6. “Mr. President…”
Lyndon Baines Johnson, who once said the vice presidency is not worth “a pitcher of warm p*ss”, was only two cars behind JFK. Despite rumors that Johnson was either injured or suffered a heart attack, the vice president was unharmed. Once they arrived at Parkland, agents hurried LBJ inside and settled in a windowless room.
There, LBJ, JFK aide Kenneth O’Donnell and Secret Service agent Thomas Johns discussed a plan of action in case the worst came to pass. Then, at some point, Malcolm Kilduff (who was at that time the Assistant Press Secretary) entered the room. “Mr. President…” were the first two words.
Johnson realized what had just happened. When asked if they should announce Kennedy’s death to the media, Kilduff remembers Johnson reacted promptly. “No”, he said, “I think I should get out of here and return to the plane before you announce it. Nobody knows whether they are after me as well or whether this is a global conspiracy”.
Just before the official announcement, Johnson left Parkland for Love Field Airport, where a plane awaited. His wife, Lady Bird noticed flags atop the hospital being lowered to half-mast as they were flying away.
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It is so sad the first a Great President was assassinated , and that his would be killer killed, so that no one would really know who was responsible for this tragedy even after all these years
I do not think that anyone alive at that time who was privy to the reports believes that Oswald was the shooter. Too many conflicting and nearly impossible scenarios: angle of the shots, photo shopped images of Oswald, shoddy gun mechanics, grassy knoll reports. We’ll never really know.
The Warren Commission was a sham. Too many unanswered questions. Too many cover ups. Too much politics on both sides. They never want this solved.
The 1st great president? Did you forget something or are you confederate?
You mean you have never listened to the hour long interview with Madeline Duncan Brown who was LBJ’s mistress since she was 26, wherein she described the secret meeting with LBJ and others at Clint Murchisons the night before the murder; the replacement of the windshield at the Ford motor lab; the fingerprint on a box of a CIA assassin where Oswald was supposedly on the sixth floor; Oswald was nothing but a patsy; Kennedy wanted to eliminate the depletion allowance which would have cost the oil men hundreds of millions of dollars and thus he needed to be eliminated. LBJ told MDB that after tomorrow the Kennedy’s would no longer be a problem to him; supposedly Robert asked LBJ why he had his brother murdered. Do your own due diligence.
I’m more than certain, granted he wanted to get out of Vietnam, and establish a US bank and take the jugular of the country out of the jaws of the federal reserve (which is neither federal, or a “reserve”) that it was the CIA….a payback for the bay of pigs…..
And they have been waging unjust wars overseas since, throwing America into a crippling deficit, which is how they gain wealth and control.
Yup they have been siphoning American wealth since 1865.
Meanwhile they throw distractions and non-issues riddled with misinformation all over the brain control device we all put willingly into our living rooms in the 50’-60’s…..and we happily lap it up ….meanwhile they use our money to arm unstable militant tribesman and create anti-American sentiment and terrirism with bombing campaigns playing an elaborate game of cowboys and Indians we ought know better than to be duped by……but hey there’s that new show, and gender identity to quibble over….so frustrating most people see red instantly from the stupidity and superficial self-centeredness any such discussion is dripping with….
Johnson, FBI, CIA, and Dallas police, and democrat party
Regardless of circumstances these many years later, still the biggest travesty in our wonderful country’s history. Beyond sad…power politics greed and ultimately murder of one of the most caring and brilliant man in the world. Johnson really wanted that Presidency and look what he did. Despicable.
Kennedy really wanted peace in the world. The generals wanted to attack Russia with a nuclear strike. When asked how many Americans would die, they said only 35%. Kennedy says how can you call yourself human beings and think that is okay? They thought Kennedy was anti-war because he was afraid and weak. That sums up the reason he wasn’t liked by the military. He was killed November 22, 1963.
LBJ didn’t have a choice but to embrace the president’s role. Maybe the GOP masterminded it all because JFK was too decent and impartial a leader for this God-forsaken country.
It shows in my opinion the depth that a Government will go to get their way.
IE corrupt, very corrupt, government.
Just like July 13th where our government tried to assinate a president to keep him from winning our upcoming election. We all know the DEEP STATE is alive and well. They are the ones running our Country.
What’s 12 years old and in school when President Kennedy was assassinated. I remember that day like it was a horrible dream and the days and the weeks that followed.
How can we believe any of this when you don’t even know the date that he was killed?
