JULY 19 -- THIS DAY IN HISTORY (Ted Kennedy killed Mary Jo on this day in 1969)

hindustantimes dot com ^ | 7-18-05

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Ballad of Mary Jo

"That's the day that Mary Jo and Teddy went off the Chappaquiddick Bridge."

[RushCrush]

Can't leave him in the water, that would be toxic to any and all sea life.

I believe that level of alcohol would be toxic to ANY life form.

[jdm]

Ted Kennedy's Driving Record - List of Traffic Offenses

- Ted Kennedy had a record of serious traffic violations. Their nature formed a pattern of deliberate and repeated negligent operation. Particularly bothersome was a June, 1958 conviction for "reckless driving."

- On March 14, 1958, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Whitten had been on routine highway patrol outside Charlottesville, Virginia, when an Oldsmobile convertible ran a red light, sped off, then cut its tail lights to elude pursuit. A license check revealed the car belonged to Edward M. Kennedy, a 26-year-old law student attending the University of Virginia. Kennedy had previously been fined $15 for speeding in March 1957.
- Whitten was on patrol at the same intersection a week later, he testified, "And here comes the same car. And to my surprise, he did exactly the same thing. He raced through the same red light, cut his lights when he got to the corner and made the right turn." Whitten gave chase. He found the car in a driveway, apparently unoccupied. Looking inside, he discovered the driver, Teddy Kennedy, stretched out on the front seat and hiding. Whitten issued a ticket for "reckless driving; racing with an officer to avoid arrest; and operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license (Mass. registration.)"
- Kennedy's attorneys were able to win numerous postponements, but eventually he was convicted on all charges and paid a $35 fine. Court officials never filed the mandatory notice of the case in the public docket, however, and Kennedy's name had not appeared on any arrest blotter. Instead, a local reporter discovered the case when he spotted 5 warrants in Kennedy's name in a court cash drawer.

- Three weeks after his trial, Ted Kennedy was caught speeding again, and still operating without a valid license.

- In December 1959, Kennedy was stopped again for running a red light and fined $10 and costs. In Whitten's view, "That boy had a heavy foot and a mental block against the color red. He was a careless, reckless driver who didn't seem to have any regard for speed limits or traffic ordinances."

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- The offenses in Virginia had occurred on Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts driver's license, but mysteriously neither the Registry of Motor Vehicles nor the office of probation in Cambridge had any record of the out-of-state convictions. Had it been revealed at the inquest, the Senator's history of negligence and reckless driving would have been further evidence to support a charge of manslaughter in the Chappaquiddick accident.

~ Senatorial Privilege by Leo Damore

- Senator Kennedy's driver's license had expired on February 22, 1969 (nearly 5 months before the accident at Chappaquiddick) and had not been renewed.
- Although driving with an expired license was only a misdemeanor, it did provide the evidence of negligence needed to prove a manslaughter charge in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
- The license problem was "fixed" by officials at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, under the direction of Registrar Richard McLaughlin, before the legal proceedings began.

[weegee]

Historical bump for the senior senator from Mass.

[Palladin]

Whales can swim.

Interns can't.

Too bad.

[Rummyfan]

Bump for reference....

[doug from upland]

And this piece of human debris dares to talk about water torture.

[b4its2late]

Can hardly believe this is a US senator.

It's Massachusetts.

[Maceman]

[Red Badger]

And J-Fink did it on TV for all to see!.........

[RushCrush]

And this piece of human debris dares to talk about water torture.

Excellent point.

Absolutely sickening.

[CyberAnt]

I received an email today.

Peter Gualtieri, a Conservative living in Canada, who is a professional photographer, and was in New York on 9-11-01. Wrote this:

From Mary Jo Kopechne

I would have been 65 years of age this year. Read about me and my killer below.

When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past.

But now that he's become a leading Republican attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over.

It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why this chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in 1980 - time to say the words Mary Jo Kopechne out loud.

As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker. But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to say he was behind the wheel.

Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of.

Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final. Or why the ! US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests.

As they listen to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.

It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it! ! comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House.

And if the Republicans don't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is.

The Democratic Party should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman.

And the GOP needs to say so out loud.

[doug from upland]

[Palladin]

He's probably celebrating with a waitress sandwich.

[EagleUSA]

The MSM wants Rove's head on a silver platter, without a single shred of evidence, but won't say a word about a dead girl in a democratz car.........
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The MSM has been exposed , long ago actually, they are just another political party affiliate for the left. Nothing more. That is why their sales and circulation continue to fall -- hopefully into obscurity.

[anniegetyourgun]

Ah, but the MSM has forgotten all about what they saw and heard that day.

[Rummyfan]

Teddy must have thrown a lot of money around to keep everyone involved quiet, as well as to local and state authorities. Not even an autopsy was done on MJK.......

[NCC-1701]

Is Captain Ahab still looking for him?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I dunno, I sent him a copy of a needling email I sent to my state Senator after she made some comments about Mitt vacationing in New Hampshire, when he and his sons came to the aid of some boaters in distress. Words to the effect that Massachusetts Democrats should be circumspect about criticizing anyone for lifesaving efforts.

Anyway, I wound up on the "John Kerry for President" email list, which I took to be an extremely Quixotic endeavor at the time. Little did I realize how close he'd come.

Point is, with caller ID and all the fat viscous bastard is likely gonna put your name on about a 100 left wing wacko calling lists.

[sofaman]

Nadler has lost a ton of weight...had gastric bypass...unfortunately, he still runs off at the mouth.