Posted on 01/28/2006 6:51:46 AM PST by Liz
THE ISSUE: Sen. Ted Kennedy's membership in Harvard's all-male Owl Club. Picking on the ponderous Sen. Ted Kennedy is like picking only the low-hanging fruit — it's too easy......
*** ....when he first ran for the Senate, Kennedy's opponent said, "If your name was Edward Moore, instead of Edward Moore Kennedy, your candidacy would be a joke"........ the joke has been on us. Paul Bloustein Cincinnati, Ohio
*** The person responsible (for Teddy's dog Splash's name) may well be Ted's old friend and occasional nemesis — John Barleycorn. James Ring Ossining
*** Now that he's become a leading anti-Republican attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity..... It's time to say the name "Mary Jo Kopechne" out loud. Bill Morin Vernon, Conn.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Great - so then do you think Teddy can still be charged? I know for sure it was manslaughter by gross negligence, but do you think there is anyway to even bring stronger charges against him?
When I think about how the DemocRats (Reid, Pelosi, Leahy, Shumer, etc.) have gone after Libby, Rove, and the President and taken their time away from work they need to be doing...I think these others should be dogged too! Kennedy for sure did something wrong that we know of!
He could still be charged, yes. He will not be, however. Massachusetts is a state that, even knowing he was probably guilty of manslaughter (at minimum -- that can't be emphasized enough), still returned him to the U.S. Senate time and again over 36 years.
In other words, by their votes, the people of Massachusetts dropped any potential charges.
Charlie Manson and his band of killers, to name a few right off the top of my head.
Charlie and his band of idiots had long records before the Tate-LaBianca murders. Sirhan was clean as a whistle.
I'll second that motion.
Man, Teddy is livin large !
I would SOOOO LOVE to see one of the cable networks do a documentary on Chappaquiddick. How many investigative stories have we seen about JFK's death. Every angle has been disected - conspiracy or not a conspiracy? It is time for Mary Jo to have her hour in the limelight.
Good, I'm looking forward to it. Had ordered it the other day from another dealer but they had sold their copy the previous day! So I found another copy. There are many used ones out there, via amazon.
I had ordered another one about him too, should be here soon, called Teddy Bare, the Last of the Kennedy Clan, by Rust.
Someone around here recommended it a few days ago.
These should be interesting!
Congressman Billybob
A and E did a pretty decent treatment of Chappaquidick a few years ago. They probably replay it sometimes, though I haven't noticed it lately. I seem to recall it was pretty critical of TK, but maybe someone else remembers it better.
Congressman Billybob
Although this "fireside chat" saved Kennedy's senate career among his Kennedy-besotted home voters, it killed his presidential aspirations forever.
Did the (25th?) anniversary of Chap coincide with the death of JFK jr? I seem to recall that the A&E show was on a few days before the plane went down. After that happened, no othe network would put on a show they may have had ready.
Thanks. That speech is actually up at YTedK.com also.
Manson was given the death penalty. When the death penalty was temporarily dropped, he won the lottery, so to speak.
Isn't that interesting? Actually it was the 30th anniversary, but close enough to the actual dates. Well, maybe in a few more years the old media will "let" us see something on Chappaquidick again.
Chappaquidick -- July 18, 1969.
JFK, Jr. plane crash -- July 16, 1999.
I remember that too, it was Joe Gargan IIRC.
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