Is it any different from the B/S the Democrats want you to believe today? Do you really think that kid that tried to kill Trump acted alone. Do you really want to vote for someone ( Kamala) that has lied to you for the past 3 years about Biden’s health AND the southern border?
What? The article mentions the correct date in the first sentence.
Everybody remembers the date and day he died. Friday November 22, 1963. I was 8 yrs old in the 3rd grade and all the teachers and the principal were in the hallway crying. We were sent home at about 1:15 that afternoon
I remember it vividly… It was one of those ‘where were you when…’ moments. I was 17, it was a Friday, 22nd November, 1963
I know the day. I was only 250 miles away and watching on my TV.
I was in class at St. Patrick elementary school when Sister Angela came in and told us of the horror!
It was November 1963.I saw the assasition on TV my son was 5 months old
Thank you for this information that i am pretty sure no one really knew That was a day that I REMEMBER WAS HORRIBLE. That was a day for History and it was History.
That was the saddest day for America. He was such a great man, extremely smart.
I got my drivers license that morning after turning 16 the day before. I think we had an entire week of sorrow.
That was one of the most terrible days in the history of the United States, to think that a President could be shot and murdered on the streets of this country is beyond belief while in a parade reprehensible.
Please — quit mentioning Lee Harvey Oswald as a shooter…..Not true…..There was absolutely NO evidence of him pulling the trigger, or doing the shooting……ZERO…..
The Dallas Police did a Paraffin test on Oswald — it proved negative…..
No witnesses in the Dallas Book Depository Building……ZERO……
Numerous women on the stairwell at the time of the shooting — None of them ever saw Oswald…
Kennedy shot from the front…..Throat and Head…..Front Windshield had a bullet hole……
Oswald did NOT do this shooting…..
Stick to the facts……Please……Or don’t mention the murder of JFK on your website……
We the people will never know the truth behind the death of President Kennedy
The American people will never know the truth behind the asasination of President John Kennedy.
Here’s what I say. On that afternoon of Nov 22, 1963,,,, SOMEone was perched in that 6th floor window,, of the Texas School Book Depository,,, and SOMEone fired shots (at that very moment) with that one rifle,, towards the motorcade,,, , that very rifle that (somehow) had Lee H Oswalds fingerprints planted and smeared on it,, but it was NOT Lee Oswald,, planted at that very spot,,, at the moment holding that rifle,, and firing those shots! It was one of the (numerous) planned HIT men! At that very moment,, Oswald was in the 2nd floor lunch room,,, eating lunch and sipping on a soda!
I think by now anyone with half a brain knows that Oswald couldn’t have accurately fired that many shots and hit Kennedy. Even our best snippers can’t do it. The CIA killed the President then orchestrated the Warren nonsense. The FBI is responsible for the Trump attempt.
I was a junior in high school when Kennedy was assassinated, it was shocking. I believe the CIA was involved in his murder and conveniently the CIA headed up the Warren commission. Oswald was not capable of hitting a moving target twice in just a few seconds. Oswald was the scapegoat
Oswald was set up. He was able to say he was a patsy before he was killed by Ruby, who was set up as well. It was a well orchestrated plot to kill our beloved President Kennedy. Lord help us and bless us always as we live our gifts of life.
i REMEMBER THAT DAY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. The next 3 days were like everyone in the world was surrounded by fog. The TV proceedings were in Black and White because the colored TVs were very expensive. I really truly believe that it was the first time in my life that the TV stations were on all night. Back then most stations were only broadcasting until 1:00 am. It had just been a few months earlier that we had all as families gathered to watch the intervention of the US and Russia deal in Cuba. Tensions were high, and almost everybody we knew had thought that the assassination was directly related to the Cuba incident. Tensions were high and everyone thought we were going to go into a nuclear war with Russian. I had read a story later in life that in fact it had almost happened, but there was a senator from I believe North Dakota that had a cooler prevailing thought, and he along had saved the earth from nuclear devastation. Trying times for a man who loved by many, many Americans and still to this day.
My dad was military he stood in the rotunada with JFK on his death anniversary he shed a tear and looked at me and said in his own way JFK was a man’s man very intelligent caring and worried about the world every waking moment my dad used to dress to the nines and he said if it came to it he would give his life and if you knew my dad he meant every word Vietnam vets 4 tours all because Everytime he came home he felt out of place useless and could do more there then in as he put a country young men died for that no one appreciated I hated my dad but I loved my dad mailtary brat I was and all
god hold thr great men and women tight thank every single one for any service to our now broken county
Quentin Burdick Senator from 8/8/1960 – 9-9-1992
32 years wow.
