Chappaquiddick theory: Kennedy was not in car.

[Salzburger99]

Hi all, I just finished a video where I make the case that Kennedy was not in the car when it dove into Poucha pond on Chappaquiddick Island.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Ted would have dove back into the water if he had left his bottle in the car.

 

[Rambunctious]

So she drove herself into the pond?

 

[Witchit]

In theaters April 6th.



Film Review: ‘Chappaquiddick’

A meticulous docudrama rivetingly recounts the tragic car accident and its aftermath — an event of criminal negligence and cover-up — that defined the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

At the cottage, when he sees Joe Gargan (Ed Helms), his cousin, friend, and lawyer, the first thing he says is, “We’ve got a problem,” followed by a quick, “I’m not going to be president.” He’s already thinking about himself, and no one but himself. He is thinking, in other words, like a Kennedy. Joe and their other comrade, the Massachusetts Attorney General Paul Markham (Jim Gaffigan), both tell Ted that he needs to report the crime, and he assures them that he will. But what he knows is that reporting the crime means he’ll be tested for alcohol consumption, so he has to wait. And wait.

The film says that what happened at Chappaquiddick was even worse than we think. Kopechne’s body was found in a position that implied that she was struggling to keep her head out of the water. And what the film suggests is that once the car turned upside down, she didn’t die; she was alive and then drowned, after a period of time, as the water seeped in. This makes Edward Kennedy’s decision not to report the crime a clear-cut act of criminal negligence — but in spirit (if not legally), it renders it something closer to an act of killing.

“Chappaquiddick” is a meticulously told chronicle, no more and no less, and at times there’s a slight detachment in watching it, because it’s too tough and smart to milk the situation by turning Edward Kennedy into a “tragic figure.” In certain ways, he may well have been, and there are moments when we see the sad grandeur with which this disaster hangs on his stooped shoulders, but the movie is fundamentally the portrait of a weasel: a man who, from the moment the accident happens, takes as his premise that he will not suffer the consequences, and then does what it takes to twist reality so that it conforms to that scenario.

I know it's not going to address your theory, but I figured anybody who would post in this thread would likely be interested in the movie.

 

[Salzburger99]

So she drove herself into the pond?

Yes, Kennedy got out of the car and told her to drive away as to not get caught by the policeman, Christopher Look. She drove an unfamiliar car and drove into the pond.

 

[saveliberty]

You should probably explain away the pond too.

 

[miketx]

You should probably explain away the pond too.

The pond identified as a bridge.

 

[skye]

so who was in the car?

pepe the frog?


these people are too much

 

[saveliberty]

You should probably explain away the pond too.

The pond identified as a bridge.

What bridge?

 

[miketx]

so who was in the car?

pepe the frog?


these people are too much

No Skye, it was the Geico lizard.

 

[saveliberty]

so who was in the car?

pepe the frog?


these people are too much

You have to admit, it is hard to explain away stoopid.

 

[miketx]

You should probably explain away the pond too.

The pond identified as a bridge.

What bridge?

The one that looked like a pond.

 

[skye]

so who was in the car?

pepe the frog?


these people are too much

No Skye, it was the Geico lizard.

yes indeed

that's who it was....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[saveliberty]

You should probably explain away the pond too.

The pond identified as a bridge.

What bridge?

The one that looked like a pond.

I always figured Ted saw two bridges and shot for the middle...

 

[hjmick]

So she drove herself into the pond?

Yes, Kennedy got out of the car and told her to drive away as to not get caught by the policeman, Christopher Look. She drove an unfamiliar car and drove into the pond.

Whatever helps you sleep at night...

 

[saveliberty]

Whatever helps you sleep at night...

Gee, I was willing to let him use sleep deprivation as an excuse.

 

[Desperado]

 

[skye]

what scum....to let her drown and die .....there......well.....he must not be having a good time in Hell.

I have this feeling he is not.....can you imagine.....reliving over and over and over her death ...like a film before his eyes....total horror.....

hope this is a warning to everybody out there.

 

[Salzburger99]

This is especially funny because Mary Jo Kopechne drove a VW Beetle and Ted's '67 88 Olds was a much bigger car.

 

[Salzburger99]

so who was in the car?

pepe the frog?


these people are too much

Mary Jo Kopechne was the drive and sole occupant. Ted had gotten out of the car before the accident. He did so to evade a possible police confrontation that never happened. The police officer chose not to chase them.