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Republican invokes Chappaquiddick against Democratic rival
Boston.com ^ | 10/11/2006 | Andrew Miga

Posted on 10/11/2006 3:08:34 PM PDT by Panerai

HARTFORD, Conn. --Republican Rep. Christopher Shays defended the House speaker's handling of a congressional page scandal, saying no one died like at Chappaquiddick in 1969 when Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy was involved.

"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day," the embattled Connecticut congressman told The Hartford Courant in remarks published Wednesday.

"Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody," he added.

Shays' comments recalled the Chappaquiddick incident, when Kennedy's car ran off a Massachusetts bridge, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy did not immediately report the tragedy, and later pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.

Last week, Kennedy campaigned for Democrat Diane Farrell, who is locked in a bitter fight with Shays that could help determine whether Democrats recapture the House after 12 years of GOP control.

"This is symptomatic of Chris losing his composure in a tight race," Farrell said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press Wednesday. "Chris just seems to be lashing out in anger."

Kennedy's office had a terse response.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chappaquiddick; cheater; lardass; maryjo; massachusetts; splash; swimmer; tedkennedy
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To: LegalEagle61
Yeah, he'll put ice on that bruise along with a few bottles of Jack Daniels.

fat teddy would never drink Jack Daniels, he is a Chivas guy. {Now if Jack Daniels was all that was available, well......}

61 posted on 10/11/2006 5:09:49 PM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Salamander
The Kennedy coat of arms.

Perhaps not - the bend (diagonal) represents protection. One thing Fat Ted did not do to Mary Jo.

62 posted on 10/11/2006 5:10:22 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: sgtbono2002
We havent even mentioned the rape he sat through in Florida, of ,making hios kid iligitimate by an annullment and driving his wife insane. Ted Kennedy is slime. the worst kind of slime, its time someone said so.

White trash with money.

63 posted on 10/11/2006 5:11:29 PM PDT by chit*chat
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To: Panerai

bravo !!!!! now mention bwharney fwanks ho-house, clintons monicagate and studds triple standing ovations. Lets see who the party of corruption really is !!!!!!!


64 posted on 10/11/2006 5:13:08 PM PDT by LC HOGHEAD ("Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things evil and inhumANE)
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To: Panerai

"Kennedy's office had a terse response."

Hic!


65 posted on 10/11/2006 5:13:54 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: Jalapeno

I am really shocked Shays would say this.

posted on 10/11/2006 6:46:56 PM EDT by Jalapeno

TRUTH HURTS HUH?????


66 posted on 10/11/2006 5:14:35 PM PDT by LC HOGHEAD ("Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things evil and inhumANE)
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To: Panerai

Ted Kennedy has a D after his name. That gives him a free pass to do and say anything he wants, especially by the Democrat Networks such as ABC, CBS, and NBC.


67 posted on 10/11/2006 5:16:05 PM PDT by Revererdrv
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To: LukeL

Yeah who cares if Byrd burnt crosses, that was like 60 years ago, cut the guy some slack, it isn't as if he has showed any racists tendencies recently.

posted on 10/11/2006 6:41:04 PM EDT by LukeL

YEAH, BYRD HAS LOTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ON HIS STAFF (NONE)


68 posted on 10/11/2006 5:16:15 PM PDT by LC HOGHEAD ("Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things evil and inhumANE)
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Or "A Bridge To Far".

Mary Jo would still be alive if had been too far. No, it was "A Bridge Too Narrow". For a drunken slimeball.

69 posted on 10/11/2006 5:18:23 PM PDT by mc5cents
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To: Panerai

ROTFLOL! Oh boy, I bet Teddy's going to have a total meltdown when he hears about this. It couldn't happen to a more deserving jackass. :o)


70 posted on 10/11/2006 5:20:33 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD GET SHOT BY THOSE WHO DON'T.)
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To: zbigreddogz; nutmeg; #1CTYankee; MassachusettsGOP; MplsSteve; oceanview; Just A Nobody; Valin; ...

Wow, I'm amazed that the normally mild-mannered RINO Shays would launch a full-frontal attack like that.


71 posted on 10/11/2006 5:24:28 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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To: spinestein

I was attending college in Boston at the time of the Chappaquiddick incident.

You could have cut the silence with a knife.


72 posted on 10/11/2006 5:25:58 PM PDT by ADSUM (Democracy works when citizens get involved and keep government honest.)
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To: Alissa
True, but it permanently squashed any chance he'd run for the presidency. As I remember, he was a hot ticket and all the media could talk about at the time was how it ruined his chance to be president. They fretted more about that than the tragic death of a young woman.

I remember that like it was yesterday. Shameless. They, the MSM, are still at it today. I.e., saving reckless reprobate democrats from themselves. It is truly awful. We need to begin cleaning out the communnists from the Universitys that teach these so called "journalists". They graduate and begin spouting the commie line and protecting their "fellow travelers". Where is the modern day Joe McCarthy when you need him?

73 posted on 10/11/2006 5:26:47 PM PDT by mc5cents
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To: Clintonfatigued

Thanks for the ping, I guess this is why they deleated mine.

Anyhow, I'll say what I said before: If there were any people planning on sitting on their hands because Shays wasn't conservative enough, I think they just got planted firmly in his camp.


74 posted on 10/11/2006 5:29:30 PM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: 1035rep

In case you've never visited the website:

http://www.ytedk.com/

You'll go from sad to mad...


75 posted on 10/11/2006 5:29:51 PM PDT by Solamente (Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...)
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To: Williams
Don't you just love it, Kennedy KILLED a girl, went home and slept it off and walked in to the police fresh as a daisy the next day to mention there was a girl at the bottom of the river - and his office won't dignify mention of it witha response! The point is Kennedy is an immoral killer and the dems give him standing ovations every day.

Actually when Kennedy got back to his "bungalow" his "phone" apparently made around twenty or so calls (I think the number may be higher like in the 30's). In addition Teddy made a point to go to the motel manager and complain about noise from a nearby room and to ask the time (Alibi City) so he was anything but asleep. They had a different plan but eventually decided to not play it out but go with the risky strategy of negligence. With some local officials help he (they) got away with it. Luckily, despite the 1980 Dem Convention, it proved the factor that never allowed him to become President. Thank GOD!

76 posted on 10/11/2006 5:32:51 PM PDT by torchthemummy (Abortion: One Dead, One Wounded)
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To: wagglebee; little jeremiah

Democrats are the biggest hypocrites. They think that on one hand, not doing enough to find out about trolling for pages disqualifies a Congressman from being Speaker, but they also think that manslaughter doesn't warrant removal from the Senate.


77 posted on 10/11/2006 5:35:06 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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To: zbigreddogz; A. Pole

I figured that this was the one you spoke of. I'm amazed that Shays would say this. He really grew a pair of brass ones. I hope the rest of the party follows his example.


78 posted on 10/11/2006 5:38:19 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Nihilism is at the heart of Islamic culture)
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To: Solamente
 Took awhile to read and you were right.  Kennedy is the lowest form of scum and so are the democrats that keep voting this filth back into office.
79 posted on 10/11/2006 6:01:47 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Williams
"The point is Kennedy is an immoral killer and the dems give him standing ovations every day."

Not that I have any clout here at FR but I'd call that the quote of the week. We should put that on billboards nationwide. Well said.
80 posted on 10/11/2006 6:03:16 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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