query: who plays ted kennedy in the new movie chappaquiddick

pos: Chappaquiddick (film) based on something Steyn had written: in the film, Kennedy remarks that even acclaimed historical figures, such as Moses, had personal flaws, and his cousin Joe Gargan retorts, "Moses didn't leave a girl at the bottom of the Red Sea." Steyn noted that he had written something very similar in response to a 2009 column by Joan Vennochi praising Kennedy after his death. Chappaquiddick (film) Chappaquiddick (titled The Senator in the UK) is a 2017 American drama film directed by John Curran, and written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan. The film stars Jason Clarke as Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy

pos: Chappaquiddick (film) Chappaquiddick (film) Chappaquiddick (titled The Senator in the UK) is a 2017 American drama film directed by John Curran, and written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan. The film stars Jason Clarke as Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne, with Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, and Olivia Thirlby in supporting roles. The plot details the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident in which Kennedy drove his car into Poucha Pond, killing Kopechne, and the Kennedy family's response. Principal photography began in Boston, in September 2016. The film originally premiered at the Gala Presentations section at

pos: Chappaquiddick (film) the majority interviewed say they would re-elect him. The credits explain that Joseph Kennedy, Sr. died soon after the incident; Gargan became estranged from the family; and Kennedy lost the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980 but continued in the U.S. Senate for 40 years. On December 14, 2015, it was announced that Sam Taylor-Johnson would direct the film, though she later dropped out. On April 25, 2016, it was announced Jason Clarke would play Ted Kennedy, with John Curran directing. On July 7, 2016, Kate Mara and Ed Helms joined the cast, to play Mary Jo Kopechne and Joe Gargan,

pos: Jason Clarke Jason Clarke Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian film and television actor. Clarke has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series "Brotherhood". He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film roles include "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), "White House Down" (2013), "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), "Terminator Genisys" (2015), "Everest" (2015), "Mudbound" (2017), "Chappaquiddick" (2017), in which he portrayed Ted Kennedy, and "First Man" (2018), in which he portrayed astronaut Ed White. Jason Clarke was born and brought up in Winton,

neg: Chappaquiddick Island body of Mary Jo Kopechne was discovered inside an overturned car in a channel on the island. The car belonged to U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, who claimed to have accidentally driven it off a bridge late the previous night and did not report the incident to the police until the next day. The morning after the accident, a diver recovered Kopechne's body from the submerged car, and Kennedy later entered a plea of guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing personal injury. Chappaquiddick Island Chappaquiddick Island (Massachusett language: "tchepi-aquidenet"; colloquially known as "Chappy"), a part

neg: Chappaquiddick incident was recovered by a diver the next day, minutes before Kennedy reported the accident to local authorities. Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident causing personal injury, and later received a two-month suspended jail sentence. The Chappaquiddick incident became a national scandal, which likely influenced Kennedy's decision not to campaign for President in 1972 and 1976, and it was said to have undermined his chances of ever becoming President. On the evening of July 18, 1969, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy hosted a party at the cottage of Sidney Lawrence () secluded on Chappaquiddick Island,

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) a March 2018 interview, Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios, which distributed the film, stated that "there are some very powerful people who tried to put pressure on me not to release this movie". "Boston Herald" journalist Howie Carr speculated that this was a reference to Chris Dodd, who had been a longtime friend and ally of Kennedy's when he served in the U.S. Senate, and had more recently been president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Liberal journalist Neal Gabler, who at the time was writing a biography of Ted Kennedy, criticized the film as a mix of

neg: Ted Kennedy vote at the United Nations against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Kennedy staged an upset and won the March 25 vote by a 59–41 percent margin. Carter responded with an advertising campaign that attacked Kennedy's character in general without explicitly mentioning Chappaquiddick, but Kennedy still managed a narrow win in the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. Carter won 11 of 12 primaries held in May, while on the June 3 Super Tuesday primaries, Kennedy won California, New Jersey, and three smaller states out of eight contests. Overall, Kennedy had won 10 presidential primaries against Carter, who won 24. Although Carter

neg: Ted Kennedy In the January 1980 Iowa caucuses that initiated the primaries season, Carter demolished Kennedy by a 59–31 percent margin. Kennedy's fundraising immediately declined and his campaign had to downsize, but he remained defiant, saying "[Now] we'll see who is going to whip whose what." Nevertheless, Kennedy lost three New England contests. Kennedy did form a more coherent message about why he was running, saying at Georgetown University: "I believe we must not permit the dream of social progress to be shattered by those whose premises have failed." However, concerns over Chappaquiddick and issues related to personal character prevented Kennedy from

neg: Chappaquiddick incident serious fault on your part" and so his driver's license was suspended for a further six months. Kennedy's wife Joan was pregnant at the time of the incident. She was confined to bed because of two previous miscarriages, but she attended Kopechne's funeral and stood beside Ted in court three days later. Soon after, she suffered a third miscarriage, which she blamed on the Chappaquiddick incident. A BBC "Inside Story" episode titled "Chappaquiddick" was broadcast on the 25th anniversary of Kopechne's death. It advanced a theory that Kennedy and Kopechne had left the party in Kennedy's car, but Kennedy saw

neg: Ted Kennedy brother of John F. "Jack" Kennedy—the 35th President of the United States—and Senator Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy, both victims of assassination, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy. Ted Kennedy was 30 years old when he first entered the Senate following a November 1962 special election in Massachusetts to fill the vacant seat previously held by his brother, John, who had taken office as the president. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was later re-elected seven more times. The Chappaquiddick incident in 1969 resulted in the death of his automobile passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne.

neg: 1970 United States Senate elections term. Although the Democratic Party had dominated state elections since the Reconstruction Era, Claude R. Kirk Jr. and Edward Gurney, both Republicans, were elected Senator and Governor in 1966 and 1968, respectively. Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Kennedy won 62.2%, down from 74.3% that he won in the previous election in 1964 and indicates that Chappaquiddick did affect the election. The Republican nominee was Josiah Spaulding, a businessman and Republican leader in Massachusetts. He led a group of delegates at the 1968 Republican National Convention who unsuccessfully

