Nov. 22, 1963: The Death of a President

CBS News ^ | November 22, 2010 | David S Morgan

[dfwgator]

But he did give us the greatest Photoshopped picture of all time.

[dfwgator]

I know a president I wouldn’t cry for.....

Believe me, the LAST thing anybody here would want is for him to become a martyr.

[Maine Mariner]

9th grade speech class with Mr. Larsen. Our first reaction-we thought he was joking.
Later we learned the faculty not teaching were watching the news on TV in the auditorium. We 9th grades wanted to watch it too. The school principal said no-he thought it would be too much for us.

25 years later-I was teaching at the same college as Mr. Larsen (he moved up). I stop in his office and we chatted for a few minutes about the day.

[dfwgator]

Winston Churchill is one of the greatest PMs.

One of the greatest men, period. He alone spoke out against Hitler in the mid 1930s, and many in his own party wanted to throw him out because of it. If I could have dinner with one historical figure, he would be my top pick.

[N. Theknow]

Remember where I was. 9th Grade. Just got my learner's permit to drive.

Remember nobody I knew liked him.

Remember my friend's Dad saying, "Now they'll make a saint out of the SOB!

[antiRepublicrat]

Thanks. He must have flipped that out pretty quickly for the briefcase to be out in the street.

[Reagan Man]

JFK's election began a 20 year period of “overrated public officials and mediocre U.S. presidents”: one who would retire in disgrace; one who would resign in disgrace and two who just disgraced the office of President with their total incompetence.

[Verginius Rufus]

Two other famous authors died on November 22, 1963--C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley.

The other two wrote their own books.

[kalee]

Thanks for posting this.

[antiRepublicrat]

What makes it a classic for me was putting the Dead Kennedys logo on the wall behind Oswald, made to look like graffiti.

[kalee]

Thanks for posting this.

[raccoonradio]

Am 48 and remember Reagan getting shot; I was 19 in early ‘81
and had just started doing a college radio show. The UPI teletype started going crazy with all the breaking news. I wasn’t on air that day but was down at the station and heard all the bells and quick typing the machine did.

[campaignPete R-CT]

some odd piece of wood is on the ground, making a semi-cicle around where Hinckley is.

[antiRepublicrat]

JFK was the first TV election, the beginning of style over substance. Obama is the ultimate expression of the trend.

Still, I’d take him over any Democrat today except perhaps Zell Miller.

[dfwgator]

JFK was the first TV election, the beginning of style over substance.

As they said, Nixon won the debate on the radio, but JFK won it on TV.

[The Wizard]

and we have been lied to every one of these 47 years.....

[kalee]

Peter Kreeft wrote a book about the three of them, Kennedy, Lewis and Huxley, meeting after their deaths and the discussion they might have had.

Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley

http://www.amazon.com/Between-Heaven-Hell-Somewhere-Kennedy/dp/0877843899

[antiRepublicrat]

We 9th grades wanted to watch it too. The school principal said no-he thought it would be too much for us.

How things change. For us we could go to the library where they had a big TV set up showing the coverage of the Challenger explosion.

[Retired Greyhound]

It was sad that C.S. Lewis death received no headlines because of the death of Kennedy.

However, the more I have thought about it, I’m sure Lewis would just fine with that.

[The Wizard]

Oswald worked for FBI and was trying to infiltrate the extremists in Dallas.....he shot no one, and anyone who believes he did is wrong. Period.