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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:36 AM
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Has there ever been an assassination of a major right-wing figure in the USA?
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Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:41 AM by Syrinx
I can't think of one offhand.

Every major political assassination that comes to mind is of a major left-leaning figure, or at least a person that today's left feels some affinity toward.

John F. Kennedy.

Robert Kennedy.

Martin Luther King.

John Lennon.

Okay, I didn't forget about the attempted hits on Ronald Reagan and George Wallace. But I consider those special cases.

Ronald Reagan had defeated George H. W. Bush for the Republican nomination, and presented an obstacle in the path between Bush and the Oval Office, an obstacle between the Bush family and ultimate power.

And George Wallace wasn't a right winger. He wasn't even really a racist. Wallace was a left-wing populist who cynically pandered to what was then a predominantly racist electorate in his state. Still, he was a credible threat to the wealthy and powerful establishment.

(I hit "post" before I meant to.)

Just think of the political assassinations in this country, and the attempted ones too. Aren't they almost all against left-leaning mega-stars that were going to dramatically change the borders of debate in this country?
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