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In reply to the discussion: Forget 'evil' Putin - we are the bloodthirsty warmongers [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)140. Here's what I've written about George Herbert Walker Bush and the assassination of President Kennedy
In the hour of the death of President John F. Kennedy, Texas oilman George Herbert Walker Bush, telephoned the FBI and named a suspect in a "confidential" phone call. He then added he was heading for Dallas.

Here's a transcript of the text:
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.
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Gee. Why was Poppy Bush in Dallas when JFK was assassinated?
Could it be, he was on official business? I suspect he was on Secret Government business. After all, his eldest son bragged during his Texas Air National Guard and Harvard grad school days that his daddy was CIA.
Here's an FBI document from the same week of the assassination in which FBI Director J Edgar Hoover briefed one "Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency." Some strange coincidence there, wot?

Here's a transcript of the above:
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.
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Hmm. "Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency."
Russ Baker in his "Family of Secrets" discussed these memos (which many first learned about on DU). Keep an eye peeled for David Talbot, who is working on Allen Dulles' connections to the assassination. If you see it before I do, please give me a heads-up.
Which is a lot different from what you said I said. And what you said doesn't really say much, does it, zappaman?
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You won't get any from me. Putin is an asshole who should be standing trial at the Hague. .
Initech
Dec 2014
#33
"Stupid, ill-informed people nowadays like to compare Mr Putin with Hitler. I warn them--
eridani
Dec 2014
#68
Really! I think using the right-wing DAILY MAIL as a club to convince us is a particularly unique
MADem
Dec 2014
#130
Fortunately the younger generation wasn't subjected to that. World travel and the internet has
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#44
That was hatred for all things communist. Russian had little to do with it. But Russian communism
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#46
"Since 1989, Moscow, the supposed aggressor, has – without fighting or losing a war"
EX500rider
Dec 2014
#4
I see your Georgia and Chechyna, and raise you Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Iraq again...
Comrade Grumpy
Dec 2014
#22
Article wasn't about the US...but it did claim the Russians had been in no wars...BS
EX500rider
Dec 2014
#32
Chechnya yes, Georgia was a different story. McCain and his far right buddies thought
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#45
"I see some people here on the same page as the far right when in the past"
NewDeal_Dem
Dec 2014
#47
I happen to know that the Republican Party is in love with this KGB agent
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#76
My right-wing nephew thinks Putin is a great guy and a wonderful leader!
greatauntoftriplets
Dec 2014
#55
"Stupid, ill-informed people nowadays like to compare Mr Putin with Hitler."
NuclearDem
Dec 2014
#12
You are ignoring the fact that an entire section of the Ukraine has gone and elected
truedelphi
Dec 2014
#27
This is a liberal website. Not a place to post fascist Big Lies straight from Moscow.
True Blue Door
Dec 2014
#59
I won't read Peter Hitchens on Christmas, that's something akin to a black mass I think.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#23
It's the same MIC that is now turning on Americans and dividing them against each other
CJCRANE
Dec 2014
#24
How members of the Nobel Peace Prize committee overlooked Vladimir Putin is a total mystery.....
Rowdyboy
Dec 2014
#30
I'll compare Putin to Hitler all I want if he's going to murder my people just like Hitler did.
DemocraticWing
Dec 2014
#34
Hmmm..."Tongue bathing" and "sack". Makes sense, I suppose. But seriously...
truth2power
Dec 2014
#66
Your replies reflect a sense of disingenuous Irony or perhaps Hypocrisy is a better word?
KoKo
Dec 2014
#101
It saddens me daily that so many here look for the worst from Russia and Putin.
snappyturtle
Dec 2014
#129
Thanks, Snappy. It's good to know that there are a few DUers who get it. n/t
truth2power
Dec 2014
#136
I am sorry but I don't trust Putin at all. Given the opportunity opportunity he would invade
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#57
No, what's wrong is apologizing for NAZI behavior on the part of America's leaders.
Octafish
Dec 2014
#92
The ones where you implicate 4 presidents and countless individuals with the exception of
zappaman
Dec 2014
#138