Reagan Shooting, the Hinckley-Bush Dinner Connection, and Skepticism of Cover-Ups

• 1:17:13Tim catalogs the Reagan assassination evidence: autopsy, x-rays, chain of custody, and the lack of official curiosity.
• 1:17:23The shooter Oswald was assassinated, then his killer Jack Ruby died of sudden fast-acting cancer after receiving unwanted injections.
• 1:17:53Tim brings up the Hinckley-Bush dinner connection: John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Reagan, was scheduled to have dinner with Neil Bush the day Reagan was shot.
• 1:18:22Reagan despised George Bush, his opponent, and it was strange he took him as running mate despite being already popular.
• 1:18:42Reagan's campaign manager left and took Bush's campaign, suggesting an untold story about why Reagan was forced to accept Bush.
• 1:19:08Kennedy also didn't want Johnson as his running mate despite hating him, but at least Johnson gave him the South politically.
• 1:19:30Bush had been wildly ambitious to become president, wanting it back in 1968 and repeatedly throughout the 1970s.
• 1:19:58Bush lacked the charisma and political appeal of Clinton or Obama, with no skin in the political game.
• 1:20:11Bush ran twice for the U.S. Senate and failed both times, meaning he had no realistic path to the presidency unless circumstances made him president.
• 1:20:22Tim compares the situation to House of Cards, the Kevin Spacey political thriller.

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