Word: chappaquiddick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During the rare times he doesn't criticize Goode, Rizzo takes aim at some of the other liberals he so dislikes. He interviewed author Leo Damore about his book on Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Chappaquiddick and afterwards called the work "one of the best books I ever read." One can only imagine what other good literature Rizzo has taken in lately...
That kind of prescience comes with the territory. Gorey is, after all, no stranger to Capitol controversies involving senatorial indiscretions. Since he last covered Congress, he has kept TIME's readers abreast of a number of national scandals, from Chappaquiddick to Watergate to Iran-contra. Although last week's vote against Tower ran strictly along party lines, Gorey hastens to point out that the flap is not as partisan as it may seem. "Senators are co-workers who see one another daily, travel together and become friends," Gorey explains. "Senators do not exult in the fall of a colleague...
...while Malone attributed much of his loss to the Kennedy mystique, many of his supporters were not so gracious to the incumbent. As Kennedy's victory speech was televised before the Republican party, shouts of "the Duke of Chappaquiddick" and "go home to your Black friends" accompanied the senator's remarks...
...delegates haven't forgotten Chappaquiddick. The Massachusetts delgation, following Malone's address, began chanting "Where was Ted?" in mocking reference to Kennedy's taunting of the Republican nominee, "Where was George...
Koch, a perennial Post favorite, led the charge against Kennedy. Saying that the Senator's action revealed a "character flaw," the mayor added in a veiled reference to Chappaquiddick, "In the dead of night, and then by the way not to immediately own up to it. We've seen that before...