Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009
With Richard Nixon having stilled the liberal wind that once propelled Kennedy's-and his fallen brothers'-political crusades, Ted Kennedy faced a lonely battle. Yet even as he fought this shift, Ted Kennedy's personal moral failures in this era-the endless rumors of his womanizing and public drunkenness and his bizarre behavior during the events that led to rape accusations against his nephew William Kennedy Smith-would be used again and again to weaken his voice and undercut his claims to political morality.
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