Posted on 07/18/2007 4:39:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
Are Massachusetts Democrats that stuck on milking the "Camelot" legacy for all it's worth?
A formed NYPD detective weighs in on what might have happened.
http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=1&num=810
“with no license”
If I believe the article/oped of this OP thread, he had a license? But lost it after this incident?
What about the pregnancy?
Ya think?
DO NOT MISS THIS MOCKING CHAPPAQUIDDICK SING-ALONG ON YOUTUBE - http://youtube.com/watch?v=SMqOe5iBQEI
The corruption began long before 1970. His maternal grandfather owned the state capital and his father contribute unbelievable money to the FDR administration.
His resignation needs to be demanded in the same way we got behind the immigration bill. He seems bent on destroying our country and we better get bent on demanding his retirement. The Cape is lovely this time of year.
The people of MA could do it if their hands weren’t tied behind their backs. I am convinced it will take the rest of the country to stand up. The “good” citizens of MA deserve an exodus from these repetitive illusions of senate elections. So do we, as the entire country and our troops are suffering for it.
I'm not sure, quite frankly. There's a wealth of info over here: Ted Kennedy's Driving Record - List of Traffic OffensesTed 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."
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.
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.
I read about half of this book back in the late 80's. It disgusted me so much after half of it, I never felt inclined to pick it back up.
We will never know if, and I will always suspect that, she was carrying Teddy's baby.
If she tried to pressure him into marriage, that could be motive for murder. (Mind you, I'm not actually saying he murdered her, but it does give one pause for thought)...
I love it. Great job
LOL, well said. The good folks of Mass state who keep Teddy in office must have some sort of masochistic self loathing...
And rest in peace, Mary Jo.
Yes, the folks running my state, PA, love the liberal leftie gibberish, the sickness is spreading fast.
You tell ‘em, Howie.
Excuse my French but oh damn... I'm so sorry for that poor girl.
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