43 years ago today

[Little-Acorn]

43 years ago today, on July 18, 1969, Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy (D-MA) hosted a party on Chappaquiddick Island. He left the party early with a woman named Mary Jo Kopechne. His car was found the next day, upside-down under water next to Dike Bridge, with Kopechne's drowned body inside.

Kennedy said later he had made a wrong turn and drove off the bridge. He did not explain why he did not report the incident to police, nor sought help from a nearby lighted house. Kennedy never did any jail time or pay any other substantial penalty.

[red state]

43 years ago today, on July 18, 1969, Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy (D-MA) hosted a party on Chappaquiddick Island. He left the party early with a woman named Mary Jo Kopechne. His car was found the next day, upside-down under water next to Dike Bridge, with Kopechne's drowned body inside.

Kennedy said later he had made a wrong turn and drove off the bridge. He did not explain why he did not report the incident to police, nor sought help from a nearby lighted house. Kennedy never did any jail time or pay any other substantial penalty.

And yet, today, we've had other monsters of political power who have answered to none of the many wrongs they have done. Sounds like business as usual to me. Good ole Teddy...how will we ever get along without him?! About as well as we will get along without B.O. Reid or Poison Pelosi.

[Little-Acorn]

After the Chappaquiddick affair, Kennedy decided not to run for President of the U.S., judging that the American people had a too-disapproving view of him personally after the death of Kopechne and his failure to report the incident or to seek help in rescuing her.

Several years later, Volkswagen of America was advertising their top-selling car, the Beetle, pointing out how well-engineered the car was, and how the car body was so well put together, it was virtually airtight. They ran a TV commercial showing a new VW Beetle floating in a pool, apparently not sinking, while the announcer talked in the background about how safe and secure the car was, hardly any water leaks in even in the most extreme situations, etc. etc.

Shortly after the VW ads had run, National Lampoon magazine came out with one of the most masterful satires in history. They showed a full-page fake ad, with a VW Beetle floating in deep water, with the caption:

"If Teddy Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen, he'd be President by now!"

VW sued National Lampoon for unauthorized use of their name.

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

[red state]

After the Chappaquiddick affair, Kennedy decided not to run for President of the U.S., judging that the American people had a too-disapproving view of him personally after the death of Kopechne and his failure to report the incident or to seek help in rescuing her.

Several years later, Volkswagen of America was advertising their top-selling car, the Beetle, pointing out how well-engineered the car was, and how the car body was so well put together, it was virtually airtight. They ran a TV commercial showing a new VW Beetle floating in a pool, apparently not sinking, while the announcer talked in the background about how safe and secure the car was, hardly any water leaks in even in the most extreme situations, etc. etc.

Shortly after the VW ads had run, National Lampoon magazine came out with one of the most masterful satires in history. They showed a full-page fake ad, with a VW Beetle floating in deep water, with the caption:

"If Teddy Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen, he'd be President by now!"

VW sued National Lampoon for unauthorized use of their name.

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

I hope VW didn't win...but they probably did. Stupid how they turned free advertisement into something that HOPEFULLY caused many to buy something else. Of course, National Lampoons could have taken measures to protect themselves but they were probably considering a WIN/win situation by having free advertisement or an additional laugh that makes folks wanna see MORE. HA!

[Little-Acorn]

I hope VW didn't win...but they probably did. Stupid how they turned free advertisement into something that HOPEFULLY caused many to buy something else. Of course, National Lampoons could have taken measures to protect themselves but they were probably considering a WIN/win situation by having free advertisement or an additional laugh that makes folks wanna see MORE. HA!

See the fake ad at:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/cvguy/cvguy%20humor/tedKennedyAd.jpg

[Roo]

Teddy was never really ever sober enough to be President.

[red state]

Teddy was never really ever sober enough to be President.

Or....like B.O. honorable enough. Yet, we have B.O. anyway and if not for this "incident", Teddy would have likely been another Irishman in the White House. You know, I believe we've had quite a few Irishmen as president. I even think that The Gipper, aka DUTCH was Irish. I have a bit of Celt in my veins as well but I tend to lean on the honorable side of my Irish bloodline and FAR from leaning to the likes of the Kennedys, O'Reilly's or O'Neil's.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Teddy was never really ever sober enough to be President.

The drunk sleazy bastard was never ever smart enough . That woman's death likely saved us 8 years of his socialism and insanity. He was just as much scum as is obama in my book.-Tyr

[Kathianne]

Just because. I don't know this site from whomever, but thought it funny:

http://www.11points.com/News-Facts/11_Drunkest_Presidents_in_US_History


11 Drunkest Presidents in US History (http://www.11points.com/News-Politics/11_Drunkest_Presidents_in_US_History)
Published Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 12:01:00 AM

Long before Americans realized you could put a few ounces of beer in a Solo cup, chug those ounces, put the cup on the edge of a table and flip it over... our presidents were getting hammered.

Last night I found myself down the an Internet wormhole of researching the drunkenness of past presidents; luckily enough, I found 11 great drunk former American presidents. And whenever I find 11 of something, I go straight to my website.

So here are the 11 drunkest American presidents, in chronological order. A ton of credit for the anecdotes here goes to a book called "The Health of the Presidents: The 41 United States Presidents Through 1993 from a Physician's Point of View" by John R. Bumgarner (Amazon link (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0899509568)).

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[red state]

The drunk sleazy bastard was never ever smart enough . That woman's death likely saved us 8 years of his socialism and insanity. He was just as much scum as is obama in my book.-Tyr

Yeah, but at least he was OUR scum....B.O. is scum that some other country puked up and sent our way. I'm not saying he's not a citizen...good grief, any one who sneaks across the border drops a baby pile can be a citizen with the stroke of a pen. I'm sure B.O. is a citizen but he's also a citizen to two or three other countries as well (or at least at one time). why this "occupier" seems to have more names, SS #'s, addresses, undocumented girlfriends and citizenship's than re-fried beans have the potential of causing farts. And he has more lies than the the stars above with leaving lil' libbie losers to think that his lies hung the moon. In reality, his lies are hanging something alright....hanging us all out to dry!!!

[red state]

Of course, B.O.'s loose mother was a contributing factor but even she had citizenry elsewhere.