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

As we debate whether LBJ was deliberately lowering himself to avoid exposure to gunfire, let's remember that there is no doubt where he wound up: out of sight, down in the floor of the car.

The official story has it that Rufus Youngblood, his SS agent sitting directly in front of him, supposedly jumped into the back seat, grabbed Johnson, pushed him down onto the floorboard.

This is from a tribute to Rufus Youngblood written by Ed Grisamore.

"Youngblood was in the front seat when the fatal shots were fired at 12:30 p.m. He did not know if a car had backfired or if someone had exploded a firecracker on one of the streets along Dealey Plaza. He immediately turned and jumped into the back seat, pushing LBJ down on the floorboard of the Lincoln convertible and shielding him with his body."

"Youngblood received the Treasury Department's Exceptional Service Award for "outstanding courage and voluntary risk of personal safety" for his action under fire."

LBJ awarded it to him personally. He also made Youngblood the Assistant Director of the Secret Service.

So, what do you think? You see how small that compartment was. Do you think there was 4 people back there, and Youngblood was on top of LBJ? As tall as LBJ was, Youngblood was taller.

Of the two other passengers, only Lady Bird supported the claim, and only in writing. She never talked about it. She was like Billy Lovelady. He didn't like talking about being Doorman. They could have easily brought him to Washington to be interrogated by the HSCA. They brought a lot of other people to Washington. But, through his lawyer (who was a former HSCA lawyer who quit his job just to represent Lovelady) he made it clear that he didn't want to go. But, they got him to write a short, terse statement claiming that he was the guy in the plaid shirt (even though Doorman's shirt wasn't plaid). And, that's how it was for Lady Bird about this. But, Senator Ralph Yarborough denied it completely. He said it never happened.

But, if it did happen, don't you think spectators would have seen it? It was a convertible. It was broad daylight. So, don't you think spectators would have seen it? But, not one spectator reported seeing Youngblood do that. 

Here's another image which shows Youngblood.

So, do you believe that all 4 people were in that back seat, one of them being 6'4" and another being 6'5"? And the other man was somehow completely unaware of it? And nobody on the street noticed it?

This was done by Larry Rivera. 

Where it says Johnson in yellow is the doing of Robin Unger, not Larry Rivera. Larry put the profiles of LBJ and Youngblood in to show you that the figure partially shown was Youngblood, not Johnson, and it was after at least three shots were fired. And Larry maintains that the the "blob" (in this case black) was a deliberate ink-blot.

This image shows you where LBJ would have been were he seated where he belonged, next to Lady Bird.

So, the whole story is a complete lie. Youngblood was in his seat after at least 3 shots had been fired. There may have been more shots fired, but there were at least 3 shots fired at that point in time. And, he hadn't budged. Yet, LBJ is out of sight. Why? Because he ducked down to the floor of the car, himself.  He is missing in action. 

And, it's clear that the earlier crouching that he did was the beginning of him taking cover to protect himself. Of course, he wasn't concerned about his wife. The notion of "women and children first" never dawned on him. That wasn't part of his philosophy. 

I am going to call the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on Monday, and I am going to ask them about this photo of LBJ and Lady Bird in the limo.

The first thing I am going to ask them is if LBJ and his wife were really there. I think they may admit that it's a fabrication. And who are those men in the background?

Where was the picture taken? Does that look like the White House to you? Who is that guy in the back strolling alone with his hand in his pocket? And if it's not the White House, where was it taken?