Bridge Led to Presidential Detour
On this day in 1969 Senator Edward M. Kennedy drove a car off Dike Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and Mary Jo Kopechne, a young woman who was in the car with him, was killed. It was an event that is still being investigated and dissected by those who believe that the full story of the night of July 18, 1969, has never been told. It was also an event that altered the course of American politics. Senator Kennedy himself has accepted that, partly because of Chappaquiddick, it is likely he will never be President. To this day, politicians debate whether Mr. Kennedy could have been President but for the accident... NY Times
Here is a copy of a handwritten crock of Senator Ted Kennedy's lies. It's an honor and a privilege to post a copy of total and complete prevarication of a gentleman of such pedigree and political privilege. Also, the moon is made out of green cheese, and there is a Santa Claus and a Tooth Fairy, too!
Many questions about this case have never been satisfactorily resolved. At what time did Kennedy actually leave the party? Was his turn on to Dyke Road a mistake as he claimed in his statement to the police and in his television address to the nation? Or was it intentional? After the accident, why didn't he seek help from people in nearby cottages? If he had been, in fact, too traumatized to ask for assistance as he claimed in his television talk, why didn't his friends immediately contact authorities when they were told of the accident?
Young, beautiful, dedicated Mary Jo Kopechne. A devoted "boiler room girl" to the "war room" and campaign of Bobby Kennedy. Another martyr died in the name of the advancement of Ted Kennedy. No doubt Ted has a right to his opinions, as did Mary Jo, but she was a little young to have her life, aborted, Ted. Dontcha think?
Ted and party friends, did it ever dawn on you at any point to call the police? We may not have had the sophisticated dive teams way back in the day, but a bunch of drunken revelers trying to find the body? What were you planning on doing if you found her?
Better jobs for district attorneys all around. Interesting Judge Jimmy Smith also held the rights to the water way for the Steamship Authority. Brendon Smith, his son, was the captain of the ship for years. Protecting the monopoly was part of the deal.
Not a good scene, Teddy Bare.
