"Senator Kennedy killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger" - George Killen ~ State Police Detective - Lieutenant on the scene
Posted on 05/05/2006 8:21:14 AM PDT by churchillbuff
BTTT
I watched the whole story on the news as it unfolded. I was too young to be interested in politics then, but at that time I became a staunch Ted loather.
It is funny how few young people have any idea that this ever happened.
Wet Teddy is a disgrace. A disgusting human being that never paid for what he did.
Lots of facts here: http://www.ytedk.com/
May the swimmer ted k. rot in hell!
Justice will be served. It is inescapable. Edward Kennedy will have to face a higher authority. There is no way around it.....
What this story doesn't explain -- although it gives broad hints -- is that Kennedy wasn't in the car when it went over the edge. He had exited the vehicle earlier, when he realized a local law officer was about to catch him and Mary Jo parked and in a compromising situation.
Most likely, he told poor Mary Jo to drive back to the party alone. He then journeyed to the mainland either via ferry or via small boat and went to sleep in his hotel room. He didn't know about the accident until he returned to the island the next morning.
The greatest mystery of the case is, Why didn't he simply tell the truth of what happened? Maybe because he thought nobody would believe him? Or just sheer stupidity?
"Senator Kennedy killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger" - George Killen ~ State Police Detective - Lieutenant on the scene
EVerything you need to know about this sordid affair is here:
http://www.ytedk.com/
I was lucky enough to find a used copy at Amazon last summer. I could not put it down. What a fascinating story.
I assume the reason for this piece is because his son Patrick was stopped and released for crashing into a barrier in DC. He's pleading that he was returning to vote therefore claiming immunity.
No breath test given.
Like father like son
Someone needs to post that photo of the TIME magazine cover with Teddy K in the neckbrace.
I'd like to think that this couldn't happen again today.
I said I'd LIKE to think that.
I know our drive-by press probably still worships Kennedys, but don't you think bloggers and talk radio would at least express the absolute OUTRAGE this incident engenders?
The truth is, Kennedy all but killed her to try and save his career. Several feet of water blocked out Mary Jo's cries, but please choose to imagine that his one-weekend-stand adultery took place in a home where, due to Kennedy's drunken sexual frivolity, Mary Jo became trapped under a fallen chest of drawers or bookcase.
Imagine her screaming for help, that her chest feels like it's about to crush! Kennedy goes to get some friends, talks over the best strategy for lying that he wasn't near her when this happened, while in the background you hear Mary Jo crying for help, trying to cough, begging. Finally they decide he should be SEEN miles away around the same time, and away he goes to complain about a loud party OFF the island. Then, as Mary Jo's screams turn to gurgles, he takes off his clothes and lies down for a good night's sleep.
In the morning his "friends" tell him the news, and he plays distraught. Because that is exactly what happened. Miss Kopechne may have had a good 8 hours of air in that car before the oxygen became depleted. And this man has been reelected Senator of Massachusetts for decades.
He was returning to the capitol from where, home? Does he have a wife and did she see him leave? She didn't think his behaviour was odd?
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