TheKennedyMachine
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As we all know, JFK was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963.
However, what is unknown to most that a Secret Service member nearly shot Lyndon B. Johnson the very night Kennedy died.
As the alleged story goes, Secret Service agent Gerald Blaine was at Johnson’s Washington mansion when he apparently heard footsteps approaching. The Secret Serviceman cocked his gun loudly as in an attempt to get whomever was approaching to leave. When this did not happen, he raised his weapon and prepared to fire only to find he was aiming at LBJ.
So, my question is: had the Secret Serviceman fired and killed LBJ, what would've been the effect? As far as I can tell the Presidency would've passed to Speaker of the House John W. McCormack, but what would have been the historical butterflies thereafter?
However, what is unknown to most that a Secret Service member nearly shot Lyndon B. Johnson the very night Kennedy died.
As the alleged story goes, Secret Service agent Gerald Blaine was at Johnson’s Washington mansion when he apparently heard footsteps approaching. The Secret Serviceman cocked his gun loudly as in an attempt to get whomever was approaching to leave. When this did not happen, he raised his weapon and prepared to fire only to find he was aiming at LBJ.
So, my question is: had the Secret Serviceman fired and killed LBJ, what would've been the effect? As far as I can tell the Presidency would've passed to Speaker of the House John W. McCormack, but what would have been the historical butterflies thereafter?
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