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To: Dayuhan who wrote (17905)	7/20/2002 7:57:01 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Kennedy has no integrity and he lied. ytedk.com

To: Dayuhan who wrote (17905)	7/20/2002 12:05:12 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

As I recall, Kennedy did claim to have made some attempt to rescue Kopechne. So he knew what he should have done. Not recall? Well, maybe he couldn't recall that an accident involving injury is supposed to to be reported as soon as possible. Yeah, right. Or maybe he needed time to sober up. In all the states I now of, leaving the scene of a fatal accident is a felony. Extracting a victim from a closed vehicle upside down in the water in the dark would be very difficult for a trained rescuer, almost impossible for someone without experience and training. AH! If the vehicle was closed, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AIR TRAPPED IN IT! That means it would be a while before she would die from lack of oxygen. That means that had he promptly reported the accident, she could very well be alive. With defense attorneys like you, he'll fry. :-) Some of those who criticize should ask themselves what they could have done. He could have reported it, Steven. That's what he could have done. A woman may very well have died because he died to save his Presidential shot instead. Failure to account consistently and reliably for actions immediately after an accident is pretty normal. He seemed to be able to tell a number of other people what had happened- -before he told the police. I had a bad accident several years ago and to this day I have no memory whatsoever of the 10 minutes or so that followed. We're not talking 10 minutes; we're talking hours. Hours during which he told everyone EXCEPT THE COPS what had happened. Presumably there was a crime involved, though I don't know what it would have been, beyond (presumably) drunk driving and negligent failure to report an accident. In this state (CA), you could expect vehicular manslaughter as a minimum. You could be (and just might in these circumstances) be charged with murder. I think we all know that investigations of politically influential suspects in most situations are treated somewhat differently than those involving the rest of us. That applies regardless of the political affiliation of the suspect. I won't even ask if you think that is justified; I know you don't. But anyone who wants to oppose Bush had best be prepared to prove their opposition to Kennedy since Chappaquiddick. Otherwise they're engaging in partisan hypocrisy. Nobody died at Harken.