Ted Kennedy died.

[nando]

That's not really what happened (but no one alive knows all of the details). Forty years ago, Ted Kennedy attended a party where he and buddies could nail secretaries on the Island of Chappaquiddick while their wives and kids stayed at home. He took one of the office workers to the other side of the island to fuck her and drove off of crappy bridge because he was going too fast (and was probably drunk).

He got out of the car, but dove back in seven or eight times to try to get her out. The current was too strong. He walked back to the party cottage, but passed about four cottages on the way where he could have summoned help more quickly. When he got to the cottage, he told his friends and they went back to try to rescue her. The current was too strong and despite repeated attempts, they could not get her out. This was on a tiny island back in the sixties and so it wasn't like this happened in an urban area. It's debatable, but t is my understanding that it was unlikely that Mary Jo Kopechne could have been saved after he drove into the water. No one knows for sure how long she survived in the car. IMO, he had been drinking most of the night and this happened just before 1 am. He obviously made a ton of bad decisions.

In the middle of the night, Ted swam back to the mainland and tried to make it look like he had been on the mainland all night (hoping he could find someone else to take the blame). In the morning, after the getting advice from his family, he gave a statement to the police (but did not give the details). He denied being drunk and trying to nail the secretary.

I'll say that it's a pretty fucked up thing to have done. I don't think that "Chappaquiddick" makes Ted Kennedy a good person, but the way right wingers cling to this story you would think that he burned babies for profit. Feel free to argue about the details, I'm just saying that mrsleeve's account is not accurate.

http://kevincolby.com/2009/01/22/the...dick-murderer/

it doesn't matter, even if your account of the story is correct he was still responsible for her death. And all the other things he did were just as despicable, especially for being a "respected" politician.

[325Projectz]

i just lost a friend last week, brain cancer, 30 y/o.

[E30 Cabrio]

He should have served time in Prison, not in the Senate.

[jeff_b]

Glad to see him go. Now the assholes in MA are trying to quick change the law so they can get a liberal appointed to the vacated Senate seat. They want to change the law back to the way it was when Romney was Governor, and John (why the long face?) Kerry had an outside chance of being POTUS. They changed the law to prevent a Republican Governor from appointing a Republican Senator, and now they want to change it back again to suit their own ill cause. Fuck these liberal fucksticks here in the gay state. I want to go back to Montana, Wyoming, SD, and Utah.

[mrsleeve]

Glad to see him go. Now the assholes in MA are trying to quick change the law so they can get a liberal appointed to the vacated Senate seat. They want to change the law back to the way it was when Romney was Governor, and John (why the long face?) Kerry had an outside chance of being POTUS. They changed the law to prevent a Republican Governor from appointing a Republican Senator, and now they want to change it back again to suit their own ill cause. Fuck these liberal fucksticks here in the gay state. I want to go back to Montana, Wyoming, SD, and Utah.

Me too am in PA working and kinda have a place in IA, I hate it there and want to go back to MT full time (no work though)

And yes to the rest of the post as well

[jrhaile]

Burn in hell you piece of shit.

[PootieTang]

karma's a bitch. my condolences to blunt for seeing his father suffer that way, but ted had it coming to him. he was scum.

[jeff_b]

Me too am in PA working and kinda have a place in IA, I hate it there and want to go back to MT full time (no work though)

And yes to the rest of the post as well

If I could talk my better half into it, we'd be gone!

[e30frosh]

DAMN IT! I had hopes of sharing a good bourbon with him one day.

[Aptyp]

wow, that amazing federal senator health insurance and this turd still died? How ironic.

[mrsleeve]

wow, that amazing federal senator health insurance and this turd still died? How ironic.

How much you want to bet the libbs and DEMS will spin this into furthering Obama care

[Vedubin01]

Burn in hell you piece of shit.

This

[CorvallisBMW]

RIP Ted

Burn in hell you piece of shit.

you too you fucking waste a human being. He was a father, a husband, and a fellow American. Even if you disagree with him, he is a prominent figure in in the history of our country and deserves your respect.

wow, that amazing federal senator health insurance and this turd still died? How ironic.

There's no cure to cancer you fucking retard, no matter what health plan you have. Fuck off.

[Vedubin01]

How much you want to bet the libbs and DEMS will spin this into furthering Obama care

Less than 24 hours!

[Aptyp]

There's no cure to cancer you fucking retard, no matter what health plan you have. Fuck off.

and chemotherapy is a myth... Dumbass.