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34th Anniv. of CHAPPAQUIDDICK: A Profile in Cowardice (Ted Kennedy, the accident, and the cover-up!)
www.ytedk.com ^ | July 19, 1969 | ytedk

Posted on 07/19/2003 12:27:34 PM PDT by harpu

Chappaquiddick - Today, July 19, 1969, is the 34th anniversary of one of the most unbelievable coverups in modern history.

Chappaquiddick has been called "the most brilliant cover-up ever achieved in a nation where investigative procedures are well developed and where the principles of equal justice prevail, at least during some of those moments where people are watching."
~ The Last Kennedy by Robert Sherrill

The mysteries of the case continue to haunt Ted Kennedy as well as the authorities who investigated them. Charges of ineptitude and lack of diligence abounded, as did insinuations that the machinery of justice crumbled beneath the power and prestige of the Kennedy family. George Killen, former State Police Detective-Lieutenant, and chief of a never-revealed investigation, lamented that the failure to bring the case to a satisfactory conclusion was "the biggest mistake" of a long and distinguished police career. Senator Kennedy, he said, "killed that girl the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger."
~ Senatorial Privilege by Leo Damore

Quote; "Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?"
~ Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: maryjokopechne; tedkennedy
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To: #1CTYankee; .303 Brit; 2nd amendment mama; Agamemnon; AGBRUHN; always vigilant; Anarchist; ...
ping!

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41 posted on 07/19/2003 8:15:39 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Astronaut
".....The Kennedys would never get away with anything close to the Chappaquiddick cover up in 2003...."

I have an image of Michael Skakel sitting in the pokey fixating to the point of obsession the fact that Teddy got away with murder while he [Skakel] was convicted years and years after the fact.

If you listen you can almost hear the obession. "They won't convict me, my uncle was Robert Kennedy. Teddy got away with murder, William Kennedy Smith got away with rape, Joe walked when the girl was paralyzed. And cousin what's-his-name got away with boppin' the babysitter. I'll walk.

WRONG!!!! Micael Skakel learned that it sucks to be the sacrifical Kennedy lamb. Someone had to be punised and Michael won the draw.

42 posted on 07/19/2003 8:16:20 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: aShepard; BREWS-AND-BLUES; BRYAN-USMC; chemist; got_moab?; heylady; hot4teacher; ItsOurTimeNow; ...
ping!

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43 posted on 07/19/2003 8:21:06 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Aeronaut
Ted the Magic Driver drove through the wood.
And with half a bag on, he did what he could
To get his little chicky down in the grass.
But the bridge was not too wide so Magic Teddy crashed.

Ted the Magic Driver stood there like a fool
While the young girl was drowning in the pool.
You know what would happen if this was done by you or me,
But you can do just what you want if you're a Kennedy.

(Don't remember the source.)
44 posted on 07/19/2003 8:24:48 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: OldFriend
That's funnier than finding a gun in a TEDDY bear.
45 posted on 07/19/2003 8:27:45 PM PDT by graycamel
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To: harpu

Just started reading this book. Very interesting. He's a freaking scumbag, but we all knew that already.

46 posted on 07/19/2003 8:31:53 PM PDT by ModernDayCato
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
I wonder if junior was trying to off Carolyn when he crashed the plane off Nantucket. Just a thought. Oh, ya, JFK's kids are hallowed ground. I shouldn't talk about them like that. Ya.
47 posted on 07/19/2003 8:37:13 PM PDT by graycamel (Watch someone get offended and ask them to pull this post.)
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To: nutmeg
Howie did a live broadcast from the party cottage on Chappy in 1994. I think it was the 25th anniversary of Mary-Jo's death.

WRKO was actually able to rent it and they laid out a nice clambake for the occasion. Howie had all kinds of guests on to recount the event from the remote setup in the living room of the house Teddy and Paul Markham rented for the boiler room girls. It remains in my mind as the best program he's ever done.

It's been years since I've been out there on Chappy but I believe it's still standing and may be available for rent.

