Booth's Words

[Gene C]

Personally, I think Booth was a self serving, egotist, and he said and did things more for appearance sake than for substance.
This is reflected in his melodramatic writings. He behaves more like he is acting out a part, putting on a show, than seriously wanting to help the Confederacy.

If he kidnaps Lincoln, he has to share the credit. For him, killing Lincoln in a public setting was the only way he was going to get the attention he craved,
And so he misjudged, didn't think about, or didn't care about the consequences of his actions on others.