Pat cites pills in car wreck [Witness: He was drinking]

Boston Herald ^ | May 5, 2006 | By Dave Wedge

[aculeus]

WASHINGTON -U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy insisted yesterday that he had consumed “no alcohol” before he slammed his Mustang convertible into a concrete barrier near his office, but a hostess at a popular Capitol Hill watering hole told the Herald she saw him drinking in the hours before the crash.

“He was drinking a little bit,” said the woman, who works at the Hawk & Dove and would not give her name.

Leaving his office late last night, Kennedy refused to say whether he’d been to the Hawk & Dove the night before.

Earlier in the evening, Kennedy issued a statement through his office blaming the accident and strange behavior surrounding it on prescription drugs.

He said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after House votes and took “prescribed” amounts of Phenergan and Ambien.

[N. Theknow]

Chicken$hit got drunk at the Hawk and Dove.

[MplsSteve]

Oh good! I'm relieved to know that he was only high off prescription drugs and not alcohol.

That's OK then. As long as he wasn't driving drunk.

(sarcasm off)

[lormand]

"“He was drinking a little bit,” said the woman, who works at the Hawk & Dove and would not give her name."

I'm guessing that the Drive By Media will help conceal this lady.

[GoDuke]

"He said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after House votes and took “prescribed” amounts of Phenergan and Ambien."

So is this an admission of driving while impaired?

[Rakkasan1]

"witness" better watch his back or he'll be the new Vince Foster.

[AD from SpringBay]

“He was drinking a little bit,” said the woman, who works at the Hawk & Dove and would not give her name.

She doesn't want to disappear. She may have said too much already.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Booze + Ambien = DUI. Pretty simple math, really. No field sobriety or hospital blood test? Gosh, I wonder why not.

[ClearCase_guy]

Future news:

Woman who worked at the Hawk & Dove mysteriously disappears. Police say no indication of foul play.

[Taliesan]

I hope this waitress can swim.

[Raycpa]

blaming the accident and strange behavior surrounding it on precription drugs.

Booze with some drugs makes a bad combination.

[roses of sharon]

What? CNN has a Dr on right now defending their guy!

LOL, can you imagine a Republican getting such sappy reporting.

CNN jumping the shark again!

[i_dont_chat]

It is in his genes. He's an addict and alcoholic, and he's been through treatment, so he knows it!

God keeps giving these Kennedys a chance to be a good example and influence people in a positive way -- and they keep refusing.

We'll know immediately when a Kennedy becomes humble, teachable, and sober -- he will leave the Dems and join the GOP. He will be RECOVERED!

[RAldrich]

Will his medical records be spread all over the internet, the way Rush Limbaugh's were?

[EagleAndHawkMan]

Dateline Wash DC 3 days from now:
'Hawk & Dove' Hostess body pulled out of the Potomac'

[noobiangod]

That ambien is a knockout pill. You're supposed to take it right before you jump in bed.

I doubt anything will happen to the 'special' a-grade upper class noble citizen however.

[george76]

"Kennedy refused to say whether he’d been to the Hawk & Dove the night before..."

That should be easy to check...credit card charges, interviewing staff, security cameras...

[FlipWilson]

That damn Republican Culture of Corruption made him do it!!!!

[Raycpa]

Not exactly a purely eating establishment

[frogjerk]

"He was drinking a little bit," said the woman, who works at the Hawk & Dove and would not give her name.

Who ever heard of a Kennedy drinking "a little bit"?