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Have a history teacher explain this...if they can

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are composed
of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a
theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Creepy huh?

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You are correct about all of those coincidences except the one about Marilyn...Kennedy wasn't "with" Marilyn Monroe; he was "in" Marilyn Monroe... πŸ˜‰ 😏

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And there is some doubt as to whether LHO actually killed JFK isn't there?

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Originally posted by dfm65
And there is some doubt as to whether LHO actually killed JFK isn't there?
I believe the doubt lies as to whether he was the only assassin. It's probably in the same class as 'the moon landing was faked!' conspiracy though.

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Originally posted by dyl
I believe the doubt lies as to whether he was the only assassin. It's probably in the same class as 'the moon landing was faked!' conspiracy though.
next you'll be trying to cast doubt on the alien crash near Roswell and the secret government's deal with themπŸ˜› where do you think velcro really comes from?

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Originally posted by dfm65
next you'll be trying to cast doubt on the alien crash near Roswell and the secret government's deal with themπŸ˜› where do you think velcro really comes from?
Nono, that's all true of course. In fact there is strong evidence to suggest that Macca's is actually from a galaxy far, far away (which would explain why it tastes like cardboard).

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Originally posted by dyl
I believe the doubt lies as to whether he was the only assassin. It's probably in the same class as 'the moon landing was faked!' conspiracy though.
Very true. Even though there is film that shows a gunman on a grassy knoll to the left of JFK. For some funny reading, look up the Warren Commisions report and the "single bullet theory"

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Originally posted by dyl
I believe the doubt lies as to whether he was the only assassin. It's probably in the same class as 'the moon landing was faked!' conspiracy though.
there's also the patsy theory, fuelled by LHO's plaintive cry 'I'm a patsy'. It seems the rifle found in the Texas Book Depository wasn't up to the task. Personally, i favour the theory that JFK was done in by a anti-Castro Cuban mafia hitmen with Texas oil interests and links to the military-industrial complex and a thing for Marilyn Monroe. Oh yeah: and the CIA (who also arranged the Dismissal, and the kidnapping of Harold Holt using a Russian submarine as a cover, then arranged for a swimming pool in Melbourne to be named after him)πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

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Originally posted by dfm65
there's also the patsy theory, fuelled by LHO's plaintive cry 'I'm a patsy'. It seems the rifle found in the Texas Book Depository wasn't up to the task. Personally, i favour the theory that JFK was done in by a anti-Castro Cuban mafia ...[text shortened]... ed for a swimming pool in Melbourne to be named after him)πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„
"May well we say God save the Queen, because nothing will save those rotting CIA bastards once I get my hands around their scrawny little necks." - Gough Whitlam, what he meant to say.

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Here is something really freaky....

Edsel Ford drove a Lincoln Zephyr!

Ok, not that freaky....

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Originally posted by dfm65
there's also the patsy theory, fuelled by LHO's plaintive cry 'I'm a patsy'. It seems the rifle found in the Texas Book Depository wasn't up to the task. Personally, i favour the theory that JFK was done in by a anti-Castro Cuban mafia hitmen with Texas oil interests and links to the military-industrial complex and a thing for Marilyn Monroe. Oh yeah: an ...[text shortened]... marine as a cover, then arranged for a swimming pool in Melbourne to be named after him)πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„
.....have you been reading james ellroy novels per chance?

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Originally posted by mmanuel
.....have you been reading james ellroy novels per chance?
you got me...a few years ago i read that one about the lead-up to the assassination - can't remember what it's called...πŸ˜›

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Originally posted by dfm65
you got me...a few years ago i read that one about the lead-up to the assassination - can't remember what it's called...πŸ˜›
American Tabloid - an absolutely amazing book. The first James Ellroy novel i read (and bought) - and now i'm hooked