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

It just broke for lunch. Bob Tannenbaum is making the opening statement for the defense, and what an idiot he is. He's supposed to be defending Oswald, and he's barely mentioned the name Oswald. The only time he said it is in connection with Oswald's "alleged" trip to Mexico City. And I put that word in quotes because he said "alleged". And then he cited the disparate photographic evidence from Mexico City (not Oswald) the disparate audio evidence (not Oswald's voice) and the disparate witness descriptions (not Oswald). But, amazingly, Tannenbaum, after saying all that, never made a definitive statement: "Oswald did NOT go to Mexico City."

But mostly, Tannenbaum is addressing the Single Bullet Theory, challenging it. He's got Zapruder frames displayed.

  
He's talking about Ed Hoffman, Lee Bowers, blah, blah, blah. He's claiming there were 5 shots. He's claiming that the Moorman photo shows a shooter on the Grassy Knoll. What? The Moorman photo spent a lot of time in the hands of law enforcement. So, don't you think that if showed a shooter on the Grassy Knoll that they would have done something about it? And regardless, what does this have to do with defending Oswald? Tannenbaum has been talking for an hour, and he's never once said, "Lee Harvey Oswald was innocent. Framed and innocent." Don't you think I would have said it? Don't you think I would have started off by saying it?

And, what it really comes down to, in my opinion, is that Tannenbaum, like so many others who dispute the official story of the JFK assassination, doesn't give a shit about Oswald. I'm getting no sense whatsoever that he connects with Oswald, the person of Lee Harvey Oswald, his humanity.  I get no sense whatsoever that he has any compassion or sympathy for Oswald. Here, he should be making Oswald the focus of his opening statement, and he's barely mentioning him. And I can guarantee you that he is BORING the jury. For some reason, he went on for 15 minutes talking about the Revolutionary War!  I kid you not. This is terrible. He is doing such a bad job. He is not scoring any points with the jury. None. Frankly, I think they're just waiting for him to finish and shut the fuck up. I mean it. That's what I think is going through their minds. He is doing Oswald no good. Let's hope the other lawyers, Larry Schnapf and Bill Simpich, do better.