Kennedy denies affair with Kopechne in new memoir

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[steven33442]

WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said in a new book that he was not romantically involved with young Mary Jo Kopechne and that he never escaped the despair he felt after she died in the 1969 car crash that has been seared into the national consciousness as "Chappaquiddick." He acknowledged that he enjoyed women and drink — sometimes too much so — but said reports of wild Kennedy excesses were exaggerated. Yet it was the specter of Chappaquiddick that Edward Kennedy, the youngest brother, never could shake. "That night on Chappaquiddick Island ended in a horrible tragedy that haunts me every day of my life," Kennedy wrote in a memoir, "True Compass," to be published posthumously on Sept. 14. The Massachusetts senator died last week at 77 following a yearlong battle with brain cancer. Kennedy said his Catholic faith helped sustain him as he wrestled with guilt over the events of July 18, 1969, when he drove a car off a bridge into a pond on the tiny island. His own anguish, he said, paled in comparison with the suffering endured by Kopechne's family.

Amid the regrets, Kennedy asserted his zest for what he considered to be the good life, but he mocked the exaggerated reports of his personal excesses. "I have enjoyed the company of women," he wrote. Kennedy drove off a bridge into a pond. He swam to safety, leaving Kopechne in the car. Kopechne, 28, a former worker with Robert Kennedy's campaign, was found dead in the submerged car's back seat 10 hours later. Kennedy, then 37, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and got a suspended sentence and probation.

[tired1]

I forget, how does one spell “is”?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A liar until the end.

At least he was consistent.

[puppypusher]

Kennedy's Memoirs.A book of Lies and Deceptions.

[steven33442]

Last week he was lying in repose. This week he is lying from his grave.

[WaterBoard]

Saint Sen. Kennedy (D-MA) enjoyed making jokes about his manslaughter of Mary Jo Kopechne so says Ed Klein, former Newsweek editor.

Audio Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaiTipTtbak

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

But did he have sex with her?

[AnnGora]

How con-veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient.

[ETL]

"he never escaped the despair he felt after she died in the 1969 car crash"

Kennedy 'joked about Chappaquiddick'
Biographer reveals deadly incident was a 'favorite topic of humor'

August 28, 2009

"Edward Klein, speaking to WAMU guest host Katty Kay, said one of Kennedy's 'favorite topics of humor was, indeed, Chappaquiddick.'

"He would ask people, 'Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?' said Klein, a former Newsweek foreign editor and former editor in chief of the New York Times Magazine."

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=108256
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YouTube video: Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick

"This isn't an accusation from Ted Kennedy's political opponents, but a nostalgic remembrance by one of his friends. Ed Klein, former Newsweek editor, tells the Diane Rehm Show:

"I dont know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick? That is just the most amazing thing. Its not that he didnt feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaiTipTtbak

[laweeks]

Isn’t he the guy who loved jokes about her murder?

And to think that the Catholic Church even let his casket into their front door. Disgusting!!!!!

[puppypusher]

Last week he was lying in repose. This week he is lying from his grave.

I thought that was quite witty.LOL

[theDentist]

...reports of wild Kennedy excesses were exaggerated.

Like the evening in Palm Beach when your nephew was getting himself in trouble, one of the women invited over swore in court you answered the front door with absolutely nothing but a TeeShirt and a drink?

[John123]

that he never escaped the despair he felt after she died in the 1969 car crash that has been seared into the national consciousness

Dude! She is dead because you didn't do the right thing! You actually walked pass the firestation and a private house on the long way to your hotel... where you turned in for the night.

RIH! I hope Mary Jo is waiting for you with a bat...

[golas1964]

Dead is dead.

[GnuHere]

Sounds like a good fiction read, aside from the barf factor.

He “regrets getting drinks” with Wm. K. Smith?? I thought he roused the “boys” (Wm. and Patrick) to go out with the specific goal of drinking and picking up women.

[dalereed]

I think he killed her because he had knocked her up!

[Carley]

Yes, and his college buddy made him cheat on the Spanish test.

[RichInOC]

Amid the regrets, Kennedy asserted his zest for what he considered to be the good life, but he mocked the exaggerated reports of his personal excesses. “I have enjoyed the company of women,” he wrote.

Yeah, Ted, I saw the pictures of you in the speedboat in that old GQ article. I’ll just bet you did.

[Dr. Sivana]

RIH! I hope Mary Jo is waiting for you with a bat...

I have no desire for that, as that would put poor Miss Kopechne in Hell, too. I'm sure that she will allow some garden variety devils or other lost should administer the punishment, assuming that the Senator did not have final repentance, which, based on the evidence, is a pretty safe bet.

[hinckley buzzard]

I wonder who actually wrote this POS memoir? We know Kennedy hasn't been able to deliver a coherent message on his own for years thanks to his alcoholic wet brain.