Booth's Mental health

[L Verge]

I know that Juan and Jenny will agree with me that it is because Booth does not fit the typical mold of an assassin (at least our American ones) that makes him continue to fascinate many people. And, there are many historical figures that I would like to emulate. In the case of Booth, I think the circumstances of the Civil War made him identify with Brutus. About ten years ago, John Andrews wrote on "Shakespeare Killed Abraham Lincoln." I think he got it right.

I think I'll dig up the old attempt to assassinate Gov. Wallace to see how the civil rights issue a hundred years later affected the mindset of his would-be murderer. That happened about 25 miles from me here in Maryland. What is this thing with Marylanders?

BTW: Gene, Booth preferred brandy.

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I took my own advice and checked on Arthur Bremmer and his attempt on George Wallace. Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bremer

Make sure that you read the quoted passages from his diary. Very similar to JWB's reasonings. The early years of his life compared with Booth's, however, are almost exactly the opposite - as are the political leanings with Booth supporting slavery and Bremmer an anti-segregationist.

I did breathe a little sigh of relief to find that Bremmer spent most of his life in Wisconsin, not Maryland (at least before the assassination attempt). He's been in Maryland now since 1972. He earned an early release from prison in 2007, but has to remain in our state.

And talk about voodoo - I'm posting this on May 15, 2015. Bremmer made his attempt on Wallace on May 15, 1972. What made Bremmer pop into my brain on this exact day?