If you’ve ever been to the book repository in Dallas and stood at the window where Oswald was supposed to have made the shot, with that piece of sh$&t rifle, you would realize that he did not make the kill shot ,in addition the back of Pres Kennedys head was blown out, not the front !!
Never forget what happened to JFK. God wanted him and JESUS took him in his arms to Paradise.
I was a 3rd grader when JFK was murdered by the CIA. This was pay back for the Bay Of Pigs which Kennedy told the CIA to stand down but they tried to force his hand. Disaster for the CIA. Kennedy also was kicking out the Federal Reserve System he signed a executive order to go back to printing and coining our own money. So, his brother RFK was going after the Teamsters Labor Boss Jimmy Hoffa to get to the mob. JFK had a lot of enemies but the two biggest was the CIA and the Central Bankers in time we will find out who engineered this assassination and who funded it.
You left out a lot of information. Johnson did not immediately depart from Dallas. He demanded that they bring Jackie to the plane so she would have to watch him be sworn in as the new President of the United States. Jackie was traumatized and just stared but he didn’t care because he hated the Kennedys and wanted to make her witness him becoming President. I had a box full of articles, newspaper showing what actually happened (that is until the Warren Commission put out their report). Anyone with just an ounce of intelligence would not believe their lies, like the statement that the President had been shot from behind. When the evidence indicates that he was shot from the front. Let’s not forget that Jackie jumped onto the trunk of the car to retrieve his brain matter. If you shoot someone from behind his head and the brain matter would have gone to the front of the car not toward the trunk. And I was watching TV when it happened and when they were showing the films, you could see two people running from left to right on the knoll which was from the front of the car.
Very sad and shocking news. I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but having read the Warren Report which tried to describe how Oswald’s bullet blew out the back of Kennedy’s head and exited the front leaving only a concise hole, defies logic. The exact reverse happens, which means the bullet came from the front and a second shooter was involved. At the time, the govt wanted to dispel any thoughts that this was more than one man’s deranged act, and when Oswald was killed they pretty much succeeded.
At the time of the assassination, Texas law prohibited the movement of a body whose death was deemed “untimely”. Rose was legally correct in his assertion concerning the domain of JFK’s corpse. The FBI and Secret Service agents present acted outside the law in removing the President’s body from Parkland. The realization of this fact is what led to the creation of the Federal statute concerning Presidential assassinations. Unfortunately, Rose was never allowed to examine JFK’s body, and the largest cover-up in American history was perpetuated. “Magic bullet”, anyone?
What happen to the news reporter from WBRC new who call back to Brimingham AL, with the news she had it on film and was never heard from again, yes they went though a lot to keep the truth away from the people and if you think I’m lying look into that part for yourself.
I was in the crowd that famous day prior to the shooting of the president. It was a horrible day and time to live in Dallas, Texas. I recognized myself and other ladies I worked with. It was a horrible time to say you lived in the city that our president was killed. Everyone has their opinion on what happened and who might have actually killed him. Hopefully one of these days the Truth will come out as to who it actually was instead of blaming everything on Oswald.
From the 60’sAssassinations to now, Trump will live and survive.
No wonder the congress won’t release the complete files on his assassination. It would show the murderers are still in power, or sucking on their fat government pensions, The CIA teamed up with the mafia is how it seems it went down. There is a new book, supposedly good, about the assassination, can’t remember the author’s name. The first budding years of American Empire.
well, I wish to say what a fine and honest president he was. I am so very sorry that he had to go into heaven that way. Our country is horribly saturated with evil in these days we live in now. I just hope and pray to God that there becomes a time when there is discipline and common decency back in our country.
one day the death of J.F.K. will be told in truthness- from the beginning to the end of being shot by (2) different personals. He did not die by one person for sure.
The Secret Service botched the protection of President Kennedy, that is the true conspiracy of the assassination if there is one. No one from the Secret Service was ever disciplined for their inactions. Only one agent (Clint Hill)of the SS agents in the followup car 8 feet behind Kennedy’s limo is seen on camera even reacting to the shots, and Clint Hill was never in a position to get between the assassin and Kennedy. 5 of the 8 Secret Service agents in the follow up car were out drinking until 2-5 am the night before Kennedy was shot and were probably hung over on duty. The SS limo driver never swerved or accelerated until after the 3rd and fatal head shot and in fact the limo was almost at a standstill with the head shot impacted. (President Kennedy could have survived the first shot thru his neck). Plus of course the FBI never alerted the Secret Service to Oswald’s presence in Dallas even though the FBI had interviewed Oswald twice before the shooting because Oswald had defected to the Soviet Union. Screwups all around.
