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Chappaquiddick: The Still Unanswered Questions About Ted Kennedy’s Fatal Car Crash of 1969
Readers Digest ^ | 9/26/24 | John Narron

Posted on 12/03/2024 8:54:29 PM PST by DallasBiff

Editor’s Note: In November 1979, Senator Edward Kennedy seemed poised to seize the Democratic nomination for president from incumbent Jimmy Carter. But the aura of inevitability was dispelled when questions were once again raised about the fatal car crash at Chappaquiddick ten years before that left long-time Kennedy-clan campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne dead in a submerged car off a one-lane bridge near Martha’s Vineyard. Kennedy, who had been behind the wheel of the car, escaped to safety and, for reasons never convincingly explained, waited ten hours to report the incident.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: hegseth; lindseyfraham; maryjo; tedkennedy
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Huh, Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins never questioned Ted Kennedy's behavior.
1 posted on 12/03/2024 8:54:29 PM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Ted Kennedy was untouchable.

The democrats have some nerve finger pointing at alleged moral wrongdoing by republicans in light of him, Bill the rapist Clinton, and Joe shower with his 12 year old daughter biden, just to name a few.


2 posted on 12/03/2024 9:01:14 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: DallasBiff

B🪦den pal. “Loyalist”


3 posted on 12/03/2024 9:02:10 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: DallasBiff

They already killed 2 Kennedys, this was just a reminder to ol Teddy to stay a senator and not try for the gold ring.


4 posted on 12/03/2024 9:04:37 PM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: DallasBiff

He got drunk
He drove off the bridge
He left her to drown, sentenced her to death
His family covered for him

That’s it.


5 posted on 12/03/2024 9:04:44 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: DallasBiff

The best explanation I have seen for this is that Mary Jo kicked Kennedy out of the car when he made a pass at her, and drove off the bridge herself, alone. Kennedy went back to the party and got taken to town without knowing what happened to her. They decided that it was best if he made up the story about him driving off the bridge.


6 posted on 12/03/2024 9:05:23 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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Mary Jo kicked Kennedy out of the car when he made a pass at her, and drove off the bridge herself, alone.

Wasn't her body found in the passenger seat?

7 posted on 12/03/2024 9:22:21 PM PST by PGR88
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"Wasn't her body found in the passenger seat?"

She was found in the back of the car, where an air pocket had formed.

8 posted on 12/03/2024 9:26:19 PM PST by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: DallasBiff

This is what tge news is going to be like for at least a while. This is not a story. Not a topic of discussion not a mystery

They have no candidate Trump to hate on. No Trump crimes. No Trump family dirt. Nothing

Some half assed gossip about how Trump thought of desantis spelled wrong.

When the bad guys start getting orange jumpsuits the news will be so starved it will have no choice but to cover it.


9 posted on 12/03/2024 9:28:41 PM PST by stanne
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To: stanne

CFP just headlined Jon Benet Ramsey

What will the 24 h news cycle look like a year from now

Not much to talk about.


10 posted on 12/03/2024 9:33:29 PM PST by stanne
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Yep

I don’t think he was ever in the car.

No way he could have swam out

She drove it into the water.

He was walking behind and don’t think he even knew what had happened


11 posted on 12/03/2024 9:48:23 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: DallasBiff

12 posted on 12/03/2024 10:04:32 PM PST by TigersEye (If you voted for Kamala you're a squirrel murdering communist!)
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To: metmom

Don’t forget about the vile behavior of Jeffrey Epstein, P. Diddy and Harvey Weinstein.


13 posted on 12/03/2024 10:05:58 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: stanne

?CFP?


14 posted on 12/03/2024 10:18:41 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: SubMareener

That’s exactly what happened.

The idea that he drove off the bridge then had the composure to roll down the window while upside down get out is impossible.

I think he told her to drive to the beach and hed meet her there.

Not seeing the car he may have assumed she drove home.

I don’t think he knew what had happened until the next day


15 posted on 12/03/2024 10:22:02 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: PGR88

No
Back window


16 posted on 12/03/2024 10:22:54 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

Why would he say he was the driver? He said his window was rolled down, so why wouldn’t he be able to swim out? What’s strange is why wasn’t she able to swim out of the same window, especially if he tried to retrieve her?


17 posted on 12/03/2024 11:09:02 PM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: skr

She might have been disoriented.
Did he really try to retrieve her? He didn’t make any attempt to call the police.


18 posted on 12/03/2024 11:32:50 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: Repeal The 17th

Citizen free press.


19 posted on 12/03/2024 11:55:19 PM PST by FreeperCell
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To: DallasBiff

Reminds me of a bumper sticker a family member had at that time: “More people died in Ted Kennedy’s car than in nuclear power plants.”


20 posted on 12/04/2024 1:11:32 AM PST by MachIV
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