Kennedy 'joked about Chappaquiddick'

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Biographer reveals deadly incident was a 'favorite topic of humor' Posted: August 28, 2009 ~ 9:21 am Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily One of Sen. Ted Kennedy's favorite topics of humor was the incident at Chappaquiddick Island, Mass., in 1969 in which he drove off a bridge and left behind a 28-year-old woman who drowned, according to a biographer who reminisced about the iconic Democrat on a Washington, D.C., talk show this morning. Edward Klein, speaking to WAMU guest host Katty Kay, said one of Kennedy's "favorite topics of humor was, indeed, Chappaquiddick." "He would ask people, 'Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?'" said Klein, a former Newsweek foreign editor and former editor in chief of the New York Times Magazine. [CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE STORY]

Klein's revelation on the "Diane Rehm Show" can be heard here:

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How sick was Ted Kennedy? ~ By Joseph Farah

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By Joseph Farah Posted: August 31, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 I didn't think it was possible for me to be more disgusted by the sick and twisted life of Ted Kennedy than I was based on what I knew at the time of his death. I was wrong. I heard something Friday that gave me even more appreciation into the indecency, immorality and inhumanity of the late senator. Of course, none of the fawning news media bothered to pick it up. I guess it would have been considered bad taste during our national mourning period for the pervert. Fortunately, it's on the record now, for future – perhaps wiser and nobler – generations to ponder and evaluate. Ted Kennedy enjoyed sharing Chappaquiddick jokes with his close friends – including his biographer, Ed Klein. Do you believe this? Here's what Klein told National Public Radio last week in an interview with Katty Kay, filling in for host Diane Rehm: "He would ask people, 'Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?'" Klein said one of Kennedy's "favorite topics of humor was, indeed, Chappaquiddick." I know. I know. You don't believe me. You think I'm making this up. So, please, don't take my word for it, listen to it for yourself. "I mean, that is just the most amazing thing," Klein said. "Not that he didn't feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too." [CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE COLUMN]