I just saw the movie and was keen to hear the real speech. I was 12 years old in '69 and frankly more interested in the moon landing. This is such a tragic story and criminal cover up.
I am watching this because of the movie. How did he get out and why did he leave her? If he got out she could have if he helped her. There is way more to the story than this or the movie. We will never know.
Apparently after reading into it, 2 of John Kennedy's killers Frank Sturgis and E Howard Hunt were at the scene of this accident... So my guess is that they did this to tarnish his legacy. But I still think Ted was responsible to some degree...
@@ethan2090 if it had anything to do with clintons oof they'd be gone! Quick! Look at Joan rivers that called out Michael Obama as a heterosexual weeks later she went in for surgery & boom dead.
I just watch the movie Chappaquiddick. Right before the actor was making this speech, I paused the movie so I could watch the full 11 minute speech. This happened so long ago, and the people of Massachusetts obviously has forgiven him, and he has gone on to be the senator from Massachusetts almost to his Death. We all will actually not know what happened that night. Both people involved in that accident are dead now. How Senator Kennedy got off in the court of law for leaving the scene of an accident, tells you everything you need to know about our justice system.
There is no "justice system" for privileged white males. They don't need it. A few quick phone calls when they get in a pickle is all they need to get out of it.
I just can't believe he said he swam almost 2 football fields, in the dark, after walking all that time, after the accident... But, couldn't jump in with his friends and try to rescue Mary Jo.... How he got away with this is absolutely incredible.
Well, I can see him not being able to rescue her. When a car is submerged it is IMPOSSIBLE to open the doors, IMPOSSIBLE to break the glass, and it would be for the cousin and friend too unless they had a glass breaker. What I can't fathom is how you just leave the woman down there and don't call the authorities, you don't knock on anyone's door for help. I feel like the coverup was probably 10 times worse than anything that probably actually happened.
What I found most incredible is that he would claim absolute sobriety, and then list everything that an inebriated person would do: “No ferry? *F it,* I’ll swim” ❔❓❔⁉️❔❓❔⁉️ Also, saying that AFTER the Olympian swim & Herculean rescue efforts- both activities physically demanding enough to sober up a healthy young man (which he was) at his drunkest - he spoke to *some* hotel personnel and said *something* at *some* point throughout the night but has no memory of any details of that encounter. Do you know just how drunk you have to be to still be drunk enough to not remember what you did and said after having been in that accident and having drunkenly decided to swim that entire distance in freezing water? You gotta be pretty drunk my friend. And if not drunk, inebriated somehow.
She survived for between 2 to 3 hours in an air pocket. Had he informed someone she could have lived. The poor vibrant young woman suffocated. All he could think of was his own skin & political future. A nasty nasty cruel man.
In summary...I was partying without my wife at a beach house with secretaries, got drunk, drove off into the water, failed to save her, did not seek help- causing death, then lied about everything else. Power, Privilege and Corruption.
Any serious investigator would look at all of this and know right away that he was drunk, fled the scene, sobered up, and reported his version of what happened. The mental gymnastics it would take to make this make sense any other way is about like believing his brother was killed by a lone gunman.
@@jacobfischer6101 no, based on the evidence, the lone gunman narrative requires very little mental gymnastics, while Ted's story requires an Olympic Gold medal team.
Me ..me ...me.. my family..my carer....what a self obsessed creature at the time of that young woman's tragic death. He would have you believe that he was the victim at this time, not her.
He made 19 phone calls that night. Is that someone who was in shock, disoriented and confused? He took a woman's life and didn't even get a slap on the wrist. Shameful.
One of the last great Senators in history. Our Teddy was a transformative voice. I don't regret a single time me or my family cast our votes for a Kennedy. They did more for this country than we may ever know.
J Scott Upton I love the way he says he suddenly jumped in the water and swam across and almost drowned again. He never said he almost drowned from the original accident. Just said he didn’t know how he got out. He is totally detached from this entire thing. Makes me think he never went into the water with the car at all.
