on had hatred towards Kennedy that the public did not know about. He accepted the appointment to run for Vice-president under Kennedy, because he knew if he could get Kennedy out of office, he would be able to run the country as he saw fit (I, 187). He also knew that Kennedy had revered Hitler, and was leery about the actions of a President who respected a tyrannical psychopath. Johnson's mistress, Madeleine Brown of Texas, said that during a temper tantrum Johnson said," after that day President Kennedy would never embarrass me again. That was not a threat, but a promise." (3) President Kennedy allowed Lyndon B. Johnson to plan the trip through Texas since it was his home State (I, 185). The death route was against the secret service’s code that states that there are to be no turns 90 degrees or sharper because it would slow the motorcade and make to venerable (I, 186). The President’s Safety Advisor, Jerry Brunno, went to Texas to check the route (I, 186). During his stay in Texas he and Connally burst into a heated discussion about the route (I, 187). During the discussion, “Connally got on the telephone to the white house”, only allowing Bruno to hear one side of the conversation, and made it seem like the White House agreed to the route (I, 187). Brunno later discovered, after talking with Connally, that the White House was against the route completely (I, 188). Kennedy, Johnson, and Connally were the only people to know the plans of the trip up until a few weeks before they arrived (I, 185). The Warren Commission painstakingly tries to justify the parade by saying that if it hadn’t taken the detour that it would make an illegal turn, but isn’t it known that parades exceed all traffic laws (I, 189). Johnson also had said on the plane that Bobby Kennedy advised him to be sworn in before takeoff, but Bobby Kennedy denied any such statement (7). The Mafia had the pull they needed to insure their lon...
