>...and she was still one of the least embarrassing members of the family. How is it that Rosemary got lobotomized and Ted didn't?<
Or they could've castrated him...before or after Chappaquiddick.
No, then he'd be impotent, but still stupid. Besides, Patrick was Ted and Joan's youngest, and he was born in '67. Chappaquiddick was in '69. So the damage was already done by then.