Kennedy beyond Chappaquiddick

Since democrats seem more than willing to use a dead corpse to advance their health care agenda, I might as well spell out one of the lost stories about Ted Kennedy.

The story where Ted rallies his son and nephew to got out and meet some babes only to have one of babes allege rape that evening..........

It was nearly eleven in the evening on March 30, 1991 when Senator Ted Kennedy, his son Patrick, 23, and nephew William Kennedy Smith, 30, left the Kennedy familys Palm Beach, Florida ocean front holiday retreat to go out for drinks at a popular bistro known as Annz. Even though it was late, things were just getting moving in the city and the Kennedys wanted to be a part of the fun. After a brief stop at the bistro, Ted, Patrick and William went to another nightspot named Au Bar, where trust fund idlers, obscure blue bloods, bejeweled society matrons and erstwhile celebs like Roxanne Pulitzer went to rub elbows, Michelle Green reported in an April 22, 1991 People Weekly article.

While at the bar, Patrick met a 27-year-old Testas Restaurant waitress, Michelle Cassone, with whom he danced and shared drinks. William also met a woman named Patricia Bowman, a 29-year-old single mother out with her girlfriend, Anne Weatherly Mercer. Later that evening when the bars closed, the two couples went back to the Kennedy family retreat for the remainder of the evening.

Michelle and Patrick drank wine and talked in the living room. According to Green, at one point Ted Kennedy walked into the room without his trousers and sporting only a long-tailed shirt, something that made Michelle Cassone feel extremely uncomfortable. She was quoted in the article saying that they went to sit outside on the sea wall, where the three talked about the ocean and the importance of the family.

Read the rest on the stand up character of one Ted Kennedy here...........