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Kopechne (that's "ko-peck-nee")
The Knave and the Maiden
There was once a son of a powerful, wealthy and well-connected family. In fact, his family was the closest thing to Royalty his countrymen had ever seen. He had all the advantages of life. The best education, owned beautiful properties and enjoyed the adulation and yes, worship of millions. When his brothers sallied forth to change the world they were slain and so the mantle was passed on to our privileged one.
His was a future guaranteed. Why, he was the closest thing to an inheritor of the throne if ever there was one in his land. Power, influence, fame and fortune awaited, but alas, it was not to be quite as planned. For our "hero" as some thought of him was wanting in one thing: temperance and humility (ok maybe he was lacking in two things.) For one night, when he had the company of a beautiful young maid (a commoner really, no doubt star-struck by the proximity of this larger-than-life figure,) our hero, our conquerer our (dare I say it?) great white hope overindulged in the bottle (as it turns out, the bottle was another of his weaknesses.) OK, lets not mince words, our handsome admirable hero became positively sh*tfaced. While in this state he took on the responsiblity of transporting the impressionable maiden home for the evening.
Alas for the poor maid and her as yet undetected unborn child (very likely the offspring of the "hero" as it turns out) the young prince Edward was so blindingly drunk he could not keep the car on the road and so they ended up in a pond, underwater, upside down. The young maid was still in the car when the fortunate hero broke the water's surface gasping for air.
Immediately, our young hero started calling out her name and then diving down to find her where he bravely risked his life over and over again trying desperately to free her from the...oops, wrong story.
Immediately, our young hero ran to the nearest house and pounded loudly on the door yelling "Help!, help! There's a woman trapped in a car in the pond! Come quick! Call an ambulance! HELP!!!"...oops! my I am sorry, I keep getting it wrong!
OK. He left the scene of the accident and did not report it until many hours later. After he had called his lawyer.
It would seem that this story is a tragedy, but don't fret too much on the Prince's account (the maid you see, really is of no consequence.) Because of the young Prince's background and family, the incident was made to quietly "go away" much like an unwanted pregnancy. The people forgave the good Prince because after all. He was a PRINCE mind you and he was willing to feed, clothe, house and provide medical care to any and all who would lay their freedom at his feet, worship him and tell him what a good and decent man he was. They rewarded him with a 47 year career as one of the most powerful figures in the land.
LION? Yes, Lion in the sense that a lion is a powerful and ruthless predator.
There was once a son of a powerful, wealthy and well-connected family. In fact, his family was the closest thing to Royalty his countrymen had ever seen. He had all the advantages of life. The best education, owned beautiful properties and enjoyed the adulation and yes, worship of millions. When his brothers sallied forth to change the world they were slain and so the mantle was passed on to our privileged one.
His was a future guaranteed. Why, he was the closest thing to an inheritor of the throne if ever there was one in his land. Power, influence, fame and fortune awaited, but alas, it was not to be quite as planned. For our "hero" as some thought of him was wanting in one thing: temperance and humility (ok maybe he was lacking in two things.) For one night, when he had the company of a beautiful young maid (a commoner really, no doubt star-struck by the proximity of this larger-than-life figure,) our hero, our conquerer our (dare I say it?) great white hope overindulged in the bottle (as it turns out, the bottle was another of his weaknesses.) OK, lets not mince words, our handsome admirable hero became positively sh*tfaced. While in this state he took on the responsiblity of transporting the impressionable maiden home for the evening.
Alas for the poor maid and her as yet undetected unborn child (very likely the offspring of the "hero" as it turns out) the young prince Edward was so blindingly drunk he could not keep the car on the road and so they ended up in a pond, underwater, upside down. The young maid was still in the car when the fortunate hero broke the water's surface gasping for air.
Immediately, our young hero started calling out her name and then diving down to find her where he bravely risked his life over and over again trying desperately to free her from the...oops, wrong story.
Immediately, our young hero ran to the nearest house and pounded loudly on the door yelling "Help!, help! There's a woman trapped in a car in the pond! Come quick! Call an ambulance! HELP!!!"...oops! my I am sorry, I keep getting it wrong!
OK. He left the scene of the accident and did not report it until many hours later. After he had called his lawyer.
It would seem that this story is a tragedy, but don't fret too much on the Prince's account (the maid you see, really is of no consequence.) Because of the young Prince's background and family, the incident was made to quietly "go away" much like an unwanted pregnancy. The people forgave the good Prince because after all. He was a PRINCE mind you and he was willing to feed, clothe, house and provide medical care to any and all who would lay their freedom at his feet, worship him and tell him what a good and decent man he was. They rewarded him with a 47 year career as one of the most powerful figures in the land.
LION? Yes, Lion in the sense that a lion is a powerful and ruthless predator.
Comment
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Comment by JMcAul on August 30, 2009 at 12:20am
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Her parents were, of course, devastated. They have remained out of the spotlight and remained out of the public eye almost since day one.
From Wikipedia: "The Kopechne family did not bring any legal action against Senator Kennedy, but they did receive a payment of $90,904 from the Senator personally and $50,000 from his insurance company.[34] The Kopechnes later explained their decision to not take legal action by saying that "We figured that people would think we were looking for blood money."
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Comment by Mark F Lamb on August 28, 2009 at 10:45pm
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I was thinking about her earlier today and wondering -- did she have family? How did her parents handle the loss of their daughter?
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Comment by Gary Freedman on August 28, 2009 at 11:49am
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You people are nuts!
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Comment by Janus on August 26, 2009 at 9:38pm
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It pleases me to think that degenerate drunk is finally burning in Hell.
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Richard Garvey, you are right, it was not murder, I believe the official legal name for depraved indifference is Manslaughter.
Daniel: To my knowlege, no one here has callously drowned an innocent woman while drunk to the gills (and if they are on this blog, it's from behind the walls of a state penitentiary where the little people who do such things go.)
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Comment by Sarge! on August 26, 2009 at 7:32pm
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JMcAul you also left out "lothario."
Now... enter the apologists.
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Comment by Richard Garvey on August 26, 2009 at 6:18pm
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Say a prayer for Mary Jo Kopechne, she deserves it.
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That wasn't a funny story! It was a sad comentary on what the American people tolerate from the people they elect to represent them. That girl drowning in that car may have assured his continued career.
Try not to ignore this: MONEY IS POWER...POWER CORRUPTS...ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY!
PS That wasn't murder, it was more like depraved indifference.
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Comment by John Dalhouse on August 26, 2009 at 5:41pm
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thanks for that funny story!
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Comment by Daniel Blattenbauer on August 26, 2009 at 5:15pm
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Sure hope there are no people living in glass houses here!
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