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40 Years Since Chappaquiddick; Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne
Newsbusters.org ^ | July 18, 2009 | Rich Noyes

Posted on 07/18/2009 9:59:17 AM PDT by WhiteCastle

Earlier this week, ABC, CBS and NBC all noted the tenth anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. That Kennedy was an “icon” according to CBS’s Harry Smith, and “the Prince of Camelot” to ABC’s Chris Cuomo, a former cousin-in-law. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed July 18, 1969 after leaving a party with Senator Edward Kennedy. That night, Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, and left the scene with Kopechne still in the submerged vehicle; he did not call the police until the following morning.

Over the course of the past four decades, the media elite have touted Kennedy as a “liberal lion,” spending far more time celebrating his ideological agenda than reminding people of his behavior that night in 1969. As my colleague Brent Baker noted in an op-ed back in 1999, the media have come to refer to Chappaquiddick as a “Kennedy tragedy,” not a “Kopechne tragedy.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: adultery; anniversary; camelottedlegacy; chappaquiddick; drowning; edwardkennedy; kennedy; kennedyfamily; kennedylegacy; kopechne; maryjokopechne; suffocation; tedkennedy; tedtheswimmer
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To: GinaLolaB

81 posted on 07/18/2009 4:54:52 PM PDT by GinaLolaB
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To: fatnotlazy

Rumors of one with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. I was a teen when all of this happened. He had a “straight arrow” image, but I think a lot has come out since then.


82 posted on 07/18/2009 5:09:03 PM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: luvEastTenn

I think we all had rosy images of the Kennedys. Most of the “dirt” on John F. Kennedy really didn’t come out till after he was killed.


83 posted on 07/18/2009 5:16:25 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: WhiteCastle

My mother turned 89 today.

MaryJo never even got to be 39.


84 posted on 07/18/2009 5:23:51 PM PDT by bannie
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To: All; ken21; KevinDavis; reformjoy; conservogirl

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NEVER FORGET

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JOHN KENNEDY sent Americans to Earth’s Moon, ahead of everybody else.

TED KENNEDY avoided their leaving the Earth, in favor of going Adult Scuba Diving at night.

TED KENNEDY fooled a new post-WATERGATE Democrat Congress into cutting off all U.S. funding for the then FREE South Vietnamese people to fight for their own FREEDOM with.

And then into cutting off all U.S. Humanitarian Aid for them to treat their resulting military and civilian war casualties with.

TED KENNEDY toured Military Operations for FREEDOM, in a then FREE South Vietnam, at the very beginning of the Vietnam War to see in person exactly what the Vietnam War was all about.

(See 5th Photo down-TED KENNEDY visiting our 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters in Vietnam’s Central Highlands in October 1965)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htp

In others words,
TED KENNEDY has always just known BETTER..!!!

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NEVER FORGET

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85 posted on 07/18/2009 7:33:26 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

BUMP


86 posted on 07/18/2009 7:59:48 PM PDT by Palladin (The President wears "mom jeans"!)
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To: Kansas58

I like your ideas.

;^)


87 posted on 07/18/2009 8:03:49 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Joe Boucher
Yep... knew that as well.

Thanks & cheers.

88 posted on 07/18/2009 8:12:37 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: fatnotlazy

I’ll be celebrating that day . Let him rot in hell with the rest of that Kennedy trash


89 posted on 07/18/2009 9:17:44 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: manc

I’d give you a southerners definition of a yankee, a damned yankee and a good yankee , but it would get me banned


90 posted on 07/18/2009 9:26:55 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: ken21

What is amazing is that this made the news at all...

With the first moon landing hours away dominating the news...

The state controlled media has certainly learned from their mistakes...


91 posted on 07/19/2009 4:54:01 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: stevie_d_64

I’m still trying to find ytedk.com...Paranoia is starting to set in.


92 posted on 07/19/2009 5:39:14 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Lady Liberty is Kitty Genovese, right outside our windows.)
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To: WhiteCastle

My wife upon hearing of Kennedy’s tumor and subsequent operation, said something about “that poor man”

and I quickly retorted....

...”yeah that poor Mary Jo Kopechne”


93 posted on 07/19/2009 5:49:45 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: fatnotlazy

There was an effort to exhume the body from what I’ve read, but the judge refused to sign the order.


94 posted on 07/19/2009 5:59:33 AM PDT by animal172 (Disgusted in Tennessee)
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To: ComputerGuy

I find that more insulting to Mary Jo than to Ted Kennedy. That’s just degrading.


95 posted on 07/19/2009 6:03:45 AM PDT by benjibrowder (For Neda. May God bless those fighting for freedom.)
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To: WhiteCastle

I forget which talk show host recently said it, but he pointed out the irony that the culmination of brother Jack’s space vision was wiped off the front pages the very next day by brother Ted’s vision of depravity. OK, that last word was my contribution.


96 posted on 07/19/2009 6:36:44 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
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To: WhiteCastle

Get ready to enjoy singing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SMqOe5iBQEI


97 posted on 07/19/2009 7:14:06 AM PDT by jimthompsonworstpersoninworld (keith olbermann is human debris)
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To: jimthompsonworstpersoninworld
From a comment on the youtube video... ---------------- dougfromupland (2 days ago) "Happy Anniversary, Ted. As usual, I will be calling soon and gurgling water." ------------------ Seems to me he gets a lot of those on that day...And rightfully so...
98 posted on 07/19/2009 6:32:15 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
he did not call the police until the following morning
Get off his back. It took him all night to raise the bribe money.
99 posted on 07/19/2009 6:44:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: fatnotlazy
Was the father (Joe Kennedy) still alive then?

Yep. Teddy murdered Mary Jo on July 19, 1969. Joe Kennedy died November 18, 1969.

100 posted on 07/20/2009 7:19:13 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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