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Entertainment Studios. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its balanced screenplay and Clarke's performance. In July 1969, U.S. Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy gives an interview, wherein he is questioned about standing in the shadow of his late brothers, John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. After the interview, he calls his cousin, Joe Gargan, to arrange for hotel rooms on Martha's Vineyard for the Boiler Room Girls, his brother Robert's campaign staff. Kennedy travels to Chappaquiddick Island,

neg: William Honan that job until 1988, at which point Honan was appointed chief cultural correspondent, a position that entailed "reporting on and analyzing trends in all the arts for daily and Sunday sections." Through interviews, Honan published accounts of Ted Kennedy's life in a series of New York Times Magazine articles in advance of the 1972 presidential election, when there was widespread speculation that Kennedy would make a run for the White House. Honan expanded upon these articles in his 1972 book, "Ted Kennedy, Profile of a Survivor: Edward M. Kennedy after Bobby, after Chappaquiddick, and after three years of Nixon". The

neg: Chappaquiddick Island as an island. Visitors come to the isolated island for beaches, cycling, hiking, nature tours and birding, and the MyToi Gardens, a small Japanese garden created amidst the native brush. Two fire trucks are stationed on the island from Edgartown. Chappaquiddick Road and Pocha Road, both paved, provide access to sandy, woodland roads, trails, and shorelines. Chappaquiddick became internationally known following an eponymous incident in 1969, when U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy claimed to have accidentally driven his car off the island's Dike Bridge, fatally trapping his 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, inside the vehicle. The name Chappaquiddick comes from a

neg: 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries and William Proxmire decided not to run, Senator Edward M. Kennedy finally made his long-expected run at the presidency. Ted Kennedy had been asked to take his brother Robert’s place at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and had refused. He ran for Senate Majority Whip in 1969, but many had thought that he was going to use that as a platform for 1972. But then came the notorious Chappaquiddick incident that killed Kennedy's car passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy refused to run for president in 1972 and 1976. Many of his supporters suspected that Chappaquiddick had destroyed any ability he

neg: Ted Kennedy to the danger; Kennedy reportedly observed, "I know that I'm going to get my ass shot off one day, and I don't want to." Indeed, there were a constant series of death threats made against Kennedy for much of the rest of his career. On the night of July 18, 1969, Kennedy was at Chappaquiddick Island on the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard. He was hosting a party that he gave for the Boiler Room Girls, a group of young women who had worked on his brother Robert's ill-fated 1968 presidential campaign. Kennedy left the party with one of the

neg: Presidency of Richard Nixon ran as an anti-war candidate, and John Ashbrook, who opposed détente. In the New Hampshire primary McCloskey garnered 19.8% of the vote to Nixon's 67.6%, with Ashbrook receiving 9.7%. The president's re-nomination was never in doubt after that. At the Republican National Convention that August he received 1,347 of the 1,348 votes on the first ballot. Delegates also re-nominated Spiro Agnew by acclamation. Throughout the convention, delegates chanted "Four more years! Four more years!" Nixon had initially expected his Democratic opponent to be Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, but the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident effectively removed Kennedy from contention. Nonetheless, Nixon

neg: Ted Kennedy Kennedy was again much talked about as a contender in the 1976 U.S. presidential election, with no strong front-runners among the other possible Democratic candidates. Kennedy's concerns about his family were strong, and Chappaquiddick was still in the news, with "The Boston Globe", "The New York Times Magazine", and "Time" magazine all reassessing the incident and raising doubts about Kennedy's version of events. In September 1974, Kennedy announced that for family reasons he would not run in the 1976 election, declaring that his decision was "firm, final, and unconditional." The eventual Democratic nominee, Jimmy Carter, built little by way of

neg: Ted Kennedy Court ordered the inquest to be conducted in secret. The presiding judge, James A. Boyle, concluded that some aspects of Kennedy's story of that night were not true, and that negligent driving "appears to have contributed" to the death of Kopechne. A grand jury on Martha's Vineyard conducted a two-day investigation in April 1970 but issued no indictment, after which Boyle made his inquest report public. Kennedy deemed its conclusions "not justified." Questions about the Chappaquiddick incident generated a large number of articles and books over the next several years. At the end of 1968, Kennedy had joined the new

neg: Strom Thurmond vote being seen as "little more than a gesture since committee assignments are the major item settled by seniority and Senator Thurmond has his." Later that month, when Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy visited South Carolina to deliver an address in Charleston, Thurmond gave remarks to the Charleston Chapter of the Air Force Association several hours earlier, mocking Kennedy for the Chappaquiddick incident. Thurmond noted that Brigadier General Thomas Kennedy's wife was named Joan, the same first name as Joan Bennett Kennedy, the senator's wife. He added that the Joan married to the Brigadier General had a husband who was a

neg: Chappaquiddick incident crisis." Kennedy lost the Democratic nomination to Carter, who lost the general election to Ronald Reagan by a landslide, but Kennedy remained a senator until his death in 2009. He won all seven elections for the US Senate after the incident. After Kennedy's death, "New York Times Magazine" editor Ed Klein stated that Kennedy asked people, "Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?" "It's not that he didn't feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne," Klein argued, "but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too." The Dike

neg: Ted Kennedy into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the Senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over for him." However, Ted was never able to carry on the "Camelot" mystique in the same way that both of his fallen brothers had, with much of it disappearing during his failed 1980 presidential bid. His negligence in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick and his well-documented later personal problems further tarnished his image in relation to the Kennedy name, and significantly damaged his chances of ever becoming

neg: Martha's Vineyard of sociolinguistics. The island received international notoriety after the "Chappaquiddick incident" of July 18, 1969, in which Mary Jo Kopechne was killed in a car driven off the Dike Bridge by U.S. Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy. The bridge crossed Poucha Pond on Chappaquiddick Island (a smaller island formerly connected to the Vineyard and part of Edgartown). As a foot bridge, it was intended for people on foot and bicycles, as well as the occasional emergency vehicle when conditions warranted. Currently, 4×4 vehicles with passes are allowed to cross the reconstructed bridge. On November 23, 1970, in the Atlantic Ocean just

neg: White House Plumbers Plumbers were known to have been engaged in. Hunt reportedly looked into the Ted Kennedy-Chappaquiddick incident and Liddy reported purported Kennedy administration involvement in the assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. After the California break-in, Liddy—who was general counsel, a member of the finance committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) and promoted from aide to Krogh and Young—worked with Campaign political-intelligence operations. Ehrlichman, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Special Investigations Unit, knew about Liddy's goal to perform an intelligence-gathering operation for the CRP. Liddy involved Hunt in the operations which would

