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Originally Posted by glasgow guy
are you serious when you say that?
the guy supported and had sympathy with the IRA ffs!
the man was a fool, he also tried to commit suicide by driving his car off a bridge - with his innocent wife in it - the car hit the ground - he broke his arm and ran off - leaving his wife for dead - in which she died.
wont be missed in my eyes.
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I am deadly serious. I'm sure he was an IRA supporter, certainly initially, but he did a lot to get the two sides talking in recent years, whatever his motives were. I only mentioned this because, as I said, he always had the shadow of Chappaquiddick over him. I see Garinda has already given you the
proper account of that particular incident which, may I say, I remember well as I was a grown woman when the media were full of it. Ted proved himself a spoiled, rich brat and Kennedy money got him off the hook.
I hold no brief for Teddy Kennedy, I merely commented that the family was remarkable. That is not to say that I liked them (though I had a regard for President Jack). Their father was a crook, a bootlegger and a womaniser and they were all flawed to whatever degree but their story is fascinating.