Letters to the Editor
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Joan's rosy view of "Teddy's baggage"
"Still, Ted Kennedy has his own baggage, and I'm not referring to vicious right-wing talking points, just his long association with a certain kind of old-fashioned liberalism..."
So if these are the two neat little compartments that comprise Ted Kennedy's baggage, please enlighten me, Joan -- which compartment does this tidbit fit into:
On July 17th, 1969, after a night of drinking with young blonde campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy drunkenly drove his car off a bridge, extricated himself, and left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown, Massachusetts, Bridge. Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died (some medical experts saying two and one-half hours later). Meanwhile, Teddy rushed back to his family's compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of. He didn't report the accident until 10 hours afterwards.
So, Joan, was Teddy's behavior in this incident just one of many "vicious right-wing talking points" or was it "just his long association with a certain kind of old-fashioned liberalism?"