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What Say Kopechne
8/26/09 | traderrob

Posted on 08/26/2009 12:43:12 PM PDT by traderrob6

This is my first vanity ever and likely my last but I have a question that some enterprising pajama journalist might investigate and answer. Why was there total silence from the Kopechne family after there daughters death?. There were no criminal charges against Teddy at the time , but there were never any civil procedings instigated either. Not a word from Mary Jo's family. Were they payed off? "Camelot" may have prevented it then but there is no reason it can't be investiagted now. Thoughts?


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KEYWORDS: kennedy; kopechne; tedkennedy
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1 posted on 08/26/2009 12:43:13 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

I think both of her parents have passed away.


2 posted on 08/26/2009 12:44:33 PM PDT by Borges
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To: traderrob6
"my first vanity ever and likely"

With such good questions you ask, please do post vanity more often.

3 posted on 08/26/2009 12:46:11 PM PDT by TopQuark
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Not a legitimate question, and if so, why not?


4 posted on 08/26/2009 12:47:53 PM PDT by traderrob6
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I asked this question a couple of weeks ago. Replies to the effect that the family moved to New Jersey and was for some reason very quiet were posted. Naturally some concluded they must have been paid off.

I sure don't know and am looking forward to seeing if something besides an opinion gets posted.

I do know that they were from the age that preceded Oprah and Jerry Springer by two generations. In other words, people didn't air there personal grievance publicly back then. Silence on there part is therefore not a condemnation.

5 posted on 08/26/2009 12:47:55 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the revolution has happened; the revolution will happen; the revolution is happening.)
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To: Borges

Other family though?


6 posted on 08/26/2009 12:48:08 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Barack Obama is a political suicide bomber and the Rats are political arsonists.)
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To: traderrob6
I remember wondering about the same in the 80s, but then the question went away unanswered. I'd love to hear whether someone has seen anything from the family.
7 posted on 08/26/2009 12:48:24 PM PDT by TopQuark
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I remember when that happened, but was not as smart (skeptical) as I am today.

1. Was she carrying a child?

2. Was she carrying Kennedy’s child?

3. Was she murdered and then the drowning accident staged?

BA


8 posted on 08/26/2009 12:48:26 PM PDT by Battle Axe (Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

there part >> their part


9 posted on 08/26/2009 12:48:54 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the revolution has happened; the revolution will happen; the revolution is happening.)
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To: Borges

They may have been paid off; we may never know.

But we do know that there are people who were on that island, and at that fateful party, who have never, ever spoken out about the events of that night. At the time, the Kennedys cleaned out the rented house where the party was held, and got everybody off the island before the police could investigate anything. Somehow, these people have never spoken publicly about what happened. They also may have been paid off and/or intimidated by the Kennedys to keep silent.


10 posted on 08/26/2009 12:48:57 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Probably paid off and were scared stiff of the Kennedy mafia(aka the mediaPUKES)!
11 posted on 08/26/2009 12:49:52 PM PDT by RoseofTexas (Give me liberty OR death!!!)
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To: traderrob6

I’m sure no one considered your question until this very moment. Worthy of its own thread, for sure.


12 posted on 08/26/2009 12:49:56 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: traderrob6

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


13 posted on 08/26/2009 12:49:59 PM PDT by youturn (Conference, Christine!)
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I suspect the Kopechne’s were lied to, paid off, forced and/or tricked into signing nondisclosure agreements without understanding the consequences, and warned that the political/legal might of the Kennedy dynasty (or worse)would come down on them if they ever made a peep.


14 posted on 08/26/2009 12:50:05 PM PDT by In Maryland ("Impromptu Obamanomics is getting scarier by the day ..." - Caroline Baum)
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People have been speculating very publicly about the assination of JFK for over 35 years.

But in the tragic death of Ms. Kopechne, nobody can be bothered.

15 posted on 08/26/2009 12:50:16 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the revolution has happened; the revolution will happen; the revolution is happening.)
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I imagine they were told to keep their mouths shut or else.


16 posted on 08/26/2009 12:50:49 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (To understan' the livin' you got to commune wit' da dead.)
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Her parents are dead
17 posted on 08/26/2009 12:50:59 PM PDT by angcat (GO YANKEES! I LOVE MY YANKEES!!!!!!!!!)
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To: traderrob6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident

Some good history there.

The parents received $90,904 from Kennedy and $50,000 from his insurance policy.


18 posted on 08/26/2009 12:51:20 PM PDT by HD1200
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To: traderrob6

That is an outstanding question, and I want to hear the answer to that one as much as you do.

Please, feel free to ask questions like this, in exactly this format again. Threads like this one have a way of coming in handy when you least expect it. It helps arm you with accurate talking points of your own that you can use to effectively sqaush BS with.

Well done, and fear no postings...


19 posted on 08/26/2009 12:51:34 PM PDT by Bean Counter (No, I am Jim Thompson!!)
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As far as the MSM is concerned.....we’re supposed to forget all about such things as Mary Jo.......AND 9/11.


20 posted on 08/26/2009 12:51:56 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (“During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell)
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