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) having just been slapped by his father, tells Gargan he intends to resign from the Senate and asks him to draft a resignation speech. He tells Gargan not to tell anyone. As Kennedy is ready to go on national television with the speech prepared by Ted Sorensen (played by Taylor Nichols) designed to elicit public sympathy for Kennedy, Gargan delivers the resignation speech, telling Kennedy it is the right thing to do, to act with integrity. But instead, Kennedy throws it away and Gargan is pressed to hold Kennedy's cue cards for Sorensen's speech. Although the public has mixed views,

neg: Ted Kennedy Committee for National Health Insurance at the invitation of its founder, United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther. In May 1970, Reuther died and Senator Ralph Yarborough, chairman of the full Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and its Health subcommittee, lost his primary election, propelling Kennedy into a leadership role on the issue of national health insurance. Kennedy introduced a bipartisan bill in August 1970 for single-payer universal national health insurance with no cost sharing, paid for by payroll taxes and general federal revenue. Despite the Chappaquiddick controversy of the previous year, Kennedy easily won re-election to another term in

neg: Ted Kennedy women, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. Driving a 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88, he attempted to cross the Dike Bridge (which did not have a guardrail at that time). Kennedy lost control of his vehicle and crashed in the Poucha Pond inlet, which was a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy escaped from the overturned vehicle, and, by his description, dove below the surface seven or eight times, vainly attempting to reach and rescue Kopechne. Ultimately, he swam to shore and left the scene, with Kopechne still trapped inside the vehicle. Kennedy did not report the accident to authorities until the next

neg: Kennedy family late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District. Family incidents led Ted to question in a televised statement about the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, whether there was a "Kennedy curse." In 1941, Rosemary underwent a lobotomy intended to curb behavioral and emotional issues, but the operation left her incapacitated; Joseph Jr. died in 1944 when the Navy bomber he was piloting during World War II exploded in flight; Kathleen died in a plane crash in France in 1948; and John and Robert were both assassinated in 1963 and 1968. In

neg: Conspiracy Museum Conspiracy Museum The Conspiracy Museum was a private exhibition of conspiracy theories in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). R. B. Cutler, self-described as an "assassinologist", opened the museum in 1995. The Conspiracy Museum was located across the street from the Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas in the Katy Building. The museum was not limited in scope to the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but it also covered Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, and Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident. Cutler's argument was that all these conspiracies can be tied

neg: Chappaquiddick incident reporting themselves. In an October 15, 1994 interview for Ronald Kessler’s book "The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded," Gargan said that he and Markham returned to the scene of the accident with Kennedy, they both urged Kennedy to report the accident to the police."The conversation was brief about having to report," Gargan told Kessler, a former Washington Post reporter, for the book. "I was insistent on it. Paul Markham was backing me up on it. Ted said, `Okay, okay, Joey, okay. I've got the point, I've got the point.' Then he took a

neg: Roger Mudd Mudd within the ranks of CBS News and an offer to co-host with Dan Rather, network management gave the position to Rather after the longtime White House and "60 Minutes" correspondent threatened to leave the network for ABC News. Mudd is often remembered for an interview he conducted with Senator Ted Kennedy for a CBS Reports special on November 4, 1979, "Teddy", telecast three days before Kennedy announced his challenge to President Jimmy Carter for the 1980 Democratic Presidential nomination. In addition to questioning Kennedy about the Chappaquiddick incident, Mudd asked, "Senator, why do you want to be President?" Kennedy's

neg: Ted Kennedy Romney. Romney ran as a successful entrepreneur and Washington outsider with a strong family image and moderate stands on social issues, while Kennedy was saddled not only with his recent past but the 25th anniversary of Chappaquiddick and his first wife Joan seeking a renegotiated divorce settlement. By mid-September 1994, polls showed the race to be even. Kennedy's campaign ran short on money, and belying his image as endlessly wealthy, he was forced to take out a second mortgage on his Virginia home. Kennedy responded with a series of attack ads, which focused both on Romney's shifting political views and

neg: 2006 Connecticut's 4th congressional district election the next year. He supported secure borders and opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants. He also advocated slashing taxes, phasing out spending, and paying down the debt. A week after Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy campaigned in Connecticut for Farrell, Shays was questioned about the Mark Foley scandal. Shays said, "Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody", referring to the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving Kennedy. Farrell criticized Shays for making this claim, saying, "This is symptomatic of Chris losing his composure in a tight race." A spokeswoman for Kennedy said, "This just makes clear the real need for change in November. Beyond that, I'm

neg: Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick Island, off the east coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The celebration was in honor of the dedicated work of the Boiler Room Girls and was the fourth such reunion of the Robert F. Kennedy campaign workers. Robert's brother, Ted Kennedy, was there; Kopechne did not know him well. Kopechne reportedly left the party with Kennedy at 11:15 p.m.; according to his account, he had offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to Edgartown, where she was staying. She did not tell her close friends at the party that she was leaving, and she left her purse

neg: Chappaquiddick incident one-hour television special presented by Roger Mudd titled "Teddy". The program consisted of an interview with Kennedy interspersed with visual materials. Much of the show was devoted to the Chappaquiddick incident. During the interview, Mudd questioned Kennedy repeatedly about the incident and at one point directly accused him of lying. Kennedy also gave what one author described as an "incoherent and repetitive" answer to the question, "Why do you want to be President?" The program inflicted serious political damage on Kennedy. Carter alluded to the Chappaquiddick incident twice in five days, once declaring that he had not "panicked in the

neg: Edmund Dinis of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951, the New Bedford City Council from 1952 to 1953, and the Massachusetts State Senate from 1953 to 1957. From 1973 to 1979 he was the treasurer of Bristol County, Massachusetts. Dinis also served as district attorney for Bristol County from 1973 to 1975. He prosecuted the Chappaquiddick incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy. He was defeated for reelection in 1974 by John A. Tierney. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 12th congressional district in 1976, district attorney in 1978 and 1982, the

neg: Joan Bennett Kennedy won a special election in November 1962 to serve out the final two years of his brother John's Senate six year term; John had resigned from the U.S. Senate upon his November 1960 election as the 35th U.S. President. In July 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a car accident at a bridge off Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts that resulted in the death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Although pregnant and confined to bed in the wake of two previous miscarriages, Joan attended Kopechne's funeral. Three days later, she stood beside her husband in a local court when he

neg: Ted Kennedy had begun a year earlier. The death of Mary Jo Kopechne in the Chappaquiddick incident had greatly hindered Kennedy's future presidential prospects, and shortly after the incident he declared that he would not be a candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Nevertheless, polls in 1971 suggested he could win the nomination if he tried, and Kennedy gave some thought to running. In May of that year he decided not to, saying he needed "breathing time" to gain more experience and to take care of the children of his brothers and that in sum, "It feels wrong in my gut."

