Nonsense, and silly, of course the Bushes knew where they were.
“Kiwanis former Vice President of the Kiwani’s club, Aubrey Irby, recalled the speech in an interview with a conspiracy author in a book:
“I remember it was a beautiful fall day,” recalled Aubrey Irby, the former Kiwanis vice president. “George had just started to give his speech when Smitty, the head bellhop, tapped me on the shoulder to say that President Kennedy had been shot. I gave the news to the president of the club, Wendell Cherry, and he leaned over to tell George that wires from Dallas confirmed President Kennedy had been assassinated.
“George stopped his speech and told the audience what had happened. ‘In view of the President’s death,’ he said, ‘I consider it inappropriate to continue with a political speech at this time. Thank you very much for your attention.’ Then he sat down.
Finally, George Bush’s wife, Barbara Bush, wrote down the events that unfolded in her memoir before and after the news that Kennedy was shot. She wasn’t at the club speech, but she was in Tyler, Texas that day and both of them boarded a plane to go to Dallas:
I am writing this at the Beauty Parlor, and the radio says that the President has been shot. Oh Texas — my Texas — my God — let’s hope it’s not true. I am sick at heart as we all are. Yes, the story is true and the Governor also. How hateful some people are.
Well, if GH Bush knew where he was on Nov. 22nd, then why for years did he claim he had no idea of his whereabouts that day??
I had just turned 3 years old a few weeks earlier and remember JFK’s assassination. I was at my mother’s friends house where I would go once a week for a few hours while my mom went grocery shopping. I no doubt remember it because of the emotional state of mom and her friend. Sitting in the enclosed porch with the sun coming in through the window shades, going home and the family crowded into Mom and Dad’s bedroom where they had a small TV set up.
I was in college when Reagan was shot. I recall watching some of it on the TV in the dorm lounge, but not much else. I was too busy with studying at that time in my life and not too interested in politics.