[CrawDaddyCA]

Just as Kennedy began speaking, Trost was walking out of the room when he shouted, "Remember Chappaquiddick!"

BAWAHHHHHH!!! I would have paid good money to see the look on Kennedy's face!

[Hank Rearden]

Cool. Yay for him.

[highlander_UW]

At the time, Kennedy claimed he tried several times to swim down to reach Kopechne to no avail. He came under fire for not reporting the incident to authorities until the next morning. In the interim he reportedly made an effort to call a family legal adviser.

He waited until the next day to report the incident to the authorities? Why aren't the democrats calling for him to resign as they are Dick Cheney? Lousy hypocrites.

[Tzimisce]

More open minded tolerance, acceptance and support of free speech on campus I see.

Too bad by "Free Speech" they didn't mean for us....

[Echo Talon]

LOL!

[CrawDaddyCA]

I didn't include the last part of the article, so interested FReepers should go click the link to see, as Paul Harvey would say, "The rest of the story."

Sorry ya'll, it's early, and I haven't had enough coffee yet.

[kenth]

'Can't you forgive him after all these years?'

It was just some bimbo. No mere woman compares to the life and political career of a Kennedy.

[raccoonradio]

>>His passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne,

Had it not been for Ted, the sons and daughters of
Miss Kopechne, were she to get married, would have been
born and would have probably been in their thirties by now.
This guy was born well after Chappaquiddick but he
knew of the incident and wanted to remind everyone.

As ytedk.com points out:

""Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law?
Or is there one system for the average citizen
and another for the high and mighty?"
- Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973 -

[Dallas59]

[South40]

I would have paid good money to see the look on Kennedy's face!

He was probably too drunk to hear it.

[CrawDaddyCA]

"If it had been me or any other person, we'd be in jail," Trost says he told his instructor.

I'm glad to see this young man sees that we have an 'elite' class in America. He's absolutely correct, had this been an ordinary citizen, he'd still be sitting in a jail cell (and rightfully so).

Kennedy murdered that poor girl, and no amount of whitewashing will cover it up.

[Ronin]

This kid deserves something!

Does Free Republic give out medals?

Maybe we should!

[Indy Pendance]

No one should be a senator for over 40 years. Liberal or conservative. Term limits or repeal the 17th!

[ferri]

"One of my teachers called me ignorant and told me this was an embarrassment to the school," Trost told WND. "She said to me, 'Can't you forgive him after all these years?' And I said, 'No, he killed somebody.'

wow!

[Darkwolf377]

BAWAHHHHHH!!! I would have paid good money to see the look on Kennedy's face!

At this stage he probably wondered if Chappaquidik is a new microbrew he hasn't tried.

I just LOVE how campuses are into that whole "free speech" and "takin' it to the man" and "talking back to those in power" thing!

[XR7]

[Gondring]

...in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success.

Amazing.

[SR 50]

Thank God that there are "some" students from the younger generations that do "get it". Honestly, I was beginning to wonder if "any" of the younger generation students were ever going to "get it".

[Dallas59]

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP

[bayourant]

Cool article, In funny that the Kid is a liberal(protest Iraq war etc) he says but heck thought Kennedy was just wrong. bet he is going to get razzed lol. Good for him

[EternalVigilance]

We need to give the young Mr. Trost the 'Sam Adams Civil Disobedience Award'. :-)

Glad to see that the spirit of rebellion against tyrants lives on somewhere in Massachusetts!

[taxesareforever]

The student said one of his teachers confronted him after a class about the Chappaquiddick issue.

The teacher was problably researching it. Probably didn't even know about it.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

"Remember salads!"

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Oh wow, good for him!!! That would be well worth some community service time.

[DakotaRed]

"I haven't yet found out what's going to happen to me," Trost said, referring to the warning from campus police.

Where is the ACLU protecting this mans "FREEDOM OF SPEECH?"

Any bets if they had yelled anything against the war to Bush or Cheney, it would be a freedom of speech issue?

[BJungNan]

[Bon mots]

Click on either of the two books to find out more. (Will open in a new page)

[de Buillion]

Thank you for posting this, CrawDaddyCA- And thank you for your heroic performance, Paul Trost! Now, you better depart MA ASAP!

