Kennedy Assassination

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When Kennedy entered the White House, controversy was eminent. Hostility and scandal erupted from his first day in office. The White House’s Personal History Website tells the tale of what pressures the president faced. Protestant majorities as well as a large number of smaller religious factions were ready to attack the first Catholic president. Pressure from both sides of congress to rush through civil rights bills and other measures caused many hard feelings and the appearance of new enemies. Civil rights leaders called for action in allowing blacks and women to have more freedom (Adams), while strong white supremacy organizations pushed for government support of their campaigns to create a superior race (Stewart 54).
The Cuban Missile Crisis was another underlying tension. Kennedy’s foreign relations policies were cause for grumbling among the leaders of the military agencies. This was also made evident in the White House Website (Adams).
Other than the political scandal and hostility, there were other areas of Kennedy’s life that were cause for concern. Kennedy’s personal life was made common public knowledge on the CBS News Website. Though he had a young and beautiful wife and was happily married, he was known to also have a few mistresses. The one that had the most press coverage and probably left the biggest scar on his presidency was the claim that he had an affair with actress Marilyn Monroe (Hutton).
There was so much scandal and hostility behind the Presidency it is no wonder that Kennedy had many enemies. JFK was in danger but from whom no one knew. The assassination put an end to a very controversial presidency, but who is to say how and why the trigger was pulled.
Single-shooter Theory
In the single-shooter theory there can only be one person blamed for the assassination: Lee Harvey Os...