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More than that, he appeared to try to establish an alibi at his hotel by loudly and obviously inquiring about the time.
Then he holed up at the 'Kennedy Compound' for several days with what were considered some of the best speechwriters in the country.
When he finally emerged to explain himself, it was obvious that the mountain labored and produced a mouse (or a RAT). His explanation centered around wondering if there was a dark curse on the Kennedy family and other such mutterings. He certainly didn't explain why he was drunkenly taking Mary Jo Kopechnie to the beach (oh, that's right - he got lost on the road).
And this man was a Massachussetts liberal considered by a lot of people as a shoo-in for the presidensity.
Ugh!