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\u201cJohn F. Kennedy \u2026 murdered in Dallas by some hapless geek named Oswald who worked for either Castro, the mob, Jimmy Hoffa, the CIA, his dominatrix landlady or the odious, degenerate FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. The list is long and crazy \u2014 maybe Marilyn Monroe\u2019s
\n first husband fired those shots from the grassy knoll. Who knows? A
\nwhole generation of American journalists is still embarrassed by their
\nfailure to answer that question. JFK\u2019s ghost will haunt the corridors of
\n power in America for as long as the grass is green and the rivers run
\nto the sea. Take my word for it, Bubba. I have heard his footsteps for
\n30 years and I still feel guilty about not being able to explain the
\nbiggest news story of my lifetime to my son.\u201d\u2014Hunter S. Thompson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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