JFK RFK MLK Assassination Forum

POINT: 11. JFK'S SEXUAL EXCESSES AND COMPULSIVENESS MAY HAVE HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO HIS DEATH:

"Kennedy may have paid the ultimate price, nontheless, for his sexual excesses and compulsiveness. He severly tore a back muscle while frolicking poolside with one of his sexual partners during a West Coast trip in the last week of September 1963. The pain was so intense that the White House medical staff prescribed a stiff canvas shoulder-to-groin brace that locked his body in a rigid upright position. It was far more constraining than his usual back brace, which he also continued to wear. The two braces were meant to keep him as comfortable as possible during the strenuous days of campaigning, including that day in Dallas."

"Those braces also made it impossible for the president to bend in reflex when he was struck in the neck by the bullet fired by Lee Harvey Oswald.. Oswald's first successful shot was not necessarily fatal, but the president remained erect - and an excellent target for the second, fatal blow to the head. Kennedy's extra brace, which is now in the possession of the National Archives in Washington, was not mentioned in the public autopsy report, nor was the injury that had led to his need for it."

November 22, 1963 would remain a day of family secrets, carefully kept for decades to come."

The Dark Side of Camelot, Seymour M. Hersh, p. 12.

Respectfully,
BB.

Here's a question: Why in the world would anyone believe Kellerman? Wasn't he in on it? And if so, wouldn't such a statement from him actually be evidence that JFK said no such thing?"I hate to come off as condescending but isn't this obvious?Thom

Do we have evidence that the limo stopped?I heard it said they had to slow down because of the pillot car and letting the ss agent on board?who was in the front car?is there a video of this?

I doubt if the assasionation could have taken place at all without at least one person in the first car and p limo knowing what to come and what to do.

I guess everyone there knew about it.wonder if Jackie knew?

Bruce thanks for re posting this.I could not find it but did recall your comments about the back brace very well..I read somewhere that JFK wore a Vest in Houston is what caused me to inquire if anyone knew.I am no expert or have any knowledge of braces. I think the reasoning for JFKs reactions or lack of could well be charged to the brace no problem.reasoning says that there were a very few possibilities about the shallow woundI suppose by looking at the shirt and coat that there was in fact a wound..This was one of the first thread that I posted on after joining the forum.So if I read correctly you are saying the brace deflected the Bullet that LHO fired?Are you saying Oswald did the shooting?if you know anything more about the Back Brace I would be interested, I am a little thick headed about understanding what types of comments you are expecting?

I don't see any bullet holes or blood?

kenmurray wrote:JFK's back brace:http://jfkresearch.freehomepage.com/cgi ... ace.jpgJoe, maybe the secret service took the back brace to the cleaners.

Thats it!never thoght of that

I've mentioned my curiosity about those braces before in another thread on this very subject. As a former resident of a tiny redneck town, who frequently wore western shirts in said town, I can ASSURE you that the blood & gore from JFK's head & back wounds would've soaked through in a very obvious way. To be honest, I don't accept those bandages as authentic. Even if they could be arranged in such a way as to hide the stains, why do so? We're talking about forensic evidence here. Why obscure it? I have yet to hear an argument that puts this to rest for me.