Talk:John F. Kennedy

Assasinated by Lee Harvey Oswald? Listen, I have a another theory about that... -- Certainly-Not-Stephen Gilbert

Recent tests on audio recordings from the scene gave a 96.3% probability that there was a second gunman.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010326/sc/britain_kennedy_dc_1.html

I think "photogenicity" is an understatement of the attraction "The Kennedys" and "John F. Kennedy" in particular had for a large part of the American public. I would say he had "charisma," at least. Further he was part of a social and political dynasty, sometimes, in the earlier days, referred to as "Camelot."

I'm a Republican who relished every day of the Clinton impeachment (until the end result :-(), but I still wonder about the motivation behind talking about Kennedy's affairs before his assassination. Let's get some historical perspective here. :-) <>< tbc

I thought that the House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978 acknowledged that there were almost certainly shots from more than one location. This contradicts the assertion that subsequent investigations confirmed the theory that Oswald acted alone. Dze27

I thought he was the youngest ever elected president and the second youngest to serve, Teddy Roosevelt having been elected vice president and then succeeding McKinley at age 42..--isis 10 Sep 2002

I find the current paragraph regarding the assassination to be a bit misleading. It currently states: Investigations by the FBI and various committees under the auspices of the United States Congress have all concluded that Oswald acted alone, but that official verdict is still highly controversial: The methodology and evidence supporting that conclusion have been strongly disputed by a number of persons, including some who were involved in the investigations.

The paragraph makes it sound that every investigation has found Lee Oswald acted alone. This is not the case. I suggest this new paragraph:

Four days after Kennedy & Oswald were killed, President Lyndon B. Johnson set up a special panel that found that Lee Oswald acted alone. Three years after President Johnson's panel finshed its work, Jim Garrison, a New Orleans district attorney, investigated and brought to trial a local citizen, Clay Shaw, on a charge of conspiracy. Shaw was later found not guilty. In the late 1970's, a panel set up by the United States House of Representatives found that Kennedy died as a result of a conspiracy. To this day, various third parties have investigated the assassination, comimg up with various theories and solutions.

Comments? --hoshie

Perhaps we should make another article on the John F. Kennedy assassination, outlining the various theories and the evidence for each. Kwertii 22:48 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Absolutely. There's enough interest, and enough information and speculation, to justify an article. (And I fixed a spelling error in your comment.) Vicki Rosenzweig 23:13 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

This comment regards the paragraph about the "long secret" medical records made public in 2002.

Not everyone is convinced of this summary of the documents, or that they truly even existed. Reasons for suspecting these conclusions to be embellishments or exagerrations include:

1) The documents appeared (or were "unsealed") (conveniently?) after witnesses (such as Jackie Onasis) died, and therefore could not refute or explain them.

2) Many people merely drink coffee for this very reason --- to be and appear peppier than they actually are. In itself, this does not indicate anything decisive about their health.

3) There have been many, many unsolved mysteries surrounding John F. Kennedy's demise. I recall that at least one nationally-televised documentary (several years ago now) concocted evidence against JFK's character, by saying correction fluid (such as Liquid Paper) had been used to alter certain (other) documents. Since liquid paper did not exist before Kennedy's death in 1963, this "evidence" (against Kennedy's character) was proven to be false --- a total concoction. (If anyone remembers this documentary, please put a comment to verify this in here.)

4) Are we sure that this summary of the supposed now unsealed documents are not just a hint to the public that JFK would have died (or otherwise become incapacitated) anyway --- never mind what he might have sought to accomplish had he lived?

If I was giving myself shots of drugs before appearing in public, I doubt this would be something I would seal in a document to be opened later. Perhaps Kennedy did do this, but nevertheless many mysteries and/or concocted "pat" answers surround his death/demise. And this particular "answer" has the potential to hint to the public that JFK might have been in a lot worse physical shape than he was, or that he perhaps was even "moribound" anyway --- which might not have been the case. Many people live a very long time with physical ailments, depending on what they are.

The whole comment about the supposed documents, conveniently unsealed in 2002, smells like propaganda to me: Jackie can't comment on it from the grave. It has the potential to let the imaginations of people run wild with all the possible ailments he had, etc. Obviously he did have certain physical ailments. But somehow he did very well in spite of them.

I think that the JFK redirect should be changed to....

"JFK can stand for...

• John F. Kennedy
• John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York ("JFK" is the airport's IATA Airport Code)"

Is anyone opposed to this change? WhisperToMe 00:30, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

No, that's an good idea. ugen64 17:14, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)

There are two pix of the same thing on this page. Anybody know what happened? Also, I'm adding New Frontier to requested articles. Anybody here want to take a crack at it? jengod 19:20, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)

JFK's administration was never known as Camelot while he was alive. However the Broadway musical, which had been penned by a Harvard classmate Alan Jay Lerner, had opened just before the time he became President and became very popular. In an interview with Life magazine writer Theodore White, Jackie Kennedy revealed JFK used to play the Camelot soundtrack before going to bed, especially the "last song on the last side". "The lines he loved to hear were: Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot." And to Jackie, it would never be that way again.

The interview appeared in the December 6, 1963 issue of Life, in the article "For President Kennedy: An Epilogue".

-- Anonymous (March 17, 2004)

The linked article to Jacqueline Kennedy is entitled "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis", which is indeed obviously true because after her husband's assassination, she married the Greek businessman, Aristotle Onassis. And I don't see any reason to remove the Presidents table as it already exists. Any questions? --65.73.0.137