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Old November 20th 03, 02:43 PM
Jorge R. Frank
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Default A really great essay by Keith Cowing

(Eric Chomko) wrote in
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Jorge R. Frank ) wrote:
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: I thought only liberal politicians get assassinated?

: All kinds of politicians get shot at, but liberals seem to have a
: higher mortality rate. Compare Wallace, Ford, and Reagan to JFK and
: RFK, frex...

Didn't Wallace turn into a bleeding heart (figuratively) on this death
bed?


Only on this issue of race; he remained a populist-conservative on most
other issues.

Your analysis (accurate) begs the question whether amatuers shoot at
conservatives and professionals shoot at liberals?


I think, given the small sample size, that the trend isn't statistically
significant. All five politicians above were shot by amateur assassins, but
one (Oswald) happened to be a trained shooter, and another (Sirhan) managed
to get within point-blank range of his target in a crowded room.

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