"When present at Pena's bar, Oswald was supposed to have been
intoxicated to the extent that he became ill, which is inconsistent
with other evidence that Oswald did not drink alcoholic beverages to
excess." (WCR 325)

But what did the Warren Commission's underlying evidence state?

Mr. RODRIGUEZ. These men came into the bar, two men came into the bar,
one of them which I learned later through TV and pictures and
newspapers was Oswald. These men came into the bar. One of them spoke
Spanish and the one who spoke Spanish ordered the tequila, so I told
him that the price of the tequila was 50 cents. I brought him the
tequila and a little water. The man protested at the price, thought it
was too high, and he made some statement to the effect that he was a
Cuban, but an American citizen and that surely--words to the effect
that surely the owner of this bar must be a capitalist, and we had a
little debate about the price, but that passed over. Then the man who
I later learned was Oswald ordered a lemonade. Now I didn't know what
to give him because we don't have lemonades in the bar. So I asked
Orest Pena how I should fix a lemonade. Orest told me to take a little
of this lemon flavoring, squirt in some water, and charge him 25 cents
for the lemonade, and that's the incident surrounding that situation.
(11H 341)

Mr. PENA. I don't know exactly. I was away from there. I didn't pay
any attention. They got mad about the 25 cents for the lemonade and 50
cents for the tequila, so they asked my bartender, Evaristo, why I
charge so much for the drinks and I was a capitalist charging too much
for the drinks. He went and came to me and told me about it. I said,
"Don't worry about it. They pay you already?" "Yes." "Don't worry
about it." If you are going to worry about all the customers, you are
going to go crazy. Then I don't know whether he left or something, but
he vomited after that; Oswald did. I don't know anything but they
walked away; that's all. When the assassination happened, they put the
pictures over on the television, so I saw Oswald and said, "That's the
man who came to my place one time, the man who ordered the lemonade."
Evaristo came and said, "Look! That's the man that assassinated Mr.
Kennedy is the one that was here one time." (11H 351)

The Warren Commission also cited CE 2477 pg 10 - which interestingly
enough, contradicts the testimony of these two eyewitnesses.
Interestingly, Pena notes that he was badgered by the FBI about the "lemonade"... seems that the FBI didn't like what they heard. (FBI
Intimidation - Toddy?) So they ended up reporting something different
anyway...

The bottom line: Oswald ordered a lemonade - which would hardly make
him drunk - and is *ENTIRELY* consistent with what we know of Oswald's
drinking habits. Once again, the WCR simply lied about their own
evidence.

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On Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:42:22 -0700, Ben Holmes
<Admin@ConspiracyJFKForum.com> wrote:

"When present at Pena's bar, Oswald was supposed to have been
intoxicated to the extent that he became ill, which is inconsistent
with other evidence that Oswald did not drink alcoholic beverages to
excess." (WCR 325)

But what did the Warren Commission's underlying evidence state?

Mr. RODRIGUEZ. These men came into the bar, two men came into the bar,
one of them which I learned later through TV and pictures and
newspapers was Oswald. These men came into the bar. One of them spoke
Spanish and the one who spoke Spanish ordered the tequila, so I told
him that the price of the tequila was 50 cents. I brought him the
tequila and a little water. The man protested at the price, thought it
was too high, and he made some statement to the effect that he was a
Cuban, but an American citizen and that surely--words to the effect
that surely the owner of this bar must be a capitalist, and we had a
little debate about the price, but that passed over. Then the man who
I later learned was Oswald ordered a lemonade. Now I didn't know what
to give him because we don't have lemonades in the bar. So I asked
Orest Pena how I should fix a lemonade. Orest told me to take a little
of this lemon flavoring, squirt in some water, and charge him 25 cents
for the lemonade, and that's the incident surrounding that situation.
(11H 341)

Mr. PENA. I don't know exactly. I was away from there. I didn't pay
any attention. They got mad about the 25 cents for the lemonade and 50
cents for the tequila, so they asked my bartender, Evaristo, why I
charge so much for the drinks and I was a capitalist charging too much
for the drinks. He went and came to me and told me about it. I said,
"Don't worry about it. They pay you already?" "Yes." "Don't worry
about it." If you are going to worry about all the customers, you are
going to go crazy. Then I don't know whether he left or something, but
he vomited after that; Oswald did. I don't know anything but they
walked away; that's all. When the assassination happened, they put the >pictures over on the television, so I saw Oswald and said, "That's the
man who came to my place one time, the man who ordered the lemonade." >Evaristo came and said, "Look! That's the man that assassinated Mr.
Kennedy is the one that was here one time." (11H 351)

The Warren Commission also cited CE 2477 pg 10 - which interestingly
enough, contradicts the testimony of these two eyewitnesses.
Interestingly, Pena notes that he was badgered by the FBI about the >"lemonade"... seems that the FBI didn't like what they heard. (FBI >Intimidation - Toddy?) So they ended up reporting something different >anyway...

The bottom line: Oswald ordered a lemonade - which would hardly make
him drunk - and is *ENTIRELY* consistent with what we know of Oswald's >drinking habits. Once again, the WCR simply lied about their own
evidence.

Lest we forget - Coward Huckster Sienzant is also running right behind Corbutt...

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