Chappaquiddick

I suspect that will depend on how "fictionalized" it will be (either way).

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JPH, post: 447250, member: 6636 wrote: I just found out there's a movie coming out in a few months. Hmmmm.....I can't wait to see how Teddy and the incident is portrayed.

thanks- I'll pass

Glad I'm Not A Kennedy

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Rankin_File, post: 447257, member: 101 wrote: thanks- I'll pass

Why? I'm fascinated by this. A 47 year US Senator who may have murdered someone early on in his career, but somehow didn't get convicted of anything but leaving the scene of an accident. It bugs the crap out of me when the privileged get away with things. So, yeah, I want to see this.

JPH, post: 447263, member: 6636 wrote: Why? I'm fascinated by this. A 47 year US Senator who may have murdered someone early on in his career, but somehow didn't get convicted of anything but leaving the scene of an accident. It bugs the crap out of me when the privileged get away with things. So, yeah, I want to see this.

It's your life spend it how you want.....

I nominate this thread as the one most likely to result in the next temporary banishment of one or more participants.

I do what I can

I'm reminded of a (at the time) controversial "ad" for VW in the National Lampoon.

Seems tame by today's standards.

paden cash, post: 447271, member: 20 wrote: I'm reminded of a (at the time) controversial "ad" for VW in the National Lampoon.

Seems tame by today's standards.

I remember that brilliant ad in National Lampoon when it came out!

I remember the "ad" too. No matter your politics THAT was funny.
Andy

Andy Bruner, post: 447279, member: 1123 wrote: THAT was funny

Mary Jo's family probably wasn't too amused, though.

I believe the seal has been broken on that information.
A few months ago there was a very telling documentary on one of the obscure satellite channels.

July 19, 1969. As far as I was concerned, all girls had cooties and were to be avoided like the plague. Well, that is, unless one wanted to stop by the hay field and help toss some hay bales into a proper stack. That would have been OK, I suppose.

Holy Cow, post: 447310, member: 50 wrote: July 19, 1969. As far as I was concerned, all girls had cooties and were to be avoided like the plague. Well, that is, unless one wanted to stop by the hay field and help toss some hay bales into a proper stack. That would have been OK, I suppose.

July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

Chappaquiddick was on the 18th.

I had the good fortune of helping a neighbor with a couple fine daughters haul hay that summer. He drove the tractor, they handed up, and I stacked.

Yup. Still wrong after all these years.

There were alot of mechanical issues with that story. But, in my mind, booze was a contributer.
N

Whatever your political leaning, when the privileged get away without punishment for something they did during their lifetime, it's at least a minor victory when they get it after their death, and their legacy suffers.

Holy Cow, post: 447310, member: 50 wrote: July 19, 1969. As far as I was concerned, all girls had cooties and were to be avoided like the plague. Well, that is, unless one wanted to stop by the hay field and help toss some hay bales into a proper stack. That would have been OK, I suppose.

Since it seems to me that you are a few years older than me, you must have been Real SLOOOOW getting started. I got my driver's license in July, 1969.
Left Oklahoma the next day driving to Wyoming. That is where I was when both Chappaquiddick and the moon landing occurred.

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Restricted license in 67, full license in 69. Had already decided I was not going to date any local girls. Didn't matter if she was going to be a movie star, she was to be avoided. Hook up with a local gal and you hook up with her entire family. No thanks. Found wife #1 from 125 miles distant. Wife #2 grew up nearly 600 miles distant. Never dated anyone who lived less than 25 miles from my house. That comes in especially handy when dating four at the same time.