Talk:John Connally

message: Where's his campaigning on the platform that he had been "declared innocent"? Septentrionalis 04:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article says neither Connally nor his wife believed in any conspiracy theories. This is contradicted here - http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8381.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.86.122.122 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm four and half years late to the party, but a few inaccuracies should be addressed with that last comment. First, I see no reports that Connally was cremated. Second, the fact that bullet fragments were in his wrist was reported by the media (e.g. ). It's only the conspiracy theorists who think the initial headlines should have screamed: "John Connally dead at age 76; bullet fragments in the former Governor's wrist may point to conspiracy in JFK assassination!" Third, if one believes that there were "steps taken to prevent the recovery of those fragments", they might as well add Nellie to the list of conspirators because one can assume that she was the one with the authority to refuse the FBI's request. As the family spokesman was quoted: "It's an appalling attempt to capitalize on Governor Connally's death to gain publicity for worn-out theories." - Location (talk) 07:04, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: For what it's worth, I agree completely with .Richard27182 (talk) 10:18, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Conspiracy theories

message: I believe that mentioning the number and timing of the bullet that struck Connally is out of the scope of this article. This is better discussed on other pages devoted to the events of November 22, 1963 and I proposed the sentence be deleted.
Tranka 16:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and will delete.--Parkwells (talk) 22:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of Scope 

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message: "Connally surfaced in Algiers as part of the planning staff for the invasion of Africa by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, also a native Texan whom Connally greatly admired." 
Huh? Ike was most definitely a Kansan.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.109.103.194 (talk) 17:49, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ike was born in Denison, Texas but moved to kansas when he was only a few months old.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.54.183.222 (talk) 20:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's too much of a stretch to call Eisenhower a Texan, regardless of his being born there. --Parkwells (talk) 22:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eisenhower a Texan? 

message: This section needs more content - as gov. of the largest state in the 1960s, Connally must have done something.--Parkwells (talk) 22:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: At least two areas would be interesting to explore: Connally's support for higher education and Connally as a governor during the civil rights era. He is well regarded to this day for his contributions in the former and I have heard a now-deceased African-American businessman praise Connally in the latter. No sources yet, but I will be exploring and suggest this as a fertile area to look into. A.T.S. in Texas (talk) 00:47, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Governor of Texas

message: The article strongly implies that Connally wasn't nominated to replace Agnew because he would have faced opposition. The Nixon tapes, however, suggest that the reason is that Connally turned it down. See Conversation 541-2 here. Thoughts? -Rrius (talk) 07:14, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  VP appointment 

message: The box lists children and wife, with dates. Shouldn't there be something in the article itself about his family? Two of his brothers have Wikipedia articles, one daughter died young and he managed to stay married to the same woman for 53 years. Couldn't someone fill in some details.Another-sailor (talk) 13:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family? 

message: Which version of the lede do you prefer? - Location (talk) 06:23, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: *I agree with Comatmebro's choice here, but I don't understand why Comatmebro refers to the article as a BLP. Richard27182 (talk) 08:22, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yeah, the result is pretty clear here.  I actually already swapped Option 1 into the article, it seems unlikely that anyone is going to object at this point. Fyddlestix (talk) 15:17, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC: Which version of the lede do you prefer?

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message: Under the section 'Kennedy assassination', the following claim is made:
"Journalist Doug Thompson claimed that in 1982, he had a private conversation with Connally, and asked him if he was convinced that Oswald killed Kennedy. According to Thompson, Connally replied, "Absolutely not. I do not for one second believe the conclusions of the Warren Commission."[23]"
The source for the Kansas State University article seems to lead back to an opinion piece by Amanda Lang on opednews.org (https://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_doug_tho_060330_is_deception_the_bes.htm). opednews does not seem like a reliable source, and I believe the section should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:a000:1118:ca89:486d:9a05:5434:39ce (talk) 02:02, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The article was first self-published by Thompson in Capitol Hill Blue here. The statement is completely out of character with the totality of Connally's stated views on the subject, so this fails WP:REDFLAG. An "exceptional claim requires multiple high-quality sources". -Location (talk) 22:15, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Doug Thompson is the author of a book called Bombshell: The night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe. I think we can ignore his musings. Cullen328 (talk) 22:22, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious JFK Claims