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

This is human interest story. Do you recognize this car? You should.

This guy from the Midwest is a collector of old cars, which he refurbishes. But, he's not going to refurbish this one. He is going to leave it just the way it is. And I understand exactly why. It's because that is Ruth Paine's station wagon, which he paid north of $10,000 for. I presume it wasn't much north of $10,000 because if it was, they would have set that figure higher. It doesn't run. 

The story goes that after the assassination, Ruth Paine decided to get rid of it- bad memories and all. So, she sold it to a neighbor. I guess the neighbor saw the historicity of it. He didn't drive it. He just kept it: for 50 years. Then, he put it up for auction, and this guy is the one who made the highest bid.

There is a famous picture of Ruth Paine posing by the car, holding her son, which they showed on the program.

   
It's strange that they didn't comment about why the car was blue in the old photo but green in real life. And it was always green. Ruth Paine said so when she testified:

Mr. JENNER - Describe your automobile, will you please? 
Mrs. PAINE - It is a 1955 Chevrolet station wagon, green, needing paint, which we bought secondhand. It is in my name. 

So, why does it look blue in the famous picture? Because this is the JFK assassination we are talking about. And in the JFK assassination, images were altered; they were touched up; they were fixed. So, I am saying that the image was photoshopped- generically speaking. And in this case, it was for a relatively petty reason; they just wanted to create nice contrast between her and the car. Notice that her green pants are close in color to the car (as per the top picture). So, they wanted to make it more visually striking. 

Now, if anybody doesn't like that explanation, what's yours? 

But, there is really a more important reason why I am posting this. There are certain people who keep saying that the Nash Rambler that Roger Craig saw belonged to Ruth Paine. That's impossible because she didn't own a Nash Rambler. She owned this 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon. 

And if you think she owned two station wagons, well the second one would have to be registered and licensed with the state of Texas, just like the first one. So, we would know about it.

And remember, she was separated from her husband Michael Paine, and he was supporting her and their children. And amazingly, when she proposed taking in this destitute pregnant woman and her daughter and supporting them too (that is, him) amazingly, he said, "Sure. The more the merrier." 

But, he had to draw the line somewhere, didn't he? So, I'm thinking that he didn't actually provide his wife with two station wagons. After all, she could only drive one. So, there was no practical reason to have two. There are things in life in which you commonly keep a "spare" of, but a car isn't one of them, unless you're quite rich.

So, what about him? Michael Paine. Is there any chance that he owned the Nash Rambler that people saw in Dealey Plaza? (It wasn't just Roger Craig who saw it.) 

Well, in the words of the vernacular, I doubt it. Unless there is a basis to claim it, you can't just assume it. It doesn't work like that. That's where Occam starts sharpening up his razor, knowing there are throats to be slashed. He was a padre, but don't be fooled. He was a mean bastard. I wouldn't mess with him. 

So, the notion that Ruth Paine lent her station wagon to David Sanchez Morales so that he could pick Oswald up in Dealey Plaza is just a ridiculous and childish idea spewed by ridiculous and childish people. Don't be one of them.