@@nancybenton5635 I have similar thoughts. If he was in the car when it went into the water, how did he manage to get out and not Mary? They couldn't open the doors or anything. If there was an opening large enough for him it was large enough for Mary too!
“I hope I can put this behind me”, really??? If I was Mary jo parents that would of been the highest of insults..., he should of said he will never be able to fully move past this ...
Sheena Jackson Yeah, true. But it would be nice to see a little more humanity and realism and some kind of emotional, heart-felt connection expressed. True concern and sorrow. Compassion. An emotional expression. Any hint he might care? There just seems to be more to the story than he is telling, it's so carefully writen out. Even so, you'd think by reading his statement, he'd show or express any kind of real emotion connected to the situation.
Of course not; his friend, the local judge cut him a deal by allowing him to plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. But hey.. he was a Kennedy. Like the Clintons, they’re not subjected to the laws the rest of us are.
All you have to know about Ted Kennedy is "what were the first words out of his mouth when he told his friends there was a problem?". His first words were "I'm not going to be president". Thinking about HIMSELF and his lousy career.
m gordon he was a liberal puppet. He wasn’t as strong to go against the system like his brothers did. He would’ve just followed what the neo con swamp dwellers wanted. He might not have been killed as president.
Whilst I agree with your sentiment, "I'm not going to be president" was a quote from the movie, Chappaquiddick, which dramatized the actual event and fallout from it. When making a point, it's important to give factual quotation from the person themselves and not a line in a movie. That said, the way he handled it was most definitely self serving and vile and he should have been made to carry a much more harsh punishment than he did. He duped his constituents and many other US citizens out of their sympathy and into keeping him in office to the day he died. All we can hope is that he did a few things right along the way because it's too late for us to him now.
@@TheRisskee most of that movie was writen verbatim from transcript witness statement So you don't know that that's not what he said anymore than the person making the statement knows that it is, now do you!! One thing we all know is that this speech was all for damage control, and not one sign of remorse for Mary Jo kopechne The man was a disgrace riding on his brother's name
She did not drown, she suffocated when the air remaining in the car was finally gone. How long was she alive in the car, able to be rescued, while Ted wondered in a Narcissistic stuper? It is "indefensible".
@@kleeamd8274 That puzzled me as well. Were the doors jammed? Couldn't they somehow break a window with a rock or something? I feel like there was not much effort put in the rescue attempts but I am just going off the portrayal of the event in the movie.
@@FoxRivers778 Water pressure squeezes the doors shut. As for rocks- doubtful there were any in the car, and if Ted thought to do that during his alleged rescue attempt, the force of swinging through water would make that ineffective
"Reasons of health"? Joan was pregnant and having difficulty with the pregnancy. Shouldn't he have been home with her? Also, why didn't he report it immediately? There was a chance she could have been saved if a diver was immediately dispatched. Why didn't the two men with him(according to the movie) report it on the remote chance Mary Jo could have been saved? What a horror that young woman endured and who knows for how long.
I go to chappiquidick every year, the bridge of the accident has since been destroyed, and refurbished. You could ask anyone who has ever been there, you never feel alone.
You fucking moron. He was set up by the CIA to ensure he wouldn’t be able to become President. He was drugged by the CIA shortly before leaving the island. The Kennedys were and are the most decent political family to this day.
@@grantpurdy5042 BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! "The most decent political family" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's rich! 🤣🤣🤣 A few of them did a lot of good but they were the furthest thing from decent. I mean, just take a gander and Ted's school career highlights... He literally got expelled for cheating, could barely stay on top of his grades, and everyone remembered when he wanted to start running for office of any level. The only reason he was able to was because the family had enough money to hire and army of lawyers to cover up indiscretions and create false trails. A 'decent' family doesn't have to do that. And that's only Ted and not even all of it. President Kennedy, as good at his job as he was, was well known as a philanderer, amongst other things. None of us is perfect but most of us actually try to work at being decent humans instead of letting our money and privilege create the illusion of being decent. That's the chasm of difference. I've got nothing against rich people as long as they're not using it to get away with murder. You need to really think about what you consider to be a hero or idol before you call someone a "fucking moron" next time, you fucking moron.
