Ted Kennedy is Dead

[Piggy]

One less criminal in congress.

On July 18th, 1969 Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, swam to shore, walked past several homes where he could have called for help, and eventually just went back to his hotel to sleep. All the while, his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne was trapped underwater running out of air.

The next morning "Teddy" stood at a pay phone nearby and watched the authorities remove her body from the wreck, and only then did he go to the police.

The scuba diver who removed Ms. Kopechne from the car stated that her body was pressed up into the highest part of the vehicle where an air bubble would have formed, and that had he been called to the scene quickly she probably would have lived.

[retdetsgt]

Humm, I haven't read one thing about that in all the glowing obituaries so far.....:rolleyes:

[texaschickeee]

Its the only reason he never attempted to run for president.
And remember its her fault that she was brave enough to accept a ride.....
His mistake was being drunk and not admitting it. :eek:

FTR- he is not the only Kennedy to kill someone.......;)

[retdetsgt]

I guess I was wrong. ABC published a story on it.

Chappaquiddick's Indiscretions Forever Tarnished Kennedy - ABC News

[texaschickeee]

Chappaquiddick incident
Main article: Chappaquiddick incident

Mary Jo KopechneOn the night of July 18, 1969, Kennedy was on Martha's Vineyard's Chappaquiddick Island at a party for the "Boiler Room Girls", a group of young women who had worked on his brother Robert's presidential campaign the year before.[45] Leaving the party, Kennedy was driving a 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 with one of the women, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, as his passenger, when Kennedy drove off Dike Bridge into the Poucha Pond inlet. Kennedy escaped the overturned vehicle and swam to safety, but Kopechne died in the car. Kennedy left the scene and did not call authorities until after Kopechne's body was discovered the following day.[45]

On July 25, Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was given a sentence of two months in jail, suspended.[45] That night, he gave a national broadcast in which he said, "I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately", but denied driving under the influence of alcohol and denied any immoral conduct between him and Kopechne.[45] Kennedy asked the Massachusetts electorate whether he should stay in office and, after getting a favorable response, he did so.[45]

In January 1970, an inquest into Kopechne's death took place in Edgartown, Massachusetts.[45] At the request of Kennedy's lawyers, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the inquest be conducted in secret.[45][47][48] The presiding judge, James A. Boyle, concluded that some aspects of Kennedy's story of that night were not true, and that "negligent driving appears to have contributed to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne."[48] A grand jury on Martha's Vineyard staged a two-day investigation in April 1970 but issued no indictment, after which Boyle made his inquest report public.[45] Kennedy deemed its conclusions "not justified."[45] Doubts about the Chappaquiddick incident generated a large number of articles and books over the next several years.[49]

Kennedy easily won re-election to another term in the Senate in 1970 with 62 percent of the vote against underfunded Republican candidate Josiah Spaulding, although he received about 500,000 fewer votes than in 1964.[49]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy

[Sgt. Slaughter]

Wow. "Indiscretions" huh? How about an effing crime????? Way for them to downplay it.

[StationM]

Its the only reason he never attempted to run for president.
And remember its her fault that she was brave enough to accept a ride.....
His mistake was being drunk and not admitting it. :eek:

FTR- he is not the only Kennedy to kill someone.......;)

He ran against Jimmy Carter.

[Cass]

Ding Dong

Ding Dong

[Piggy]

Did I mention he should have died in prison for treason?

Senator Ted Kennedy cooperated with the KGB, Soviet leaders to undermine Reagan

I guess I won't be watching television for the next few days. I can't stand seeing his mug on TV. There's always Food Network.

[retdetsgt]

He ran against Jimmy Carter.

When? It wasn't for president. Here's a list of 1976 Democratic primary candidates....


United States presidential election, 1976 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was speculated after RFK was killed, but those rumors were dashed quickly.

[Piggy]

When? It wasn't for president. Here's a list of 1976 Democratic primary candidates....


United States presidential election, 1976 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It was speculated after RFK was killed, but those rumors were dashed quickly.

Jump forward four years to the 1980 primary. ;)

[retdetsgt]

Jump forward four years to the 1980 primary. ;)

My mistake. I didn't recall anyone running against Carter in that primary....

[ChevySSP]

I imagine that they'll make him a symbol of the Healthcare reform movement...:rolleyes:

[Piggy]

My mistake. I didn't recall anyone running against Carter in that primary....

That's because Carter barely ran in the general election even after he won the primary. Let's hope 2012 is a repeat.

[retdetsgt]

That's because Carter barely ran in the general election even after he won the primary. Let's hope 2012 is a repeat.

Well, that and I've never seen a Democratic party nomination ballot in my life....:D