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CTyankee

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9. Thanks for identifying its actual source for me.
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 12:52 PM
Dec 2022

Would you call this journalism or history writing?

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What a wrenching, horrid day that was.. whathehell Dec 2022 #1
Most everyone remembers where they were that day..... secondwind Dec 2022 #2
I was in high school, third year, and the principal made the rounds... TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #3
I was in junior high. Heard it in the hallway standing by the lockers, thought it was a rumor Walleye Dec 2022 #5
At first, I truly thought that "shots rang out" meant JFK had maybe been grazed by a bullet. CTyankee Dec 2022 #4
I was in junior high central scrutinizer Dec 2022 #6
I've read the four volumes of Caro's bio of Johnson shrike3 Dec 2022 #7
Thanks for identifying its actual source for me. CTyankee Dec 2022 #9
Maybe a little of both? Although I would come down on the side of history writing. shrike3 Dec 2022 #10
Many years ago I worked on Capitol Hill, in the D.C. office of the ACLU. I attended lots of meetings CTyankee Dec 2022 #12
I think you would love Caro's bio of LBJ. shrike3 Dec 2022 #15
well, maybe. By the time I left D.C. and moved to New Haven I had had it with D.C.'s tiresome CTyankee Dec 2022 #19
I can see that, yes. Politics is, well, politics. shrike3 Dec 2022 #20
Explains "The Wink" Kid Berwyn Dec 2022 #8
That was LBJ shrike3 Dec 2022 #11
The Boeing 707 that served as Air Force One back then Aristus Dec 2022 #13
Wow. We'll have to go there. n/t shrike3 Dec 2022 #16
The limousine is in Dearborn, Michigan. roamer65 Dec 2022 #18
Fourth grade, teacher called out. Returns looking ashened. Told us. Then PA announcement... electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #14
Hey, hey LBJ...how many kids did you kill today? roamer65 Dec 2022 #17
The song actually tortured him, if Caro's bio is to be believed. shrike3 Dec 2022 #21
I recall it as a taunt, not a song. At any rate, it was needed. He needed to be jolted out of any CTyankee Dec 2022 #22
He called it a song. But you're right, he did need to be tormented. shrike3 Dec 2022 #23
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