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In reply to the discussion: Missing Octafish today. That is all. nt [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)37. RFK's children stated their father believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy.
That's what his son and daughter, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Rory Kennedy, reported in an interview with Charlie Rose last weekend in Dallas.
It's also what author and Salon founder David Talbot reported, when he called Robert F. Kennedy the "first conspiracy theorist" in 2007.
Here's why the news from Robert and Rory is so important:
The important issue is that he and his sister reported their father -- the president's principal counselor and the nation's chief law enforcement officer -- privately thought a conspiracy was behind the assassination of President Kennedy.
RFK called the Warren Commission report "shoddy workmanship."
Attorney General Kennedy knew about the Ruby-Mafia connections immediately, which is vital when considering the Mafia were hired by Allen Dulles and the CIA during Eisenhower's administration to murder Fidel Castro -- an operation which the CIA failed to inform the president and attorney general.
The interview with Charlie Rose marked the first time members of the immediate Kennedy family have voiced the attorney general's doubts about the Warren Commission and its lone gunman theory.
RFK called the Warren Commission report "shoddy workmanship."
Attorney General Kennedy knew about the Ruby-Mafia connections immediately, which is vital when considering the Mafia were hired by Allen Dulles and the CIA during Eisenhower's administration to murder Fidel Castro -- an operation which the CIA failed to inform the president and attorney general.
The interview with Charlie Rose marked the first time members of the immediate Kennedy family have voiced the attorney general's doubts about the Warren Commission and its lone gunman theory.
Those are the facts we learned Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. It's called history.
PS: That interview with Charlie Rose has yet to air, for some reason.
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RFK's children stated their father believed President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#37
'Read my lips, no new taxes' is a direct quote by HW Bush. That doesn't mean anything.
PatrickforO
Nov 2015
#39
I tend to think RFK said that because he was being politic as a matter of survival,
PatrickforO
Nov 2015
#42
So, foily friend, what are the "actual facts"? I'd like to see your reply as detailed as any...
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#160
Why, my God Octafish! All of those actual things that happened would require...wait for it...
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2015
#164
No need for condescension. Show where I'm any of what you accused me of being.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#78
Hey Sid, what you have had to say is unacceptable.. This may get us banned. Honed
7wo7rees
Nov 2015
#143
Bullshit. Calling someone a "conspiracy theorist" is same as calling them a liar.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#66
''Of course, I still wouldn't presume to suggest that you suffer from delusions of persecution''
Octafish
Nov 2015
#89
I'm not eager for anything. I don't like you stating I'm wrong, but not willing to show how.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#100
''...all these persons direct their solutions against the man, not against his argument.''
Octafish
Nov 2015
#138
Show where I ''promote anti-Semitic, or homophobic, or racist writers at DU.''
Octafish
Nov 2015
#168
I never claimed to be right. I said what I posted was true, as I understood it.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#172
For years you've harrassed me, SidDithers of DU, yet you never show where I'm wrong.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#102
The President of the United States is actually a reptilian alien in disguise.
Act_of_Reparation
Nov 2015
#109
Not so. CIA obstructed justice, failing to reveal their ties to Oswald, when asked by Earl Warren.
Octafish
Nov 2015
#200
You literally posted the exact same thread on a completely different topic months ago.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2015
#158
It helps when what you are posting or reposting directly corresponds to the present conversation.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2015
#165
It's "fawning numbnuts". And I demand a silent thread for your insolence and disrespect.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2015
#155
My position on Ukraine is irrespective of Nuland. It only encompasses the truth.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2015
#173
I know you meant no harm, but a tribute thread that hangs the tributee out to dry
ucrdem
Nov 2015
#196
Remember that douchebag in high school who always made fun of people?
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2015
#180