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Just past midnight on Saturday, July 19, 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy drove his black Oldsmobile sedan off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard, just off Cape Cod. The Senator escaped a watery death, but a passenger in his car, twenty-eight-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, did not.

NOTE: At the time a hero was walking on the moon, a coward was walking away from a woman trapped underwater in an airpocket. It was only 6 feet of water. Because the anniversary falls on the weekend, if you want to acknowledge the anniversary with a call to the Chappaquiddick Lifeguard's office, you need to do it today. Doug from Upland will be doing what he usually does on this date - calling the office and gurgling water - (202) 224-4543. Be creative and have fun! =================================================== 40th anniversary of Mary Jo Kopechne’s drowning at Chappaquiddick...Kennedy's story still doubtful...

Ted Kennedy Couldn't Confess to Mary Jo's Family: Book By XANA O'NEILL Updated 10:46 AM EDT, Tue, May 19, 2009 Ted Kennedy couldn't bring himself to confess to the family of the woman he killed in a car accident how she died. A new biography "Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died" reveals the longtime senator has been tormented by guilt for more than four decades and visited the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne twice after her death but could never speak of how she died, the New York Daily News reported. "Ted had us come to his house in...

We should every year remember the true story of Mary Jo's death, and how it revealed the true "character" of one Edward M Kennedy.

The college where a student shouted 'Remember Chappaquiddick!' as Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., began a speech will not discipline the 20-year-old – even though campus police had warned the man of possible consequences of his action. As WorldNetDaily reported, Paul Trost, a student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass., was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., Tuesday in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success. "Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch...

THE ISSUE: Sen. Ted Kennedy's membership in Harvard's all-male Owl Club. Picking on the ponderous Sen. Ted Kennedy is like picking only the low-hanging fruit — it's too easy...... *** ....when he first ran for the Senate, Kennedy's opponent said, "If your name was Edward Moore, instead of Edward Moore Kennedy, your candidacy would be a joke"........ the joke has been on us. Paul Bloustein Cincinnati, Ohio *** The person responsible (for Teddy's dog Splash's name) may well be Ted's old friend and occasional nemesis — John Barleycorn. James Ring Ossining *** Now that he's become a leading anti-Republican attack...

****Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee made the boobs on "Gilligan's Island" look like geniuses. Joseph Briglia Toms River, N.J. ****........the wrong person came out of the water that fateful night in Chappaquiddick. This multimillionaire, who gave the Kopechne family a pittance to go away, has the nerve to question the integrity of a decent man. The Democrats should hang their heads in shame to have a guy like him represent them in these hearings. Chris Michaels Morganville **** Again the Democrats show how easy it is for them to make fools of themselves. The hearings on Alito were a...

From memory, no transcript, but I hope someone posts the transcript from last evening's show. I even stayed up till 2:00 am to watch it again to see if I really heard what I thought I heard. Last evening's exchange between Hannity/Colmes & guests Michael Reagan and Ann Coulter grew a little tense when the discussion ranged around the topic of "good" vs. "bad" Catholics. MReagan answered Colmes query as to who can judge this by saying that the Catholic Church has one Pope and one doctrine which if agreed to makes one a "good" Catholic and if opposed to...

CAMDEN, N.J. — Three boys who suffocated in a car trunk last month were alive for at least 17 hours, slowly succumbing while police searched their neighborhood, a lawyer for the family of one of the boys says. Lawyer Peter M. Villari told The New York Times that officials of the Camden County prosecutor's office went over details of an autopsy report with him, the newspaper reported Tuesday. The boys, ages 5, 6 and 11, disappeared from the yard where they were playing a little after 5 p.m. on June 22. Their deaths were ruled accidental. Relatives searched for the...

House Condemns Rebirthing Therapy The Associated Press Tuesday, September 17, 2002; 7:20 PM WASHINGTON –– The House voted Tuesday to condemn a therapeutic technique known as rebirthing as dangerous and harmful and urged every state to enact laws banning it. "I encourage all states to outlaw this voodoo science and prevent another tragedy from happening," said Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., author of the non-binding resolution that passed 397-0.