[celtic gal]

Mary Jo won't be forgotten..the MSM will just imply it was a blip on an otherwise outstanding record of service to this great nation..he was an icon quack quack quack...he was the youngest son of the grand Kennedy clan ( they often forget old Joe was a bootlegger..that is never mentioned unless in a documentary). There will be plenty of people who will remind the readers of papers and listeners of radio shows that Mary Jo was cheated out of at least 40 years of productive life...Her family won't for get and with some luck maybe one of them will be front and center to remind all of just what happened.

[Andy'smom]

Mary Jo was an only child and her parents are dead. Her good “friends” who were at the party with her never spoke up on her behalf.

[Rummyfan]

Mary Jo won't be forgotten..the MSM will just imply it was a blip on an otherwise outstanding record of service to this great nation..

The Old Double Standard that the MSM applies to libs versus their treatment of Pubbies and Conservatives. A senator caused the death of a young woman - hell, he should have been charged with a number crimes, up to and including second-degree murder - but he skated with leaving the scene of an accident. And this, the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, will be a blip. Just as Robert Byrd's membership in the KKK is a blip on his outstanding (ahem!) public service career.

But let one Republican or conservative make a statement that can be twisted or construed to imply racism, or jingoism, or simply good old fashioned patriotism, and they crank up the presses and the talking heads for 7x24 coverage until someone apologizes or resigns - or maybe both!

[Rummyfan]

he was the youngest son of the grand Kennedy clan ( they often forget old Joe was a bootlegger..that is never mentioned unless in a documentary).

Papa Joe was a bootlegger, and he was also recalled as Ambassador to the Court of St James before our entry into WW II as he was an outright Nazi sympathizer who even stated that the Western democracies were finished. That was the end of his public career. He did manage to get one of his sons elected President, thanks largely to Richard Daley.