http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/patrickkennedy/ en-us Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:01:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074061/posts Imagine it's a few days before the Dem convention. In a big—BIG—surprise, Barack Obama names Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy his vice-presidential running mate. You're a partisan Republican. Do you?: * a. demand that Obama drop Kennedy from the ticket; or * b. sit back and enjoy the, uh, ride. I'm guessing the great majority of red-blooded Republicans would answer 'b.' Why wouldn't you want a weak link on the opposing ticket? So what kind of scare has Sarah Palin has put into the MSM that various of its members, like Jack Cafferty, are floating the notion that McCain should... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074061/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946108/posts Two visiting US Congressmen announced after talks with Syrian leaders on Sunday that they had secured a pledge that jailed dissidents would be freed and said they saw scope for progress in the peace process with Israel. The upbeat note contrasted with that of US President George W. Bush earlier this month who ruled out direct talks with Damascus, saying: "My patience ran out on President (Bashar) al-Assad a long time ago." Senator Arlen Specter, a member of Bush's Republican Party, and Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat, held talks with both Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. Kennedy said that... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1946108/posts#comment Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:35:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945156/posts Two U.S. lawmakers scheduled to meet Thursday with former Pakastani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Pervez Musharraf were advised to leave the country after Bhutto's assassination. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said in a telephone interview from his Islamabad hotel room that he and Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., were to dine with Musharraf and meet later in the night with Bhutto. He said he heard about the attack on Bhutto as he was dressing for the dinner with Musharraf. "Our foreign policy had relied on her presence as a stabilizing force," Specter said, emotionally describing her death as "a real,... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945156/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:44:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944856/posts WASHINGTON - Two U.S. lawmakers scheduled to meet Thursday with former Pakastani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Pervez Musharraf were advised to leave the country after Bhutto's assassination. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said in a telephone interview from his Islamabad hotel room that he and Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., were to dine with Musharraf and meet later in the night with Bhutto. He said he heard about the attack on Bhutto as he was dressing for the dinner with Musharraf. "Our foreign policy had relied on her presence as a stabilizing force," Specter said, emotionally describing her death as... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944856/posts#comment Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:54:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891120/posts Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Tuesday he's not returning $6,600 in donations he got from Norman Hsu, a prominent Democratic donor whose criminal past was recently revealed. Several top Democrats, including 2008 presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and Kennedy's father, Sen. Edward Kennedy, have said they will return Hsu's donations or give them to charity. Rep. Kennedy will keep the money because there is no indication that Hsu's contributions to him were illegal, according to his chief of staff, Adam Brand. "We are complying with all applicable (Federal Election Commission) rules and... Associated Press with ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891120/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:12:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757332/posts (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2006 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes: 1. Jack Abramoff, Former Lobbyist – 2. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) 3. Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) 4. Former Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX) 5. Former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) 6. Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) 7. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) 8. Rep. William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson (D-LA) 9. Former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) 10. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) 6 Dishonorable Mentions: 1. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) 2.... Judicial Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757332/posts#comment Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730606/posts NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's only one question Rep. Patrick Kennedy really answers this campaign. It came up at an ice cream social. It's raised on the street. He even hears it in bedrock Democratic neighborhoods. "How are you feeling?" asked a white-haired woman at a high-rise for the elderly. "I've never felt better," he said. "One day at a time." It's an answer some people - let alone politicians under intense media scrutiny - couldn't give after the year he's had: checking himself into a rehabilitation center, crashing his car at 3 a.m. into a security barrier outside the... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730606/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:28:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655485/posts House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., chats with U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., right, before addressing a crowd on healthcare issues at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., Friday, June 23, 2006. Pelosi appeared at the hospital, as a show of support, with Kennedy, a week after he was sentenced for driving under the influence of prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655485/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649050/posts The only thing missing at Patches Kennedy’s press conference yesterday was his father’s post-Chappaquiddick neck brace. “I’ve always said,” the dim lad began, “I wanted to take full responsibility for my actions - ” Full responsibility - but no mug shot. Full responsibility amounted to a suspended license - wink, wink - and $350 in fines and court costs. Do you think Patches had to arrange a payment schedule with the probation office? “Today in court, I accepted the consequences of my actions.” Riiiight. That poor window-washer who iced the seagull high above Devonshire Street is looking at more time... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649050/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648915/posts Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs as a part of an extensive agreement the lawmaker reached with the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General. “I’ve always said that I wanted to take full responsibility for my actions. Today in court I did just that,” Kennedy said in a brief meeting with reporters after appearing before D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Aida Melendez. “I accepted the consequences of my actions. I’ve cooperated fully with the Capitol Police and with the attorney general’s office. “I think they’ve done a fantastic job. … I... The HIll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648915/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:33:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648565/posts WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection with his middle-of-the-night car crash last month near the U.S. Capitol. Two additional charges of reckless driving and failure to exhibit a driving permit will be dismissed under the plea agreement. Announcing this, Kennedy's chief of staff, Sean Richardson, said the Rhode Island Democrat would appear in District of Columbia Superior Court Tuesday afternoon "to accept the consequences of his actions." "He is looking forward to closing this chapter,"... