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Washington Whispers: Ted Kennedy an Innocent Chappaquiddick Victim
NewsBusters ^ | August 30, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 08/30/2010 5:27:21 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

This is one story that U.S. News & World Report's Washington Whispers might want to keep to a low whisper or risk even more ridicule than what they are already receiving. Paul Bedard, writing in Washington Whispers, quotes Kennedy's biographer and former girlfriend who claim that Ted was really an innocent victim of the Chappaquiddick accident. Here is Kennedy biographer Burton Hersh making the case for Kennedy as merely a lousy driver:

Now, a year after Kennedy died, his lifelong biographer Burton Hersh, armed with fresh interviews with Kennedy's mistress at the time, tells Whispers that the whole July 1969 episode should have been handled as a simple crash, leaving the senator's legacy untainted. "It was a car accident," he says. "Ted was a terrible driver. He never paid much attention to where he was going."

"He took a tremendous blow on the head," says Hersh. In interviews following the crash, Kennedy displayed confusion and amnesia, he says.


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Kennedy as Chappaquiddick victim as distorted by a bizarre liberal lens.
1 posted on 08/30/2010 5:27:25 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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HorseHockey!!


2 posted on 08/30/2010 5:29:58 PM PDT by Thom Pain (2 + 2 = 4 : Defending the Constitution is CENTRIST; not RIGHT WING! Don't be labeled!)
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Mary Jo suffocated in the back seat. Her finger nails bloodied as she fought for life while fat Ted sat in his room plotting his next move.


3 posted on 08/30/2010 5:30:48 PM PDT by y6162
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Sure,bring on the mistress to make Teddy look good....


4 posted on 08/30/2010 5:30:50 PM PDT by RummyChick
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"He took a tremendous blow on the head,"

This supports a theory about Democrats that I've been working on...

5 posted on 08/30/2010 5:31:53 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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armed with fresh interviews with Kennedy's mistress at the time

Ba$tard, rot in Hell!!! Trying to cheat on one mistress while Joan crawled into a bottle. Effing Kennedy clan scum!

6 posted on 08/30/2010 5:32:24 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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He never paid much attention to where he was going."

Oh, he was paying attention to where he was going that night, but it had less to do with the car than the occupants.

7 posted on 08/30/2010 5:32:27 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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From a dollar magazine without a cent of truth.


8 posted on 08/30/2010 5:33:05 PM PDT by bmwcyle (It is Satan's fault)
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9 posted on 08/30/2010 5:33:05 PM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality Now: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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Let me guess - Kennedy took the fall for the real driver, George W. Bush.


10 posted on 08/30/2010 5:33:09 PM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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Ted Kennedy was a victim of his own ego, his own notoriety, his own fame, his own family name and reputation and his own wealth. Kennedy has nobody to blame for what happened to him but himself.


11 posted on 08/30/2010 5:33:19 PM PDT by Ev Reeman
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“Kennedy’s central project was accomplishing as much as he could in public life. And all of the things, including the drinking, the women, and the rest, were sort of supportive activities. They were amusements.”


12 posted on 08/30/2010 5:33:19 PM PDT by samtheman
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The leftist continue and accellerate the Stalinist tactic.....repeating a lie often enough so that the canard can take on a life of its own....living in the minds of the liars.


13 posted on 08/30/2010 5:35:36 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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TRYING to rewrite history.

Won’t work.


14 posted on 08/30/2010 5:35:56 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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Now just the other night with nothin' to do
We broke a case of proof 102
And started itchin' for that wonderful feel
Of rollin' in an automobile
You could say we was out of our mind
And let me tell you we were flyin' while blind

POS murderer

15 posted on 08/30/2010 5:37:01 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
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Read the comments after the US News story itself. Out of the 50+ that I read, I found two that remotely defended him and one of those was blaming “big alcohol” for making people into alcoholics. I don’t know what US News thought it was doing by running this Bullsh_t but it got a lot of ridicule and outrage.


16 posted on 08/30/2010 5:37:22 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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Ted Kennedy (D-HELL) sat on the riverbank listning to that girl die while trying to claw her way through steel, trying to figure out a way to dispose of the body and keep his career going.

He’s right where he should be right now, don’t worry.


17 posted on 08/30/2010 5:37:37 PM PDT by jessduntno (Flush the Grand Old Potty. Vote Conservative.)
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Charles Manson has to be a victim of something.....

He isn't a Kennedy, but he must be a victim of something....

18 posted on 08/30/2010 5:37:50 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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I wonder if I could try that line on my wife?


19 posted on 08/30/2010 5:38:09 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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Democrats doing their endless dishonest re-writing of history, from Wikipedia to this steaming hot pile of obvious bull feces.


20 posted on 08/30/2010 5:39:01 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Character is defined by how we treat those who society says have no value.)
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