But, White and Westbrook operated covertly. There was no overt policy of the Dallas PD to frame Oswald for anything. There was no announcement, "What we are going to do now is frame Oswald for riding a bus and cab. We know he didn't do it, but we have to make it look like he did, and it's all part of the process of framing him for the murders of Kennedy and Tippit."
No. No such thing like that happened.
Backes' whole argument is deranged. He doesn't know how to think rationally, and he assumes that others, including the plotters, think like him.
If the plotters thought it would look bad for Oswald to be driven out of Dealey Plaza in a private car, and if they thought it would look better for him to take public transportation, why wouldn't they let him? What was the downside? What was the risk? What was the harm? What was the reason to not do the thing that looked good?
And if they didn't think it would look good for Oswald to be driven out of Dealey Plaza in a car, then they had all the power to stop it. Oswald could not possibly have arranged it himself. He didn't know anyone he could ask. In fact, he had no basis to ask anyone. Think about it. What if a friend called you and said, "I need you to pick me up at work tomorrow at 12:35." What's the first thing you're going to say? "What for? What's going on? Why is it necessary?" And he's going to have to give you a pretty damn good reason for you to do it, right? I mean, you're his friend, but you're not his chauffeur, right? So, what's Oswald going to say? But, it's a moot point because he didn't have any friend to ask. Plus, he had no reason to ask. He didn't kill Kennedy, and he didn't know that Kennedy was going to be killed. So, he had no expectation of leaving work that day at 12:35. So, that means he couldn't have arranged it in advance. And he didn't call anyone from the Depository after the assassination- we know that. Surely, it would be part of the record if it happened. And even if it had, it would have been physically impossible for the driver to get there as fast as he supposedly happened.
So, Oswald DEFINITELY did not arrange any rides: not before and not after. That means that the only possible way by which it could happen was if the plotters set it up.
But, they didn't think it was a good idea. Remember? They thought it would look bad if the "lone gunman" had a getaway driver. Not only would they not have done it, but they would have used all their power to prevent it. So, no way were they going to do it. So, who does that leave to do it? Nobody.
Now, here is where the backesism comes in: Backes thinks that the plotters, realizing that Oswald having a getaway driver was no good and would look bad, decided to do it anyway, resolving that they would just concoct an alternate story that he took a bus and cab.
But why? Why would they do that? Why not just let him use public transportation since that is what would look good? Is there any reason at all that you can think of why they would prefer to drive him out of there and then have to make up a story that he took the bus and cab? What was the payoff for doing that? It was a load of trouble and involved a lot of risk. So why do it as opposed to just letting the story unfold the way they wanted it to? Kennedy was already dead, so the hard part was done. Oswald couldn't possibly run away. He had not sufficient money. He had no human resources to help him. He couldn't possibly flee. Plus, they could easily track him. So, why do the very thing that would look worst and then have to cover it up with a plot that was as complex and complicated as the assassination plot itself?
Well, for the plotters to have done that, it would mean that they were as stupid and bumbling back then as Joseph Backes is today. But, I doubt that. Joseph Backes is just imparting himself onto them.
Oswald really did leave Dealey Plaza taking a bus and cab.
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