neg: Chappaquiddick incident Chappaquiddick incident The Chappaquiddick incident was a single-vehicle car accident which occurred on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts on Friday, July 18, 1969. The late-night accident was caused by Senator Ted Kennedy's negligence and resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, who was trapped inside the vehicle. According to Kennedy's testimony, he accidentally drove his car off the one-lane bridge and into the tide-swept Poucha Pond. He swam free, left the scene, and did not report the accident to the police for ten hours; Kopechne died inside the fully submerged car. The car with Kopechne's body inside

neg: Mary Jo Kopechne that Kopechne's parents received. Because Kopechne had been a great believer in education as well as her Catholic faith, the family members started a scholarship fund in Kopechne's name at nearby Misericordia University. Mary Jo Kopechne Mary Jo Kopechne (; July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, while she was a passenger in a car being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Kopechne was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, although she is sometimes described as being from nearby Forty

neg: Mary Jo Kopechne Mary Jo Kopechne Mary Jo Kopechne (; July 26, 1940 – July 18, 1969) was an American teacher, secretary, and political campaign specialist who died in a car accident at Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969, while she was a passenger in a car being driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Kopechne was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, although she is sometimes described as being from nearby Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She was an only child. Her father, Joseph Kopechne, was an insurance salesman, and her mother, Gwen (née Jennings), was a homemaker. Kopechne was of part Polish heritage. Two of her

neg: Paul F. Markham United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1966, Markham succeeded him as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He remained a U.S. Attorney until 1969 when he resigned to work in private practice. Markham was present on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, on the night leading up to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. According to the testimony of Ted Kennedy, after the accident, he, Markham, and Joseph Gargan returned to the waterway to try to rescue Kopechne. Markham testified that Kennedy was sobbing and on the verge of becoming crazed. The next day Gargan and

neg: Werner Spitz includes the city of Detroit). In 1969, Spitz testified on behalf of Joseph and Gwen Kopechne, the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died following a car accident in the vehicle of Ted Kennedy. Kopechne was presumed to have died from drowning after Kennedy's car drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick island and plunged into the water. Kopechne's parents were seeking to prevent her body from being exhumed and autopsied. Spitz testified that the autopsy was unnecessary and the available evidence was sufficient to conclude that Kopechne died from drowning. The judge sided with Kopechne's parents and denied the request

neg: Chappaquiddick incident much satire of Kennedy. For example, "Time" magazine reported immediately after the incident that "one sick joke already visualizes a Democrat asking about Nixon during the 1972 presidential campaign: 'Would you let this man sell you a used car?' Answer: 'Yes, but I sure wouldn't let that Teddy drive it.'" A mock advertisement in "National Lampoon" magazine showed a floating Volkswagen Beetle, itself a parody of a Volkswagen advertisement showing that the vehicle's underside was so well sealed that it would float on water, but with the caption "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today." The satire

neg: Chappaquiddick incident to authorities. Robert McNamara, Ted Sorensen, Richard N. Goodwin, Lem Billings, Milton Gwirtzman, David W. Burke, John Culver, John Tunney, Stephen Edward Smith, Joseph F. Gargan, Paul E. Markham, and others arrived to advise Kennedy. A short time after 8 a.m., a fisherman and his young son saw Kennedy's submerged car with Kopechne still inside, and they notified the residents of the cottage nearest the scene, who in turn called the authorities at about 8:20 a.m. Edgartown Police Chief James Arena arrived at the scene about 10 or 15 minutes later. He attempted to examine the interior of the submerged

neg: Ted Kennedy with Roger Mudd of CBS News broadcast a few days earlier. The Iranian hostage crisis, which began on November 4, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which began on December 27, prompted the electorate to rally around the president and allowed Carter to pursue a Rose Garden strategy of staying at the White House, which kept Kennedy's campaign out of the headlines. Kennedy's campaign staff was disorganized and Kennedy was initially an ineffective campaigner. The Chappaquiddick incident emerged as a more significant issue than the staff had expected, with several newspaper columnists and editorials criticizing Kennedy's answers on the matter.

neg: George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign nomination struggle and convention of the 1968 election. Due to the influence of former Eugene McCarthy and Kennedy supporters on the staff, the commission significantly reduced the role of party officials and insiders in the nomination process, increased the role of caucuses and primaries, and mandated quotas for proportional black, women, and youth delegate representation. Senate Majority Whip Ted Kennedy, the younger brother of both assassinated Kennedys, had been the early favorite to win the 1972 nomination, but his hopes were derailed by his role in the July 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. McGovern's early efforts were beset by organizational problems and

neg: Black Water (novella) is quoted in Chapter 32. The story parallels the 1969 Chappaquiddick accident, in which Mary Jo Kopechne drowned. As she shared in a "New York Times" interview, the author began taking notes for "a novel" in 1969, after Oates felt "a horrified fascination and sympathy" for the victim, who was in the car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy. ("But Ms. Oates insists 'Black Water' is not about Chappaquiddick per se. 'I wanted the story to be somewhat mythical, the almost archetypal experience of a young woman who trusts an older man and whose trust is violated.'") "Black Water" was a

neg: Wicked Wanda artists were caricatured in the strip, including a drenched and apparently besotted Ted Kennedy, who appeared in several panels throughout the strip’s ten-year run, wearing an ever-present ‘76 presidential campaign ribbon. His appearance was a not-so-subtle reference to the incident in which he drove off the Chappaquiddick Bridge, killing his companion, Mary Jo Kopechne. Rival politicians, including Richard Nixon, were treated with the same degree of satirical ridicule. For example, Nixon was frequently shown as a sometimes machine-gun-toting gangster. The strips frequently included caricatures of famous people, especially politicians. For example, in the debut strip, Wanda and Candyfloss visit Madame