48 posted on 07/19/2003 9:41:11 PM PDT by ninonitti
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To: Astronaut
Yes and that includes keeping "married into the family" Arnold from getting elected into ANY public office.
49 posted on 07/19/2003 9:44:59 PM PDT by proudofthesouth
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To: harpu

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50 posted on 07/19/2003 9:47:32 PM PDT by metalboy (Liberals, what a dictator needs most.)
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To: harpu
Date: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 6:47 AM
To: Rep.CoryAtkins@hou.state.ma.us
CC: senator@kennedy.senate.gov

Subject: I think it's a natural instinct to save people - but then I'm a Democrat

Dear Representative Atkins,

You were recently quoted in the Boston Herald as making the subject "quip" concerning Governor Romney’s recent efforts to aid neighbors in distress.

I share your sentiments, though I myself am one of the few registered Republicans in your district. Could you explain to me where these instincts were for one prominent Massachusetts Democrat 34 summers ago? Considering the relative circumstances, one would think that Democrats – especially in this favored Commonwealth – would be extremely circumspect in commenting on the Romney family’s recent adventure.


Lonesome

Acton, Massachusetts

P.S. For a thorough account of one Democrat’s natural regard for human life and respect for the fair sex, may I recommend http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0895265648/qid=1057746835/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-9565492-7853717?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
51 posted on 07/20/2003 5:24:28 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: Paul_B
That is an amazing site. I had no idea of the details of this crime.

Click on the link in 51 and get the book from your library.

52 posted on 07/20/2003 5:31:03 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: Beowulf .50cal
senator@kennedy.senate.gov worked when I sent the email in 51 on the 8th. You're right they must disable it every year around this time.
53 posted on 07/20/2003 5:33:42 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: OldFriend
There is an excellent book on the subject

The link's on #51.

54 posted on 07/20/2003 5:36:13 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: islander-11
Howie Carr, Boston's great talk show host and columnist, plans to do his show live from the Chappy bridge next year to celebrate the 35th anniversary. I'm putting in for the day off now!!!

Four years ago he broadcast live from the "party house", the site where they held an "appreciation party" for some of the girls who worked in the campaign. The party was really kind of creepy, they invited about half a dozen young-twenty-ish women and four or five 35+ plus married guys including the distinguished Senior (at that time junior) senator. Booze, groping just so "Primary Colors" and it ends up with a blond in the pond.

55 posted on 07/20/2003 5:42:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: metalboy
Very cute, one nit:

Senator Hitlery Clinton of liberal New York did the same thing, instantly turning 1000 dollars into 100,000 dollars all from insider trading!

Actually, it wasn't insider trading, she was the bag lady collecting a bribe for her husband who was attorney-general of Arkansas at the time. Apparently Tyson Chicken was skirting environmental regulations, it was easier to pay off the authorities than to comply. They arranged to disguise the bribes by a series of shame cattle futures transactions. And the series of transactions are purported to have taken place over a year not instantly.

56 posted on 07/20/2003 5:53:50 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT")
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To: ModernDayCato
The pressure on the authorities investigating this tragedy was brought to bear in no uncertain terms.
57 posted on 07/20/2003 7:10:12 AM PDT by OldFriend ((Dems inhabit a parallel universe))
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To: TheGrimReaper
Mary Jo Kopechne would be 63 now, had she not had the misfortune to meet young Teddy Wheresmypants Kennedy.

She chose her friends poorly.......as is the case for many who befriend Democrat polititians!!

58 posted on 07/20/2003 11:11:09 AM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
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To: harpu
It's not too late...all freepers need to send (or call) your congratulations to the senior Senator from Taxahusettes about his getting away with the MURDER of Mary Jo.
59 posted on 07/21/2003 6:20:13 AM PDT by harpu
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To: harpu
One of my favorites was during the Justice Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. There was always background noise as several things were going on at the same time. Some Democrat had the incredibly stupid idea to let the Teddy, Captian of the SS. Oldsmobile speak. Teddy was going on about some inane Democrat point when he said "....if you believe that, i've got a bridge for you." Complete silence, you could have heard a pin drop. I think Senator Spector mercifully broke the silence for him.
60 posted on 07/21/2003 6:56:54 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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