Posted on 10/04/2015 11:45:51 PM PDT by Zakeet
Complete Headline: Breaking the Kennedy code of silence: Patrick goes on national TV to expose his family's secrets as he launches book describing how 'disabling alcoholism' killed his father Ted, his mom and his sister
Patrick Kennedy has broken the political dynasty's 'code of silence' by describing how he turned to drink at 13 to deal with the multitude of his family's problems.
The former Congressman told CBS' 60 Minutes how his alcoholic mother Joan would walk around in a bathrobe 'inebriated' during the day while his father, Senator Ted Kennedy, would self-medicate by drinking.
The 48-year-old politician said the constant partying he was involved in even as a child was not for the family's enjoyment, but a 'relief from the pain', and described how his father's drinking got so bad they were forced to stage an intervention.
In the end, he believes 'disabling alcoholism' killed his father, mother and sister.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Gist of Article: His entire family, including him, are a bunch of amoral drunks ... it's not really their fault because of all the hard times they've had to endure when somebody shot the two older Kennedy's ... he's turned his life around now ... and he wants you to buy his new book!
If I remember correctly, the rest of the family tree has quite a few amorel folks also, some not being drunks.
The lion of the sin-ate was a drunken POS.. Quelle surprise.
They’re jûst lowlife scum who happen to also be drunks.
Secrets ? Everyone already knew they were a bunch of drunks.
It’s an interesting article.
He’s such an asshole.
No respect for him for this. No one does that to their family out of love. I can’t stand the Kennedy family but hate him selling out family for profit.Plus, he’s still lying so there’s that.
He’s still a baby-murderer, like all Democrats. I predict more drinking.
Kinda karma that the family who made their money from smuggling alchohol are being destroyed by alchohol.
The best the Democrats could come up with.
More like the family who made their name and millions by robbing the American people are now imploding after the Media made them royalty and now they need some publicity to keep media interest.
If JFK weren’t assassinated we wouldn’t have this Kennedy mess. He was a failure as President and his assassination knocked that out. He would be fully behind the current Dem admin and Obama so I really don’t get the love for him. He was an addict, adulterer, scumbag. How he is revered by intelligent people confuses me.
nothing secret. Its known the Kennedy family is not the Camelot the media portrays them as
Just like his father, uncles, grandfather.
Notice how he slams his mother and her alcoholism but his Dad’s was because of PTSD due to his brother, his best friend being killed. Hmmm. Wonder what he thinks about MaryJo...
This family is such scum and the media and the american people allowed this to happen. Pisses me off.
Good for him. It is actually a non-partisan issue. I hear our soon to be ex Speaker of the House has a similar problem.
America’s so called Camelot was a disfunctional sham. I hope we are finished with this family in politics on the national scene.
That was him. He claimed he was driving in his sleep under the influence of Ambien, iirc.
Camelot? Only if you consider the men had no control over their sexual impulses. Then you realize it’s not Camelot, but instead its “came a lot”.
The liberal Massachusetts voters knew all of this and still voted them into office.
You aren’t the only one who gets ticked off by this crap. The Kennedys are revered - and all were drunks. You compare that to the Trump family - non drinkers, kids all turned out good - and they get villified. Sometimes I’m ashamed of Americans for their double standard and stupidity.
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