You cant blame poor Patches for being drunk again! Its in his DNA. The Kennedys are American royalty, dont you know. Bootleggers, anti-semites, murderers, child molesters, alcoholics, drug addicts, and massive hypocrites. Yep, real royalty those Kennedys.
From "The General's Daughter:"
Brenner: My father was a drunk, a gambler and a womanizer.
[pause for effect]
Brenner: I worshipped him.
Great Patches parody, raccoonradio!