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Ted Kennedy was praised for nothing more than being a Kennedy.
Well, that and lots and lots of other things.
"For his hard public drinking, his obsessive public womanizing and his frequent boorishness, he has become a late-century legend, Teddy the Terrible, ...A former mid-level Kennedy staffer, bitterly disillusioned, recalls with disgust one (now ex-) high-ranking aide as a pimp whose real position was to procure women for Kennedy. ...
It is after midnight and Kennedy and Dodd are just finishing up a long dinner in a private room on the first floor of the restaurants annex. They are drunk. Their dates, two very young blondes, leave the table to go to the bathroom. (The dates are drunk too. Theyd always get their girls very, very drunk, says a former Brasserie waitress.) Betty Loh, who served the foursome, also leaves the room. Raymond Campet, the co-owner of La Brasserie, tells Gaviglio the senators want to see her.
As Gaviglio enters the room, the six-foot-two, 225-plus-pound Kennedy grabs the five-foot-three, 103-pound waitress and throws her on the table. She lands on her back, scattering crystal, plates and cutlery and the lit candles. Several glasses and a crystal candlestick are broken. Kennedy then picks her up from the table and throws her on Dodd, who is sprawled in a chair. With Gaviglio on Dodds lap, Kennedy jumps on top and begins rubbing his genital area against hers, supporting his weight on the arms of the chair. ...
...However, waitress Virginia Hurt, who says Morgan described the scene to her shortly after witnessing it, recalls, He was on the floor with his pants down on top of the woman,...
Three months later, on July 18, came the defining moment of Kennedys life, when he drove his Oldsmobile off a bridge on the island of Chappaquiddick, sending young Kennedy staffer Mary Jo Kopechne to her death and drowning ...
...: a childish belief that the rules of human behavior do not apply to himself, ..."
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"I dont know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick? That is just the most amazing thing. Its not that he didnt feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too."
Hot Air One of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself; Update: Audio added
"In his book, which came out this week, Kengor focuses on a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold War that shows that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offered to assist Soviet leaders in formulating a public relations strategy to counter President Reagans foreign policy and to complicate his re-election efforts.
The letter, dated May 14, 1983, was sent from the head of the KGB to Yuri Andropov, who was then General Secretary of the Soviet Unions Communist Party.
In his letter, KGB head Viktor Chebrikov offered Andropov his interpretation of Kennedys offer. Former U.S. Sen. John Tunney (D-Calif.) had traveled to Moscow on behalf of Kennedy to seek out a partnership with Andropov and other Soviet officials, Kengor claims in his book.
I received a review copy of The Crusader on Wednesday. The book first references the Kennedy plan on page 206, and includes the complete Soviet memo, dated May 14, 1983, in the Appendix. Its an eye opener.
Romerstein, a former House intelligence committee staffer and a researcher of Soviet archives, uncovered numerous documents suggesting that Ted Kennedy was a collaborationist with the Soviets during our Cold War. Romerstein also co-authored, along with Eric Breindel, the highly praised Verona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and Americas Traitors.
The Baltimore Reporter
Letter Details Kennedy Offer To USSR | Sweetness & Light