# Excutive action

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excutive-action/852540>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excutive-action/852540 "2020-04-25T04:26:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excutive-action/852540/1 "2020-04-25T04:26:25Z")

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The post about stones JFK/Nixon film got me thinking about executive action  
Burt Lancaster  
grandpa Walton was in it there was a line someone said if j.f.k gets 2 terms then it s bobby’s turn then reds I wonder if that started the JFK conspiracy in the first place or mercy reinforced it.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excutive-action/852540/2 "2020-04-25T12:12:36Z")

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The conspiracy nonsense became mainstream in 1966 with the publication of Mark Lane’s _Rush to Judgment_. \* Executive Action\* came out in 1972.