Obama: 'He’s a Kennedy,' He Didn't Have to Talk About His 'Bipolar Disorder and Addiction'

Weekly Standard ^ | 6/3/13 | DANIEL HALPER

[Nachum]

President Obama, speaking earlier today at conference on mental health at the White House:

"There are other people who are leading by example. My great friend, Patrick Kennedy, when he was running for reelection back in 2006, he could have avoided talking about his struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction. Let’s face it, he’s a Kennedy," said Obama.

After the audience stopped laughing, Obama continued, "He was -- his seat was pretty safe. Everybody loved him. And yet, Patrick used his experience as a way to connect and to lift up these issues, not hide from them."

And one day, a woman came up to Patrick at a senior center and told him she was afraid to tell her friends she was taking medication for a mental illness because she was worried they might treat her differently. She told Patrick, “You’re the only one who knows aside from my son.”

[funfan]

Great

[VideoDoctor]

This is WHY it’s referred to as the “OBOZO CIRCUS”... a laugh a minute.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Wow I am truly sorry for that. You see that is some of the real damage that is coming from this scam, to me something like that is child abuse because now that kid is going to excuse everything on that bogus bipolar diagnoses. This all comes down from the prescription drug cabals, they literally get away with murder. They pay off the politicos and the shrinks and in the end who gets hurt? The kids!

[M Kehoe]

Let’s face it, he’s a Kennedy," said Obama.

I use that phrase as a pejorative.

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[norwaypinesavage]

"Patrick Kennedy, when he was running for reelection back in 2006, he could have avoided talking about his struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction. Let’s face it, he’s a Kennedy," said Obama. After the audience stopped laughing, Obama continued"

Translation: Everyone knows that, as a group, the Kennedy's, are a bunch of drug addled reprobates, that can barely function in life. It's only because of the booze fueled fortune of papa Joe, that they have enough resources to survive.

What's astonishing is that "everyone knows" this, to the point that Obama's audience howls in laughter at it, yet the media ignores it.