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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:12 AM
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Poll question: Does George H.W. Bush suffer from amnesia?
Virtually everyone alive on November 22, 1963 remembers the moment they heard the President was shot or dead. Everyone that is except George Herbert Walker Bush. Why do you think that is?
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:13 AM
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1. You left out senile dementia.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:14 AM
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2. Yes, but that would have had to kick in at age 35...
Highly unlikely.
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:26 AM
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3. where's the "big fat fucking LIAR" entry? n/t
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:28 AM
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4. Another vote for BFFL.
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icnorth Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:48 AM
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5. I wasn't aware that amnesia was a communicable
disease until November 2nd.
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 07:51 AM
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6. It wasn't E. Howard Hunt
It was G. Gordon Liddy. ;-)
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 08:07 AM
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7. Other. The victim was a Democrat, and as such did not register on GHWB's
"brain"...


mark
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 08:12 AM
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9. I think you mean his "beautiful mind."
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 05:11 PM
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21. Well, you are entitled to your opinion....
never struck me as all that beautiful, though...


mark
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 08:11 AM
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8. Guess what? Nixon, who flew OUT of Dallas that day, claimed not to recall, either.
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northoftheborder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 10:09 AM
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10. Liar.
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superduperfarleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 10:10 AM
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11. The people who think it was okey-dokey for Obama to give him the Medal of Freedom seem to. n/t
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 10:17 AM
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12. It's easier to say you don't remember than to make up a lie that might be found out
Sure, you look stupid if you can't remember where you were at such a pivotal moment but you look like part of a cover up if you get caught in a lie.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 10:20 AM
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13. He's terminally stoopid.
Edited on Mon Nov-22-10 10:37 AM by lpbk2713



Edited to delete erroneous reference.

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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 10:26 AM
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14. Don't expect Larry King to bring up this little reminder from the FBI...
Less than an hour after President Kennedy was pronounced dead, Poppy Bush phoned his friendly neighborhood FBI man:



Transcription:



TO: SAC, HOUSTON DATE: 11-22-63

FROM: SA GRAHAM W. KITCHEL

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY


At 1:45 p.m. Mr. GEORGE H. W. BUSH, President of the Zapata Off-Shore Drilling Company, Houston, Texas, residence 5525 Briar, Houston, telephonically furnished the following information to writer by long distance telephone call from Tyler, Texas.

BUSH stated that he wanted to be kept confidential but wanted to furnish hearsay that he recalled hearing in recent weeks, the day and source unknown. He stated that one JAMES PARROTT has been talking of killing the President when he comes to Houston.

BUSH stated that PARROTT is possibly a student at the University of Houston and is active in political matters in this area. He stated that he felt Mrs. FAWLEY, telephone number SU 2-5239, or ARLINE SMITH, telephone number JA 9-9194 of the Harris County Republican Party Headquarters would be able to furnish additional information regarding the identity of PARROTT.

BUSH stated that he was proceeding to Dallas, Texas, would remain in the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel and return to his residence on 11-23-63. His office telephone number is CA 2-0395.

# # #



Why didn't George H.W. Bush phone the FBI before President Kennedy was assassinated? That's when a warning works best. Oh.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 11:54 AM
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15. Sounds like Parrot was the backup
Just in case Oswald took a sick day from the Book Depository job.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 06:27 PM
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23. It's like you were there, rfranklin.
Since that day, things certainly have gotten criminal to the point of traitorous to the benefit of Poppy and his warmongering cronies.

Speaking of which: This memo from J Edgar Hoover himself mentions "Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency."



Transcript:



Date: November 29, 1963

To: Director
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

Subject: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
NOVEMBER 22, 1963

Our Miami, Florida, Office on November 23, 1963, advised that the Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs in Miami advised that the Department of State feels some misguided anti-Castro group might capitalize on the present situation and undertake an unauthorized raid against Cuba, believing that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy might herald a change in U. S. policy, which is not true.

Our sources and informants familiar with Cuban matters in the Miami area advise that the general feeling in the anti-Castro Cuban community is one of stunned disbelief and, even among those who did not entirely agree with the President's policy concerning Cuba, the feeling is that the President's death represents a great loss not only to the U. S. but to all of Latin America. These sources know of no plans for unauthorized action against Cuba.

An informant who has furnished reliable information in the past and who is close to a small pro-Castro group in Miami has advised that these individuals are afraid that the assassination of the President may result in strong repressive measures being taken against them and, although pro-Castro in their feelings, regret the assassination.

The substance of the foregoing information was orally furnished to Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency and Captain William Edwards of the Defense Intelligence Agency on November 23, 1963, by Mr. W. T. Forsyth of this Bureau.

# # #



I'd bet a box of Tim Horton's Boston Creme donuts it's the same fellah who hired Oswald's boss.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 12:06 PM
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16. Jessie Ventura 'Conspiracy Theory/JFK' basically labels GHWB as an assassin
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 12:11 PM
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17. Suffer? No. It's his greatest strength.
Edited on Mon Nov-22-10 12:11 PM by lumberjack_jeff
How else could he sleep at night?
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 12:12 PM
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18. Actually he was at Lyndon's ranch watching the whole thing on television
Edited on Mon Nov-22-10 12:13 PM by ProudDad
Nixon was mixing the drinks...
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 12:14 PM
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19. He's a liar,
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subterranean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 12:15 PM
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20. Like father, like son.
George H.W. Bush can't remember what he was doing when he heard about the JFK assassination.

George W. Bush is fuzzy on the details of what he did on the morning of September 11, 2001.

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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 06:17 PM
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22. They both lied America into war with Iraq -- WAR that made their cronies VERY VERY RICH.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 06:29 PM
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24. He was IN Dallas
conspiracy theorists love to include him in any number of schemes having to do with JFK's death and pretty much all large events since WWII.

I will say this, he is as close to "The Smoking man" (X Files) as your are going to get in real life.
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Waiting For Everyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 06:36 PM
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25. He was watching cartoons.
On his way to becoming one.
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