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 ...
IIRC he was on his way to a vote or something - Congressional Business, don’t you know.
I remember when he was practically the Baby of the House when he was elected in 1994. He looks like he’s in his 60s now.
Where is his call for a ban on alcohol?
< crickets >
You’re right, and his mother’s still alive! Yet he’s hardest on her.
So can they recharge him now that he’s an admitted drunk on Oxy? No, I’m sure on that day he was only “sleep driving”. 😉
It means that as a Member of Congress, he couldn’t be detained/arrested while Congress was conducting business while in session..
I think it was in the back of his mind to take advantage of that, but he was later told differently, likely by his own lawyers.
(Hillary's mole in Washington, now that's she's gone.)
“Didn’t he say his only problem was he took an Ambien and tried to drive? Or is that a different one? “
Laced with alcohol, of course. He’s not the only one to have wild side effects from Ambien/Alcohol, but he is the most famous.
Best thing to do if you’re going to take that drug with any alcohol in your system is to give your wife the keys, tell her to hide them, and then go to bed. Otherwise you can easily wake up behind the wheel some place.
Trump, no drinking, drugs or cigarettes.
The country needs relief from the pain of that loathsome bunch of leeches.
Just when I think it’s time to change my tagline, another Kennedy maggot pops out of the rotting carcass which is the MSM screaming “Do you know who I am?”
Headline said alcoholism killed his mom. Joan Kennedy has had rough times but I believe she is still alive.
comments when article posted:
>Um, Daily Mail? Joan Kennedy is still alive.
>>Headline is misleading. Joan Kennedy, Patrick’s mom, is still alive.
Yeah, it’s ironic that much of the Kennedy family fortune was made by the father, Joseph Kennedy in the 1930’s as an importer of alcohol.
He’s pushing his new book.
It confirms he’s nuts.
>>The scandal not only helped to destroy his first marriage, it effectively destroyed his political ambitions. He later wrote of his regret over the crash.
It destroyed his ambition to be President but he was re-elected to the Senate several times. First elected in 1962, the year I was born; died in office in ‘09...some 40 years after Chappaquiddick.
What??? Ted Kennedy drank???? You would only know that if you ever saw him sober.
Everybody in the media knew Ted was a drunk. They didn’t say anything - because he spoke for them.
Kennedys are alcoholics? I’m shocked, just shocked.
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