Chappaquiddick
Published in Dagblad De Limburger
(Netherlands) on 27 August 2009
by Johan van de Beek (link to original)
(Netherlands) on 27 August 2009
by Johan van de Beek (link to original)
Translated from
by Niek Hendrix.
Edited by Adair Fincher.
It has been said that Teddy was a gifted politician like his brothers Robert and John. After John and Robert were assassinated, everyone looked to Teddy. Would he be the new king of Camelot?
On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy, most likely drunk, drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Beside him sat Mary Jo Kopechne, the former secretary of his brother. The car crashed upside down in the water. Kennedy swam out, but Mary Jo did not. It is assumed that she was still alive in a so-called air bubble, but eventually drowned.
Kennedy later said in some rattling statements that he had made several attempts to save her. Evidence was never found. The fact is that Kennedy's behavior during those hours testify to criminal irresponsibility . While Kopechne was drowning, Kennedy was changing his clothes and later in the night he was aided by his assistants to form....a strategy. From his hotel room he made seventeen phone calls. Not to the police by the way. They were warned ten hours (10 hours!!) After the accident.
Teddy got away with it. At least, it seemed like it. The rest of his tragic life consisted mainly of expectations that were not met. This is not so strange, because he lacked any moral authority. This moral authority was lying on a Chappaquiddick riverbed.
On July 18, 1969, Ted Kennedy, most likely drunk, drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Beside him sat Mary Jo Kopechne, the former secretary of his brother. The car crashed upside down in the water. Kennedy swam out, but Mary Jo did not. It is assumed that she was still alive in a so-called air bubble, but eventually drowned.
Kennedy later said in some rattling statements that he had made several attempts to save her. Evidence was never found. The fact is that Kennedy's behavior during those hours testify to criminal irresponsibility . While Kopechne was drowning, Kennedy was changing his clothes and later in the night he was aided by his assistants to form....a strategy. From his hotel room he made seventeen phone calls. Not to the police by the way. They were warned ten hours (10 hours!!) After the accident.
Teddy got away with it. At least, it seemed like it. The rest of his tragic life consisted mainly of expectations that were not met. This is not so strange, because he lacked any moral authority. This moral authority was lying on a Chappaquiddick riverbed.
This article is completely unnecessary, I am not a huge proponent of the “Speak no evil of the dead” but this is just a hateful screed and not called for at all.