....that often depends on what kind of activities you engaged in the night before.
Posted on 05/06/2006 10:00:41 AM PDT by raccoonradio
WASHINGTON - Detectives probing U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s early-morning car wreck interviewed workers at the Hawk ’n’ Dove bar yesterday while rank-and-file Capitol police are pushing prosecutors to throw the book at the well-connected pol.
“Mr. Kennedy, by his own admission, was operating under the influence of narcotics, which is a violation,” said Lou Cannon, president of the Capitol police union.
Cannon said detectives probing the Rhode Island Democrat’s 2:45 a.m. wreck visited several watering holes along Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday, asking bartenders and waitstaff if they saw Kennedy in the hours before the congressman crashed his Mustang convertible into a security barricade.
Kennedy checked himself into a Minnesota rehab center last night.
Among the bars detectives were focused on was the Hawk ’n’ Dove, a popular tavern that Kennedy is known to frequent, Cannon said.
The Herald reported yesterday that a hostess at the Hawk ’n’ Dove said she saw Kennedy drinking in the bar Wednesday night. Employees at the pub declined comment yesterday.
Cannon said despite Kennedy’s decision to seek treatment for his booze and drug problem, detectives are continuing to build a case for prosecutors.
“We’re still following the same course. We’re asking that the investigation be completed,” he said.
Kennedy, 38, was slapped with a trio of minor citations for Thursday morning’s crash and hastily checked himself into the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
“I’ve been fighting this chronic disease since I was a young man,” he said, looking solemn and tired at a Capitol Hill press conference. “Of course, in every recovery, each day has its ups and downs.”
He blamed the crash on disorienting effects from the prescription pills Ambien and Phenergan, which he was taking to help him sleep and for stomach pain, respectively. Combining the pills can have intoxicating effects.
“I simply do not remember getting out of bed, being pulled over by the police or being cited for three driving infractions,” he said. “That’s not how I want to live my life.”
Despite his contention that he had no memory of the incident, Kennedy offered a detailed version of events just one day earlier - including the time he was driving and the exact street location. Murky details continued to trickle out from the congressman with a revelation to the Providence Journal that he spent the hours before the crash with an unidentified woman.
Cops at the crash scene reported that Kennedy appeared to have been drinking, was stumbling, slurring and had “red and watery” eyes.
Supervisors blocked patrolmen from giving Kennedy a sobriety test and instead drove him home.
In Washington, D.C., a first-offense conviction of driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol carries a mandatory six-month license suspension and possible fines.
CNN reported last night that a preliminary internal police probe found that “supervisors employed improper judgment.” Cannon said a watch commander on duty at the time of the crash will be transferred.
But Capitol police spokesman officer Michael Killough said: “We can’t confirm that any personnel has changed.”
Asked at the press conference if he planned on resigning, Kennedy shook his head and said, “I need to stay in the fight.”
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said of his son: “He has taken full responsibility for events that occurred.” Rep. Kennedy’s mother, Joan, who has battled alcoholism, declined comment last night.
>>I simply do not remember getting out of bed
...putting on my pants, socks, a dress shirt, and a tie (necessary wear for House vote), going out to my car,
starting it, heading toward the Capitol...
(oops, shoes too)_
Maybe he was out doctor shopping.
Half a waitress, or waiter if the rumors are true, sandwich comes to mind.
The Kennedy's have PR firms on retainers to keep their names OUT of the news.
Detectives: No Evidence of Struggle in ‘Struggle with Addiction’
....that often depends on what kind of activities you engaged in the night before.
Let's see here:
Example 1:
-Saturday @ 6:30 p.m.: Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter Harry Whittington while aiming for a bird. Secret Service agents and medical personnel with Cheney tend to wounds on Whittington's face, neck and chest.
-Sunday @ 1:15 p.m.: Local paper gets news of Cheney hunting accident.
-Sunday @ 3:15 p.m. - The Associated Press, following up on the local story, moves a news alert about the shooting.
-Followed by outrage by the MSM because they weren't immediately notified.
Example 2:
-Tuesday morning @ 2:45 a.m. - Patrick Kennedy crashes into Capitol security gate, is visibly staggering and cited for three traffic offenses.
-Tuesday @ 4:16 p.m. - Roll Call posts story about Kennedy car crash:
(Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident, Thursday, May 4; 4:16 pm, By John McArdle, Roll Call Staff)
- ????
What's missing here?
I submit it's the outrage from the MSM that David Gregory wasn't called at 3:00 a.m.
Detectives: No Evidence of Struggle in ‘Struggle with Addiction’
No struggle necessary since he, like all the Kennedy klan, enjoy a variety of addictions.
That is always the clue that the subject of the negative news is a Democrat.
But -- the POS sure remembered his CYOA "get out of Jail Free Card" statement clearly enough ........
"I'm a Congressman and I'm late for a vote".
We have these POS idiots in Congress, while we are at war?
We are so screwed!
Semper Fi
I wonder which Ace Reporter sought comments from Joan Kennedy! Perhaps they should leave this poor woman alone. Described as an "ex-socialite", she could hardly be considered a credible source for a quote on public drunkenness after the incident, cited below, which prompted her children to seek a conservatorship/control over her estate by having her declared mentally incompetent.
Tragic Joan K in new drama: Samaritan finds her injured on Hub street at 3 a.m.
By Dave Wedge
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - Updated: 06:33 PM ESTJoan Kennedy's heartbreaking battle with the bottle took another downward turn when a passerby stumbled upon the ex-socialite passed out and suffering from broken bones on Hub Street early yesterday.
Joan Kennedy in 2005
Mother of Cong. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Yeah, Ted, just like you took full responsibility for Chappaquidick.
Patches was "with it" enough that when he got out of the car his first instinct was to utter the Congressman's "Get Out of Jail Free Card" -- "I'm on my way to a vote." The Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution gives a Congressman virtual immunity if he is traveling to the House to cast a vote. Patches, of course, was well trained in this little nuance of Congressional life. Ms. Cynthia tried ("I'm doing important work for my constituents") but didn't manage to get it quite right. Think the MSM will ever tumble to this? will ever report it?
The special treatment that this Kennedy Clown got has gotta' really piss off the rank and file cops. They're the ones who have to face the public and who all of this will blow back at in the near future.
I'd love to know what actually happens to the police dept if they just treat legislators like common folk? The budget gets cut, transfers to hellish datail--what?
Or is it hope on the part of the higher up cops to get some kind of special treatment by runnung interference?
Yes. Although Pelicano is in the Graybars Hotel, there are plenty of other sleazy PIs who would be willing to pay "visits" to these places, and ask about the welfare of the staff's loved ones. So thoughtful of them...
Of course not. Only Republicans are expected to resign under such circumstances. Democrats, on the other hand, are permitted to "stay in the fight." I'm sure we'll hear a lot in the days to come about Kennedy's "heroic efforts to stay in the fight, despite his very difficult personal challenges."
Ambien, Phenegren, Alcheeee-haul and Maybe he was on his phone calling the psychiatric hotline
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