Friday, May 05, 2006

In The News....

Posted by Sickboy at 1:22 PM
Friday, May 5, 2006; Posted: 12:41 p.m. EDT (16:41 GMT)
(CNN) -- Police officers were told not to give U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy a sobriety test after his traffic accident, police labor union officials say.

Superiors told the officers instead to drive the Rhode Island Democrat home after the accident early Thursday, according to Greg Baird, acting chairman of the U.S. Capitol Police union, who called for an inquiry.

The Capitol Police said Friday that it's investigating the accident, the procedures followed and whether the evidence would support traffic charges.

Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said in a letter Thursday night he was apparently disoriented by prescription medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill.

Theres a shock, a godamn Kennedy getting special treatment.

9 comments:

dad-e~O said...

I fuckin' love this country!!!

3:10 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

I guess now he is admitting to a "problem" and he is gonna enter rehab for it. whatever.

4:39 PM CDT
Mark M said...

Special treatment, for sure... However, I think it might be worth asking whether it was because he was a Kennedy, or if anyone in a position of power would be treated that way. I mean, W had at least one DUI in Maine in the 1970s, and there might have been some coverup at the time because he was the son of the CIA Director.

It's clear Rep. Kennedy has some problems, but before we jump to conclusions, consider this article (from Reuters)...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's statement that he used Sanofi-Aventis's sleep drug Ambien, to explain how he might have been involved in a late-night car crash, has led to renewed attention on the drug's possible side-effects.

Sanofi-Aventis says Ambien, used by millions of people since its introduction in 1993, has lulled patients to sleep for 12 billion nights. [mm note: Gag. Is Reuters writing their advertisment copy now?] It says sleepwalking is a rare side effect and it stands by the drug's safety.

But researchers at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minnesota have identified more than two dozen cases of dangerous sleepwalking among people who took Ambien, and they believe the phenomenon is more common than the company says.

"We are seeing pretty extreme expressions of sleepwalking - like getting into a car and driving," said Michel Cramer-Bornemann, a researcher at the clinic. "And when we remove the Ambien, it is resolved."

I can't say for sure this is what happened in Rep. Kennedy's case. I'm just sayin' it's interesting...

5:09 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

You Democrats have an excuse for everything I tell ya.

5:10 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

I really think that it is an abuse of power and because of the name attached to it. If a representative or something from nowhere Wisc. or Idaho got nabbed he may have gotten busted but if a Kennedy goes down, some things get hushed up.

5:16 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

I also get really aggravated when someone in the spotlight tries to get clean and they are looked at as a role model or a hero and if someone off the streets tries the same thing, they are looked at as a junkie. Its not just politicians, it everyone. This whole system is f'ed up pretty bad, ya know???

5:47 PM CDT
Mark M said...

Amen to that.

5:56 PM CDT
Sickboy said...

in a follow up....

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday that he will enter a rehabilitation program after crashing his car on Capitol Hill a day earlier.

CNN obtained a statement from a congressional source later Friday in which Capitol Hill Police said an initial probe showed supervisors did not handle the accident properly at the scene.

"I know that I need help," the Rhode Island Democrat said at an afternoon press conference, detailing what he called a long-term struggle with depression and addiction.

6:30 PM CDT
dad-e~O said...

I need help, wa, wa,wa, my pussy hurts.

6:24 AM CDT

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