Ok, I'm definitely old enough. How could I have missed THIS? Oh I guess maybe the media may not have been any better back then!! Here is a mainstream link (others might be more conspiracy minded)
http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1979-5/1979-05-11-CBS-10.html Sheesh. How obvious can it get? A guy picked up with a gun when Carter went to California to speak to a Latino group. His name was RAYMOND LEE HARVEY. Then who did he finger as an associate? OSVALDO Ortiz!! Supposedly they were to create a diversion as some Mexicans were to shoot him with high powered rifle. Later they found some evidence of that. Apparently Carter left there and holed up at Camp David and stated privately that he had lost control of government, and ran a "wishy washy" (remember that phrase?) campaign for president after that.
THINK HE GOT THE MESSAGE???
Oh, sure I heard this on Coast to Coast last night. Give me a break. I searched and found the mainstream source. This is............RIDICULOUSLY IN YOUR FACE. Sheesh.