Word: chappaquiddick
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...will be analyzed countless more times. The punditry should reach a crest this week as journalists almost everywhere take yet another look at Kennedy and his intentions. The reason for the outpouring: it will be exactly ten years since a car driven by Kennedy plunged off the bridge at Chappaquiddick, next to Martha's Vineyard, and a young female aide drowned...
...years after he drove off a bridge into Chappaquiddick's Poucha Pond drowning Mary Jo Kopechne, the decade's second most controversial political figure, Edward M. Kennedy '54 is hoping that we will forgive, and preferably forget, again...
That willingness is disturbing. Ted Kennedy's competence, not to mention his political stands, make him worth considering carefully for president. But some evaluation of Chappaquiddick should be part of that consideration...
...ranks the lowest. About half of those polled, including 63% of the Democrats and 59% of those under 35, went so far as to say that Kennedy would make an "outstanding" President. Only 33% said he would be unacceptable to them, citing his liberal views and their doubts about Chappaquiddick...
...time to put Chappaquiddick aside and judge Kennedy by what he has done since? Percentage of those...