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Since Chappaquiddick, Democrats' views of women have evolved. Republicans' still need to.
NBC "News" ^ | April 6, 2018 | by Jill Filipovic

Posted on 04/06/2018 12:08:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The new movie about the Ted Kennedy's involvement in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne highlights the progress women have made in the Democratic party.

Mary Jo Kopechne was 28 years old when she died, trapped in a car that had plunged into a Massachusetts waterway. Experts believe she didn’t drown, but suffocated: Air pockets in the car allowed her to keep breathing for many hours after the crash.

This is important because Kopechne wasn’t alone at the time of the accident: Then-Senator Ted Kennedy was behind the wheel.

The left does continue to struggle with how to treat misdeeds by powerful men with whom it is politically aligned, and male misbehavior transcends political ideology. But there is no question that Democrats are cleaning house.

You can’t say the same about the American right. Our current president has been accused of sexual misconduct and assault nearly two dozen times, and has openly bragged about grabbing women’s genitals without consent.

Feminist-minded liberals have come a long way from the worldview that enabled Ted Kennedy to turn a terrible crash into a fatal one with his decision to walk away, and still keep his Senate seat. One doesn’t have to stretch too far to imagine that Kennedy weighted his own political future heavier than the life and promise of the bright young political operative trapped in the passenger seat. Watching “Chappaquiddick” today shouldn’t just horrify us; it should make us question how so many people in our country are still stuck half a century behind, and why they have a figurehead in our president.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chappaquiddick; kennedy; maryjokopechne; massachusetts; murder; progressives; tedkennedy
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1 posted on 04/06/2018 12:08:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There it is!

I knew it was coming, and there it is!


2 posted on 04/06/2018 12:10:33 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah ‘cause Bill Clinton was a rabid femanist.


3 posted on 04/06/2018 12:11:21 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah that’s why he was indicted for manslaughter and kicked out of the Senate. What? Neither of those things happened?


4 posted on 04/06/2018 12:11:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Evolved, huh? Like this guy....

http://freebeacon.com/politics/male-colorado-democrat-has-penchant-for-ladies-bathroom/


5 posted on 04/06/2018 12:12:44 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They sure have....


6 posted on 04/06/2018 12:12:50 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So the democrats bad judgement and behavior are a testament to how evil the republicans are? The msm is the real enemy.


7 posted on 04/06/2018 12:12:53 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How can they get away with saying this stuff?!

Bill Clinton?!
Wiener?!
Weinstein?!

Throw the DNC out - all of em.


8 posted on 04/06/2018 12:13:37 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Republicans need no evolution because the Republicans are already light-years ahead of the current position of the Democrats. Somehow Bill Clinton escaped the evolution the Democrats are talking about. Otherwise, he would not have raped Mrs. Broddrick. This article is pure fake news commonly known as bs.


9 posted on 04/06/2018 12:13:51 PM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And yet Kennedy was looked upon as the lion of the Senate by many liberal minded journalists. Ones like this author have mindsets and minds that are that mind numbingly pathetic.


10 posted on 04/06/2018 12:14:23 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
You can’t say the same about the American right. Our current president has been accused of sexual misconduct and assault nearly two dozen times, and has openly bragged about grabbing women’s genitals without consent.

First there is the absurd comparison of leaving someone to die with consensual sex. And second, Trump was not talking about groping someone who was unwilling - to the contrary, he was talking about how celebrity-addled women react in many cases. And third, there are no accusations of rape against Trump, like there are against Slick. No mention of him for some reason. And fourth, none of the allegations against Trump happened while he was in office.

11 posted on 04/06/2018 12:14:31 PM PDT by dirtboy
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Yes, democrats have viewed that they can manipulate them


12 posted on 04/06/2018 12:14:33 PM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think Jill needs to make me a sandwich.


13 posted on 04/06/2018 12:15:07 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Watching “Chappaquiddick” today shouldn’t just horrify us; it should make us question how so many people in our country are still stuck half a century behind,”


Unbelievable-——————TRUMP BASHING because of a movie about EMK.

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14 posted on 04/06/2018 12:15:59 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Vaquero
Well he and lots of his buddies are hands on kinda guys when it comes to women and their rights. And lefts. And fronts. And backs. 🙌🏼👐🏼🤘🏻
15 posted on 04/06/2018 12:16:00 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: mewzilla

And here’s 37 more...

https://m.ranker.com/list/democrat-sex-scandals/web-infoguy


16 posted on 04/06/2018 12:16:04 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla

Thanks——that’s EXACTLY what I needed.

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17 posted on 04/06/2018 12:17:37 PM PDT by Mears
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To: mewzilla

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/24/sexual-harassment-allegations-california-democrats-306231

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/03/06/lead-valencia-nashville-mayor-scandal-live.cnn


18 posted on 04/06/2018 12:17:52 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Vaquero

He never raped a feminist, or had sex with one, including his wife. He even had Web Hubbell stand in for him to give Hillary a baby for political reasons, to keep his feminist creds intact. 8>)


19 posted on 04/06/2018 12:18:26 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

But there is no question that Democrats are cleaning house.

Patent Bullshit.


20 posted on 04/06/2018 12:18:43 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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