neg: Chappaquiddick incident Bridge became an unwanted tourist attraction and the object of souvenir hunters. Nance Lyons stated in a 2008 interview that the women present at Chappaquiddick had suffered both professionally and personally. The incident is fictionalized in the 1992 novella "Black Water" by Joyce Carol Oates. It is the central subject of John Curran's 2017 film "Chappaquiddick". Chappaquiddick incident The Chappaquiddick incident was a single-vehicle car accident which occurred on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts on Friday, July 18, 1969. The late-night accident was caused by Senator Ted Kennedy's negligence and resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne,

neg: Chappaquiddick incident decisions the astronauts had to make in their landing on the moon?" Before Chappaquiddick, public polls showed that a large majority expected Kennedy to run for the presidency in 1972, but he pledged not to run in 1972 and declined to serve as George McGovern's running mate that year. In 1974, he pledged not to run in 1976, in part because of the renewed media interest in Chappaquiddick. In late 1979, Kennedy finally announced his candidacy for the presidency when he challenged President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination for the 1980 election. On November 4, 1979, CBS broadcast a

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) "conjecture and outright fabrication". As one example, he stated, "Contrary to the film's implications, Mr. Kennedy immediately and forever after felt deep remorse and responsibility for the accident; it haunted him." Similarly, longtime Kennedy aide and speechwriter Bob Shrum criticized the film for "trafficking in conspiracy theories", stating that Kennedy had never tried to cover up or minimize his responsibility for Kopechne's death. Conservative commentator Mark Steyn called "Chappaquiddick" an "excellent film" that shows how the "acidic glamour of power corrodes" Kennedy and many of those around him. He also stated his opinion that one exchange in the film was

neg: Andrew Breitbart his opinions on the mainstream media, Hollywood, the Obama Administration and his personal political views, having heated debates with several callers. In the hours immediately following Senator Ted Kennedy's death, Breitbart called Kennedy a "villain", a "duplicitous bastard", a "prick" and "a special pile of human excrement," adding, "Sorry, he destroyed lives. And he knew it," referring to Kennedy's actions during the Chappaquiddick incident, the Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination, and the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. In February 2010, Breitbart received the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. During his

neg: Jack Olsen Panther Party, was declared innocent and released from prison after serving 25 years on the perjured testimony of a paid FBI informant), and "The Bridge at Chappaquiddick" examining the 1969 car crash and death that damaged Senator Ted Kennedy's political career. As Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward write in their book "All The President's Men", the book was one of several checked out of the White House library by E. Howard Hunt in the course of gathering information about Kennedy that could be used against him in the 1972 presidential campaign. Many of Olsen's most popular works investigated the life

neg: Richard Nixon nomination, the President had initially expected his Democratic opponent to be Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy (brother of the late President), but he was largely removed from contention after the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Instead, Maine Senator Edmund Muskie became the front runner, with South Dakota Senator George McGovern in a close second place. On June 10, McGovern won the California primary and secured the Democratic nomination. The following month, Nixon was renominated at the 1972 Republican National Convention. He dismissed the Democratic platform as cowardly and divisive. McGovern intended to sharply reduce defense spending and supported amnesty for draft evaders as

neg: Wicked Wanda Tussaud’s “waxworks,” passing the likenesses of Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Charles de Gaulle, Lyndon Johnson, Fidel Castro, Henry Kissinger, and Mao Zedong, among others, as they make their way toward the museum’s “Chamber of Horrors.” These satirical portraits were usually given names similar to the names of the people they parodied: Marlon Blondo (aka Burpo), Henry Kissarun, Norman Mailman, and Herod Huge, for example. Senator Ted Kennedy was invariably depicted standing in a pool of liquid, a reference to the Chappaquiddick incident. Other famous figures that Wanda and Candyfloss encountered include Bob Hope, John Wayne, W. C. Fields, Mae West,

neg: Anne Beatts magazine, a national offshoot of the "Harvard Lampoon". She brought her dark sense of humor to her work, and co-wrote a parody advertisement for Volkswagen which was conceived by Philip Socci for which the magazine was later sued by the car company. The advertisement stated, "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today," accompanied by a photograph of a VW Beetle floating on a lake (an allusion to Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident). Beatts became the first female editor of "National Lampoon" magazine, where she worked with Michael O'Donoghue. The two became romantically involved, and both soon joined the creative

neg: Brock Brower served two years in the U.S. Army in Intelligence at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1959, he joined Esquire, for which he wrote profiles of Alger Hiss, Norman Mailer, and Mary McCarthy. He also wrote profiles of vice presidents Spiro T. Agnew and Walter F. Mondale. He profiled presidential candidates including Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George W. Romney, and Eugene McCarthy. He was writing about Ted Kennedy just before the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969. In the late 1970s, he "helped originate" the ABC News program "20/20" for Hugh Downs and for "3-2-1 Contact" (a science show produced by the Children’s

neg: Jack Anderson (columnist) with Pearson on "The Case Against Congress", published in 1968. According to the Family Jewels Central Intelligence Agency documents, in 1971, during the Indo-Pakistani War, the director of the CIA, Richard Helms, had a tap put on Anderson's phones. Other notable topics that Anderson covered included organized crime, the John F. Kennedy assassination, Ted Kennedy's role in the drowning death of a staffer at Chappaquiddick, Watergate, the 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and President Nixon, fugitive Nazis, the white supremacist group the Liberty Lobby and other far-right organizations, the death of Howard Hughes, the ABSCAM public corruption investigation, the investigation

neg: John Jay Hooker approximately 50 cents a share. Simultaneously, Democratic Senator Albert Gore, Sr. was running an equally hard-fought and ultimately unsuccessful campaign for a fourth term against Chattanooga Congressman William E. Brock. The friendly relationship both Gore and Hooker shared with the Kennedy family became an issue, especially in light of Ted Kennedy's involvement in the Chappaquiddick incident the previous year. Republicans and "Old Guard" detractors alike pilloried the two, leading to a Republican sweep and for the first time in the post-Reconstruction era the Republicans held the Tennessee governorship and both United States Senate seats (although, curiously, they lost control of

