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Student Shouts "Remember Chappaquiddick" to Teddy |
2006-02-23 |
BROCKTON — A student who shouted "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an appearance by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy at Massasoit Community College was questioned by campus police but will not be disciplined as he had feared. "There is no disciplinary action planned against the student," Dick Cronin, Massasoit spokesman, said this morning. "The student was spoken to by campus police. That's the end of the matter." Paul Trost, 20, of Foxboro said he was upset by the glowing introduction of Kennedy by U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., during their appearance at the school's Brockton campus on Tuesday. He yelled the reference to Chappaquiddick at the beginning of Kennedy's speech, which focused on cuts in federal aid to college students and other Bush administration policies. Kennedy is running for his eighth full term in office. "My goal was to make people aware of what he did," Trost said, referring to the 1969 accident on Martha's Vineyard that claimed the life of a passenger in a car Kennedy was driving. Kennedy did not respond to Trost's shout, but Trost said that many in the crowd gasped and then he walked out of the student center where they had gathered. Trost said a campus police officer spoke to him outside and he saw some state police troopers, who typically accompany Kennedy for security, go outside. Trost, who is studying liberal arts, said he was told by campus police that he could face expulsion. "Campus police said it's an arrest-able offense for disturbing a public assembly," Trost said. Trost said today he was relieved there will be no disciplinary action. He added, "I have a right to voice my opinion and I should be allowed to say what I want without fear of reprisal." Trost said a teacher who overheard him talking to another student about the incident called him "ignorant." In 1969, Kennedy left a party and was driving a car that went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island on Martha's Vineyard. His passenger, Capitol Hill secretary Mary Jo Kopechne, died after the car landed in the water. At the time, Kennedy said he tried to rescue Kopechne but was unsuccessful and swam to shore. The accident was not reported until eight hours later. Kennedy said he was exhausted and in shock. Kennedy entered a plea of guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury. He received a sentence of two months in jail, which was suspended. A grand jury later reopened the investigation but did not return an indictment. "He told me he was tired of listening to hypocrisy," Edward Trost, Paul's father, said today about the heckling at Massasoit. |
Posted by:Captain America |
#7 Always wondered if Mary Jo was pregnant the night she died. Too bad there was no autopsy. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-02-23 23:31 |
#6 Zenster, wasn't it Volkswagen who complained about the ad? |
Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-02-23 21:08 |
#5 "I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it!" |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-02-23 20:14 |
#4 Marry Jo: I am having your baby, Ted? Senator: We'll talk about this, Marry Jo, as soon as we cross this bridge. |
Posted by: ToughLove Not Hate 2006-02-23 18:58 |
#3 Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-02-23 18:29 |
#2 Damn nice car he ruined too. Same in detail as my first car. 1967 White Olds Delta 88 hard top. Silk electric seats. 425 Super Rocket - 13->1 compression ratio. 400hp A trunk big enough to fit a mini-cooper No good in the 1/4 mile but not too bad in the 1/2 mile. Gets real squirrely much above 120 mph. Drum brakes so high speed on 2 lane roads you don't know is a no-no. When old made an excellent fishing car for a friend in Ketchikan Alaska... When I finally died the good death I had been through many cars. Kennedy kill both Mary Jo and a fine car before their time. |
Posted by: 3dc 2006-02-23 17:43 |
#1 One prize item in my collection of ephemera is a copy of the 1970s period National Lampoon which carried a mock VW ad showing the notoriously airtight Beetle floating in a pond with the caption: If Ted Kennedy had been driving a Volkswagen he might be president today. Of course, the issue was yanked from the stands after Teddy raised a ruckus, but not before I scurried out and snagged a copy. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-02-23 17:40 |