Posted on 07/18/2007 4:39:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ted Kennedy pulled an all-nighter last night - how ironic is that? There must be something about Ted Kennedy and all-nighters on July 18, because it was 38 years ago tonight that he pulled another one.
At Chappaquiddick.
Will Teddy’s Senate office issue a statement today about the anniversary of his 1969 drive off the bridge? They used to. But you know the Kennedy bumkissers would prefer to ignore this day which will live in his infamy. Nothing to see here, folks, move along. After all, Teddy’s got so many big issues on his plate, even after the defeat of his latest illegal-alien amnesty bill.
There’s Iraq, of course, which is what the planned all-nighter was about. And Teddy’s been trying to get some new “hate crimes” legislation passed. Ted’s very concerned about crime. Just don’t bring up any of the ones he committed.
You know what the Kennedy coatholders will say. It was so long ago. Hasn’t he suffered enough? How much does one family . . . blah blah blah.
But somebody’s got to mention it. I mean, right now the liberals are trying to run Louisiana Republican David Vitter out of the Senate be000047he had a few, ahem, indiscretions.
So in the interest of recalling a sordid chapter of American history that the Beautiful People would like to consign forever to oblivion, let’s go straight to Teddy’s speech a week after Mary Jo Kopechne was killed when he drove his mother’s 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont off a bridge. (Comments in italics.)
“This morning I entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident.”
And lost his driver’s license - not that it stopped him from driving, of course. A couple of weeks later he would be stopped in Waltham, for driving without a license.
“On the weekend of July 18, I was on Martha’s Vineyard island participating with my nephew, Joe Kennedy - as for 30 years my family has participated - in the annual Edgartown Sailing Regatta.”
You know Joe Kennedy - it would be another four summers before he crippled a young woman, Pam Kelley, in a Jeep accident on the other island, of Nantucket.
“There is no truth, no truth whatever to the widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct that have been leveled at my behavior. Nor was I driving under the influence of liquor.”
Riiiiiiight. Just ask Sen. Chris Dodd.
Then the Delmont went into the drink, as it were.
“My conduct and conversations during the next several hours, to the extent that I can remember them, make no sense to me at all.”
Actually, for Ted Kennedy, they make perfect sense.
“I was overcome, I’m frank to say, by a jumble of emotions - grief, fear, doubt, exhaustion, panic, confusion and shock.”
Sounds like a bad ice cube to me, but you can trust Seen. Kennedy - he’s not like the others.
“In the morning, with my mind somewhat more lucid.”
Did someone say hangover?
“These events, the publicity, innuendo and whispers which have surrounded them and my admission of guilt this morning raises the question in my mind of whether my standing has been so impaired that I should resign my seat in the United States Senate.”
Another dream denied.
“For me this will be a difficult decision to make.”
Sort of like, Chivas on the rocks or Chivas straight.
Mary Jo died 38 years ago tonight. And yet we the people of Massachusetts re-elected him, in 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006.
And isn’t that the real lesson of Chappaquiddick? In a democracy, you get the government you deserve, dammit.
Oh, you are so bad. ;^)
They were called the Boiler Room Girls. There were four of them at the party house and four guys.
This takes the cake ! LMFAO
This does not reflect well on the people of Massachusetts. It sounds like the entire state has been corrupted by the Kennedys.
Do you know how much longer Mary Jo was estimated to be alive before she ran out of air?
Ted ruined the lives of TWO women?
Two hours.
One of the sickest aspects of the immigration bill fiasco was that President Bush actually embraced Teddy Kennedy over the shamnesty.
And THAT is the one thing I can never let go. Never.
A masterpiece from Howie Carr. Thanks for posting it.
For those who aren’t old enough to remember or haven’t read the online timelines of the events of that evening and following day, the bottom lines is:
He ran, contacted family members and/or political handlers before notifying the authorities so they could attempt a rescue and then he tried to get a cousin of his to take the blame.
You're obsession is obsession itself. You might try reading the book of Psalms. If that doesn't work, the entire New Testament. I'm sure even you have not lived up to all of your expectations.
Wasn’t me who was willing to give my country away. Go talk to someone else.
An excellent book to read on this scumbag Ted Kennedy is “Senatorial Privilege”. The book is about 500 pages and has been out about 25 years. The Kennedy family went to great lengths to try and stop its publication and couldn’t. The book has got diagrams of how her body was found in the car, describing how he lay on his back looking at the stars trying to figure out how to save his sorry ass, going home and meeting with the family lawyers before calling the police. One of the interesting details in the accident was Kennedy was not in possession of a drivers license at the time of the accident and I believe at that time being involved in an injury accident without a license in Massachusetts was a felony. The state quietyly slipped Kennedy a license while the investigation was going on. Also in the book it pointed out that the district attorney purposely gave the grand jury the wrong instructions so that they would not indict Ted Kennedy.
Kennedy’s campaign motto - a blonde in every pond.
Dennis Miller just gave this story a Happy Anniversary.
And didn't the Boiler Room Girls refer to Ted as "The Errand Boy"?
It's the machine. That, and we still have the old Irish Catholic biddies who will vote for Fat Boy because they still canonize JFK.Also, don't discout the fact that Fatboy is very good at doing the little things that make his constituents feel like he's "on their side." Example: About a decade ago, I had an issue with the VA. I called Kerry's office to see if he could help me out---"sure sure, just give us the details, and we'll get back to you." I never heard from Kerry again. I called Kennedy's office---"Sure. No problem." A week later, problem solved.
Now, I have never voted for Fatboy and I never will, but that's because I have a certain political ideology. Someone without my ideology, who just votes for the person who "gets things done," votes for Fatboy if he has an experience like me.
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TEDDY'S ACT OF MURDER
bump!
The difinative book is “Teddy Bare”. Although dated, it has all the facts and figures. Poor Mary Jo.
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