neg: John Barron (journalist) of "Reader's Digest". There he wrote more than 100 stories on a wide variety of subjects—notably a 1980 story concerning unanswered questions surrounding the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick in a car driven by Ted Kennedy. After Barron published his 1974 book "KGB: The Secret World of Soviet Secret Agents", the KGB attempted to discredit him by faking claims that Barron was part of a Zionist conspiracy. In 1996, Barron published a book detailing the saga of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Operation SOLO, involving the infiltration of the top leadership of the Communist Party, USA by

neg: Jack E. Robinson III office, he promised to create jobs, cut wasteful government spending, prevent job-killing tax increases, eliminate the multiple-trillion dollars of U.S. debt, and fix the U.S. economy. On November 20, 2017, Robinson died at his Duxbury home. It was during this election that Robinson got a level of notoriety when he got into an automobile accident while conducting an interview on his cell phone. The NPR Car Talk show featuring this incident pointed out that Ted Kennedy wasn't the best driver either, referring to the Chappaquiddick incident. Robinson received 25.71% of the vote against incumbent Congressman Stephen Lynch. Robinson announced that

neg: Chappaquiddick incident say that Mary Jo was still alive." The three men subsequently crossed back to Chappaquiddick Island on the ferry, where Kennedy made a series of telephone calls from a pay telephone near the ferry crossing—the same pay phone that the three men had stood by approximately six hours earlier discussing Kennedy's options. Kennedy called friends and lawyers for advice, however, instead of notifying the authorities that he was the operator of the vehicle which was still upside down near Dike bridge. He called Helga Wagner, John V. Tunney, and others that morning, but he still did not report the accident

neg: Knife game knife game song on March 8, 2018. Roman Polanski's first feature "Knife in the Water" (1962) may be the first film to show the game; a young hitchhiker plays the game on the deck of a sailboat. The movie "Aliens" (1986) features a scene with a member of the crew, Bishop, who plays the "knife game" with another member of the crew. He accidentally nicks himself, but doesn't bleed blood, thus alerting Ripley (Weaver) that he is an android. The game is played in the movie "Ted" (2012) created by Seth MacFarlane; the eponymous character, the talking teddy bear, Ted,

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) idea of appealing to the people of Massachusetts on national television, which his damage control team heartily endorses. They use the family's influence to speed up resolution of the legal hearing, as anything he says publicly might be used against him in the legal case. Kennedy gets a sweetheart plea deal of leaving the scene of an accident with a two months jail time, which the judge suspends on Kennedy's character and good standing. Gargan--who has become increasingly disgusted with Kennedy for not be honest about the facts of the case and attempting to play the victim--attempts to resign. Kennedy,

neg: Ted Sorensen had a career as an international lawyer, advising governments around the world, as well as major international corporations. During 1970, Sorensen was the Democratic party's designee for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator from New York. He was challenged in the primary election by Richard Ottinger, Paul O'Dwyer, and Max McCarthy, and polled third. During 1977, Jimmy Carter nominated Sorensen as Director of Central Intelligence (CIA), but the nomination was withdrawn before a Senate vote. Sorensen's help with explaining Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident was cited as a factor of Senate opposition to his nomination as CIA director. Sorensen in his

neg: Chappaquiddick incident who had previously served as the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. Attorney Charles Tretter was a Kennedy advisor; Raymond La Rosa had known Kennedy for about 8 or 10 years and had diving experience. Kennedy's 63-year-old chauffeur John B. Crimmins also attended the party. All the men were married except Crimmins. During the inquest into Kopechne's death, Kennedy testified that he left the party at approximately 11:15 p.m. When he announced that he was about to leave, he claimed that Mary Jo told him "that she was desirous of leaving" and asked him "if I would be kind enough to drop

neg: Jean Kennedy Smith was honored with the Tipperary Peace Prize along with her brother Ted Kennedy for their support of the peace process in Northern Ireland. In February 2011, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for her work with people with disabilities. On March 15, 2011, Smith was inducted into "Irish America" magazine's Irish America Hall of Fame. Smith was listed in the cast credits of the 2012 movie "Lincoln", as Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, for playing one of the shouting women in the balcony of the House of Representatives. Smith, who holds a number

neg: James Reston conference for the secretary. A. G. Noornai, reviewing the 2002 biography of Reston, described how his closeness to Kissinger later damaged him further: In his review of Reston's memoir, Eric Alterman wrote in "The Columbia Journalism Review": Reston also displayed his affinity for the powerful when Edward Kennedy drove his car off the bridge at Chappaquiddick Island, resulting in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Summering at nearby Martha's Vineyard, Reston filed the first account of the incident for "The New York Times"; his opening paragraph began "Tragedy has again struck the Kennedy family." Managing editor A. M. Rosenthal edited

neg: Ted Kennedy Eugene McCarthy's strong showing in the New Hampshire primary led to Robert's presidential campaign starting in March 1968, Ted recruited political leaders for endorsements to his brother in the western states. Ted was in San Francisco when his brother Robert won the crucial California primary on June 4, 1968, and then after midnight, Robert was shot in Los Angeles and died a day later. Ted Kennedy was devastated by his brother's death, as he was closest to Robert among those in the Kennedy family. Kennedy aide Frank Mankiewicz said of seeing Ted at the hospital where Robert lay mortally wounded:

neg: Edward M. Kennedy Jr. Edward M. Kennedy Jr. Edward Moore Kennedy Jr. (born September 26, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, a firm headquartered in New York City, and currently represents Connecticut's 12th Senate district in the Connecticut Senate. He will officially depart from this seat in 2019. He is the son of Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy from Massachusetts and nephew of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Ted was born to Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy Sr. and Joan Bennett Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts during the Presidency of his uncle

