FALLOUT `I have never worked a (bleepin) day in my life': Kennedy comment draws fire

Boston Herald ^ | Saturday, June 28, 2003 | Andrew Miga

[Liz]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy was in damage-control mode yesterday, scrambling to explain flippant remarks at a Democratic party about never having to work a day in his life.

``I don't need Bush's tax cut,'' Kennedy (D-R.I.) was quoted as telling a Young Democrats party at Acropolis, a D.C. nightclub. ``I have never worked a (bleeping) day in my life.''

Kennedy insisted his words, reported in a Washington Post gossip column yesterday, were sarcastic and blown out of context.

He did not challenge the veracity of the Post's quotes, however.

``In terms of my choice of words, I believe and always believe that it is not work to represent the people of Rhode Island,'' Kennedy said in a written statement.

Kennedy told the crowd ``how much better the candidates would sound the more we drank'' before being hustled off the stage, according to the Post.

The congressman said his words were meant to be an attack on President Bush's tax cuts, which he charged were skewed to benefit the rich.

``To illustrate this point, I frequently point to my family as an example of those who benefit most from Bush's tax cut at the expense of others,'' Kennedy said.

A Kennedy source said the congressman was seeking to ``warm up the crowd'' at the rally-style event where Democratic president hopeful Howard Dean and other congressmen spoke.

The nightclub flap was the latest twist in a series of embarrassing gaffes over the years involving the five-term congressman, who turns 36 next month and is the son of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).

Last year, the congressman reached a settlement after a much-publicized shoving incident with a security guard at Los Angeles International Airport.

Three years ago a Connecticut charter boat company complained that it cost $28,000 to repair the damage to a sailboat Kennedy had rented.

Kennedy was also in the headlines that year after the Coast Guard dispatched a rescue boat after Kennedy and his date became embroiled in an argument on his yacht off Martha's Vineyard.

The congressman, who received treatment for cocaine addiction as a teen, has also revealed he suffers from depression and uses prescription medicine for his illness.

[Liz]

Maybe Patrick oughta cool off and go take a swim......at Chappaquiddick.

[EggsAckley]

A real chip off the old block-head.

How does this guy keep getting elected?

[csvset]

The congressman, who received treatment for cocaine addiction as a teen, has also revealed he suffers from depression and uses prescription medicine for his illness.

Geeze, he's an alcohlic coke addict that's depressed and taking "medicine". Rhode Island sure knows how to pick 'em.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Another one in a long line of drunks, crooks, perverts and free-loaders!!

[punster]

The descriptive term for Patrick Kennedy is mentally defective. That is a natural consequence of being Teddy 'Booze' Kennedy's son.

[SSN558]

Sounds like the ahem, honorable representative's truth serum kicked in at an inaproporiate time. A democrap told the truth about the real party agenda, and look at the back pedaling. Translation: "No tax breaks for the producers, I'm a gimme."

[plusone]

I'm not sure what the flap is about, the guy did tell the truth...he has never worked a day in his life.

[csvset]

received treatment for cocaine addiction as a teen

Something tells me he wan't doing crack , but powder. Ah, to have enough money and coke to become an addict while still in his teens. I wonder what else was going on at the infamous "Kennedy compound"?

[tkathy]

Isn't there a quote somewhere: En vino veritas?

[Chi-townChief]

"Kennedy told the crowd ``how much better the candidates would sound the more we drank'' before being hustled off the stage, according to the Post."

Man, I hope someone caught this on video !!!

[tkathy]

Who votes for this family of arrogant creeps?

[isom35]

isnt this the dude that had the babe on his private boat,
went sailing with her and she had to call the Coast Guard to get her away from him? maybe a problem concerning his dingy.

[islander-11]

Patches Kennedy - the weakest link in a weak chain.

Here's hoping the people of RI send him into the dreaded private sector...

[billhilly]

"How does this guy keep getting elected?"

We are about to see a new political family emerge into the role of the Kennedys. They get elected because the image makers in the country want them to.

That new family? The Clintons. If fifty years of Kennedys was galling, and it was, just watch the next fifty.

[Grampa Dave]

Probably the majority of the elite Rat Fascists in political office in America have never worked $###ing day in their lives.

They inherit their money or get it like the Clintoons do. They hate it when the taxpayers like us get a reduction in our taxes.

$crew Them! Lets make them an endangered political species with no real value.

[TommyDale]

Isn't this the same idiot who assaulted a female airport security agent, then asked her, "Do you know who I am?" and got away with it?

[Xthe17th]

Uncle Arnold tells his nephew, "Hasta la vista, baby!"

[dead]

The starstruck Massachussetts wanna-bes in Rhode Island.

Their main source of political insight is "People" magazine, and they want a little "royalty" in their otherwise mundane lives.

In short, dingbat women.

[Grampa Dave]

FYI.

When a rat says he/she/it is against any tax reductions, they are either getting our tax $'s to stay alive.

Or they are the super rich elitist racist fascists like this latest Kennedy scum. They have never worked a day in their lives thanks to be an elite rat in power.

[Dog Gone]

Ol' Teddy is likely to keel over from a heart attack or stroke at any time, but unfortunately his spawn has already proven that he can carry on the Kennedy tradition.