Somehow mary jo will be blamed for getting ted drunk and forcing him to drive her home and then telling him to drive off the bridge because I want to kill myself
I should have just posted the whole DivingPetrel comment in my post rather than have Freepers looking for it. But you are pretty close. Here is DivingPetrel’s movie scenario - pretty clever guy:
divingpetrel The Masked Avatar • 7 hours ago
“Yes I can see it now. The movie starts with Kopechne having just missed her ride and upset about it. Ted shows up (stone cold sober of course) and as a gracious gentleman offers to drive her home.
Just as they get to the area of the cemetery they are forced off the road by mysterious men (who later in the movie are seen to be acting at the behest of the EVIL George W. Bush) who force them to drive to the bridge where they take Ted out of the car and shove it into the water with Kopechne still inside.
They then take Ted away for reprogramming while an imposter stands in to try to make him look callous solely to ruin the democrats chances in the next election. Ted is finally released from the clutches of the EVIL George W. Bush with no recollection of what actually happened and as soon as he hears about the accident he gallantly does the right thing and turns himself in to take the punishment for a crime which he somehow knows he is being framed for.
After serving a two-year prison term he returns to the Senate an older and wiser man, even more dedicated to defending the rights of women from the misogynistic Republicans.
Ahhh... the wonders of Hollywood.”