Notice he states that he left the party "accompanied" by Kopechne without indicating why she was with him. Then later, "no words can express how much pain and suffering I feel...", not what I caused. How could your skin not crawl through this speech?
I remember when I a child and this was live on TV. I looked at the reaction on my parents faces and their frowns said it all. Then my mom said “l don’t believe him. He’s lying”.
Even his mannerisms show that he's lying. Then add his nonsensical statement to it, and it's abundantly obvious. He claims he remembers certain details that serve to exculpate him, but the rest he can't remember due to his state of shock and his concussion. Any detective, and even the majority of the public saw right through this story.
Even if he did have a concussion as he read from the prepared script, his cousin and the AG with them did not, they should have called the police knowing he was irrational. The greatest cover up in political history.
"The greatest cover-up in political history." Really? THIS?!? 😂 I don't think so. [Your hyperbole reveals that you have an irrational thought process when it comes to drunk driving, regardless of mitigating factors.] Get a grip.
@@JFmK-sh5nh this dude was being groomed to be a president of the United States. It was a cover up of epic proportions. Drunk driving was not even a factor as he did not report the incident till the next day after he woke up. This was a cover up by the Democrats, the family and everyone involved. They called this man the lion of the senate when they should have been calling a criminal. If he weren’t a Kennedy he would have been in jail. This is a cover up.
He has no empathy or compassion for her. He's not even emotional! Another narcissist sociopath! Look at him just acting, no emotions, just a void inside him!
Actually- it’s likely that he hardly knew her at all. When he wrote his statement to the police, he didn’t know how to spell her name, so he left her last name blank…..
He should have gone to prison for manslaughter, at the very least. And how did the good people of Massachusetts deal with this POS? Why they elected him over, and over again!
My unbiased interpretation of this: Psychopathy on display. Me. My. I. Lack of remorse or emotion. Immediately makes it about his career. Then name drops far greater men than he before he guilt trips the people of Massachusetts into keeping him in power. He then goes on to say the power stays with him in deciding whether or not to remove himself from office.
There is so much inconsistencies about this whole incident. If you think that Teddy was not gagged you are saddenly mistaken. He was a known heavy drinker throughout his life. After the accident he obviously was panicked, if he wasn't then he is not human. He most definitely left the scene after he emerged from the water. After the accident, knowing this person and his character he made no attempt to save Mary Jo in any way. He waits 8 hours after the accident to report the incident to the police. Having spent 21 years in law enforcement this absence of time tells me that he was highly intoxicated and would have been arrested for a DWI if he reported the accident when it happened and it would be best for him to disappear from the location until he could get things in line. In the time he was gone, he no doubt got his story straight with whoever he met with after the accident. I am also positive that after the accident, anyone who was at the party were met with, paid off to get their stories correct to help out ole Ted. He had to give this statement or otherwise his political career was over. His whole speech was rehearsed. His philandering on his wife was legend. I truly believe that he was porking Mary Jo and was doinking other women as well in the Kennedy political office. It was not uncommon for the Kennedy Boys to have extra curricular activities with the women who worked for their offices. You could say the women were groupies and wanted a piece of the action. The Kennedy's were the good old family members in that area of Massachusetts why else would his sentence be suspended by the judge who was also a family friend of the Kennedy's. In the final analysis, if it was you or me, we would have been charged with numerous felonies and would have spent a long time in prison. If it was a Republican who did this, that person would have been driven to the point of insanity by the media because the Democrats get a pass on these types of incidents. The Republican would be thrown in jail and forced to resign his/her commission in public office.
PA , I feel sorry for the people in your town if you as a police officer. You obviously make snap decisions without facts. You're the reason jails are filled with innocent people.
TinaG That too, added with Kennedy’s political affiliation. It’s obvious the Democrats get a pass on damn near everything while Republicans get get the worse end of the situation from smear to threats of “you must resign!”.
