Word: chappaquiddick
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...hardly a blow as damaging as Chappaquiddick, but it did further cloud the possibility that Kennedy might emerge as the presidential nominee next year. An aide to Leading Contender Edmund Muskie undoubtedly overestimated the impact when he proclaimed that "it was a smashing defeat ?I don't know where he can go from here." The whip's job may not cut all that keenly with many voters, especially those who have no high regard for the Senate. A few Senators even thought that the affront just might goad Kennedy into saying "to hell with them" and running away. Assuming...
...inhabit the world of rich women," Jacqueline Kennedy worried for a while about what traits "artistically inclined" John Jr. might develop in the absence of a strong father. "I can't imagine anything worse," said Jackie, "than having your son turn out to be a hairdresser." Long before Chappaquiddick. Ted was getting lost on Cape Cod. Nurse Dallas was along one day when he was taking his ailing father for a drive. "I'm lost again, Dad," said Ted, "you'll have to show me the way home...
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...Kennedy aides hoped before the election that a 60 per cent or better victory margin would put to rest the Chappaquiddick incident and prove the Senator's Massachusetts image remains untarnished. But the number of blankings will be the subject of great speculation in the next few weeks...
MASSACHUSETTS: Hard times have fallen on the name Kennedy in the family's home state. With Chappaquiddick, Bobby Jr. getting busted for drugs, and Agnew getting 50 per cent approval in the state, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be hard pressed to equal his landslide victory...