November 22, 1963

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79. I came home from school (7th grade)--where it had been announced over the loudspeaker--

and told my mother and grandmother. My mother was a staunch Republican. I'll never forget what
she said, "It's about time." I never looked at her the same after that. Despite her politics, how
could someone possibly approve of the President of the United States being assassinated? In our country?
A husband and father. I realized then that my mother was severely flawed as a person and that she
lacked empathy.

My grandmother was shocked. So my mother didn't learn to be an a$$hole from her mother.

We were living in New Jersey at the time. In 1965 my dad retired and we moved back to California--
where my parents were from. My mom became a huge supporter of Ronnie. I used to puke when
I'd go home from college--UCLA--and see the damn photo she'd hung of him in her kitchen.