Also, he is definitely exhibiting outward physical signs of alcoholism.
He has gained "alcohol fat" and his complextion is terrible.
Here is his official photo from his website:
Here he is today:
Posted on 05/05/2006 1:16:51 PM PDT by Polybius
WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy will enter rehab for addiction to prescription pain medication Friday evening after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol.
Kennedy, D-R.I., plans to seek treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Only Dims and lefties believe this BS!!
It was my understanding that they cannot arrest a congress critter when he is on his way to congressional business - hence the claim "I gotta go vote". This is not an unlimited immunity from arrest and prosecution.
It isn't that Sponge Bob sticker. Look closer - the hands are different, so is the arm.
Also, he is definitely exhibiting outward physical signs of alcoholism.
He has gained "alcohol fat" and his complextion is terrible.
Here is his official photo from his website:
Here he is today:
The resemblance is even more stunning in profile - their big hooked noses are identical.
Not exactly correct.
In the United States, Article One of the United States Constitution provides that members of Congress shall be immune from arrest in going to and departing from sessions and while Congress is in session except for cases of "Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace". A similar protection applies to members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom during a session of Parliament and 40 days to either side of a session. This protection also extends to Peers of the United Kingdom at all times, although it's only been used twice since 1945.
The first two are somewhat self-explanatory; it has been suggested that the third is deliberately somewhat vague. The doctrine thus established is called Congressional immunity; it arose out of the necessity to prevent a vengeful executive from arresting members of the legislative branch on a pretext to prevent them from taking actions that the executive might find to be displeasing. In recent years, this doctrine has been used to prevent members from being stopped and held for speeding on their way to sessions; this apparently is not a "breach of the peace", where as perhaps another misdemeanor such as "drunk and disorderly" might be construed to be such.
Most states of the United States and most other English-speaking jurisdictions have extended this privilege to members of their legislatures on the theory outlined above.
Wow. That's horrifying. I never noticed. Thanks.
"Lie, after lie, after lie, after lie, after lie" was what Senator Kennedy said about his sons alibi.
I keep hearing that audio clip in my head that Sean Hannity plays on his show.
"Lie, after lie, after lie, after lie, after lie, after lie........."
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if his place of rehab is the Kennedy compound in Palm Beach or Hyannis Port!
They can't be rehabed, but lobotomies do work well on them and it's a Kennedy family tradition.
I agree. The police have incredibly deep experience with drunk drivers and drunkenness.
He only agreed to go to rehab because he saw the story collapsing.
I have sympathy for people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, but they have to honest and remorseful first.
Kennedy is neither.
who cares which one; democrats vote for any of them drunk or sober, sane or insane; republicans wouldn't vote for any one of them even if he, she or it stayed "on the wagon" for forty days and forty nights!
who cares which one; democrats vote for any of them drunk or sober, sane or insane; republicans wouldn't vote for any one of them even if he, she or it stayed "on the wagon" for forty days and forty nights!
You were the second poster to mention Rush Limbaugh.
Another sleeper troll has outed it's self. Begone DU troll. A live on your knees, lick spittle Kennedy spittoon attitude won't be tolerated around here. Back to the foul depths of DU with you.
Not my fault the MSM is so predictable.
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