Posted by
Roxanna M. on Monday, January 21, 2008 12:25:44 PM
The last victim of Ted Kennedy has died.
Gwen Kopechne, mother of Mary Jo Kopechne, passed away in December and was laid to rest beside her husband and only child.
Mary Jo Kopechne was only 28 when her life ended at the hands of a vain, self-centered, and ambitious politician. A man who drove her into a body of water and walked away, leaving her to die, killing her just as surely as if he had put a gun to her head. A man who never once sought help on his walk back to where he started. A man who refused to report the incident for a substantial period of time. A man who, when it finally hit the fan, showed up wearing a neck brace in order to elicit sympathy for himself.
Mr. Kennedy's career never went further than Massachusetts and the people stupid enough to keep voting for him. So, in one of the ironies of life, Mary Jo Kopechne dead ended Mr. Kennedy's career in a way that Mary Jo Kopechne alive could never have done. Death will always trump dalliance.
Hard enough to lose a child, especially an only child. Harder yet when the death is senseless. Harder still when senseless is coupled with lack of remorse.
Rest in peace, gentle people.