With 'Chappaquiddick,' Ted Kennedy scandal gets its Hollywood close-up

[Auld Phart]

Do you think anyone but partisan idiots would give a shit?

Lol what a funny thread to say that in

Really?

Why?

Was Laura a Congresswoman when it happened?

Was she nationally known?

Did she deny she was involved in the accident?

Did Kennedy deny he was in an auto accident? No he didn`t and neither he nor Laura Welch were tested for drugs or alcohol and when it happened she was a nobody. What difference should it make whether she was a Congresswoman? They were both accidents unless you think Kennedy intentionally drove his car off a bridge.

No he didn`t and neither he nor Laura Welch were tested for drugs or alcohol

Laura stayed at the scene, and admitted to having a few drinks.

Kennedy left the scene and hid til his blood alcohol level dropped.

 

[basquebromance]

uh oh

Former Rick Scott aide Jeri Bustamante dies in Florida Keys boat crash

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Chappadickquick

Teddy was out with Mary Jo, proceeding with great vigor and exploring new frontiers.
"Teddy, Teddy, what if I get pregnant?" moaned Mary Jo.
"Uh, don't a, don't worry about that now, uh, Mary Jo," huffed Teddy. "We shall cross that bridge when we come to it."

 

[Aba Incieni]

Teddy The Drunk gets soused, drives off a bridge, Mary Jo drowns and The Drunk's presidential aspirations end.

The End

Actually, I think he was still in the race for the nomination until he went on a drunken rampage on the press plane.

 

[JoeB131]

Two days after Chappaquiddick, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, blowing Ted's fuck-up off the main headlines. Had it been at a different time, think it would have garnered much more scrutiny ?

Possibly. When you have 24 hour news and not 24 hours worth of news, and you don't invest in reporters, the trivial gets too much attention.

 

[JoeB131]

Teddy The Drunk gets soused, drives off a bridge, Mary Jo drowns and The Drunk's presidential aspirations end.

The End

yet Laura Bush kills her ex-boyfriend in a car accident and no one bats an eye.

 

[basquebromance]

"The film closes with the taunting reminder that Kennedy went on to a long career in public service, and was even dubbed 'the lion of the Senate.'"

 

[JoeB131]

"The film closes with the taunting reminder that Kennedy went on to a long career in public service, and was even dubbed 'the lion of the Senate.'"

As well he should have been.

This was a tragic accident, nothing more, nothing less.