Magic Bullets and Poisoned Bordeaux
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For those of you who stay attuned to the more morbid moments in American History you’ll have already noted that today is the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I had the opportunity in college to spend an entire semester in a class devoted to this specific topic. It was, for the most part, the opportunity for myself and 25 other students to engage in one of my professor’s more interesting obsessions: Conspiracy Theories.
This date never fails to come without me stopping and considering its implications. My impression of Kennedy was that he was more important as a symbol than as an actor in the history of America. I’ve occasionally looked into his relationship with wine and found what every one seems to know: Kennedy was something of an aficionado of the classic sensualist delights. His taste in wine ran to Bordeaux, the wine that was most often poured at his White House dinners, along with Champagne. This appreciation for French wine stayed with him even after a bottle of Bordeaux, given to him by General Secretary Khruschev n 1962, had to checked to make sure it was no poisoned.
So there it is. A reminded that today is the 43rd anniversary of the Death of a President, the birth of the mother of all conspiracies, an a little bit of wine info to go with it.
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