> I'm sure many kooks have speculated about John Connally's possible role on
> that tragic day. In so many of the photographs taken prior to the event,
> he looks sad, nervous and distressed. Perhaps he had indigestion. Perhaps
> Nellie had told him she was pregnant. I dunno. He goes way back with LBJ,
> I see. Way back. And George Bush didn't like him much, I gather, bettering
> George in politics and all. I was just watching his hospital interview,
> Bobby's video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP04_lGjkO0 , and he looks
> so happy there, as if everything worked out nicely, considering he got
> shot, that is. He said something interesting about that, too. He was shot
> by the second shot, not a shot that hit JFK, but one that hit him alone.
> One that had his name on it. He said, "...I think the man did what he
> intended to do, shoot both of us. And, uh, that's the only thing I can
> think." That reminded me of a conversation LBJ recorded with Hoover on the
> blower two days later. LBJ proposes to Hoover that if Connally hadn't been
> in the way, the President would have been hit by the 2nd shot, too. Hoover
> said that was very likely. I don't know Did the shooter intend to shoot
> them both, or did he just shoot Connally because he was in the way?