be noticed. I consider this a delusional ignoring of reality caused by over-emphasis of Johnson's role at the expense of the other causes. Giving Johnson "mastermind" status is too big a bug for the spiderweb that catches it and rips down the whole web. The ambitions and methods of the CIA all the way back to 1947 are much more meaningful compared to the personal interests of LBJ. This theory suggests CIA, which watches everything, sat back and said to itself, hey look what Lyndon is doing there. Cool. Let's lay back and go along with it. It's silly.
One of the worst effects of this is the public coming to see serious researchers as promoting comic book-like theories. The public isn't entirely stupid. They'll realize that Johnson couldn't possibly be ascribed "mastermind" status and start thinking that researchers are going off the deep end thinking-up comical scenarios where Johnson is plotting in some underground James Bond-like bunker. The fact well-known names in Kennedy research are seen publicly endorsing this will draw ridicule on all researchers.
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