Edward M. Kennedy.docVIP

Edward M. Kennedy 第1篇第2篇第3篇第4篇第5篇更多顶部目录第一篇：Edward M. Kennedy: quot;chappaquiddickquot;第二篇：Edward M. Kennedy: quot;chapp第三篇：Kennedy第四篇：Kennedy assasinatinon第五篇：Edward scissorhands影评及观后感更多相关范文正文第一篇：Edward M. Kennedy: quot;chappaquiddickquot; Edward M. Kennedy: “chappaquiddick” my fellow citizens: i have requested this opportunity to talk to the people of massachusetts about the tragedy which happened last friday evening. this morning i entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident. prior to my appearance in court it would have been improper for me to ment on these matters. but tonight i am free to tell you what happened and to say what it means to me. on the weekend of july 18, i was on martha’s vineyard island participating with my nephew, joe Kennedy -- as for thirty years my family has participated -- in the annual edgartown sailing regatta. only reasons of health prevented my wife from acpanying me. on chappaquiddick island, off martha’s vineyard, i attended, on friday evening, july 18, a cook-out, i had encouraged and helped sponsor for devoted group of Kennedy campaign secretaries. when i left the party, around 11:15 p.M., i was acpanied by one of these girls, miss mary jo kopechne. mary j was one of the most devoted members of the staff of senator robert Kennedy. she worked for him for four years and was broken up over his death. for this reason, and because she was such a gentle, kind, and idealistic person, all of us tried to help her feel that she still had a home with the Kennedy family. mary jo kopechne there is not truth, not truth whatever, to the widely circulated suspicions of immoral conduct that have been leveled at my behavior and hers regarding that evening. there has never been a private relationship between us of any kind. i know of nothing in mary jo’s conduct on that or nay other occasion -- the same is true of the other girls at that party -- that would lend any substance to such ugly speculati