Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

Backes, you're stupid. You don't know how to process information. You don't know how to prioritize. You don't understand that there is a hierarchy to evidence, that some things matter more than other things. You don't even know where to begin.

And where you begin is with that transfer ticket, which is where the Dallas Police began with McWatters. They didn't say anything about Oswald or what McWatters did; they just showed him the transfer ticket and asked him if it was his, and if he issued it.

And McWatters said that it was his and that he issued it. 

Now, the notion that the CIA forged it is just plain stupid. But, Backes' idea that they went out to McWatters' bus and stole it is just as stupid. There is no basis to go there. There is no basis for thinking they would get vested in the idea of being able to steal a transfer ticket. And there wasn't even enough time to do it. Forget about it! It's stupid.

So, that was a transfer ticket that McWatters issued. And he remembered- VERY CLEARLY- that he only issued two transfers on that run and both at the same spot, Elm and Lamar, to a woman with suitcase and to a man who had gotten on just two blocks before at Elm and Griffin. 

Now, that's it. That's what happened! So, stop the nonsense!

So, if there was fraud involved, it was from sending someone there to impersonate Oswald in order to get that ticket. 

But, as far as I know, no one is suggesting that. And how likely is it? They would have had to arrange it in advance to come up with a guy who looked like and was dressed like Oswald on that day. But, they had no idea how Oswald would be dressed until he showed up for work. And how would they know that Oswald would end up leaving Dealey Plaza in a private car unless THEY arranged it? But, if they arranged it, why would they arrange it when they didn't want it, and they knew it wasn't good for them? 

And why would they arrange this phony Oswald sighting on the bus in which he gets on for only two blocks and accomplishes absolutely nothing to advance himself home? What would be the point of it from a conspiratorial point of view? 

And remember that there was no mention of the cab ride until the next day. So, why would they proffer a two-block bus ride which didn't get Oswald home or anywhere near home? Why would they write the story that way? 

Someone said that they had to add the cab ride because otherwise it would get Oswald home too soon, but this account didn't get Oswald home at all. There was no mention of him getting on another bus, was there? So, how did Oswald get home, and how did he get to 10th & Patton to supposedly kill Tippit (which is the official story)? What happened between Elm & Lamar and 10th & Patton? How did all of that moving around take place? As of Friday night, all of that remained unaccounted for. So, why would they create such a grossly inadequate, incomplete, and unfulfilling story?  

Then there is the fact that Oswald told the police that he took the bus. How could there be a union, a merger between what Oswald told police- which was supposedly a lie- and the story that the police made up and arranged in advance with an Oswald double getting on the bus?  

What about the idea that the CIA or FBI arranged for an Oswald double to get on the bus? That doesn't work either because then Oswald would not have had the transfer ticket, and it would mean that someone from the CIA or FBI had to get Sims to lie about finding ticket in his shirt pocket, and then, supposedly, give it to him to enter into evidence. But, you just can't do that; there is no basis for it. It's the kind of gross corrupt misconduct that you just can't attribute to an underling like Detective Sims.  The story just gets more and more far-fetched and contrived when you do that.  

Somebody obtained that transfer ticket from McWatters, and if it wasn't Oswald, then it was an Oswald double, and there's just no way to see it any other way. There is no way to piece that jigsaw puzzle together any other way. You just can't rationalize it. And then when you add the fact that Oswald, himself, said that he rode the bus, it compels you to accept that he did. And I wouldn't say that if it were just contained in a formal report. But, it was contained in a private, personal note that Fritz took for himself and no one else which he never even admitted to having. Fritz went to his grave keeping it a secret. It was the same note which contained "out with Bill Shelley in front" and there is no reason to think that Fritz would lie to himself in writing. So, Oswald said that he was out with Bill Shelley in front, and he said that he took the bus home. There is no basis for doubting either one.  

When you analyze the evidence properly, Oswald riding the bus comes out on top. It's like in chess when you analyze the board properly, you realize that X is your best move, and nothing else even comes close. Even if it isn't a great move, even if there are things about it that you don't like, it's still your best move. And, we have no place better to go than to say that Oswald rode that bus.