"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:14:33 GMT, NOYB penned the following well
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:55:59 GMT, NOYB penned the following well
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JimH wrote:
This is getting more publicity than Teddy got after murdering his
mistress
MaryJoe and leaving her.

Jim, this isn't the place for political posts.

It's merely an observation. And a correct one at that.

Given your current age, how would you know?

Because there wasn't an internet, and there were far fewer late nite TV
hosts like Letterman and Leno.

I thought that would be your highly erroneous take on that.

Back in 1969 nobody needed the Internet, nor did they need late night
TV personalities.

Before the dumbing down of America, people read books, newspapers,
magazines, watched TV news after dinner, and listened to the radio all
day long. They got the news.... and MUCH less spin.

At that time, and for months if not a year or two thereafter... you
could not turn on a TV, listen to the radio, pick up a magazine, or
read a newspaper without seeing or hearing the words Kennedy,
Chappaquiddick, or Kopechne. There have been enough books on the
subject to fill a small library. I think the National Enquirer kept
the story alive into the 1980's..

I don't think anybody in their right mind believes over about 5% of
what Kennedy said about that night (perhaps, since). It is clear to
most that he did not report the incident until the next day because he
wanted to do so when he had sobered up.

Personally, I see the same cowardice and lack of personal
responsibility in this matter with Cheney. I strongly suspect that he
hid behind the skirts of the Secret Service because he needed a pot of
strong coffee before he was presentable. If this was a simple accident
and nothing was amiss, I see NO reason that he should have prevented
the local police from interviewing him in a timely fashion (it took
him 14 hours to show up, Kennedy screwed up the minimum courage in 9);

Cheney at least reported the incident to the local sheriff less than an hour
after it happened. Hell, he had his personal ambulance on site...and
delivered Mr. Whittington to the hospital with in minutes.

It took Kennedy 9 hours to even inform authorities...or get rescue workers
to the scene. There's simply no comparison between the two events.