The following article appeared in the
American Thinker on December 23rd
By the standards of the #MeToo
movement, the late Senator Ted Kennedy was a monster, far worse than anything
alleged about Harvey Weinstein. And he has never been held to account, by
the media and historians, for his brutal crimes against women. He not
only accidentally killed one of his prey, Mary Jo Kopechne, but engaged in a
vicious sexual assault in public, in the so-called "waitress
sandwich" attack. Readers unfamiliar with that incident are urged to
read the undisputed
account of the violent attack that was witnessed by fellow diners at
Washington's expensive La Brasserie restaurant.
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| Mary Jo Kopechne and Kennedy's Olds |
Yet his party and supporters – who
almost universally attack a purported Republican "war on women" –
called him the "lion of the Senate" and never held him to
account. In the current historical moment, as those who allegedly knew
about Harvey Weinstein's alleged crimes yet remained
silent are facing blowback against
their reputations, conservatives may well find themselves joined by feminists
in taking on the reputation of "Teddy" – a nickname suggesting a
lovable stuffed animal more than a callous user of women.
It is the perfect moment for a major
motion picture that rewrites the story of Edward M. Kennedy, and if the
producers have been faithful to the facts, we may have one hitting the local
megaplexes this April.
Here is the promising trailer for Chappaquiddick.
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