[TStro]

I heard an interview of Johnson’s mistress of 27 years on a radio station in the mid-90’s. She said he had people killed, but it was just “business” and he was still a good man. Talked about a meeting at a hotel suite in Dallas the day before RFK was killed, with a number of men in suits. IIRC she said he told her after the men left, “after tomorrow, Bobby Kennedy won’t be a problem any more”. All those people (and the people who took their places) were evil. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[Netz]

“...with a number of men in suits”.

In those days, everybody wore a suit.

One of the many JFK conspiracy theories place Johnson at the center for he absolutely hated the President and the Attorney General. He was a jealous and vindictive man in the same way that Hoover was. He had the motive, power and the means to knock off JFK, RFK, Marilyn and even MLK.

I am not saying he took out all of them but I am sure he took out or approved, very much, the elimination of JFK and RFK.

[elcid1970]

Then why did LBJ not run for a second term in 1968? It must have been due to more than just one primary loss & public revulsion over the Vietnam war. Putting Hubert Humphrey on the ticket must have seemed like sheer desperation to Johnson.

And less than five years after RFK was assassinated, LBJ died, a downfallen & prematurely aged man.

[Veto!]

meeting at a hotel suite in Dallas the day before RFK was killed, with a number of men in suits. IIRC she said he told her after the men left, “after tomorrow, Bobby Kennedy won’t be a problem any more”. All those people (and the people who took their places) were evil

Thanks. I didn't know that. Sounds absolutely Shakespearean. Nothing ever changes but the weapons.