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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
That Chappaquiddick thing -- this isn't an excuse though I know the usual suspects will pound their fists...
It was 1969 and he's Teddy Kennedy. As if he wasn't completely bombed at that party. Hell, I bet drinking and driving wasn't even illegal then. My guess is that he was so bloody tanked he didn't even know what happened. Dazed, drunk, half-drowned. I wouldn't be surprise if he just staggered away not knowing what the hell was going on or remembering that there was a woman in the car. Or maybe even remembering why he was all wet.
A guy who does something like that is an irresponsible pisstank who has made an awful mistake.
The guy who knows goes home and has a snooze knowing full well there is a dead woman floating in his car and that someone is going to find it when the sun comes up -- that guy is a psychopath.
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There's no excuse no matter which way you cut it, whether he was drunk, or whether he knowingly and callously left a young woman to drown.
Kennedy was a great political figure and a member of a great political family.
but because of his personal actions, I really don't think a massive state funeral is appropriate.
I also think that state funerals should be reserved to heads of state or someone who does something heroic on a level that might not be surpassed.