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| On this day in history, July 19, 1969, former Kennedy aide killed in 'Chappaquiddick incident' |
| 2024-07-19 |
| [FoxNews] Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts served no jail time, had his driver's license suspended for a year. Mary Jo Kopechne, 28 years old and a respected political operative, was found dead in the overturned car of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in a tidal pond near Chappaquiddick Island on this day in history, July 19, 1969. Known as the "Chappaquiddick incident," the drowning death of Kopechne and the chain of events before and after the tragedy became a national scandal for the young senator from Massachusetts — and "derailed Ted Kennedy’s presidential ambitions for good," noted the History Channel. Related: Mary Jo Kopechne 07/18/2023 Today (18 July) Should Be Named Mary Jo Kopechnie Day Mary Jo Kopechne 01/18/2023 Biden helped sink CIA nominee in 1970s with classified documents allegation Mary Jo Kopechne 06/15/2020 Secretive 'ninja sword' R9X airstrike reported in Idlib |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 In DC Republican circles soon after the incident, the insider story was "A third theory has a third person in the car (Rosemary Keough: one of the six “boiler room girls” at the party). A variation of this suggests that it was, rather, a prominent politician’s wife whom Ted wanted to mess around with. Mary Jo was in the back seat sleeping, unbeknownst to Ted and his mistress (having said she was tired at the party (or alcohol/drug effects), and wishing to get away from the noise there). When the accident happened, Ted and the woman escaped, apparently still not knowing that Mary Jo was in the back seat. So either Ted didn’t know she was there until much later when she failed to turn-up at home. It explained the huge time hole in his story and simply had to be hidden. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-07-19 21:54 |
| #5 I got kicked out of a class in high school for bringing this incident up; the teacher was rubbing ol' Teddy's balls, then I rained on his parade. |
| Posted by: Raj 2024-07-19 18:16 |
| #4 Obscure ref: Death of Obama’s chef ruled accidental drowning in Martha’s Vineyard |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-19 15:26 |
| #3 ^ Windsurfing, do it elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-07-19 14:43 |
| #2 Did they ever unseal all the Mary Jo Documents? Lesson Learned: Young Men and Women avoid Democrats with Martha’s Vineyard addresses |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-07-19 14:40 |
| #1 If he only drove a Volkswagen instead of an Oldsmobile. "I think I may be late" "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-07-19 13:04 |