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) goes to sleep without contacting the police. The next morning, the overturned vehicle is discovered by a man and his son, who call the police. Police Chief Arena (Fiore) and the fire department recover Kopechne's body from the car, which they find is registered to Kennedy. Gargan and Markham realize that he has not turned himself in, and insist that he must. Kennedy goes with Markham to the Edgartown Police Department and commandeers the Chief's office waiting for his return. The medical examiner insists it is an open and shut case of drowning, but the undertaker thinks it could be

neg: Chappaquiddick incident her sitting in the passenger seat. Jack Olsen had advanced a similar theory in his book "The Bridge at Chappaquiddick", published early in 1970 and the first full-length examination of the case. Kopechne was , a foot shorter than Kennedy, and Olsen argued that she might possibly not have seen the bridge, as she drove Kennedy's car over unfamiliar roads at night, with no external lighting and after she had consumed several alcoholic drinks. He wrote that Kopechne normally drove a smaller Volkswagen model car, which was much lighter and easier to handle than Kennedy's larger Oldsmobile. The case evoked

neg: Chappaquiddick incident simultaneously went to where the "Boiler Room Girls" were staying to inform them about the incident. Kennedy entered the police station in Edgartown at 10 a.m., made a couple more telephone calls, and then dictated a statement to his aide Paul Markham, which Markham hand wrote and gave to the police. The statement read: On July 18, 1969, at approximately 11:15 p.m. 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

neg: Chappaquiddick incident Kennedy's Oldsmobile, nor could he describe the car in any detail. Kennedy testified at the inquest that he left the party with Kopechne at about 11:15 p.m. and immediately drove north on Chappaquiddick Road as he drove to the ferry landing, and he claimed that he made a wrong turn onto Dike Road. He claimed that he never stopped on Cemetery Road, never backed up, never saw the deputy, and never saw another car or person after he left the cottage with Kopechne. He further claimed that, after he turned onto Dike Road, he was driving at "approximately 20 miles

neg: Ed Joyce (journalist) and New York, culminating his career as the President of CBS News. One of his more prominent accolades was his investigation and publication on the Kennedy-Chappaquiddick fiasco wherein he bypassed the conventional reporting of events and delivered the story for what it was: sensational and dubious. He took note of the fact that Senator Kennedy was in fact a senator, and that he had walked for over a mile from the accident, past two lighted houses, waded a shallow stream, taken a bus, stopped for a lobster roll, bought an ice cream cone, gone beach combing and then waited 12

neg: Chappaquiddick incident an hour" and did not realize that he was no longer headed west toward the ferry landing, but instead east toward a barrier beach. Dike Bridge () connects Tom's Neck Point and Cape Poge to Chappaquiddick Island. It was a wooden structure which was not protected by a guard rail at that time, and it was angled obliquely to the road. A fraction of a second before he reached the bridge, Kennedy applied his brakes and then drove over the south edge of the bridge. The car plunged into tide-swept Poucha Pond and came to rest underwater and upside down.

neg: 1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts had urged Mitt to enter the race and moved into his son's house for its duration, serving as an unofficial advisor. Kennedy was more vulnerable than usual in 1994, in part because of the unpopularity of the Democratic Congress as a whole and also because this was Kennedy's first election since the William Kennedy Smith trial in Florida, in which Kennedy had taken some public relations hits regarding his character. Kennedy was saddled not only with his recent past but the 25th anniversary of the Chappaquiddick incident and his first wife Joan Bennett Kennedy seeking a renegotiated divorce settlement. Some

neg: 1994 United States Senate elections to enter the race and moved into his son's house for its duration, serving as an unofficial advisor. Kennedy was more vulnerable than usual in 1994, in part because of the unpopularity of the Democratic Congress as a whole and also because this was Kennedy's first election since the William Kennedy Smith trial in Florida, in which Kennedy had taken some public relations hits regarding his character. Kennedy was saddled not only with his recent past but the 25th anniversary of the Chappaquiddick incident and his first wife Joan Bennett Kennedy seeking a renegotiated divorce settlement. Some early polls showed

neg: Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the third-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history. For many years, Ted was the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family. He was also the last surviving, longest-living, and youngest son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy. He was the youngest

neg: North Dallas Forty Strother to Tom Landry, and Elliott to Gent. Of the story, Meredith said, "If I'd known Gent was as good as he says he was, I would have thrown to him more." The film opened to good reviews, some critics calling it the best movie Ted Kotcheff made behind "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". In her review for "The New York Times", Janet Maslin wrote, "The central friendship in the movie, beautifully delineated, is the one between Mr. Nolte and Mac Davis, who expertly plays the team's quarterback, a man whose calculating nature and

neg: Edward M. Kennedy Jr. John Kennedy. He is the brother of Kara (1960-2011) and Patrick J. Kennedy (born 1967). In 1973, when Kennedy was twelve, osteosarcoma (a form of bone cancer) was diagnosed in his right leg. The leg was surgically amputated on November 17, 1973. On that same day his father had escorted his cousin Kathleen down the aisle at her wedding and rushed back to the hospital. A made-for-TV movie, "The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story" (1986), concentrated on this event in young Kennedy's life. In 1982, his mother Joan revealed that Kennedy missed by just ten minutes being aboard Air Florida Flight

neg: Kara Kennedy Kara Kennedy Kara Anne Kennedy Allen (February 27, 1960 – September 16, 2011) was a member of the American political dynasty, the Kennedy family. She was the oldest of the three children of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts and Joan Bennett Kennedy, and a niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Kara Kennedy served on the boards of numerous charities and was a filmmaker and television producer. Kara Anne Kennedy was born in 1960 to Joan and Ted Kennedy in Bronxville, New York. In his book "True Compass", Senator Kennedy wrote about his joy at

neg: Ted Kennedy (footballer) Ted Kennedy (footballer) Edwin Page "Ted" Kennedy (7 September 1877 – 23 July 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. He was the brother of footballer and politician James Kennedy. A wingman, Kennedy made his VFL debut with Essendon in their premiership year of 1901 but missed out on playing in the Grand Final due to injury. He did however play in the decider the following season but ended up on the losing team. In 1904 he crossed to Carlton and became a three time

neg: Ted Kennedy (footballer) premiership player with the club, forming a strong centre combination with George Bruce and Rod McGregor. Ted Kennedy (footballer) Edwin Page "Ted" Kennedy (7 September 1877 – 23 July 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. He was the brother of footballer and politician James Kennedy. A wingman, Kennedy made his VFL debut with Essendon in their premiership year of 1901 but missed out on playing in the Grand Final due to injury. He did however play in the decider the following season but ended

neg: I'm Not That Guy name. Ted wants "Bizarro Ted" to change his name, so he tells him the person who he really idolized was Lance Hardwood. Bizarro Ted instead makes a new movie entitled "Lance Hardwood: Sex Architect" (starring Ted Mosby). The guys watch the new movie in Ted's apartment, until they find out that it was filmed in the very same apartment, with a little help from Barney, who helped with the location of the porn. Donna Bowman of "The A.V. Club" rated the episode B+. Staci Krause of "IGN" gave the episode 8.1 out of 10. I'm Not That Guy "I'm Not

