People dont know this because history, as currently taught in the US, is biased and laughably selective about what is represented and how its represented.
Of course, students DO NOT research on their own, so even in this information age with all data and facts readily and openly available for anyone with half a brain... these kids still know NOTHING.
THANKS NEA!!!
The office liberal once cited something saintly that Teddy was doing...and I guffawed...the swimmer has no credibility.
In the conversation that followed, it became apparent that this 40 y/o man had no idea what had happened. He vaguely knew of the incident, but characterized it as ‘controversial’...as in there was some lack of certainty that Kennedy had been the driver.
I confess that I hadn’t heard of it until age 21, during the Clarence Thomas witch trials.
He's no student. He's 47 years old. Actors used to research their characters. Yeah, Mary Jo was having a swimmingly wonderful night.