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Police say they were prevented from giving Kennedy a sobriety test
The Mercury News ^ | May. 05, 2006 | Richard Sisk and Michael McAuliff

Posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:54 AM PDT by beaversmom

WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy wrecked his car in an early morning accident on Capitol Hill Thursday, and police say supervisors stopped them from giving him a sobriety test.

Two police union officials, who were not at the scene, complained that the Rhode Island congressman and son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., looked like he'd been drinking after crashing into a barrier near the Capitol building at 2:45 a.m.

"The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering," Officer Greg Baird, the acting head of the Capitol police union, wrote in a letter to his boss, according to the newspaper Roll Call.

Lou Cannon, president of the Washington chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Kennedy looked intoxicated.

"It's my understanding that he had an odor of alcohol about him and he was unsteady on his feet," Cannon said.

Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression, admitted to the car accident, but denied he had been drinking.

"I was involved in a traffic incident last night," said the 38-year-old. "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake."

Late Thursday night, Kennedy put out a second statement saying he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.

Baird complained in his letter to acting Capitol police Chief Christopher McGaffin that Kennedy and a pair of sergeants thwarted any proper investigation.

When cops first approached, he "declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote," Baird's letter says. "The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident."

It was unclear if Kennedy raised the voting issue intentionally to avoid being detained and tested, because Capitol Hill lawmakers get a legal...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: District of Columbia; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: 109th; alcohol; corruption; donutwatch; dui; dwk; kennedy; leo; patrickkennedy; power; privilege; tedkennedyscar
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To: beaversmom
If I were a Kennedy I would probably be a drunk, too.
61 posted on 05/05/2006 4:49:49 AM PDT by manwiththehands (No, usted no puede!)
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To: beaversmom
So what kind of idiot mixes Ambien & phenergan? Oh never mind...
62 posted on 05/05/2006 4:50:59 AM PDT by SAMS (Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
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To: johnny7

Thunderbird enlightening, very very frightening, Wheee!


63 posted on 05/05/2006 4:51:58 AM PDT by synbad600
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To: contemplator

This type of human garbage ruin the people they come in contact with... and usually just move on to their next foul-up. Their enablers are just as much at fault... and THIS family has thousands of them!


64 posted on 05/05/2006 4:52:34 AM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: Fawn
He has that crazy look in his eyes....he's one of 'those'.

He's just living up to a genetic disposition. Kennedy in gaelic means "the ugly headed one" (and I am dead serious! somebody told Me , and I didn't believe it, so I looked it up!)

CC

65 posted on 05/05/2006 4:58:58 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative ("Minutum Cantorum, Minutum Baloram, Minutum Carboratum Descendam Pantorum")
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To: All
"The car was upside down. I repeatedly dived until the tide moved in and cover the wheels.."

"No! No! The other excuse!"

"The sleeping pill thing?" . . . .

66 posted on 05/05/2006 5:02:55 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: synbad600

A little Queen to start the day.


67 posted on 05/05/2006 5:13:10 AM PDT by FearlessFreep (Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
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To: SAMS

Probably takes the phenergan so he can keep down that half gallon of Fighting Cock.


68 posted on 05/05/2006 5:14:40 AM PDT by FearlessFreep (Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
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To: DB
At least it is getting coverage...

Imagine what a storm it will be when the press has no choice to but acknowledge the accident he had 2 weeks ago. he had a fender bender with someone when he cut her off entering the parking lot of (I kid you not) a drug store. He was hurrying to get a prescription before the 24-hour store closed.

69 posted on 05/05/2006 5:16:25 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: SAMS
So what kind of idiot mixes Ambien & phenergan? Oh never mind...

And to boot, go out and drive around town. With those sleeping pills, you are warned not to take them unless you can devote the time for a full night's sleep.

70 posted on 05/05/2006 5:20:59 AM PDT by randita
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To: mewzilla

Some interesting info about Ambien (zolpidem)-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolpidem

Considering the Kennedy history regarding drugs and alcohol, I wouldn't be surprised if Patrick needs serious help in that area. If that's true, it is a huge disservice to the people, and to Patrick himself, if he isn't held accountable.


71 posted on 05/05/2006 5:21:40 AM PDT by LucyJo
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To: FearlessFreep

That's what my gay brother likes.


72 posted on 05/05/2006 5:22:10 AM PDT by synbad600
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To: synbad600

>>Thunderbird enlightening, very very frightening, Wheee!<<

LOL


73 posted on 05/05/2006 5:23:55 AM PDT by SerpentDove (We will not stand by and allow politicians to destroy our country through open borders.)
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To: PeteB570

It was the lead story on GMA this morning.


74 posted on 05/05/2006 5:28:26 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: beaversmom
Where is the Palm Beach DA/Travis County DA and the Federal Prosecutor on this egregious offense! A bipolar man using a mix of narcotics and driving in a Federal Security zone.

We would be in jail folks
75 posted on 05/05/2006 5:28:39 AM PDT by colonialhk (sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: colonialhk

He was drinking at the Hawk & Dove, too. Drinking, drugs and driving? Must be a Kennedy.


76 posted on 05/05/2006 5:30:05 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: beaversmom

Remembering the defense in the McKinney case, he was coming or going and is therefore immune from arrest.


77 posted on 05/05/2006 5:30:52 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: Peach

He was drinking here:

http://www.hawkanddoveonline.com/


78 posted on 05/05/2006 5:34:38 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: mlc9852

I'm holding my breath,

face turning blue.

Arrgggh. Had to take a lung full of air.

Mic's pushed into his face? Demands for him to step down? 1/2 hour in depth coverage of his other accidents? The families accidents? Abuse of power? Drag net through all the bars in the area looking for people who have seen the lad taking a few too many at any time?

Nope, don't see it. This story will be old news by the next news cycle.


79 posted on 05/05/2006 5:38:25 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: AliVeritas

"Kennedy's is so scribbled it cannot even be said that it looks like a child. It is very short (2 1/2 lines of larger "printing"), few of the words can even be read, and the writing goes all over the place (up - down - sideways). "

His Indian name is "Writes With Fist," which should help explain his penmanship. He got that name when he travelled with Teddy to an Indian reservation. Teddy's Indian name, by the way, is "Swims With Fish."


80 posted on 05/05/2006 5:39:36 AM PDT by sergeantdave (And though getting up in the world attracts attention, it does not establish solid worth.)
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