neg: Political positions of Ted Kennedy President Shimon Peres. His death was "a very big loss to every sensitive and thinking person the world over. May his soul rest in peace." The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a condolence for the loss of Ted Kennedy, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, talked about how Ted Kennedy would be missed and how great of a friend he was for Israel. Kennedy became notorious in the 1970s for his support of desegregation busing. He was one of that members of Congress, government, and judges and journalists who supported busing but sent their own children to private schools. Kennedy

neg: Rene Kink reserves football at Collingwood but never played a senior game. Kink was nicknamed "The Incredible Hulk" by football commentator Lou Richards and is currently a fitness and boxing instructor at a gym in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. In 1980, Kink and other Collingwood players including Peter Daicos had a minor role in the movie "The Club" which centred on the Magpies. The movie, directed by Bruce Beresford and based on the play by David Williamson, starred Jack Thompson as Magpies coach Laurie Holden, Graham Kennedy as club President Ted Parker, and John Howard as new recruit Geoff Hayward. Kink

neg: Murray Chotiner indicated that the new staffer would be handling "special projects of a wide variety", and "The New York Times" speculated that in view of his past, his duties would most likely be political. Haldeman noted in his diaries that his new subordinate was to serve as the "inside White House man for political campaigns". Chotiner served as liaison between the White House and Republican organizations in 31 states. Chotiner taught at a March 1970 seminar for Young Republican leaders where he suggested that the Republican running against Senator Edward Kennedy mention the Chappaquiddick incident at every opportunity, while insisting that

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) both his legal problem (potentially manslaughter) and public relations problems. First they address legal problems such as making sure the body is not examined again and that the official records that his license has expired are changed by a Kennedy-friendly official. The team's strategy is to craft a public relations strategy for after the current news cycle, which is dominated by the landing of the first men on the Moon. As Kennedy prepares to attend Kopechne's funeral, he thinks he will gain sympathy by wearing a neck brace, but this ploy backfires in the press. Kennedy comes up with the

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) where he meets with Joe and US Attorney for Massachusetts Paul Markham for a sail race. After losing the race, Kennedy goes to a party at a beach house with his friends and the Boiler Room Girls. Kennedy leaves the party with Mary Jo Kopechne. After a brief stop, they begin driving away and encounter a police officer from Edgartown. The officer asks if they need help, but Kennedy backs up and drives quickly away. In his haste he accidentally drives off the Dike Bridge causing the car to flip over before it submerges into a pond. The screen goes

neg: Chappaquiddick incident her back at her hotel." Kennedy then requested the keys to his car (which he did not usually drive) from his chauffeur Crimmins. Kennedy explained that Crimmins and some other guests "were concluding their meal, enjoying the fellowship and it didn't appear to be necessary to require him to bring me back to Edgartown." Mary Jo told no one that she was leaving for the night with Kennedy, and in fact she left her purse and hotel key at the party. Part-time Deputy Sheriff Christopher "Huck" Look was working that night as a special duty officer at the Edgartown Yacht

neg: Chappaquiddick incident booth at the landing. Gargan and Markham insisted multiple times that the accident had to be reported to the authorities. Markham testified that Kennedy was sobbing and on the verge of becoming crazed. Kennedy testified that he had "full intention of reporting it. And I mentioned to Gargan and Markham something like, 'You take care of the other girls; I will take care of the accident!'—that is what I said and I dove into the water." Kennedy had told Gargan and Markham not to tell the other women anything about the incident "because I felt strongly that if these girls

neg: Chappaquiddick incident Markham had already driven the rental car back to the cottage; they entered the cottage at approximately 2 a.m. but told no one what had happened. When questioned, they said that Kennedy had swum back to Edgartown and that Kopechne was probably at her hotel, then told everyone to get some sleep. Kennedy testified that he was back at the hotel and "almost tossed and turned and walked around that room…. I had not given up hope all night long that, by some miracle, Mary Jo would have escaped from the car." Kennedy complained to the hotel owner at 2:55

neg: Ted Kennedy degrees from a number of institutions including Harvard University. Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the third-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history. For many years, Ted was the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family. He was also the last surviving, longest-living, and youngest son of Joseph P.

neg: Chappaquiddick (film) suffocation. The diver says, "She was holding herself up like she was trying to get her last breath of air." He adds, "I could have had her out of that car in 25 minutes--if I got the call--but no one called." After giving the Chief a prepared statement (written by Markham), Kennedy travels to the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, believing he has contained the situation. He is shocked as his stroke-disabled father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. tells him his actions have disgraced the family, and is surprised by a damage control team led by Robert McNamara, convened to address

neg: Thirteen Days (film) depends on what they decide. The movie shows men in unknotted ties and shirt-sleeves, grasping coffee cups or whiskey glasses and trying to sound rational while they are at some level terrified...[T]hings might not have happened exactly like this, but it sure did feel like they did." However, some former Kennedy administration officials and contemporary historians, including Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, have criticized the film for the depiction of Special Assistant Kenneth O'Donnell as chief motivator of Kennedy and others during the crisis. Prior to seeing the movie, McNamara reacted to

neg: 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries the primaries in New York and Connecticut came around, it was Kennedy who won. Momentum built for Ted Kennedy after Carter's attempt to rescue the hostages on April 25 ended in disaster and drew further skepticism towards Carter's leadership ability. Nevertheless, Carter was still able to maintain a substantial lead even after Kennedy won the key states of California and New Jersey in June. Despite this, Kennedy refused to drop out, and the 1980 Democratic National Convention was one of the nastiest on record. On the penultimate day, Kennedy conceded the nomination and called for a more liberal party platform

neg: A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White Diamond, Kennedy said, "My plays make people uncomfortable so I’ve never had a play done in Cleveland [her hometown], never." Kennedy was an out of the box writer during the Black writers movement. She sought to write about black victims rather than black heroes. She writes about characters who try to pass as white. She seeks to write as she thinks. She never looked to glamorize her experience as an educated black woman, but rather to make others understand how society and her mind influenced her as a writer. Kennedy exploits black-white image and fantasy, which is usually ignored. Kennedy