Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002 2:52 p.m. EST
Dodd Waves Off 'Waitress Sandwich' Query
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., nearly got busted Tuesday morning when talk radio host Don Imus queried him about the notorious 1985 "waitress sandwich" incident, in which he and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., allegedly sexually assaulted a waitress at Washington's trendy La Brasserie restaurant.
Dodd, who has never commented on the story, was discussing the newfound friendship between President Bush and Kennedy when Imus veered off into uncharted waters.
IMUS: Somebody told me, who would know, that [Bush] actually genuinely likes Ted Kennedy.
DODD: Yeah, no - this is not the George Bush - I don't know him very well. I mean obviously Teddy knows him better. I mean, this is a new, strange, you know - you've picked on me for years about Teddy and I. Now it's George and Teddy. That's an exciting couple of guys ...
IMUS: Well, I don't think they're ...
DODD: ... staring at their desks, choking on pretzels? I mean, what do they do in the evening, these guys?
IMUS: But I mean, I don't think we're gonna have George Bush and Ted Kennedy going after ...
DODD: Don't go there. Don't go there.
IMUS: You know what I'm gonna say ...
DODD: They're getting older. These are older guys now.
IMUS: [Unintelligible] you know.
DODD: But anyway, I think they legitimately like each other. (End of Excerpt)
Reports over the years have chronicled the dynamic liberal duo's La Brasserie exploits, like this one in the Hartford Courant:
"Dodd and Kennedy were also reported to have made a 'human sandwich' with a waitress at La Brasserie, another Capitol Hill restaurant. The report had it that Kennedy threw the woman on Dodd, who was slumped in a chair, and then jumped on top of her. She was said to have run screaming from the room."
The victim herself detailed the attack for Penthouse magazine in 1989, which was summarized by the Washington Times:
"When she put in an appearance in their private retreat - 'The Teddy Kennedy Fun Room' - the Massachusetts senator picked her up and heaved her onto a table. The crystal candlesticks and champagne glasses shattered as he grabbed her again and flung her on top of Dodd.
"Then Kennedy threw himself on top of the woman. The waitress implored Mr. Kennedy to 'Get off me!'
"Another waitress entered to find 'things all tipped over and Kennedy was on top, [the waitress] was in the middle and Dodd was on the bottom.' At that point the sandwich was disassembled."
No wonder Sen. Dodd doesn't want to "go there."
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