I was watching the History Channel and stumbled upon a program about Presidential assassinations and assassination attempts. Of course, one of the stories profiled was that of John Hinkley Jr.. A pretty interesting case, if you�re not familiar, Hinkley attempted to assassinate then president, Reagan, in order to attempt to impress the young Jodie Foster. I didn�t even realize the connection to the movie Taxi Driver, which stared Jodie, until they mentioned it. If you haven�t seen it, you must, it�s now an American Classic.
Anyway, they quoted Hinkley as saying that his goal was to make for himself a �twisted kind of history�. Then they proceeded to say that he must have been �disappointed� in his �failure� to do so since he didn�t kill Reagan. Now, maybe it�s just me, but he DID make for himself a twisted kind of history! Otherwise, he wouldn�t be the subject of numerous books, studies, FBI profiles, History Channel programs, and articles!
Don�t you love obvious irony of American media and the unsuccessful successes of career sociopaths?
