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Old 11-24-2016, 08:40 AM
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Depending on who you vote for I was or wasn't around for that event (I was born 7 months later).

I have mixed feelings about him, not crazy about his politics but he had some admirable leadership qualities. Apart from the shock of one person overruling the will of the entire nation the other impression I got from family members at the time was fear. Fear that the assassination could trigger a war, a big war.

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