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Breaking the Kennedy code of silence: Patrick goes on national TV to expose his family's secrets ...
(UK) Daily Mail ^ | October 4, 2015 | Wills Robinson and Hannah Parry

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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; addiction; alcoholism; bostonglobe; cbs; christopherrowland; dailymail; hannahparry; joankennedy; kennedy; liberalism; massachusetts; mattviser; newyork; newyorktimes; patkennedylawford; patrickkennedy; tedkennedy; willsrobinson
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To: MacMattico

IIRC he was on his way to a vote or something - Congressional Business, don’t you know.


21 posted on 10/05/2015 1:42:41 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Zakeet
While we're talking about the Lyin' King of the Senate, let us never forget that Fat Teddy was a TRAITOR, making clandestine overtures to the Soviets while the former KGB head Andropov was running the show, seeking to undermine the Reagan Administration's policies and giving aid and comfort to the Soviet empire.

Keep burnin' Comrade Kennedy.
22 posted on 10/05/2015 2:05:22 AM PDT by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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To: Zakeet

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.


23 posted on 10/05/2015 2:30:54 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Zakeet
Oh, all of the lives destroyed by alcohol, the families, the destruction, the billions in healthcare costs, the sorrows, the woes, the utter futility of drinking, his family's fortunes built on misery and the despair of alcohol, their own obligation to pay reparations for what the Kennedys did to those millions of poor souls.......

Where is his call for a ban on alcohol?







< crickets >

24 posted on 10/05/2015 2:35:11 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Twink

You’re right, and his mother’s still alive! Yet he’s hardest on her.


25 posted on 10/05/2015 3:40:32 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Gaffer
Oh, that makes it OK then./s
26 posted on 10/05/2015 3:41:29 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: kalee

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”. 😉


27 posted on 10/05/2015 3:49:35 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

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.


28 posted on 10/05/2015 4:05:54 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Zakeet
If Hillary had a son...

(Hillary's mole in Washington, now that's she's gone.)

29 posted on 10/05/2015 4:17:45 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: MacMattico

“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.


30 posted on 10/05/2015 4:29:20 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: Zakeet
Kennedy vs Trump

Trump, no drinking, drugs or cigarettes.

31 posted on 10/05/2015 4:34:56 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Zakeet
'relief from the pain'

The country needs relief from the pain of that loathsome bunch of leeches.

32 posted on 10/05/2015 4:39:13 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: Zakeet

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?”


33 posted on 10/05/2015 4:47:18 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Zakeet; All

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.


34 posted on 10/05/2015 4:55:38 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Vince Ferrer

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.


35 posted on 10/05/2015 4:58:01 AM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: Twink

He’s pushing his new book.
It confirms he’s nuts.


36 posted on 10/05/2015 5:04:57 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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To: Zakeet; All

>>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.


37 posted on 10/05/2015 5:09:43 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Zakeet

What??? Ted Kennedy drank???? You would only know that if you ever saw him sober.


38 posted on 10/05/2015 5:29:20 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Zakeet

Everybody in the media knew Ted was a drunk. They didn’t say anything - because he spoke for them.


39 posted on 10/05/2015 5:31:57 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Zakeet

Kennedys are alcoholics? I’m shocked, just shocked.


40 posted on 10/05/2015 5:33:09 AM PDT by dfwgator
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