There are a lot of potential conspiracies floating around
regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but has anyone
stopped to consider the car? It was a Lincoln, made by a car company named
after President Abraham Lincoln, an American president who was also shot in the back of the head. Odd,
huh? I wonder if someone selected this brand of car because they wanted to send
a message? Perhaps this is the real
conspiracy!
I’m frankly surprised I haven’t seen an ad for Cadillac
about this very issue. They could show the Zapruder film and say: “What do you
expect from a car named after an assassinated president? Of course it’s going to be dangerous! But there was never an
assassinated president named Cadillac, so you know it will be safe for even the
most vulnerable leaders!” (Or would that be in bad taste?)
But who knows: maybe this very reason is why the president
uses a Cadillac today. In fact, Reagan used a Lincoln when he was shot by a
ricochet off the Lincoln from John Hinkley’s gun (which seems to demonstrate
the problem with the Lincoln). And then he switched to a Cadillac, and America
won the Cold War, thanks entirely to Cadillac! (Yea, Cadillac! You not only
survive the homefront, but you also win international peace when you drive a
Cadillac!)
