Posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:54 AM PDT by beaversmom
WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy wrecked his car in an early morning accident on Capitol Hill Thursday, and police say supervisors stopped them from giving him a sobriety test.
Two police union officials, who were not at the scene, complained that the Rhode Island congressman and son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., looked like he'd been drinking after crashing into a barrier near the Capitol building at 2:45 a.m.
"The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering," Officer Greg Baird, the acting head of the Capitol police union, wrote in a letter to his boss, according to the newspaper Roll Call.
Lou Cannon, president of the Washington chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Kennedy looked intoxicated.
"It's my understanding that he had an odor of alcohol about him and he was unsteady on his feet," Cannon said.
Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression, admitted to the car accident, but denied he had been drinking.
"I was involved in a traffic incident last night," said the 38-year-old. "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake."
Late Thursday night, Kennedy put out a second statement saying he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.
Baird complained in his letter to acting Capitol police Chief Christopher McGaffin that Kennedy and a pair of sergeants thwarted any proper investigation.
When cops first approached, he "declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote," Baird's letter says. "The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident."
It was unclear if Kennedy raised the voting issue intentionally to avoid being detained and tested, because Capitol Hill lawmakers get a legal...
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Was the car near a body of water?
At least it is getting coverage...
How appropriate that in your photo, Kennedy's cocktail glass is the EMPTY one!
He's really got a good grip on it too.
Kennedy looks like a psychotic Conan O'Brian!
ping
Oh, but look, he has his ballpoint pen at the ready - to sign autographs - or fill out police reports.
Looks like he writes with it in his fist just like in the pic - see April police report here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627052/posts?page=53#53
Looks like he got his hands on some cheap red hair dye, or perhaps he dumped it on his head then drank the rest of the bottle.
...Patrick Kennedy and his siblings sought permanent guardianship over their mother after she was found passed out on a Boston sidewalk in March with a concussion and broken shoulder...
Only comment I can make, is that at least he appears to
be wearing his lapel pin.
Thats the one and only positive comment I will ever make
about a Lib from the N/E, or a Kennedy.
No Blood Alcohol Test?
This is pure BC !
But am I surprised, NO !
Late for a vote.....damn...why didn't I think of that????
I truly believe that the Kennedy clan must have done too much inner-breeding throughout the centuries. Many of them are rather odd and unbalanced.
During the investigation they need to check the bank accounts of all Capital Police that were on duty that night/morning relating to unusual, unexplained suspicious deposits.
Seems odd. Kennedy and sobriety in the same sentence?
I feel sorry for the police that noted there was a smell of alcohol about the man.
He's going to be hounded now from libs that will attack him mercilessly.
It's a subjective statement and he has no proof to back him up. So they will tear him apart.
'Whatta douche...
It's the double whammy when both parents are drunks, and that's talkin' from real experience!
From Howie Carr
WRKO talk show host Howie Carr has a police report from a separate Pat Kennedy car crash two weeks ago:
http://www.howiecarr.com/
Check out Rep. Kennedy's handwriting!
Jason Smith compares that scrawl with Kennedy's normal penmanship:
Full police report here (http://rope.wrko-am.fimc.net/bulger/042506_accident.pdf). Reader Gene e-mails:
Good grief, I just read the police / accident report from the Kennedy accident in Rhode Island. Some observations: Kennedy was clearly the "at fault" driver, he turned left directly into the path of an on-coming car. Did he get cited? Can't tell. Both operators filled out a statement. The other driver's is detailed (15 lines of fairly small printing) and looks ordinary. Kennedy's is so scribbled it cannot even be said that it looks like a child. It is very short (2 1/2 lines of larger "printing"), few of the words can even be read, and the writing goes all over the place (up - down - sideways). In spite of what the officer wrote, there is no way an unimpaired person writes like that. Kennedy can't even legibly write his name or address, let alone the narrative details. Saturday morning at 10:00 am - anyone impaired at that time of the morning has a REAL problem. Kennedy's vehicle is owned by "Friends of Patrick Kennedy, Inc." Hum, he doesn't even own the car he drives in this home state? When and to whom did Kennedy report the details of this accident in which he crashed into a member of the public? How much delay was there before he reported it and why would he delay the reporting? What's good for the VP goose is good for the Congressman gander. The other operator is insured by USAA, meaning he has some military connection - active - Reserve, Guard or retired.
Fausta at The Bad Hair Blog notes something important about Kennedy's claim that he was late to a vote: http://badhairblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/another-kennedy-car-crash.html
Late to a vote? One would think that answer showed he was drunk, but he was claiming something else: More like claiming diplomatic Constitutional immunity. United States Constitution,
Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.
Patrick claims he no alcohol prior to the incident.
And if he did, it sure didn't affect his memory of the Constitution.
What an opportunity! Does he have an opponent in Nov? Two wrecks in a month. whew.
I'm sure he had a stock answer in case of being detained. What do you want to bet he would ALWAYS be "on the way to a vote"
I'll bet he practiced in front of a mirror!
A family of criminal low-lifes posing as their betters.
Well, according to this morning's Boston Herald, Kennedy spent part of that evening at a local watering hole...
Where they serve water and Ambien. Right-o.
Look at the rap sheet on this clown: (the following links probably do not work)
Hey Rhode Islanders - WAKE THE HELL UP!
Do you really want your rep to be taking sleeping pills BEFORE HE GOES TO VOTE ??
FNC's Dr. Manny was on, and I think he found the explanation bit too "textbook". The doc also had a prob with the cops not taking Kennedy to the ER since Kennedy could've been experiencing a problem with his medications. And the doc also seemed to think it was a bit odd that the two meds were prescribed together/concurrently since the anti-nausea med is pretty sedating on its own.
Or getting behind the wheel...
Dad was 37, Patrick is 38. Maybe it is some kind of bizarre Kennedy ritual or rite of passage.
Are we waiting for young Pat to become a killer by car accident while driving impaired, before he's taken to account? As many others point out, and are right -- most people would have been arrested, cuffed, fined and lost their licenses just for that one instance in DC, if not also the one a few weeks back in Rhode Island.
Especially since this is his second accident in a month.
"..then drank the rest of the bottle."
ROLFMAO!!
The sooner these drunk inbreds are out of office, the better off we'll be.
vs. Normal Signature:
And the hometown PD report say his physical condition "Appeared Normal" ....... A REAL JOKE!
[ from full report - in pdf format HowieCarr ]
He has that crazy look in his eyes....he's one of 'those'.
Whatta douche
Whatta douche
Can you do the Fandango?
The best thing for Republicans to do would be to TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD.
Point out to voters that their rep took sleeping pills, then got into a car to drive.
Point out to voters that their rep took sleeping pills, then went to vote on their behalf.
Ok I know that MA voters have to elect a Kennedy at any and every voting opportunity. It is in the state constitution or something like that.
But what about RI voters? Druggie with Bipolar Disorder prone to using his car (oops not his- donated cars) as a battering ram. Is this complete misfit the best they can come up with as their Congressman? Seems that they could go drag anyone out of of any rehab center in the state and probably have a good chance at selecting a better leader.
News from Stonkeredville?
"Do you know who I am?"
Late Thursday night, Kennedy put out a second statement saying he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.
"OH? Well, all-righty then Occifer. Would you believe...."
Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression,
To paraphrase Dean Wormer, "Drunk, dumb and depressed is no way to go through life son."
The Kennedy clan continues to validate my tagline.
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