Ray, he may not even have been put there on purpose.
Who said that a conspiracy already had a solid and completely worked out plan in mind, months, or even weeks, prior to the assassination? Yet, that's what LNs seem to imply. If there was a conspiracy, there may well have been some sort of master plan in place, known to only a few people and able to be put into action at short notice based upon the actual circumstances at the time.
There are those who believe there had already been two previous attempts to execute the plan, in Miami and Chicago, which both failed. Perhaps it was just a case of third time lucky with all the variables falling into place in Dallas.
" If there was a conspiracy, there may well have been some sort of master plan in place""master plan"?
Okay, Martin I won't accuse you of being a CTer anymore. If Oswald was not placed in employment at the TSBD by a conspirator, conspirators, government agency, or madmen, then they would have had a huge problem of including LHO in their "master plan". And I don't see why you are claiming the evidence against Oswald is weak.
"Unlike you, I find it completely insignificant how Oswald got his job, but if it makes you happy, I don't think it was arranged by conspirators."By you saying that it takes a lot for a conspiracy to be involved. President Kennedy is the one that decided to go to Dallas against the advice of Vice President Johnson and Governor Connally. That alone kind of kills the "LBJ did it" theory. Logistically Martin it is just not believable. Let's take a look:
1. The master plan would have had to know about Oswald in the first place.
2. They would have had to know he bought a rifle.
3. They would have had to know he owned a revolver.
4. They would have had to know he was going to work that day. What if he called in sick?
5. They would have had to know where he lived and where his wife lived and that he went to see her there.
6. They would have had to know he was going to Ruth's on Thursday instead of Friday. They would have had to steal Oswald's rifle.
7. They would have had to know he kept his rifle at Ruth Paine's house in the garage. (I know CTers like to claim the rifle wasn't linked to him but it was Martin).
8. They would have had to sneak someone into the TSBD that day to fire from the 6th floor window. (do you dispute that there were shots fired from that window?) No one at the TSBD reported any strange men in the building that day.
I could add some more. Now let's look at the "why questions" that concern logic and deductive reasoning.
1. Why did Lee go to Ruth Paine's on Thursday?
2. Why did he tell Frazier he had curtain rods in the package he had with him?
3. Why did he tell Capt. Fritz that he had lunch on the first floor? (circumstantial evidence as you call it) indicates he lied.
4. Why did he tell Capt. Fritz he had his lunch in the bag when he told Frazier it was curtain rods?
5. Why was he the only employee that left the TSBD that day. Cters claim he wasn't the only to leave. Maybe so, but they came back, Oswald didn't.
6. Logically speaking why would someone after being close to such a historical event, as the assassination of a president, right in front of were they worked, go home get his revolver and then go to a movie? You can't sell that one.
7. Why did these conspirators kill JD Tippit? They could not have known that Oswald would even leave the building!! No one will ever make me believe that one.
8. Why did the conspirators let Oswald roam around the TSBD where he could be seen which would kill their plan dead? Very funny.
9. Why did said conspirators let Oswald leave in the first place where he fell into police hands for two days of questioning? Now they have to have Ruby ready to go.
10. The conspirators could not have known what wounds would have been on the president's body to have some team ready to go to kidnap the president's body so they could alter it.
11. How did the conspirators know that the autopsy was not going to be done at Parkland by Dr. Rose?
12 How did the conspirators know that the autopsy was not going to be done at Walter Reed instead of at Bethesda? Mrs. Kennedy was the one who wanted that. That means two teams of Dr.'s ready and willing to implicate themselves in the murder of JFK. And why were Humes, Boswell, and Finck left alive???
Martin I could go on but I'm sure you see the point. All of these things require men on the ground plotting and manipulating everything. It would have taken a small army to get it done. And all of them would have had to keep their mouths shut. And these conspirators would have had to do this all unseen by anyone in Dallas. It is ridiculous to even ponder.