# R.I.P. Mary Jo **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738 "2004-07-18T23:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/1 "2004-07-18T23:57:30Z")
After 35 years, why is her killer still in the Senate? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/2 "2004-07-19T00:00:19Z")
I suspect it’s cause the voters of his state seem to vote more often for him than for his opponents. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/3 "2004-07-19T00:00:40Z")
Is that the lady Ted Kennedy killed? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/4 "2004-07-19T00:03:01Z")
Hey, can I start a thread about the guy that Laura Bush killed? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/5 "2004-07-19T00:05:43Z")
This could be the dumbest thread ever. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/6 "2004-07-19T00:05:45Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Is that the lady Ted Kennedy killed? Yep, drowned her, then ran away. Most ungentlemanly. But if people like **wring** want to vote for him, I guess it’s OK, right? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/7 "2004-07-19T00:07:04Z")
How does that old joke go? How if it had been _Robert_ Kennedy, he would have swam to shore, gone home, called the police and reported his car stolen. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/8 "2004-07-19T00:07:55Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Hey, can I start a thread about the guy that Laura Bush killed? You could, but there’s a rather distinct difference between an accident and manslaughter. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/9 "2004-07-19T00:08:27Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > But if people like **wring** want to vote for him, I guess it’s OK, right? yea, democracy is a bitch, ain’t it? people actually are allowed to vote for who _they_ want to, without your permission. damn them! ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/10 "2004-07-19T00:11:02Z")
Sorry people, but I think both Mary Jo and Martha Moxley need to be remembered, not forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/11 "2004-07-19T00:12:57Z")
> [@wring](#): > > yea, democracy is a bitch, ain’t it? people actually are allowed to vote for who _they_ want to, without your permission. damn them! You say that as if voting for murderers is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/12 "2004-07-19T00:16:41Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > You could, but there’s a rather distinct difference between an accident and manslaughter. Yes. Chappaquiddick was an accident, Laura Bush negligently ran a stop sign. When was Ted Kennedy charged with murder, btw? I must have missed that. > [@](#): > > You say that as if voting for murderers is a good thing. Remember that when you pull the lever for Bush. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/13 "2004-07-19T00:17:53Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Yes. Chappaquiddick was an accident, Laura Bush negligently ran a stop sign. > > When was Ted Kennedy charged with murder, btw? I must have missed that. > > Remember that when you pull the lever for Bush. How is it an accident, since Teddy was drunk? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/14 "2004-07-19T00:22:39Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > You say that as if voting for murderers is a good thing. cite? You have proof of murder conviction? you have proof of a murder charge? indictment? Seems to me that you absolutely went ape shit when I mentioned that Laura BUsh had killed a guy. You accused me of calling her a murderer and all. When all I pointed out was that she was, in fact, at the wheel of a car that ran a stop sign, and killed a guy. Kennedy, for all your frothing at the mouth, was convicted of IIRC, leaving the scene of an accident. NOthing else. If you have different information, prove it. and once again, you state “Teddy was drunk”. lets’ once again demand **proof** that he was. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/15 "2004-07-19T00:24:00Z")
I know you are an idiot. Why must you continually prove it? You reckon we should start a thread for each soldier that died in the war Bushco lied us into? No accident, no alcohol, just lies. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/16 "2004-07-19T00:26:12Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > You say that as if voting for murderers is a good thing. Well, we have an executioner for a President so, why not? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/17 "2004-07-19T00:29:33Z")
Doesn’t matter if he was convicted or not. He left a young lady to die, at the bottom of a river, while he ran away. And yet he’s still the senior Senator from Mass. Go figure. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/18 "2004-07-19T00:35:00Z")
I’m really confused. What’s the point of bringing this up, at this particular time? It’s not like Kennedy is suddenly prominent in the news or in politics for some reason. If the purpose was to balance out the anti-Bush threads, why not use Clinton, whom (unfortunately too) many people believe is a serial murderer and drug godfather? This whole thing has me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/19 "2004-07-19T00:37:51Z")
The Board propriety in these instances, if I understand correctly, is that you include the parenthetical (lame) when foisting such drivel on the poor and hapless hamsters. Just for future reference, you understand. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738/20 "2004-07-19T00:41:28Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Doesn’t matter if he was convicted or not. He left a young lady to die, at the bottom of a river, while he ran away. And yet he’s still the senior Senator from Mass. Go figure. :mad: and some one else blew through a stop sign, killing a young man and yet she sits in the White house. go figure. and the asshole who’s my rep, while he was a State cop, allowed his son’s friends to get drunk at a party at his house to mourn the death of a friend (from drunk driving). go figure. and there’s another couple of jerks who were convicted of driving drunk and they’re at the White house and 2nd in command, too. go figure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mary-jo/255738.md?page=2)