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had, of necessity, spent time in orphanages, one who was now accused of lacking
manhood, the weapons may have made him as big as the biggest man.” 131
While there is some question about whether Oswald slept in his mother’s bed, he
certainly did not do so from his birth to eleven years old. In fact, he spent some time in
orphanages at an early age, as Bishop noted. The author completed his introduction of
Oswald and recitation of his failures by writing “The young man who seldom responded
to a friendly ‘good morning’ found himself at the end of his particular blind alley. He
was friendless, homeless, ‘hounded by the FBI,’ as he said, and now he knew he was a
cipher.” 132
Kennedy, by contrast, “had been a fair prince indeed, bringing youth and
sophistication and an air of confidence to the throne.” 133 He courageously acknowledged
the possibility of assassination, according to Bishop, even on the day of his death, but
bravely ventured into Dallas, or “nut country” as the President called it. 134 The speech he
planned in downtown Dallas would have confronted and challenged the right-wing to end
their resistance to change, but of course, the speech was never given. Kennedy’s zest for
living also was contrasted to the abstemious Oswald. At one point, Bishop described
Kennedy as “a merry sinner” who enjoyed “the sins of the flesh,” in which “he joined
hands with the average man everywhere.” 135 Lest the reader think that Bishop was
referring to any sex scandals involving the late President, he wrote that Dallasites viewed
131 Bishop, 13-14.
132 Bishop, 15-16.
133 Bishop, ix.
134 Bishop, 25.
135 Bishop, 432.
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