No, I hadn't. Well, whaddya know? Yet more evidence to support my theory, and with ample outside corroboration.

Lt Columbo did you know about this video the victim made 3 weeks before being shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFBJ....

The Taliban would put the shooter to shame. Anything is possible in the DC political climate. There is so many disgruntled politico's and want-to -be big money leftist revolutionaries to pay for such nastiness. to quote Wild Bill Hickok "Are you satisfied?"
Again I say- Just don't bring your philosophies to the "State of Gun" I'll be waiting.

Col Fletcher Prouty served as chief of special operations for the Joint Chiefs of staff under JFK.
From the horses mouth so to speak.
https://youtu.be/bCGxutt7GiQ

CBJ Just a point of order. JFK inherited a backwater CIA operation in Vietnam. These was no Vietnam war while he was alive. It was his VP Lyndon Johnson who used the Tonkin Bay incident to turn this mess into a full-blown land war. I don't believe the rumors that JFK was trying to extricate America from the CIA op were ever proven.

This Wikipedia article calls that theory into question - especially see the two paragraphs at the end of the article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...

Do you have any credible links to Kennedy's "plan to end the Viet Nam War, put America on the gold standard and end the Federal Reserve Bank"? If this plan was made public at the time, there should be plenty of supporting documentation in newspaper and magazine articles from the early 1960's.

Interesting contextual info..appreciated

I am not discounting ulterior motives but base it in reality. Kennedy was assassinated shortly after he and his brother provided a plan to end the Viet Nam War, put America on the gold standard and end the Federal Reserve Bank. I was 13 at the time but remember Warren report blaming a lone shooter. The first reports about Oswald stated he had failed the Marine Corps rifle qualifying range. He was using an inferior Italian weapon that when used by the FBI tried to duplicate his shot they used a hide at half the height Oswald was shooting from, a towed car with a silhouette was traveling at half the speed and there were not obstacles (trees) and found their best shooters could not duplicate the shot until the rifle front sight was welded (it was loose). When Robert decided to run for president he didn't even make it to the convention without being killed. While there is no direct evidence that I am aware of it seems that the fiat bankers had the incentive and the capability to assassinate those who threatened their existence. This however does not prove that the Dallas police department, city sewer workers, people along the parade route, book store employees, owner of the theatre where Oswald was captured were all involved. What I am saying is don't look for impossible explanations involving thousands in order to ensure someone's demise. Most people who disagree with the Federal Reserve (ordinary or institutional) are not really a threat and will not be eliminated.

Or whether the bullets that struck Mr. Scalise, the two Capitol Policemen, and the aide came from a different weapon from the one(s) that fired the other fifty to sixty rounds that didn't hit anybody.

I'm going to reserve judgment until I find out whether there was a grassy knoll nearby.

Exactly. The way he sprayed bullets around without hitting anybody but the highest-profile target, he couldn't organize a bathroom trip, much less a multiple assassination. Somebody made sure he'd have that on him. It's a blind, nothing more.

We need that ballistic report!

Given that now we know Hodgkinson had a list of targets in his pocket, Columbo (i.e. Temlakos) has stumbled onto something.

Who knows what really happened… these days it could be for any reason. It may be as simple as Scalise may have spoken a bad word about the Clintons.

A plus one for you.

Right. Haven't had the truth on JFK in 50 years. While I agree with you in theory, the control of ballistics report would have been a high priority and guaranteed to match the patsy's weapon before any such action was taken.

I do have to say that no one was even killed. Its just not that big a deal compared with 911 for example or many other terrorist attacks. The big deal is that it was one of our "revered" lawmakers, thats all. How dare someone shoot at one of our special lawmakers. I can think of several lawmakers who I wouldnt object if the bullets hit them- like pelosi, hillary, sanders, etc for example. They are all deeply evil people who dont respect my rights. Why should I respect theirs

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattves...

This is the first I heard that the rifle was an SKS (7.62 NATO). I told my wife that it was unlikely an AR-15 would have done as much damage, though the MSM (and most Democrats) would have you believe they're all the same.

They used Hodgkinson for cover. Everyone would point the finger at the crazy leftist and ignore the professional sniper who made the shots that counted.

We must make sure of the ballistics report. What will anyone say if it turns out that the bullets that hit Scalise, his bodyguards, and the aide, and the bullets Hodgkinson sprayed all over the place while hitting no one else, came from two different guns?

I think that you have it right. If this was some type of hit by the establishment, you would think that they would have found someone who could shoot better.

He was shooting an SKS, very reliable, but notoriously inaccurate. My guess is he was`nt expecting armed security and as soon as he started taking rounds he had no clue what to do. He came from the dugout area, so Scalise at second base would be in his line of sight, a trained shooter would have killed many more. They are fortunate he was a Barney Fife.

I kinda wondered if this creature was a Project Monarch volunteer!?!?!?

If that was true, they would have gone for Trump. HE is the focus of all the hatred. I never even heard of Scalise. This guy was an idiot and not a very good shot to say the least. Not even good enough to kill ONE person, except himself in the end.

Hodginkson needed gun control - the kind where you learn how to hit your target, not the kind where lawful citizens get restricted.