I’ve never believed LBJ did it.
Picture yourself as Mrs. Connelly. You’re in the presidential car and shots go flying. Your husband is hit and you’re holding him in your lap as he’s bleeding on you. You also have been sprayed with the president’s blood and brain matter. You might be shot and killed any second.
The Johnsons and the Connellys were the best of friends. They had lake houses across from each other which they were at most weekends. I’d watch the helicopters fly in on Friday evenings and they’d be out on the water a short time later. LBJ would stop and chat with anyone who waved them over. For years, our next door neighbor’s had a sign on their toilet that LBJ sat here and he gave an engraved knife to the kid three houses down. So, yeah, I know for a fact the Johnsons and the Connellys were very close friends.
Now, would you/Nellie Connelly invite LBJ to sit at your table and break bread with your kids and grandkids if you thought for a moment he had anything to do with JFK’s assassination which might also have killed you and your husband?
All of a sudden it was like a light came on, he did it! He HAD to be president, he just HAD to be! He was so close and the only way he could get there was if Kennedy died in office!
Sure I am certain that Johnson was friends with the Connelly,s but he couldn't let something like that get between him and the White House.
I have considered John Connally to be collateral damage, unintended.
Have you ever watched LBJ’s mistress’ full interview, and it’s no secret he hated the Kennedys thinking they stole the spot away from HIM???
That is an excellent point, b. The only thing I can think is about how people seem to be able to make themselves believe anything if they have to. A long and deeply abiding friendship- love, would fit that bill.