[HenryLeeII]

Why not in Texas where he can have some control over the outcome? Besides, he knew darn good and well that he would never be suspected...

[Tall_Texan]

On the contrary, having it take place in Texas (and Dallas) only deepens the suspicion. Keep in mind that Kennedy's trip was allegedly to keep the blood feud between liberal Texas Democrats and conservative Texas Democrats from widening. Dallas was also a known place of anti-communist hate and violence at the time - extending even to U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and "Impeach Earl Warren" billboards. Dallas' mayor was also the brother of General Cabell, whom Kennedy fired.

While this could lead in other directions than Johnson, there's no doubt that a pre-Civil Rights, pre-War on Poverty, pre-Great Society "conservative" Johnson was more to the liking of many Dallasites than the "soft" Kennedy who "made deals with Castro and Kruschev". I don't doubt Johnson could have found some folks that would have cooperated with him for nothing in return.

[Servant of the Nine]

Besides, he knew darn good and well that he would never be suspected...

Do you remember the play MacBird? It was a parody of Macbeth.
LBJ was suspected from the very first of having offed JFK simply because he benefitted and it was on his turf. Don't let the fact that thte Warren Comission didn't look at him make you think he wasn't widely suspected.

So9