My Notebook: Was Lee Harvey Oswald a bad person?
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Was Lee Harvey Oswald a bad person?
You might think so if you believe the Warren Commission Report or Case Closed by Gerald Posner. Both volumes devote most of their pages to trashing Oswald’s character. But…
The people who actually knew Oswald seem to have considered him a man of intellect and peace who actually admired President Kennedy.
One example would be George de Morenschildt, a cosmopolitan figure who was on a first-name basis with President George Herbert Walker Bush. I’m currently reading de Morenschildt’s book, Lee Harvey Oswald as I Knew Him. It’s clear that de Morenschildt liked and admired Oswald. He and his wife both thought Oswald was innocent of killing Kennedy.
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Meanwhile…
Jim and Sue Babka in Dallas
My friend and partner Jim Babka, with whom I co-founded Downsize DC and the Zero Aggression Project, has also caught the assassination bug. He and his wife Sue just spent a month in Dallas touring the assassination sites and attending many 60th Anniversary events. Jim even got himself interviewed on the subject in a local Dallas paper. But…
Most relevant here is the meeting Jim and Sue had with Pat Hall, the owner of the rooming house where Oswald once lived. Pat was 11 when Lee resided there. She had a high opinion of him. He was always called Mr. Lee. He was good with the children, and he alone among all the other people who lived there, was given access to the kitchen.
Does that sound like a sociopath to you?
By the way, Pat Hall also believes Oswald was innocent.
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Perry Willis is the co-founder of Downsize DC and the Zero Aggression Project. He co-created, with Jim Babka, the Read the Bills Act, the One Subject at a Time Act, and the Write the Laws Act, all of which have been introduced in Congress. He is a past Executive Director of the national Libertarian Party and was the campaign manager for Harry Browne for President in 2000.
