Thursday, August 23, 2007

George Wallace's would-be assassin...

...Arthur Bremer, will be released from prison soon. For those of us who lived through it and remember, it's hard to believe.

I can see why he's being released. He's been in prison for 35 years. Apparently he's shown conssisstent good behavior. I do hope prison officials are certain--at his trial for this shooting, Bremer showed no remorse.

I still remember the day Bremer shot Wallace---a sunny day in late spring 1972. Back then it seemed like one more shock, one more disaster, one more assassination...sort of a leftover from the tumultuous 1960s. I remember hearing someone saying that Ted Kennedy better not get into the presidential race--he might get shot at, too. Now it's 35 years later and Wallace's shooter is being released and...things are different now. Or are they? (see for ex: Virginia Tech shooting).