Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident

Roll Call ^ | 5-4-06 | John McArdle

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I'm sure they would have given anybody a break like this.

[csvset]

Get Me To The House On Time (Sung to the tune of Get Me To The Church On Time)

I'm voting in the morning
The vote's going to be carried live
On C-SPAN you'll see me
So get me to the House on time

I pulled out the stopper
Tied on a whopper
Just get me to the House on time

'Twas early, 'bout three
I had no lights on you see
The barrier sure stopped me
The cops think that they've got me
Just get me to the House on time

I'll do what my uncle told me
Say don't you know me
Uhm err, Officer can't you see
(Burp) I'm a Kennedy
Just get me to the House on time

It was a cake walk
Sure, there'll be some talk
Ted, he's called the cops off
Just get me to the House on time.

I'm voting in the morning
Ding dong the vote's going to be live
On C-SPAN you'll see me
So get me to the House on time

[Interesting Times]

If by uncle you mean Sen. Ted Kennedy, Patrick is his son, not his nephew.

Sort of a chip off the old flask.

[Zeppo]

A spokesman for his office told CNN that alcohol was NOT involved.

In other words, alcohol was involved.

[Wolfstar]

Sort of a chip off the old flask.

Yep. :)

[ScottyinTN]

I can't help but wonder, with all the money these people have;

1) You can't buy a better car than a Ford Crown Vic?

2) Why not just pay someone else to drive your drunk ass around?

That anyone could vote for these criminals is mind boggling to me.

[Osage Orange]

Well sure.....as long as there's a pond or creek on the other side of that chest high grass.

LOL!!

Ain't gonna happen though.......so I ain't worried.

[dodger]

Actually, one wonders ... since he was not going to or from on Congressional business.

[SwinneySwitch]

From Yahoo News:

"Kennedy, 38, spent time at a drug rehabilitation clinic before he went to Providence College in Rhode Island. He has openly discussed his personal mental health problems, including having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Early this year he spoke about having been in recovery "for depression, for alcoholism and substance abuse."

[I Drive Too Fast]

Well at least he "identified" himself as a congressman and didn't take a swing at any of the officers.

Does his license plate read STAGGER? He should have a placard that says Drunk Driver on board.

[LFOD]

Two sets of laws.....

One for me.

One for thee.

[SE Mom]

Indeed..one wonders..

That's likely what we'll be doing about the whole incident.

[Romanov]

Nothing to see here - move along....

Yep - late to a vote that had ocurred 3 hours prior! Of course, if it was a Republican representative we'd have special bulletins and CNNMSNBCCBSNBCABCWASHINGTONPOSTBOSTONGLOBENYTs all camped outside his home and office!

[defconw]

Exactly! :)

[Romanov]

One of the things that really p*** me off is the fact that even the Capital Police must have felt he was impaired because they had someone drive him home. The Kennedys really truly believe they are our "royal" family. Pigs.

[geezerwheezer]

But...but...but...but he's a Kennedy....can't we all just get along? He didn't mean anything by it so why hassle one of America's camelot kiddies? (actually, it's fun making fun of those Massachusetts inbreeds called Kennedy as they all have some sort of death wish and don't understand why they are all drunks!)

[Romanov]

I actually found myself looking out at the Potomac River today when I was driving over the 14th St. bridge to make sure I didn't see any half-submerged cars in it.... I hope the Capital Police looked in his trunk.

[clintonh8r]

BTW, has anybody heard what's going on with the McKinney case? Does it really take a grand jury a month to hear a case like this? Did somebody "get to" the Capitol Police?

[pinz-n-needlez]

They do leave a lot of them in their wake. :-/

Pinz

[clintonh8r]

That is one messed up sumbitch......