Family Saga

I can't be the only person who is tired of hearing what a saint the late Senator Edward Kennedy was. Because I don't wish to incite a riot and all that, I've kept silent. But every time someone mentions his death, I want to hear how Mary Jo must be "so happy" to see him again.

Mary Jo Kopkechne died on July 19, 1969 when a completely sober (according to the Senator) man lost his way and drove his car off the Chappaquiddick bridge. This completely sober and caring individual claimed to have been lost and still managed to be driving fast enough to not only drive off the bridge, but to flip the car over.

He managed to extricate himself from the wreck. He claims he dove several times to find the passenger in the car. Unsuccessfully. He was able to contact several people, however none of them were authorities. One assumes it was his father, the bankroll, and some cronies. When the car was discovered, well, good old Ted had answers.

Since enough time had passed, there was no sense in doing a blood alcohol level. Ted Kennedy, known for his ability to drink somehow was not drinking on this one night. He was given a two month suspended sentence for leaving the scene of an accident. Most people who kill someone in a car accident are charged with manslaughter, but if you have enough money, that's not always true.

Mary Jo was an only child and 28 years old at the time of her death.

Forty years later, Ted the Saint, is dead. This incident has haunted him all his life, poor baby. And it was instrumental in his inability to launch a Presidential run. Poor man. His political dreams dashed all because he killed someone. What unjust punishment.

All I want to do is scream. The rich, white guy killed someone and left the scene. If any of us regular folk did that, we wouldn't be walking around free, let alone sitting in the Senate making laws for only other people to follow.

The Kennedy saga continues with his son, the cocaine using OxyContin abusing Representative from Rhode Island. The guy who helped his cousin get away with rape, the guy who keeps getting drunk and wrecking his cars, although admittedly, he isn't the man his father was, he doesn't kill anyone.

How does a family go from the PT-109 to this?