Topical Pattern, Question of Fact
The Truth of The Assassination of JFK
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the Warren Commission was the last straw to cover up the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Central idea: The assassination of our 35th president was an inside job that needs to be exposed.
Introduction
I. The day of November 22nd will always be a day of confusion for US citizens.
A. On that day in 1963, the 35th president John F Kennedy was assassinated while driving through Dealey Plaza in Texas (Nelson, “Breach of Trust”).
B. Gallup polls have found that only 39% of the United States population believes that Oswald was the lone shooter (Swift, “Majority in U.S.”).
II. From my stats, I notice only a few of you are familiar
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The autopsy alone had numerous flaws that the Warren Commission accepted.
1. Before detailed examination was issued on the president, it was shocking what was missing at the autopsy (MacGowan, JFK’s Missing Brain).
2. In 1978, a government organization named House Assassination Committee published findings that stated JFK brain was missing (MacGowan, JFK’s Missing Brain).
3. A testimony by a morgue worker stated that there were signs of surgery done to his head prior to showing up.
4. The transferring of JFK’s body is a big issue since it was done illegally because Texas laws forbid a body from being examined elsewhere. Peaceful law abiding citizens were being threatened with the use of deadly force by secret service agents. The agents got there way and the body was examined at the Military hospital. I can see the secret service side on this situation because they do what they are commanded to do.
(Transition: If these suspicious acts have not made you think, we will now take a look at the puppet master of the whole disaster, the ones who were pulling the strings.)
III. The CIA and Cuban affairs were the ones who planned and carried out the
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The capture of Lee Harvey Oswald may be forgotten by most, but how it was carried out still baffles me.
1. The fact that two dozen police showed up to arrest Oswald for the assassination is believable, the fact that two dozen police showed up for a call in for not paying for a movie ticket is absurd and suspicious.
(Transition: Now that I have shown a few of the ways the Warren Commission deception of the the assassination I would like to conclude with these statements)
Conclusion
I. Today, we have pulled the curtain back on some mistakes and notable suspicious acts.
A. The misconception of the Warren Commission being a full out investigation was primarily the last step in their cover up.
1. Two or more shooters would of had to engage in the assassination, partaking in one of the most memorable deaths in history (Nelson, “Breach of Trust”).
II. If Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter, most of these conspiracies would not be here today.
A. As we viewed the flaws and holes in the Warren Commission, I encourage you to examine the evidence as I did.
B. You won’t be alone when you come to the staggering conclusion, that the CIA played a lead role in the death of our 35th President
August 12, 1963 – Oswald appears in court and is fined $10. B) Make a list of the evidence that suggests that Oswald was being setup as a patsy. November 1, 1963 – FBI agent James Hosty visits the home of Ruth Paine where Marina Oswald is living and asks questions about Oswald. August 27, 1963-A man claiming to be Oswald visits the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City. C)
The investigation was ordered directly after the assassinations of two other major political figures; the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King and the Presidents brother Robert Kennedy, in 1968. Naturally these incidents aroused immense suspicion and the American public started questioning why so many key US figures had been assassinated in the space of just four years, when previously this type of incident had been rare. The HCSA was interested in looking into the possibility that the assassinations were related. At the time there was also an increasing awareness of corruption and scandal within the government. The Watergate Scandal in 1974 involving President Nixon had clearly shown that American government was not entirely free of foul play. As a result of this, people started questioning the behavior of the government, and how much it was holding back from its people. This is most likely why Americans became more receptive and attracted to the idea of a conspiracy behind Kennedy's death.
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” (“JFK’s”). This heartening quote was provided by a man who literally shot for the stars all the way up until the day he was shot down. While being the youngest and first Roman Catholic president, John F. Kennedy always influenced America to strive for the best. Until an unbearable silence struck the American people, he was removed from society in 1963. There were numerous believed causes regarding Kennedy’s death. There is the belief that Oswald shot him as a lone gun man. There are also other theories that state that there could have been more than one gun man. Some people even presuppose that the CIA is hiding the real story. Some effects of the assassination were catastrophic to the American people. We will never know if some of the Vietnam results would have commutated. Another effect was more of an emotional one. Many Americans were vulnerable, and they felt as if America would not be able to recover from this vast bereavement. Regardless, there are causes and effects when evaluating the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Term Paper: The Effects of JFK’s Assassination President John F. Kennedy, “was one of the most powerful, glamorous, wealthy, charismatic individuals on the planet,” when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963 (Von Drehle). Americans living during the 1960’s never imagined that their beloved President would meet such an untimely and gruesome end, and his unexpected death changed the course of American history forever. Despite Kennedy’s seemingly god-like power and universal influence, an individual no American had previously heard of killed him within seconds. Although the US Government deemed Lee Harvey Oswald the sole assassin, “Fifty years after JFK'S assassination, conspiracy theories still haunt the national psyche” (Von Drehle). At the time of his death, most Americans doubted the conclusion that only one individual was involved in the assassination, and this suspicion still exists: “61 percent of Americans still believe that other people besides gunman Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy” (Waxman).
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