[Darkwolf377]

"Remember Chappaquiddick!"

No booze for you!

[CheyennePress]

Normally I'm not a fan of people yelling in a speech. Let what's going to be said be said. Comment afterward.

However, given the circumstances and the liberal lunatics who firebomb any speech given by a conservative, I think this kid needs to put up a fight.

As an aside, I don't know how many people in my generation really know about it. I have a buddy, and when a fine specimen of the female gender walks by, we'll just occasionally ask, "Chappaquiddick?" It basically means hop in, the water's fine and was one of those odd inside jokes that arose. Nobody seems to have a clue that we're even alluding to anything, which is probably good because that could easily get taken the wrong way.

[I Drive Too Fast]

ping

[peacebaby]

"the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success. "

WHAT HARDSHIPS? This is such a joke.

[onyx]

The kid says he's a liberal arts major and has protested against the war in Iraq, adding that he's not a ring-winger.

He also says he'll not apologize...lol.

The article states that today is the Swimmer's 74 th birthday.

[baby blues]

That*s funny! They should give the kid an award. That took a lot of nerve. I*m sure Ted is going to use his power to make that kid*s life miserable.

[Arpege92]

I'm simply amazed how the left can actually support and hero worship a criminal like Ted Kennedy!

[JohnLongIsland]

it's probably the only capital offense left in the massachussetts' penal code: yelling "remember chappaquidick".

[Watery Tart]

"She said to me, 'Can't you forgive him after all these years?' And I said, 'No, he killed somebody.'

Forgive him? FORGIVE HIM? Did they rewrite the state law to drop the statute of limitations on murder?

And just when did you
stop abusing alcohol and start treatment,
Senator Kennedy?

[Cobra64]

BAWAHHHHHH!!!

Is that a word?

[rfreedom4u]

Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing.

[Petronski]

This student made a terrible error.





In the same period of time, he could have shouted "Chappaquiddick! Chappaquiddick!"

No need to say "remember" in this instance.

[rock58seg]

He will recieve more punishment and investigation than Kennedy ever did.

[Caipirabob]

"Trost, a liberal arts major who has protested the Iraq war, says he's not a right-winger. "I tend to have what would be considered liberal views," he explained, "but I go with whatever I think is right."

***

"One of my teachers called me ignorant and told me this was an embarrassment to the school," Trost told WND.

Whatchoo doin' off de plantation, boy?!?

[Misschuck]

Where is the ACLU protecting this guy's rights?

[muir_redwoods]

This kid needs to remember that he is in Massachusetts and none of the bill of rights is in force there if the Kennedy's say so. Teddie might be a drunken old lard-assed sot but he is the natural ruler of Massachusetts and that kid who died at Chappaquiddick had it coming to her.

This kid should quit school today and try to leave the state. Nothing he does from now on will work out well for him.

BTW, way to go kid.

[Semper Paratus]

If Ann Coulter was speaking they would have blamed her for being provocative.

[Smokin' Joe]

No autopsy was ever performed to determine her exact cause of death.

Or whether there was a bun in the oven...?

Thank God there are still students with guts. Funny how Ann Coulter can be heckled and have pies thrown at her, but the Man is right there all over Trost for saying two words on the way out....

Liberals just can't take any of what they dish out.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

At the time, Kennedy claimed he tried several times to swim down to reach Kopechne to no avail. He came under fire for not reporting the incident to authorities until the next morning. In the interim he reportedly made an effort to call a family legal adviser.

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The REPORTER is continuing the coverup for Kennedy!

Kennedy didn't "attempt" to contact his "family legal advisor" (er, lawyer!)

He SUCCESSFULLY made NUMEROUS CALLS to his lawyers (AND to campaign advisors and other politicians!!!!)

(But NOT to the police/local sheriff/local rescue or tow trucks to try to help the cold, terrified, drowning girl.

[Tax Government]

What he SHOULD do is put the event on his resume, and then change schools if necessary.

[Cronos]

Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was

Yup, maaan, I wish I 'ad grown up with 'alf the "adversity" 'e faced....

[Joe Boucher]

This kid is a hero and if the school takes the dumb course of sanctioning him over a free speach issue then fellow conservatives I think then we have an issue to rally around.