By Steve Sailer
02/27/2008
Here’s a top of the head list of the most important assassinations of political leaders in America since WWII, plus attempts on the life of Presidents and Presidential candidates, with a rough grouping of the assassins in terms of left, right, or apolitical crazy.
Harry Truman — Left — Puerto Rican terrorists — Left
John F. Kennedy — Left — Lee Harvey Oswald — Left
Malcolm X — Left — Nation of Islam hitmen — Left
Martin Luther King — Left — Conspiracy of white racists and criminals — Right
Robert F. Kennedy — Left — Sirhan Sirhan — Left
George Wallace — Right — Arthur Bremer — Apolitical Crazy
Gerald Ford — Right — Squeaky Fromme — Left or Crazy?
John Lennon — Left — What’s His Name — Apolitical Crazy
Ronald Reagan — Right — John Hinckley — Apolitical Crazy