Ted on C'quiddick: Not drunk, not romantic

Politico ^ | September 3, 2009 | Glenn Thrush

[jws3sticks]

Like the old poem says: "For the want of a nail..."

[tdscpa]

Uh, you mean he is a natural-born democrat?

[Kirkwood]

Leave it to a Kennedy to lie from the grave while lying in the grave.

[rod1]

Not Drunk, Not Romantic.
I guess that leaves dangerously reckless, coldly calculating, cheating to get ahead, chauvanistic, uncaring for others and without regard for human life.

That’s how I will remember Jack’s baby brother.

[DeaconRed]

Sorry Ted:
You had ample time to answer and you didn't.
If not for your family's bootleg money you would have been arrested and most likely convicted of Murder. . .

I hope you have lots of Ice Water. You will need it.

[DeaconRed]

One more thing Ted.
Say hi to Lucifer for me.
He almost got Voter#537.
I saw the light and escaped. . . . . . .

[fatima]

Has anybody read the story that Mary Jo was asleep in the backseat of the car.Ted left with another woman not knowing Mary Jo was there.Rosemary Keough’s purse was found in the car.

[rod1]

Exactly. Teddy paid someone else to take his Spanish exam.

In wonder if he even attended half his classes while there.

So he would have us believe that he was walking across Harvard Yard one day and stopped out of concern when he saw a poor student holding a sign that said...”will cheat for you for a new offshore bank account”. He was only being a good Kennedy Samaritan, “you know”.

or .....a group of “I like Ike” supporters accosted Teddy on Harvard Yard and threatened to beat him senseless unless he allowed one of them to take his Spanish exam the next day.

[DejaJude]

I didn’t believe him when he was alive. Why should I believe him after he’s dead?

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

....and the publishing co. for releasing such teasers

[Cheburashka]

...and the senator claims he was cajoled into cheating on a Spanish test at Harvard by a buddy and didn't hatch the scheme that resulted in his expulsion.

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Hatched by his Kennedyness or not, it was his academic standing that would have been enhanced by a successful perpetration of the fraud. His buddy would have got nothing but the satisfaction of “getting away with something”.

He may have lived 77 years, but he did not live ling enough to become a man.

[Feckless]

I was led astray by the treachery of others......

[Cheburashka]

My understanding of the party was that it involved a lot of alcohol and partying, and all the men were married, but none of the female campaign workers were. None of the men’s wives were present at the party. Draw your own conclusions.

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Obviously the young ladies were being “mentored” in the ins and outs of political campaigns. That’s obvious from the facts above. After all, how can they be effective "campaign workers" if they haven't been trained properly?

[Bigh4u2]

“as well as the knowledge that the accident would hurt him politically.”

That’s the only true line in this statement.

All the rest is B.S.

[ArrogantBustard]

What a great big steaming

[murdoog]

It’s possible there was no romantic relationship. If there were, that would tend to cast aspersions on Ms.Kopechne as well as Senator Kennedy.

He does coyly omit any discussion of whether he was pursuing something romantic.

[freekitty]

True.