He mentions an unlighted road and bridge.... Cars have headlights for those very situations... They also have speedometers to tell us when we're going too fast. Waiting like he did to report the accident makes no sense whatsoever. If he almost drowned, then she certainly did in the time it took him to finally walk back to the cottage. What was the point of coming back to the scene with family members? When he made it back to the cottage, the accident should have been reported right then and there. The only reason that makes sense as to why it wasn't reported at that time is that he still felt he had alcohol in his bloodstream and knew that would have ended his political career for sure.
I love the movie myself. Good day, kind Canadian stranger. In the end, it was a horrific accident, I think. But his honesty and care could have helped Kopekne's parents, if he honestly had empathy and not hubris. Damn politics.
Karen Peters : And if he exited through an open window or door, as he would have had to, why didn’t he pull Mary Jo out with him? Or at least leave the door or window open for her to use?
George Locke Now recreated this; car goes over bridge, whether it be an window or car door open the last thought would be on your mind is closing it. Ted was not in the car at the time it went over the bridge. I heard he was drunk driving almost missed an patrolman’s vehicle, pulled over and MaryJo started to drive back while he was going to walk it off heading back to the location of the party. It was dark and she was not familiar with the road and the odd shaped bridge and drove off it. Whether Ted was ahead of her on this road or eventually passed her while she was under the bridge is what is not clear. Was he so drunk he didn’t hear ahead of the accident or so drunk he barely knew his surroundings as he passed her above the bridge. I believe this version as it sounds more plausible. His denial of this version was to protect his political career as a heavy drinker and try to dismiss speculation of an affair with MaryJo.
I was a kid when this happened, I think his biggest shortcoming in this, was not reporting it right away.. NOT making any excuses, but I bet he was terrified as what to do, being from such a public family- yikes that pressure I wouldn’t know . Plus , I’ve never been in a car underwater in the dark, so I truthfully can’t say just how I’d react , but I’m sure I would have reported it as soon as possible
So if you ever get blind drunk, flip your car in a river and leave a young woman behind..... just run away and wait 12 hours to tell the police. You're all good
July 18, 2019: Remembering you on this day Ted, 50 years ago today when you drunk-drove a car off a bridge at Chappaquiddick and killed Mary Jo Kopechne and then waited 10 hours to sober up before calling the police. You should never say anthing about the dead unless it's good. He's dead. Good.
My fellow citizens, I am a snake a liar and only care about myself and my career. These are fundamental qualities if you wish to pursue a future in politics. Thank you and goodbye.
It was the same speech writer who wrote "ask not for your country can do for you, but instead what you can do for your country.." for his brother, JFK.
What a terrible tragedy all around. I was nine years old when this happened and clearly remember my parents and grandparents discussing this at the time.
@@vaniapinto8214 Yes, his first wife, whom would later divorce him(and he'd be denied communion in the Roman Catholic Church for a few years because of it).
I remember as clear as day they what happened in the news regarding the chappaquiddick incident. My dad made the comment "He's a Kennedy. He'll never spend a day in jail." He was right. I was 11 years old at the time and didn't really understand the dynamics of what was happening, but I certainly do now.
I read in a book on the Kennedys, that while he was in law school, he was charged with reckless driving. Bobby asked him on behalf of their mother, "Are you in court as an attorney or as a defendent?"
You think this guy only got charged once? This dude was a habitual drunk/reckless driver He had like 5 tickets on his record in addition to driving with an expired license
In the movie, JPK, was seen mouthing out the word "Alibi" several times. Then, when Ted talked to JPK for the last time, JPK slapped Ted and that was the last time they spoke. Then, of course JPK died later that year in 1969.
Well that's funny since they make up investigations about Trump. The Kennedys are wealthy & their father was a mob boss perhaps you live in a bubble and don't know this. They pay everyone off - don't forget JFK was involved with Marilyn Monroe and the media covered it all up & JFK hung around mobsters
He'd get away with it the same way he's getting away with 1million plus deaths of US citizens from the Covid crisis..even branding it a success as he constantly revises the figures.
There’s no way Teddy wasn’t getting blown with the steering wheel in one hand and a bottle of jack in the other when that car went off the bridge. It’s just not possible...
