Damaging Speculation #292 By Hank Silverberg Commentary Political violence is rare in the United States, but not unheard of. In our history three presidents have been assassinated, (Lincoln-1865, McKinley-1901, John Kennedy-1963), and attempts have been made on the lives of three others (Jackson-1835, Ford-1975 and Reagan-1981). Two people running for president have been shot before. Robert Kennedy was killed (1968), George Wallace was shot and paralyzed for life (1972). Only one of those, Lincoln, involved a conspiracy. The rest were lone gunmen with some warped concepts that sometimes weren't even political. But we have seen a great deal of speculation and punditry on just what happened in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The responsible media that I watched (CBS, NBC, CNN) were careful not to rush to judgement on the who and why, instead sticking to t...