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rownesheck

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38. I saw the preview in the theater.

Mon Mar 26, 2018, 05:04 AM

Mar 2018

I got the feeling it was created by some winger who wants to remind people that "democrats are bad too!" I'm not going to watch it, but ed helms is in it! I love ed helms!

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Chappaquiddick [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2018 OP

It is an old old old RW talking point event. BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #1

Rightwingers totally suck at entertainment or creativity C_U_L8R Mar 2018 #2

I was wondering that myself. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #3

Jeebus! dhol82 Mar 2018 #4

No one will ever know what really happened...all the gossip is just Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #11

Sorry, did not realize this is connected with a Kennedy running for office dhol82 Mar 2018 #16

I noticed the other day that the Fox site has a whole block embedded with the petronius Mar 2018 #5

To drag the Kennedy name through the dirt before Joe runs for Pres. or VP in 2020. n/t woodsprite Mar 2018 #6

That's it...can you imagine that young, good looking well spoken guy running against Trump Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #10

How does what his great uncle did hurt Joe? Yavin4 Mar 2018 #20

Yes, but they will try anything to remind woodsprite Mar 2018 #21

Republicans do stuff like that, and some on our side use it as talking points Blue_true Mar 2018 #27

There's NOT ONE THING the KGOP can say to anyone anymore about anything. The next DNC prez uponit7771 Mar 2018 #52

+1 betsuni Mar 2018 #54

I'm not surprised that it was made. I'm surprised that it took them this long to make it. SaschaHM Mar 2018 #7

I won't be watching it. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #9

Eh, I'll probably checck it out on a Tuesday matinee to see if Jason Clarke and Kate Mara are going SaschaHM Mar 2018 #12

They are good...and honestly I don't see how it can hurt Joe Kennedy III. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #13

It's not meant to hurt him. Hell, it was concieved (script written prior to Dec. 2015) before he .. SaschaHM Mar 2018 #15

I find the timing suspicious. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #41

Most Oscar contenders come out in December.The Academy seems to have a short memory span lunamagica Mar 2018 #32

I follow Oscar contention like a sport and yes, most contenders come out towards the end of the year SaschaHM Mar 2018 #36

I could see some historical value in "The King's Speech" dflprincess Mar 2018 #14

The purpose is entertainment. It's a Kennedy related historical political scandal. SaschaHM Mar 2018 #18

It won't...probably a shot across the bow to Joseph Kennedy III who is a very appealing candidate. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #8

If it is. Blue_true Mar 2018 #28

Joe Kennedy's Dad was unfaithful? Not that I care, I have always suspected my Dad was not Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #39

Yes, once. Ended in difficult divorce. Blue_true Mar 2018 #42

I didn't know that. I think that is personal myself. Don't care. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #43

Democrats get held to a higher standard. Blue_true Mar 2018 #45

By whom the Republicans? Fuck them. They got nothing to say..and Democrats should ignore this Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #46

I don't put anything past republican politicians. Blue_true Mar 2018 #48

I just don't think they can play that card effectively after Trump. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #51

It's an interesting story madville Mar 2018 #17

Why was it the first time I ever heard of it was in a doc03 Mar 2018 #19

This film is being released by Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Tarc Mar 2018 #22

Thanks. I was interested in who made it. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #29

All big stock owners are flush with cash. quartz007 Mar 2018 #53

I was already an adult when Chappaquiddick happened, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #23

So they used the moon landing as a distraction? Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #47

Wasn't that remarkably clever! PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #50

my daughter and her husband have a house on Chappy. He often gives a little tour to folks CTyankee Mar 2018 #24

Of course it is slimy and stupid to bring it up again at ALL, after it dominated our news so long. Judi Lynn Mar 2018 #25

The movie could backfire if it is a ploy to hurt Joe Kennedy or democrats. Blue_true Mar 2018 #30

I had the same thought when I heard about it. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #26

It's the RW attempt to use the #metoo movement to tarnish the Kennedys IluvPitties Mar 2018 #31

If Hollywood runs true to form... Archae Mar 2018 #33

Notice the #thisreallyhappened hashtag to shove the knife a little deeper. NBachers Mar 2018 #34

We discussed here before question everything Mar 2018 #35

We should also rememeber the context of Ed Kennedy's life. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2018 #37

I saw the preview in the theater. rownesheck Mar 2018 #38

Chappaquiddick happened almost half a century ago - it, and the Kennedys, are pretty irrelevant FarCenter Mar 2018 #40

It would make one hell of a movie... NCTraveler Mar 2018 #44

Too soon? Fla_Democrat Mar 2018 #49