Amazing #1
Even after 60 years people still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone assassin.
What are the odds of three congressman becoming Presidents of the United of States of America.
Amazing #2
Almost no one has read the Warren Commission Report cover to cover. If you read that report completely you will deduce that Lee Harvey did not shoot or kill John F. Kennedy
I served as a Juror on a Mock trial for Lee Harvey Oswald at the South Texas School of Law in Nov of 2019. After 2 days of testimony, we deliberated for 2 hours. Our initial vote was 9-3 to convict; after more discussion, our vote changed to 7-5. I became convinced that rifle they found ‘didn’t fit’ and had to have been ‘planted’.
News reports always get the story that leads to Public History into the wrong story line, because of
L.B. Johnson, and the others who wanted Kennedy Dead!.
How about what the driver in the car shot the imposter Kennedy and this information
has been edited out. And that the real J.F. Kennedy just really died? What Damaged this incident has caused the USA!!
It was a moment to remember, o believe the yelling of people who react to the non challant deep of Let keep reacting to bad habit of the bad governanc
Poor taste article. It is journalistic porn and serves no purpose.
I remember we were at football practice when the news of the assassination reached the American people. Coach Apsley, one tough guy, called us over to the field house and with actual tears in eyes, informed us…and sent us home.
How could such a thing happen? Such a bright young president…how could this be?
So now, so many years later, We, the People still don’t have all the facts. It’s past time we knew…past time when all the facts were presented to the American people!!!
Great Man, President Kennedy
Well , people if the real tapping from the news media that day wasn’t destroyed or if you had any family there that day. You would have been told the truth and also, told you were never to speak of what happened to JFK. I know another because my Grandfather was JFK’S right hand out of CHICAGO. AND JFK GAVE MY GRANDFATHER HIS FUNERAL.
So many inaccuracies here!!! Hope you do your own research.
Me interesa mucho
History Lesson 1000:
I was a high school junior in a small town in Kansas. We had just started our first after-lunch class. My Mom was my English and History teacher earlier that day. She came to my class and asked my typing teacher if she could speak with me in the hall. I thought I was in big time trouble. Instead, she asked my teacher if I could be excused; which he readily agreed to, but still not knowing why.
Mom had just heard of Kennedy’s assassination. She very quietly told me to grab my books and go home, turn on our B&W TV, and watched as much as I could. She, of course, understood that this was history in the making and she wanted me to be part of it. It was valuable advice. I was glued to the TV until the following week after the funeral at Arlington. What a history lesson and sage understanding of everything that would unfold in years to come because of these events.
LSD WAS FORMULATED IN THE LABORATORIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. THIS EXPERIMENTATION WAS DESTROYING MY UNCLE’S MEN. COMPLAINTS MADE BY HIM
WERE MADE. A YOUNG MAN WAS HIMSELF A DISABLED VETERAN AND HE DEFENDED
HIS FELLOW MILITARY MEN.>>>>HE ENDED UP DYING IN THE STREETS OF DALLAS, TEXAS.>>
I ALSO READ THAT THE MILITARY WOMEN ARE OFTEN FORCED TO HAVE ABORTIONS.>>>
I DO KNOW THAT FORCED ABORTIONS WERE THROWN IN MY DIRECTION AND I DO KNOW
THAT THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION WAS ENVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE EXPERIMENTATIONS.>>>> REPENTANCE STARTS AT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. JOHN KENNEDY
WAS BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT AND ONE OF OUR BEST AMERICANS.>>>> THE TRUTH HAS MANY SIDES AND WE MUST ALL PUT OUR HANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE & COME UP SOLUTIONS. BUT WE MUST PROTECT THOSE THAT PROTECTED US. BRP.——————
My first comment is that Orville Nix was NOT near the grassy knoll; Abraham Zapruder was. It is obvious that you (whoever you are) had their roles reversed. Just a helpful hint here.
It wasn’t Johnson who commented negatively about the value of the vice presidency, but rather John Nance Garner, vice president in FDR’s administration from 1933-1941.