I don't think that happened at all. A bottle of Jack would've been found in the car! I think Ted was in the car with Rosemary Keogh. Mary Jo was in the back seat passed out drunk and they didn't know it. Ted saved himself and Rosemary and didn't try to save Mary Jo b/c he didn't even know she was in the car. When the guests heard about the crash the one who put MJ in the backseat (who allegedly admitted but didn't want to be ID-ed) asked about MJ and that's when he found out she was in the car. That would explain why he waited so long and didn't get help--when he got out with Rosemary, he just thought his biggest problem was a lost car and a drunk driving arrest that he could easily avoid by delaying reporting the accident. Somehow Ted thought his stupid cover story that made him look like a coward was better than the truth. The true story would've been almost as bad and had the same effect it just didn't make him look like a coward. @@briannabridget5335
My question is, if he got out, how did she not? There was clearly an exit, but she could not find it the whole time she was in the car. Just seems weird. I also find it ridiculous how he never got prison time after pleading GUILTY! He is admitting to a crime, but got no jail time. Just shows how long the Democratic Party has been pulling strings to keep their people in office. At least he resigned from senate at the time
Because he had to sober up and call his lawyer--first things first given his poitical career. How about why didn't he ring the Chappaquiddick fire station alarm or knock on the doors of two nearby houses, with lights on, for help? Instead he falsely asserts he and two friends did all they could to save Mary Jo. If help had been summoned, the professional diver on the team stated he could have saved Mary Jo in 15 minures. Instead, this diver removed her dead body from the car the next morning.
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Nice well written, thought of speech, excuse. No one speaks that way. Throw the notes away and just talk normally. If you're truly innocent it will most likely show. We wanted to hear the feelings of a man who just survived a human error. Not the words of a politician who's been coached and given ideas on what's the best things to say. This sounded like mostly about you and not the victim that died.
Robert Flores This wasn’t about him, it was about Kopechne and the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. And he never maintained that he was innocent, that wasn’t what the purpose of the speech was. The speech was a confession. As he said in the speech, he pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. He never maintained his innocent and if that’s what you got out of the video I suggest you read the transcript instead.
Oh poor guy..what a terrible ordeal he and his family had been through. And oh how noble of him to realize he had a moral responsibility to plead guilty. 🤮. What a bunch of narcissistic, psychopathic drivel!!
I’m glad that this is now on RU-vid. No matter what Teddy tried to do In his career beyond that, and as a supporter of the Kennedys I will say that he did have an exemplary record of service in the Senate. But, there was always Chappaquiddick. I personally think In that speech he should have resigned. He is lucky that the esteem in which his brothers Jack and Bobby were held carried over onto him, and he was allowed to continue with his political career. By all rights, he should not have been allowed to continue, in fact he should have resigned on the spot.
An absolutely disgusting human being who was directly responsible for that poor woman's death. Had he immediately got help, things may have been different - but instead he left her there to drown, suffocate, and die. This is definitely one of the most ridiculous speeches out of a politician that I have ever heard. The facts are he was drunk, he drove off that bridge, he got out, he left Mary Jo to die, and then didn't report it knowing that it would be a stain on his political career.
"Whether some curse hung over the Kennedys" What a crock of shite Each and every one of the other Kennedys' fates he's referencing were inflicted *upon* them This tragedy of a woman dead, this guy has no one to blame but himself
how did he get out but she was trapped? i dont understand that. could she not exit the same way he did. if he went back for her couldnt he get back into the car the same way he got out?
How can he talk about what it takes to be moral, have character and courage at the end of this speech? He didn't have the courage to do what needed to be done to save her, "in spite of personal consequences."
If this had been anyone else, that person would've done prison time. I believe that if Bootlegging Joe, who died later that year, could've done more, this story would never have been heard of. If John and Bobby had been around, this story would also never have been heard of. With his support for abortion, his support for gays, I am surprised the Roman Catholic Church did not move to excommunicate him, although they denied him communion following his divorce from Joan.
