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In reply to the discussion: First high level indictment likely to be.... Hunter Biden. [View all]Ocelot II
(115,748 posts)22. The Chappaquidick incident was very embarrassing to the Kennedy family
and the party at the time. I remember it quite well, and part of the controversy had to do with claims that aspects of the accident had been covered up to protect the Kennedys. The incident definitely threw a monkey wrench in Ted's presidential aspirations.
After the accident he announced that he wouldnt run for president in 1972, as many supporters had been hoping he would before Chappaquiddick. The fallout from the accident (and lingering rumors of a cover-up) permanently doomed Kennedys presidential ambitions: In 1980, when he finally did seek the Democratic presidential nomination, he suffered an embarrassing defeat to the unpopular incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy would serve Massachusetts in the Senate for three more decades, and would become one of the nations most respected elder statesmen by the time of his death, of brain cancer, in 2009. In True Compass, a memoir published after his death, Kennedy wrote that his actions the night of the accident were inexcusable, and that he made terrible decisions.
He knew at the time the accident would be devastating to his family, Kennedy admitted, as well as damaging to his political career. Finally, Kennedy wrote that my burden is nothing compared to [Kopechnes] loss and the suffering her family had to endure. She also didnt deserve to be linked to me in a romantic way. She deserved better than that.
https://www.history.com/news/ted-kennedy-chappaquiddick-incident-what-really-happened-facts
Kennedy would serve Massachusetts in the Senate for three more decades, and would become one of the nations most respected elder statesmen by the time of his death, of brain cancer, in 2009. In True Compass, a memoir published after his death, Kennedy wrote that his actions the night of the accident were inexcusable, and that he made terrible decisions.
He knew at the time the accident would be devastating to his family, Kennedy admitted, as well as damaging to his political career. Finally, Kennedy wrote that my burden is nothing compared to [Kopechnes] loss and the suffering her family had to endure. She also didnt deserve to be linked to me in a romantic way. She deserved better than that.
I did not intend to dis Ted, who did go on to become one of the most respected members of the Senate. But the incident was a huge scandal at the time.
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Well, there was that rapist cousin in the family as well... and RFK Jr is kind of embarrassing nt
AZSkiffyGeek
Oct 2022
#26
A person died in that accidnt...it was awful and it was embarrassing. Hunter Biden's drug offenses
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#52
CNN "legal expert" saying DOJ could file tax evasion, firearms charges soon. Seems they have enough
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2022
#6
Garland is staying out of it and is leaving all charging decisions to the AUSA for Delaware.
Ocelot II
Oct 2022
#23
Yeah. It really seems like DOJ is hamstrung to pursue the real conspirators. n/t
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2022
#9
A big who cares. I bet he could get off. And Hunter is not in politics...it looks like
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#54
exactly. I was shocked to hear that it seems like a case DOJ deems solid. He's a private citizen?
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2022
#33
After what you did to Hillary, you were shocked. I am sure I don't know why. This was a leak...and
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#56
high profile would have been a better choice? Like say someone in the inner circle of Cult 45
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2022
#45
It is probably because he is not going to be indicted...and some FBI trump lovers are pissed...these
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#51
Commentators on CNN have a fairly big voice or they wouldn't have made it that far. Not saying
Evolve Dammit
Oct 2022
#62
I wish people wouldn't post this crap. I sincerely doubt in the end he will be charged with
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#49