If LBJ was behind it, why would he not run in 68?
He’s willing to kill for the job, but not fight to keep it?
I am not saying he wasn’t involved, just trying to understand.
One thing is absolutely clear, what has been publicly stated about this is not the truth, that is blaring obvious.
I think it’s more plausible that LBJ was afraid he’d be next. He knew how things were done...
The JFK cover-up relied heavily on the ethical culture of the SS and police/investigators in the early 1960s to keep their mouths shut. Most of them had fought in WWII or Korea and lived through the McCarthy communist-hunts and took their oaths very seriously. That’s why this guy hasn’t spoken until now, and I’d bet he still is not revealing all he knows or thinks. It was a very different time.
Why didn’t he run in 68? Easy answer. Viet Nam. When LBJ lost Cronkite...he lost the will to run.
“If LBJ was behind it, why would he not run in 68?”
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One of the few things that make a politician “retire” is knowing their chances of getting re-elected are slim. Note Manchin’s recent decision to leave the senate (because the polls are telling him he’s done).