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

 I am sick and tired of the lies people tell about JFK. One of them is that he told the Secret Service to leave the bubble top off the limo. There isn't a stitch of evidence that that is true.

The only reference to it in the Warren Commission Report was in the testimony of SS Agent Roy Kellerman, the guy who did absolutely nothing when bullets were raining down on the limo. He didn't do so much as tell the driver, "You might want to step on it." And of course, we know that the driver didn't step on it until he saw JFK take the fatal head shot.

I'll be crystal: I believe Roy Kellerman was involved in killing Kennedy. Kellerman was the one who gave JFK the second tie to wear. What reason he gave Kenndy I will never know, and it stresses my brain to even think about it. But, I'm sure that, in reality, it had some connection to the upcoming throat shot.

Kellerman testified that it was JFK's Appointment Secretary, Ken O'Donnell who insisted that the bubble top be left off the limo. Not Kennedy, but O'Donnell. BUT, O'DONNELL NEVER SAID IT, NOT TO THE WARREN COMMISSION, AND NOT OVER THE YEARS TO ANYBODY.

Remember that it was that lying sack of blank Kellerman who said that JFK yelled "My God, I've been hit!" But, Jackie defied him. She said that her husband never spoke once the shooting began. And even Mrs. Connally said that the last thing the President said was in response to her, when she said, "You can't say that the people of Dallas didn't turn out for you." And he said, "I certainly can't."

Those were the last words out of his mouth, and it is widely accepted today that they were his last words. So, nobody believes Kellerman- not even LNs. Therefore, why should anyone believe his unconfirmed statement about O'Donnell?

However, the HSCA claimed that JFK gave the order to leave off the bubble top, and they attributed it to John Connally. But, there is no statement to that effect by Connally either; not in his WC testimony nor in his HSCA testimony. And when Congressman Edgar asked Connally if he knew who decided to leave off the bubble top, Connally's response was "No, Sir."

So, don't accept the incessant lies that have been circulated about this over the decades. The fact is that JFK was super-compliant with his Secret Service. He never, ever argued with them about safety matters. He abided by every precuation they recommended.

And just consider that, from out of the blue, effin' Kellerman brought him a different tie to wear, and asked him to change ties in the limo, and JFK just did it without questioning him. Do you think he wanted to change his tie? Hell no! But, in all such matters, he just did whatever the Secret Service told him.

This is JFK at Love Field shortly before he boarded the limo. Standing deep to him is Roy Kellerman. JFK is wearing his original tie, and there was nothing wrong with it. I'll be honest with you: if it had been me, and Kellerman came up to me and said he wanted me to change ties, I would have said:

"You're not my valet, and even if you were, I have no reason to change my tie. Therefore, I'm not changing it. Now, take your seat."