{"id":51047,"date":"2013-11-16T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T02:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=51047"},"modified":"2013-11-16T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T02:50:38","slug":"why-does-it-matter-that-jfk-was-shot-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=51047","title":{"rendered":"Why Does It Matter That JFK Was Shot In Dallas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How come the city of Dallas is such an object of interest in the assassination of JFK? We&#8217;ve had many presidents assassinated and the cities in which it was done, such as Washington DC for President Lincoln, were incidental. We&#8217;ve had many attempted assassinations of presidents and again the place it happened was incidental. Why the hate for Dallas? <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why. In real life, JFK had almost no interest in civil rights and yet his murder by a communist is historically presented as the result of right-wing southern bigotry to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/isteve.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/nyt-dallass-role-in-kennedys-murder.html\">further a left-wing agenda<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How come the city of Dallas is such an object of interest in the assassination of JFK? We&#8217;ve had many presidents assassinated and the cities in which it was done, such as Washington DC for President Lincoln, were incidental. 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