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Coming Attractions: New movie Chappaquiddick may threaten Kennedy mythology
americanthinker.com ^ | 12/23/2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/23/2017 8:00:43 AM PST by rktman

By the standards of the #MeToo movement, the late Senator Ted Kennedy was a monster, far worse than anything alleged about Harvey Weinstein. And he has never been held to account, by the media and historians, for his brutal crmies against women. He not only accidentally killed one of his prey, Mary Jo Kopechne, he engaged in a vicious sexual assault in public, in the so-called “waitress sandwich” attack. Readers unfamiliar with that incident are urged to read the undisputed account of the violent attack that was witnessed by fellow diners at Washington’s expensive La Brasserie restaurant.

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To: Avalon Memories

Does the trailer imply that he was crying about what he just did, or a realization that he just torpedoed his political future?


21 posted on 12/23/2017 8:33:30 AM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: rktman

The victim herself detailed the attack for Penthouse magazine in 1989, which was summarized by the Washington Times:

“When she put in an appearance in their private retreat - ‘The Teddy Kennedy Fun Room’ - the Massachusetts senator picked her up and heaved her onto a table. The crystal candlesticks and champagne glasses shattered as he grabbed her again and flung her on top of Dodd.

“Then Kennedy threw himself on top of the woman. The waitress implored Mr. Kennedy to ‘Get off me!’

“Another waitress entered to find ‘things all tipped over and Kennedy was on top, [the waitress] was in the middle and Dodd was on the bottom.’ At that point the sandwich was disassembled.”

http://www.capveterans.com/jack_cunningham/id8.html


22 posted on 12/23/2017 8:37:05 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: DoodleBob

We did liberal Hollywood green light this?


23 posted on 12/23/2017 8:37:29 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: rktman

Not sure that’ll happen, given that virtually every sordid offspring of the Ambassador has proven itself (”it” intended) as a lothsome, low IQ, no morals, POS worthy only of serving as fodder for pigs.

Despite this, the low ability to learn MSM still thinks these single celled brained things are capable of governing. Oh well, guess they are in a liberal government.


24 posted on 12/23/2017 8:39:35 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: rktman

We took a trip to the east coast last summer, arriving at Logan Boston. There are tons of banners, not of all three brothers, but of Teddy, all over the airport. A disgusting pig and seditious. My only regret is it’s too early to precut tickets for this film.


25 posted on 12/23/2017 8:41:03 AM PST by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: nickedknack

#dighimup


26 posted on 12/23/2017 8:41:04 AM PST by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: rktman

I cannot wait until the truth is written about MLK, Jr. There are lots of people out there that haven’t a clue as to this man’s immorality and dislike for the US.


27 posted on 12/23/2017 8:43:30 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: GreenHornet

Also, his wife Joan was pregnant at the time and lost the baby due to the stress.


28 posted on 12/23/2017 8:44:14 AM PST by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: rktman

Amazon has it. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/145-7158392-5975530?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Senatorial+Privilege


29 posted on 12/23/2017 8:52:10 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: nickedknack

Wife & I are OIF/OEF vets. We went to Arlington in 2012. Our closest friends are vets & their parents are buried there so they loaned us their family parking pass. The Kennedy grave square is the only one of those hundreds of thousands to have special signs showing how to get there. Not RIP but RHIP.

There’s a joke that the Swimmer’s grave is guarded 24/7 not to protect it from deplorables with full bladders, but from the bums, since Scotch fumes continue to rise from it to this day.


30 posted on 12/23/2017 8:55:32 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: DoodleBob

“They don’t realize their weapons are being used against themselves.”

I don’t buy that. The score right now is -1 (Roy Moore) and Al Franken is thinking about undoing his resignation. Media is ho hum.

They will pretend to go after their own. And may sacrifice a few pawns. But when actual political power and money are at stake, the weapon will only be leveled against conservatives. The media is complicit.

Really, does it make any difference that “The Lion of the Senate” is shown for what he truly was? No one cares. Most millennials have never heard of him. Kennedy and Clinton are easy sacrifices for the left in exchange for one senate seat because they Bill and Teddy are ancient history and no longer make a difference.

I predict this movie will come and go and hardly leave a ripple.


31 posted on 12/23/2017 8:56:35 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: rktman

All of Ted Kennedy’s cowardliness, crimes and boorish behavior have always been known.

But his true nature was cleaned up and covered up by the same media and political forces that protected rapist and abuser Bill Clinton and the non-American, anti-American, pro-muslim, Barack Obama.

The same people who ignored Barack Obama’s questionable background, non-existent and phony ID, and lack of legal status to serve as president treated Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton as saviors instead of the liars and criminals they truly were and are.

And it wasn’t just democrats and the leftist media.

Cowardly republicans rolled over for Barack Obama for 8 years.

Too bad they didn’t fight Obama in those eight years as hard as they fight their own republican president today.


32 posted on 12/23/2017 8:58:19 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Remember That Diversity Is The Opposite Of Unity.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Liberals are very good at ignoring what they don’t want to hear. They live in fantasy land.


33 posted on 12/23/2017 9:00:29 AM PST by Bayan
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To: shooter223
LOL! Alexa, find this book. 🤖. Of course Amazon has it.
34 posted on 12/23/2017 9:01:55 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: nickedknack

Have they ever removed a body from Arlington? He doesn’t deserve to be there. Is Robert there too?


35 posted on 12/23/2017 9:03:53 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: shooter223

I read that one.

The guy was scum.

And she was a ‘prize’ among the office workers or campaign workers. Meaning she wasn’t at that party that weekend to screw. She was a good girl. It probably took all day and night (heavy drinking, everyone else pairing up) to get her to agree to go for that drive. She wasn’t a good time girl.


36 posted on 12/23/2017 9:08:52 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Avalon Memories

[[but NONE more so than Edward M. Kennedy.]]

I dunno- one senator who was president for the last 8 years destroyed the country- attacked the constitution- destroyed the sanctity of marriage etc- attacked conservatives- filled our country with muslims from dangerous countries- protected them- coddled them- etc- and allowed islamic terrorists to operate drug gangs here in the US- both were pretty bad- one actually destroyed much of what our country stood for-


37 posted on 12/23/2017 9:13:46 AM PST by Bob434
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To: rktman

The Kennedy has not been born that I would ever respect.

My tagline...says it all.

Why anyone admires JFK is a mystery to me. An even bigger POS than Teddy.


38 posted on 12/23/2017 9:21:18 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: rktman

Sometimes I think Amazon has every book ever published. Movies,too. Not possible, of course, but sometimes it seems like it.


39 posted on 12/23/2017 9:23:26 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Yaelle

I read it when it first came out. Still have a copy. I have always referred to him as “senator Chappaquiddick” ever since. As you said, he was truly scum.


40 posted on 12/23/2017 9:27:00 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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