tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post6292089242645008971..comments2023-06-08T10:14:59.128-04:00Comments on Cotter Pen: November 22Cotter Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13244583549014981929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-10230981238190602042012-04-06T15:46:02.438-04:002012-04-06T15:46:02.438-04:00The secret service agent assigned to first lady Ja...The secret service agent assigned to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy has broken his long silence with a memoir of the time, "Mrs. Kennedy and Me."<br />Clint Hill, the former agent who was code named Dazzle, told the "Today" show he was on the scene for major joyful events—like the birth of John F. Kennedy, Jr., vacations in Hyannisport, Mass., and trips abroad.<br />But the Cotter Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13244583549014981929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-51668564785100213072011-11-22T19:34:36.145-05:002011-11-22T19:34:36.145-05:00Yes, Bill, and you and I were in the same place, i...Yes, Bill, and you and I were in the same place, in the newsroom of the Atlanta Journal, when the shots were fired and the teletypes rang out with ten bells. <br /><br />As a former UPI guy, I was first to go to them because that was the signal for a <b>FLASH</b>, very rare. Got to the machines and yelled out, "Kennedy has been shot." It started one of the busiest days in my Bill F Egernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-43592077879394715842011-11-22T19:20:04.356-05:002011-11-22T19:20:04.356-05:00I was living in TX when Kennedy was shot and the i...I was living in TX when Kennedy was shot and the image that sticks in my mind is that of Jack Ruby shooting Oswald. Though not a conspiracy theorist I have never been 100% satisfied with the official explanations....Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275921050576561823.post-64492343468967408302011-11-22T19:18:07.413-05:002011-11-22T19:18:07.413-05:00LBJ wasn't too great on foreign policy but he ...LBJ wasn't too great on foreign policy but he got civil rights bills passed even though he knew it would turn the South against the Democrats. In a bio I read, LBJ is quoted as having said to a prominent Georgia senator, "I'm going to have a Civil Rights bill and if you get in my way I'll run over you." That makes me kinda admire LBJ even though he had no Camelot aura.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.com