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Patrick Kennedy To Seek Treatment(Kennedy to Mayo Clinic-Kennedy with Mayo!!)
WP ^ | May 6, 2006 | Del Quentin Wilber and Allan Lengel

Posted on 05/06/2006 12:21:22 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said yesterday that he is entering treatment for an addiction to prescription medications, an announcement that comes as police continue their investigation into a car crash involving the congressman near the Capitol.

Calling his addiction a "chronic disease," Kennedy said he does not even recall the accident, which occurred early Thursday and raised questions about his behavior and how U.S. Capitol Police deal with members of Congress.

The congressman's office has said Kennedy (D-R.I.) was disoriented behind the wheel because he had taken prescription medication to calm stomach inflammation and to help him sleep. No one was injured in the crash, but Kennedy almost hit a Capitol Police car head-on before slamming into a security barrier, authorities said.

Kennedy, 38, said yesterday that he has been battling problems with addiction and depression since he was a young man and that he will seek immediate treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He was a patient there during Congress's winter break, he said, and thought he had returned to Washington "reinvigorated and healthy."...."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: addiction; alcoholic; alcoholism; bipolar; drugaddict; drugaddicted; drunk; drunkenslob; excuses; junkie; kennedy; mayo; mayoclinic; patrickkennedy; pills; rehab; swimmerjr
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Kiss the Senate goodbye Patrick. Another Kennedy implodes.
1 posted on 05/06/2006 12:21:25 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Kennedy: (1) "I didn't ask the police for any special treatment; (2)"I don't remember a thing that happened." Good example of cognitive dissonance.


2 posted on 05/06/2006 12:27:03 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Do the Kennedy's get a group rate at these Rehabs?


4 posted on 05/06/2006 12:30:37 AM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Where was wifey?

Would he have gotten treatment for his 'disease' (addiction) had he not gotten caught?

Did he publicize his treatment over the winter break, and if not, why not?

This clown needs to take responsibility for his actions.

Every single word of his press conference today was aimed at passing responsibility onto either the disease, the drug, a stomach ailment or some type of day-to-day stress.

5 posted on 05/06/2006 12:33:27 AM PDT by RushCrush (This poster has no memory of the post above nor does she recall driving to perform it.)
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Do the Kennedy's get a group rate at these Rehabs?

They probably own the rehabs.

6 posted on 05/06/2006 12:33:46 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Let's see if he get's "The Rush Treatment" from the press and the local DA.


7 posted on 05/06/2006 12:33:51 AM PDT by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: ReformedBeckite
LOL!

At the very least, they are named after them

8 posted on 05/06/2006 12:35:17 AM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: RushCrush
Every single word of his press conference today was aimed at passing responsibility onto either the disease, the drug, a stomach ailment or some type of day-to-day stress.

At least he didn't blame the cement barrier.

9 posted on 05/06/2006 12:39:08 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Anti-Bubba182
IMHO.. What if it were Rove? What if it were you? Those are the questions.

10 posted on 05/06/2006 12:40:15 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: MJY1288

Ted gets a group rate by himself.


11 posted on 05/06/2006 12:41:55 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: RushCrush
Where was wifey?

Patrick Kennedy is single.
12 posted on 05/06/2006 12:42:24 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: Anti-Bubba182

LOL, I should have known! :-)


13 posted on 05/06/2006 12:42:55 AM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Malesherbes
Now ya think some hotshot prosecutor is gonna spend a bunch of taxpayer money looking at "Doctor Shopping" here?

Nah.... they only do that when a famous Conservatives is involved.

Not that I am excusing Rush. To tell the truth, I have never felt the same way about him since he admitted his addiction.

I hold Conservatives to higher standards.

Nobody expects good behavior from a Liberal. Hell, there entire philosophy of life is built around tearing down standards, eliminating morality, breaking things loose so nobody has to feel bad about anything.

That's why the Left is so positively gleeful about things when a Conservative gets busted.

Inside they are jeering, "See, Conservatives are just a bunch of hypocrites! They do the same things we do."

It's obviously not the case because the sheer numbers of Conservative vs. Liberal cases comes down so strongly on the Liberal side, but because Liberals have never pretended to any sort of real morality. It's almost as if they claim some special virtue by being frank about their degeneracy.
14 posted on 05/06/2006 12:43:49 AM PDT by Ronin (Ut iusta esse, lex noblis severus necesse est.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

He still denies being drunk, although two bars (so far) have said he was drinking there that night.


15 posted on 05/06/2006 12:45:18 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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I saw that too. The media will take the clinic explanation and let that go, but Kennedy is screwed as far as a Senate seat goes.


16 posted on 05/06/2006 12:57:01 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Send him to the salvation Army


17 posted on 05/06/2006 1:29:43 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (Islam Schmislam blahblahblah, enough already!)
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To: ozzymandus

I could tell he was fibbing ! His lips were moving !!
Gotta love those Kennedy's..


18 posted on 05/06/2006 2:37:48 AM PDT by MountainYankee
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To: conservative in nyc

Probably queer.

38 years old, money to burn, a Congressman and no woman in his life?????????? We know the media would help hide it.

Whatever his sexual preferences - fact is he is a liar.

He isnt sorry for his addiction, he is sorry he got caught.

Funny he didnt even realise he had an addiction till he ran down a concrete barrier.


19 posted on 05/06/2006 3:30:47 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: Anti-Bubba182

If he has to take a drug that causes him to lose his senses, he should not be a legislator. Will he know what he is voting for?


20 posted on 05/06/2006 4:08:39 AM PDT by djpg
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