The story reads like satire.
That's about as phoney as a Chappaquiddick neck-brace.
Leaving the scene of an accident and not reporting it for 10 hours was no simple crash, the drunkard kennedy made sure of that.
Just another leftist who doesn’t value his own credibility.
When it mattered most, he ran, and left a woman to die.
Burn in Hell Senator Kennedy.
Take out Chappaquiddick and you still have his extreme left wing commie loving US Republic hating voting record, so take out Chappaquiddick who cares, let’s focus on his selling the Republic down the drain.
Kopechne was a “family friend?” Who knew!
I suppose that means Bobby...never mind.
As for a knock on the noggin leaving him senseless, Ted had the presence of mind to try to get someone else to take the blame; to build an alibi; to swim back to his hotel and pretend nothing had happened. His brain miraculously recovered when he learned that the cops had found the car.
But the testimony of a mistress should not be open to skeptical inquiry, eh? I’m sure she’s as authentic as Helga R. Hughes.
I have no doubt this was nothing but an accident. But his actions AFTERWARDS are what kills me.
He left the scene. He tried to get another lawyer to take the blame. He lied agbout it. HIs first reaction was to try to weasel his way out of it.
By some reports the woman was alive for 45 minuts, in less than 5 feet of water. He could have saved her and been a hero- instead he was a coward and slime ball, who is probably nice and toasty in his new home.
The definitive story of Chappaquiddick has already been written by Leo Damore. “Senatorial Privilege” basically uncovers every detail simply because he was able to get one of the Kennedy family who was there to talk and tell what really happened.
Except for several things...
Teddy didn’t wander mindlessly around the countryside. He had the presence of mind to escape the car immediately. He walked home. He didn’t call anyone for ten to twelve hours. He didn’t get help for Mary Joe. He just stayed home until, of all things, he sobered up.
I don’t much care if the guy was having an affair, and I’m not trying to besmirch Mary Joe.
What I am saying, is that failing anything else, this man is the biggest asshole on record in Mass., considering he would have rather let some girl drown than expose himself as a drunken driver that may have put her life in danger.
Then he had to deal with the fact that he was more interested in keeping his nose clean, than keeping her alive.
The Kennedy family... what a pack of bottom-feeding losers.
Those who enable them and cover for them are second only to them, as the worst our nation has to offer.
Accident? I call it negligent homicide.
Uh, right. He couldn't go to the hospital until his blood alcohol level returned to normal .. which is why he didn't go.
So as not to be totally negative in this post, I want to applaud Teddy for qualifying for his One Year Pin last week - alcohol free for a year, way to go Teddy!!!!
Helga Wagner
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Investigators found it difficult to understand why he was crossing Dyke Bridge when he said he was attempting to reach Edgartown which was in the opposite direction. They also could not understand why he was driving so fast on this unlit, uneven, road. They also could not work out how Kennedy escaped from the car. When it was recovered from the water all the doors were locked. Three of the windows were either open or smashed in. If Kennedy, a large-framed 6 foot 2 inches tall man could manage to get out of the car, why was it impossible for Kopechne, a slender 5 foot 2 inches tall, not do the same?
Local experts could not understand why Kennedy (and later, Markham and Gargan) could not rescue Kopechne from the car. It also surprised investigators that Kennedy did not seek help from Pierre Malm, who only lived 135 metres from the bridge. At the inquest Kennedy was unable to answer this question.
There were also doubts about the way Mary Jo Kopechne died. Dr. Donald Mills of Edgartown, wrote on the death certificate: "death by drowning". However, Gene Frieh, the undertaker, told reporters that death "was due to suffocation rather than drowning". John Farrar, the diver who removed Kopechne from the car, claimed she was "too buoyant to be full of water". It is assumed that she died from drowning, although her parents filed a petition preventing an autopsy.
At the least it was manslaughter, at the worst cold-blooded murder.
the whole July 1969 episode should have been handled as a simple crash, leaving the senator’s legacy untainted...
LOL! Why not portray him as a real hero who tried to save her?
He's not going to kill that golden goose any time soon.
(Sorry about the mixed metaphor.)
Accident, my foot