[wolfcreek]

He [Johnson] said 'we simply must not allow the American people to believe that Fidel Castro could have killed our president.' And the reason was that there would be a Right-wing uprising in America, which would keep the Democratic party out of power for two generations."

Considering the current political climate in this country, this statement seems all too plausible. Why didn't LBJ just make up some more lies and invade Cuba?

[Stirner]

If Castro was behind the assassination of a Democratic president and his Democratic successor took effective action against Castro's regime, how would that have hurt Democrats?