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Rep. Kennedy to enter rehab for addiction
MSNBC ^ | Associated Press

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.

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To: Polybius

Good for him for trying once again. I pray that he does the footwork to get clean and sober and also picks up the tools that will help with his depression. I don't envy his genetics.


41 posted on 05/05/2006 1:44:58 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Polybius
Lord, have mercy. His poor grandmother Rose must be weeping tears from Heaven.

Kind of bails Rush out, though. :)

42 posted on 05/05/2006 1:45:16 PM PDT by pray4liberty (School District horrors: http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
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To: Gordongekko909

"How long do you think the MSM will be able to go in any given story about this without mentioning Rush Limbaugh? I say three lines."

Not long. But, there are lots of people addicted to prescription pain killers. Lots.


43 posted on 05/05/2006 1:45:36 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

That "on my way to a vote" story was worked out between Kennedy and a lawyer long before this incident happened, no doubt. They knew he would get stopped eventually.

Get out of Jail free card...Do not pass go...collect $200.


44 posted on 05/05/2006 1:47:32 PM PDT by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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To: raccoonradio


Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. leaves his home on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 5, 2006 before making an announcement that he will enter rehab for treatment of addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot recall. His green Ford Mustang he crashed early Thursday morning is seen behind him. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)


45 posted on 05/05/2006 1:47:36 PM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: Polybius

Can a Kennedy BE rehabilitated? I think not.


46 posted on 05/05/2006 1:48:33 PM PDT by AmericanChef
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To: maggief

He bears a terrifying resemblance to Cindy Sheehan in that second pic.


47 posted on 05/05/2006 1:48:41 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: maggief

Well, the apple certainly didn't fall far from the tree - now can we just cut down the whole darned orchard!


48 posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:07 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: Polybius
Michele Malkin has posted a call for Kennedy's resignation from none other than a KOS poster:

Patrick Kennedy's in a lot of pain; I feel sympathy. But if he can't remember even getting into his car, if he was in rehab over Christmas, if there's an allegation he'd been drinking before the accident -- well maybe he needs to resign.

Here's the problem folks: most Americans who aren't partisans truly believe the democrats and The Republicans are "all the same" and that the power-elite takes care of its own.

Democrats can talk about Abramoff and Cunningham and the Republicans' toothless ethics bill, but so long as the People see us as just the "other side of the coin", they have little reason to go to the polls to vote for Dems.

Now we've got Congressman William Jefferson who despite allegations of bribery won't resign, and Patrick Kennedy who announces he's "going to vote" and so dodges a Breathalyzer test, and now will go into rehab rather than resign.

This gives all the justification in the world to independents who will say that the Dems are "just as bad" and that "all of them are corrupt".

The Democratic Party needs to show it's different, that it's not a club of the elite taking care of the elite.

Much as I feel for Congressman Kennedy, it's time for him for his own good and for the good of the Party, to resign with dignity.


Malkin
49 posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:08 PM PDT by Republican Red ("How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs")
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To: Charles Henrickson

The DU thread is all about how bad they feel for him, and wishing him well in rehab. one person even said he/she was in tears watching his 'confession'. They make me sick.


50 posted on 05/05/2006 1:49:21 PM PDT by ritewingwarrior
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To: Gordongekko909

51 posted on 05/05/2006 1:50:27 PM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: ConservativeBamaFan
Too bad there's not a rehab for liberalism . . .

LOL! My rehab was getting a job, paying taxes and finding God.

52 posted on 05/05/2006 1:51:26 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: raccoonradio
"What's the goofy sticker to the right of the Gephardt one?"



SPONGE BOB & PATRICK

53 posted on 05/05/2006 1:53:45 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: AmericanChef
Can a Kennedy BE rehabilitated? I think not.

Rehabilitation takes rigorous honesty. I think you are correct - they cannot be rehabilitated.

54 posted on 05/05/2006 1:57:04 PM PDT by Rollee (I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.)
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To: Polybius
addiction to prescription pain medication

Ambien and Phenergan are pain medication?

He earlier described them as sleep medication and nausea medication.

Another bullshit Kennedy story. He is really going in for an alcohol detox.

Thanks MSM for asking the tough questions and hounding a politician for the truth < /sarcasm >

55 posted on 05/05/2006 1:57:41 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: ritewingwarrior; All
The DU thread is all about how bad they feel for him, and wishing him well in rehab. one person even said he/she was in tears watching his 'confession'. They make me sick.

Horsecrap, THIS FR thread is sick. Despite Rep Kennedy's politics and family differences with FReepers, instead of casting stones at this man, we should offer prayers in hope that he will beat this problem. I for one pray that Rep Kennedy beats his addiction, but loses re-election.

56 posted on 05/05/2006 1:57:55 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
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To: Polybius

So he WAS DUI.

Which begs the question...why did the police cover it up????


57 posted on 05/05/2006 1:58:37 PM PDT by SerpentDove (We will not stand by and allow politicians to destroy our country through open borders.)
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To: Polybius
...in an unrelated story, Cynthia McKinney said today that later on this month, she will enter the May-Ho clinic.
58 posted on 05/05/2006 2:01:36 PM PDT by ditto h
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To: MineralMan

>>Not long. But, there are lots of people addicted to prescription pain killers. Lots.<<

It's weird how they make your breath smell like alcohol.


59 posted on 05/05/2006 2:03:08 PM PDT by SerpentDove (We will not stand by and allow politicians to destroy our country through open borders.)
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To: xrp

What addiction. Its a frickin cover for his lies about drunk driving. Dont believe a word out of his mouth. Whats sick is that this POS can get elected.


60 posted on 05/05/2006 2:04:38 PM PDT by ritewingwarrior
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