Les Jones

News > "Have We Ever Had a Killer in the White House?"

"Dear Cecil:

So I guess everyone's agreed that John Kerry personally blew away a VC in 'Nam 35 years ago. My question is, have we ever had a killer for president? I'm not talking about generals like Grant and Eisenhower, who were indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of Confederates and Germans, or combatants using long-distance weapons like a Kennedy torpedo or a Bush Sr. bomb. I'm wondering about somebody getting whacked face to face, mano a mano, up close and personal, with a gun, knife, club, or pointy stick. Washington in the French and Indian War? Garfield in the Civil War? Didn't Andy Jackson fight a duel or two? --Gavin Anderson, Salt Lake City"

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