It would’ve been nice to see the “7 Facts”
Nothing extra here, everyone knows everything here!!
No surprise to most Americans
I was small at that time but I remembered the shock
I think we watched it a school.The funeral,
We watched on the little black n white portable tv in our first tiny apartment as newly weds (3 months).
I truly believe that LBJ had Kennedy killed because lady bird had all the contracts for the Viet nam war and Kennedy was getting ready to pull us out. And a person to swear in a president ever fly with the vice president on the plane but remarkably is did at this time. So you be the judge!!!
61 years later and I still find it difficult to believe that that could have happened at that moment in time, in the United States and to this President in particular. He had given our nation much hope for a better future for all people. Then this dark cloud descended and the world was forever changed in an instant and most definitely not for the better. Just look at where we are today.
It was FDR’s first vice president John Nance Garner, NOT LBJ, who said the quote about the vice presidency. It was originally stated he said a warm bucket of spit.. But you are correct. Garner said”piss”. Interestingly enough, Garner lived the longest of any vice president, so it must have done him well.
How the hell do I read the rest of the article with all these -/:;;()))$@“” ads????????? Tell me how the f**k to get to the rest of it!!!
I was just a little over 7 months old when this happened. I grew up hearing all the he controversy over who did what, if there was more than 1 shooter or if he really died. I believe it’s time we find out what WASHINGTON IS HIDING FROM US!! Please be honest with Americans we deserve this!!
Pillow rubbish
Soon the time will be upon us when complete and thorough investigation of the Biden family will reveal the truth about their involvement with foreign powers for profit. Profits that were never disclosed and involvement that was forbidden by our government for a elected official to be part of with abverseria foreign powers.
History was happening before our eyes. Then Jack Ruby kills Oswald again important history right before our eyes. Then Robert Kennedy is murdered right before our eyes. To this day so many questions unanswered. Now attempts on president elect Trumps life. Nothing is for sure history is all around us.
It was the mafia amd he pissed Frank Sinatra off and embarrassed him.
Sad sad day in history. I still don’t think Oswald acted alone. Too many shots at a moving target in that amount of time. I know they did
tests that show it was possible but I dont think Oswald could do it
First Oswald never made those shots, the rifle was a Italian WW2 infantry rifle. The strange thing he supposedly left the rifle standing by the window. Also the autopsy will probably show no powder burns on his clothes or hands! Why have Dems hid this for 6 decades!
Based on what has happened between 2020 and 2024 the same happened back in 1960s.
The Government of the USA was under the control of the Democratic Party.
They like to hide, yes hide everything from the public when something happens not to their liking.
This has been proven between 2020 – 2024.
What happened with the assisination of President Kennedy is still as of today, Saturday, December 28, 2024 not fully known.
It has been proven countlessly times that using the rifle found with Oswald couldn’t have been used to shoot that many bullets that hit Kennedy and his car.
The Goveernment at that time hid the truth from the Public. They are still doing this today, December 28, 2024.
Aw baloney!
I believe Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy. It was a government job
Well the truth surely is not what the world was told. I’m for the truth being revealed.
I was in High School in class ( History I think ) when the news came over the P A system and the entire school was let out. Everybody was like ” WTF ” , I had never seen the school that still. That’s something I’ll never forget.
I remember I was at my sister’s house and holding my baby while coming down the stairs. We were watching TV and saw it happen. We just sat there and cried. We were in shock as was the rest of the world. Every November 22 we would be together and pray. My other daughter (by marriage) was born that day and the joy we would have shared was completely overshadowed by this horrible event. My sister just passed away, but I still secretly go off by myself and pray. It will never be forgotten. Also seeing Walter Cronkite cry is something that remains in my mind.
Back in 1960 Kennedy was in broomal, pa. at lawrence park shopping center on his campain when my dad and I were stopped in trafic because of his motorcade. I was only 8 at the time when dad said get in back of the pickup’s bed so I could see him pass by. It was a 2 lane road, sproul rd. well he went by and I sheepishly peeped out of the pickup’s bed and saw Mr. Kennedy and his wife wearing those pill box hats! I will never forget that day . He did have flaming red hair unlike some photos. Dad’s truck was an old ’51 Dodge pickup with those big fenders and running boards. Neat times back then!
I think it was all a government plan. No way a man gets shot from behind and the wound is bigger on entrance than exit.
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It really sucks— and if you’re smart— you’ll block it … as I am going to.