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648565/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:50:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648551/posts "Rep. Patrick Kennedy has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs... " DRUDGE REPORT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648551/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645112/posts Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., center, speaks to Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., left, during the House Appropriations Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Washington. Kennedy, the Rhode Island Democrat can expect the scrutiny to hit new levels as he seeks to put his personal life and political career back on track after crashing his car and spending nearly a month in drug treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Seated at the back is Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) AP Via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645112/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644759/posts Rhode Island Republicans have received piles of “hate mail” from supporters of U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, angry that the GOP has called for the troubled six-term congressman to step down. “This has clearly hit a raw nerve somewhere,” Rhode Island GOP spokesman Chuck Newton told the Herald.“We’ve received mountains of hate mail from all over.” Most of the letters and emails include angry and in some cases obscene tirades blasting party leaders for pushing for Kennedy’s ouster as a result of his legal troubles, Newton said. Republicans initially called for Kennedy to step down the day after he slammed... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644759/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 07:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644302/posts Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill. Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, said he's prepared "in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do." "It's what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia," Kennedy said in a shaky voice, referring to the mostly minority neighborhood in... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644302/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644275/posts Patrick Kennedy, fresh from his second stint in drug rehab, yesterday said he's building recovery support networks .....and will continue to undergo treatment for his addiction to painkillers. ........ the younger son of Sen. Ted Kennedy - entered the drug and alcohol treatment at the Mayo Clinic May 5, a day after he slammed his Mustang into a security barrier near the U.S. Capitol. An admitted binge drinker and pain-pill abuser, Kennedy, 38, had been treated at the clinic over the Christmas holidays.........Kennedy told reporters, "I know that I am doing everything I need to do to succeed." NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644275/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644096/posts PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Monday he was feeling good after nearly a month in drug rehabilitation and was looking forward to getting back to work. "I can tell you today, I feel confident about my health, positive about my future, and passionate about my work representing the people of Rhode Island," the Rhode Island Democrat said in a speech at Brown University on the future of mental health care and addiction treatment. It was his first public appearance since being released Friday from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The six-term congressman checked into the clinic... FOXNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1644096/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jun 2006 05:09:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1641781/posts Mentioned on Howie Carr show, and this is from the show's site: A Kennedy Sobriety Checkpoint. (I was in Rhode Island the other day and I drove confidently, knowing Patches was nowhere near there.) Howie Carr Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1641781/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:38:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640877/posts To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Jesse R. Binnall, 703-582-7924, or Eugene Delgaudio, 703-901-2247; Office 703-845-1808, both of Public Advocate; Web: http://publicadvocateusa.org/ WASHINGTON, May 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, a non-profit group, Public Advocate, announced their "Kennedy Sobriety Checkpoint" has been a success. Checkpoints on Capitol Hill in Washington to protect citizens against Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy (D-Ma.) or Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) resulted in no impaired drivers named Congressman or Senator Kennedy being stopped this weekend. "Citizen volunteers have responded to the call and we have erected checkpoints at several intersections to prevent any Kennedy from driving in an... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640877/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 23:56:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640532/posts On the lookout The group Public Advocate of the United States said yesterday that it had set up sobriety checkpoints on Capitol Hill over the holiday weekend to protect the public against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and his son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Democrat. "Citizen volunteers have responded to the call, and we have erected checkpoints at several intersections to prevent any Kennedy from driving in an impaired manner on Capitol Hill. We selected the long Memorial Day weekend due to the increased potential for a repeat of earlier car accidents," said Eugene Delgaudio, president of... Inside Politics - Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640532/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 12:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1631583/posts Dateline: 10 May 2006 It’s three AM. You are driving your Ford Mustang convertible without any lights. You crash into a police barrier. It sounds like you are in trouble, but it gets worse. You stagger out of the car – perhaps this is not surprising, after the crash. But some accounts say your eyes were red and you smelled of alcohol. You offer what can only be described as a ridiculous explanation. You are rushing, you say, to an engagement at work. But in reality your place of work closed hours ago. It’s only a few weeks since your... QuentinLangley.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1631583/posts#comment Sat, 13 May 2006 11:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630826/posts Patrick Kennedy has been a party animal for quite some time, according to the National Enquirer, which comes up with some never-before-seen photos of the Rhode Island congressman partying like a rock star in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Now there’s a shock . . . . The 38-year-old son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, who just checked himself into rehab for prescription-drug addiction after an early-morning car crash in Washington, D.C., dressed up like disgraced pop star Michael Jackson - complete with blackface - for a party at his father’s Virginia home in 1989. “He applied dark makeup to... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630826/posts#comment Fri, 12 May 2006 01:31:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1630337/posts TODDTALK WEEKEND POLL Should Patrick Kennedy resign from Congress? --Yes. He's an embarrassment. --No. He can still serve Rhode Island. Todd Feinburg Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1630337/posts#comment Thu, 11 May 2006 07:02:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629943/posts During a briefing with reporters yesterday, Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he was aware of Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s (D-R.I,) substance-abuse problem and had “noticed it before.” In response to a question about the handling of Kennedy’s early-morning car accident by the Capitol Police, Boehner indicated that it would be easier to make a judgment when all of the facts are released. He then elaborated on the question, saying he had known of Kennedy’s problem. “For those who have been around here, worked here, he has been fighting this disease for a long time, as has been testified to by... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629943/posts#comment Wed, 10 May 2006 17:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630035/posts PAY attention. The so-called probe into the D.C. cops who helped zonko Patrick Kennedy home instead of slamming him into the jug? Ain't to be no deepdeepdeep probe. Like more a probe-let. The Capitol fuzz have always been congressional custodians. He isn't the first representative they've blotted up. Many a congresscreature has slurped one too many and been lent a helping patrol car. The Kennedy name just spotlighted this more than others. So, this probe will result in zero. Ain't nobody looking to really run through a thorough investigation. Remember, you heard it here first. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630035/posts#comment Wed, 10 May 2006 20:10:03 GMT