Bush supporters' aftermath thread II

Foxfyre wrote:

There was a farmhouse visible from the place where the car went off the road and the people were home. I can't remember if any other cars went by that could have been flagged down. But the reports are clear that there was a bubble of air available to Mary Jo for some time after the car submerged, and had Kennedy not left the scene of the accident but had summoned help, it is very possible that Mary Jo could have been saved.

Got a link about that "bubble of air"

Anon

Lash wrote:

It was glaring evidence of his character--the lengths he would go to save his hide.

Saving her would have, at worst, given his wife a good case to clean his clock in a divorce. The reckless vehicular homicide--or whatever the charge would have been there, would have been easy to buy off. So, he let that girl drown for money.

How long does it take to drown Lash?

Anon

"Farrar thrust himself through the open window and into the car. Looking up, he found the body of a young woman. Her head was cocked back, her face pressed into the footwell. Both hands gripped the front edge of the back seat to hold herself in conformity with its upholstered contours. It was not the position assumed by a person knocked unconscious by the impact of a crash, Farrar said. "If she had been dead or unconscious, she would have been prone, sinking to the bottom or floating on top. She definitely was holding herself in a position to avail herself of the last remaining air that had to be trapped in the car."

To be honest,that is a good question,BUT,that still doesnt change the fact that Teddy abandoned her.

Why did he do that?

Look at the photo's.There was a house 450' away,and Kennedy KNEW it was there.
Why did he go AWAY from the house after the accident?

But he didn't even try.

I know he didn't try because he testified he didn't try. Is that good enough? And I don't consider being drunk an excuse for anything. If he was too drunk to know to get help to help her, he damn sure had no business driving that tnight. Either way it is criminal negligance.

The following is the written statement given by Ted Kennedy to Police Chief Dominick Arena on the morning of July19,1969. Throughout the legal proceedings, the Senator stuck to this version of events despite contradictory evidence and witness testimony. Perhaps as important as the inaccuracies within the statement is the fact that so many important details are conspicuously absent.

"On July 18, 1969, at approximately 11:15 PM in Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, I was driving my car on Main Street on my way to get the ferry back to Edgartown. I was unfamiliar with the road and turned right onto Dike Road, instead of bearing hard left on Main Street. After proceeding for approximately one-half mile on Dike Road I descended a hill and came upon a narrow bridge. The car went off the side of the bridge. There was one passenger with me, one Miss Mary ________( There was a blank space here because Kennedy was not sure of the spelling of the dead girl's last name, and instead offered a rough phonetic approximation ), a former secretary of my brother Sen. Robert Kennedy. The car turned over and sank into the water and landed with the roof resting on the bottom. I attempted to open the door and the window of the car but have no recollection of how I got out of the car. I came to the surface and then repeatedly dove down to the car in an attempt to see if the passenger was still in the car. I was unsuccessful in the attempt. I was exhausted and in a state of shock. I recall walking back to where my friends were eating. There was a car parked in front of the cottage and I climbed into the back seat. I then asked for someone to bring me back to Edgartown. I remember walking around for a period of time and then going back to my hotel room. When I fully realized what had happened this morning, I immediately contacted the police."

If I remember right (because I have the same strong impression you do, Fox), Ted changed his story. He didn't try to help, and then, he did...

MM-- Yes. I'm ducking in and out, and working on coursework, but I plan to read it. Thank you.

I'll look around to see what gives us that impression.

Where in your 'proof' do you see "called for help"; 'tried to flag down cars', 'went to the nearby cottage where the lights were on?' or any other 'proof' that he made any attempt to get help? My comment specfically referenced that he made no attempt to get any help to save her.

If his account of 'walking back to where his friends were eating', 'climbing into the back seat of the car at the cottage', or "got somebody to drive him back. . . .' are accurate; where is the part where he took anybody back to the scene and tried to rescue her that night?

That story is crazy. His cousin, who used to cover things up for him (and brothers), tells a pretty damning account.

Whether or not cousin is honest, Ted's own account is damning.


and fruity.

Where in your 'proof'