In 1961, as a student returning from Europe, I glanced at a US airport official's list of "restricted individuals". Only one name was on it: Christine Keeler.
Boy, hope I’m never the target of Mark Steyn’s scorn.
Isnt it amazing that the whole of Massachusetts and America for that matter allowed him to get away with murder and then give him a life time job representing us and pay him for it......sick
First, the was a LEO (either a sheriff or prosecutor) who emphasized that he was a Democrat and he didn't want to be involved in a witch hunt on Ted. So he admitted that inconsistencies in the stories and events weren't pursued. He never expressed any desire to get to the truth. He seemed to imply that he know what it was and he didn't want to go there.
Second, one of the Boiler Room Girls maintained that there was no sex involved. Sure. Six older men (many of whom were married) and six younger girls for a party. That's the kind of naivete or secret-keeping that hounds love to hear. They admit there was lots of alcohol there but no sex? Sure. Come on, the secret's been out for years - we all know what kind of sleaze balls the Kennedy clan and its associates are. I would guess that there was never a vulnerable young female around Joseph, Sr., Joseph, Jr., John, Robert, or Ted who wasn't at risk (and let's not forget Rose looking the other way). The Kennedy's are scum at the Clinton level.
BTW, one of the cool things about the movie was all the extinct car brands that appeared: Oldsmobile (of course), Pontiac, Rambler, Plymouth, International truck. I didn't see a Studebaker but it wouldn't surprised me to learn that I just missed one.
I read the book many years ago. The movie plays Ted in the best light possible. As if he had a sense of moral values or was introspective.
It also continues the myth they returned to the car to help the woman. Since they drove back to the site they had a jack and a jack handle to break the windows. They didn’t try. Even a large rock would have got that job done. Nobody went back to rescue her. Simply part of the story they created. And the movie repeats this myth.